Bumblebee Lane Christmas Swap

I participated in the Christmas Swap put on by Bumblebee Lane.  Amy has a delightful blog over there, if you don't know her, you should go and meet her!

I love swaps, but probably Christmas Swaps are my favorite.  I saw this one on Bumblebee Lane, which I have followed for some time, but never participated in one of her swaps.  I am so glad I did, this is how I met Sandi, from The Primitive Skate.

Sandi is an artist specializing in primitive work.  She does all her own painting and when you see the pictures below of the items I received, you will be able to tell that she is fantastic at what she does!

I love seeing how boxes are packed!

Everything is out of the box

The items were delightfully packed and wrapped, and tied with red and white string.  So sweet.  Look at this darling snowman.  Everything was made by Sandi, with the exception of a couple of items which I will mention later.

He got a special place on the tree, because I am afraid Wilson will like him too much!

 I am in love with these snowballs!  The tag says, Never melting snowballs!  I promptly placed them in my eggnog bowl.  Too cute.

Sandi made these, too.  For now they are in my plaid candy dish.  I didn't want to take them out.  I loved the tag!

Sweet Joy ornament, painted by Sandi.

Ok, when I saw this ornament, I kinda teared up.  It reminded me of playing bingo every August with my in-laws.  It made me miss my father-in-law, Jake.  He loved playing Bingo!  This instantly became one of my favorites!

Love the gingerbread man!  He's large and looks amazing on my gingerbread tree.  I made space for him right in the prime place on my tree, eye level.

Homemade tarts!! They smell heavenly!!

I received a darling note pad with a "twig" pencil and some of my favorite movie candies: Junior Mints, including a holiday version.  So fun to take to the movies.  Do any of you put your Junior Mints in the refrig?  If not, you need to try it!

Thank you so much, sweet Sandi, for a delightful first swap on Bumblebee Lane.  I can now emphatically say that I love primitive decor!!