Dexter Swap...Season Two: Awesome Package Arrived

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Matches will be sent out on Saturday, March 1st, 2008. Packages should be sent by April 3rd.
If this is not the case, please contact a hostess and not your swap partner.
This is a Mystery Swap, which means that you do not know who you have been matched with.
After you recieve your swap match, please contact that person anonymously to let them know that you are out there,and continue to do so. Lack of communication can cause bad feelings and confusion.
PLEASE INCLUDE A NOTE IN YOUR PACKAGE REVEALING YOURSELF TO YOUR PARTNER! It's hard to thank someone for all the gifts they have given when you don't know who they are.
PLEASE SEND A NOTE TO YOUR PARTNER LETTING THEM KNOW YOU RECIEVED YOUR PACKAGE. This is important, senders in swaps are almost always worried that things have gotten lost in the mail. Notification helps to ease the mind of your partner.
The spending limit is $40 USD, please try to stay as close to that number as possible.
I know, it's hard, but some people participating in this swap might be on a budget so the limit was set to be affordable.
Also, remember that each package should have half of that $40 spent on yarn as this is primarily a crochet/knit swap, and then the rest can be spent on whatever little creative, macabre doo-dads you can think of to stick in there!
Once you have recieved your package, please, please, please post pictures of it on this blog, your blog, Ravelry and/or everywhere you can think of so people know that this was a success (which hopefully it is), so more people aren't afraid to try out a new swap!!!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Awesome Package Arrived

My awesome package arrived yesterday from

Megan aka asyasky.

I can't stop looking at my goodies!

The package was quite heavy. So heavy that I wondered if my dear friend Megan included a few real body parts in there. LOL! When I opened the box the first thing that greeted me was the Barbie doll head and the saran wrap and I thought.....Oh yeah this is going to be good. The next layer revealed the rest of our friend Barbie complete with rainbow painted finger nails. LOVE THAT!!!! I got a much needed notebook with pen. I usually have something like that very close to my knitting bag for notes and whatever else needs to be jotted down. The final layer revealed a mysterious wooden box. I stared at the box wondering what could possibly be in there. I lifted the lid and squealed with delight. My new best friend Megan gave me everything I would need to hand dye my own yarn. LOVE LOVE LOVE that! I took a class on dying at a local yarn shop last summer. What did we use? Wilton Icing Colors. What did Megan send me? Wilton Icing Colors. Hooray!!! She included notes here and there through out the package. On one side it would relate to the show and then when you opened it you would get a hint on how to dye the yarn and take care of it. I also got a wonderful little baggie with chocolates, some much needed hand lotion from one of my favorites....Burt's, and some kick ass hot sauce called Arizona Gunslinger. Yummy!!

THANK YOU MEGAN!!!