Advent swap 6-12

this is easily the best advent calender i ever had! for starters there's no fighting with my sister over who turn it is (though claud is trying to stake a claim she is fob off-able with the number stickers). no tasteless chocolate or 15 varieties of pictures of christmas crackers. just pure, tasteful cool stuff!  i'm so excited that the cat woman is thinking of making this an annual swap-yahoo-i don't think i could go back to a calender-less advent after this!

so, without further ado, here are this weeks surprises from christmassy super-blogger stella...

6. a wee diy camping scene. words fail me. i love mini's, i love things made of paper. i love tee-pees. present perfection! 
7. argyle pattern washi tape. i'm sure i have never mentioned on this blog my love for the argyle pattern?  suffice to say i wore out my last pair of burlington argyle socks (of the stash i've had since i moved here from england a long time ago) just a couple of months ago. sniff! you clearly have ESP stella?!!
8. weleda hand cream. i heart weleda. so do my 'rugged' gardener-hands now!
9. a giant bar of dairy milk. my fave. reduced to crumbs in an embarrassingly short time. burp! (actually thats a lie. i don't leave crumbs when it comes to chocolate)
10.a beautiful handmade card and bookmark-my stationary stash is starting to look very healthy indeed, thank you.
11. marigold seeds. i need all the help i can get defending the vegges and have just turned the last of the vegges seedlings out from some cute little terracotta pots, so these are going straight in-with clauds assistance.
12. the coolest, teeny-tiniest diy ivy and hyacinth plants for the doll house. ace, ace, ace! i have a project for the christmas hols now!

Thank You!



and i did send to stella...

6. homemade lavender bath cubes. 7. a printing kit. 8.elf-sized fairy lights. 9. op-shopped make your own paper stars kit. 10. a homemade 'stella' snowglobe tea towel. 11. an op-shopped book on DIY boats in bottles (she collects them, but frustratingly i just couldn't lay my hand on one). 12. a giant licorice allsort (her fave lolly) made of soap. 

 last week gifts