Polkadot Parcels from Abroad.....

....I was recently involved in the `Spread the Love` Swap organised by Jackie@SewSpecial Bears and was paired with a lovely lady called Claire@SweetBirdyLove, who lives in Australia. Well, our posties must have crossed paths the other day because our respective parcels arrived on our doorsteps at around the same time........
....and here are all the beautiful treasures which were inside mine.....

.....wrapped up in the prettiest polkadot paper, complete with sweet stickers...

......how cute is this tape? I`ll be using it a lot soon - many birthdays in March and April!..

....and on to

......can you tell what it is yet? ....

..and everyone needs a little heart....

...or two....isn`t this divine? I love the inscriptions on both sides too..

.....and I`ve ALWAYS wanted one of these...

...aren`t the colours lovely? and the embroidery is so well done, Clever Claire.....

.....I love the colours inside too....

...and I totally agree with this sentiment......
Claire also sent me some fabulous pieces of fabric, sweet little buttons and delightful little neon quilting pins and a fabulous bar of Cadbury`s chocolate called `Cherry Ripe` which was like a cherry-flavoured Bounty bar smothered in fantastic plain chocolate and which you can only get in Oz unfortunately! I`ve taken pics of these too but Blogger is really slow tonight with the uploading pics feature - having to transfer everything to Picasa instead of just being able to upload from my hard drive so will try again tomorrow, else my laptop is in great danger of being chucked from the nearest window again!
A really special `Thank You` to Claire for the beautiful things she sent me and for the effort she put into choosing them for our Swap. Also, a shout out to Jackie for organising Swap. Good Luck with the Spring Swap too.
Sweet Dreams, Mes Amis.....until next time. x