sunshine in the mail swap - the one i sent

Recently I participated in the Sunshine in the Mail swap. We had to choose 3 out of 5 items on the list to send. The swap organiser Sheree also decided it would be fun to do a "secret swapper", where the person to whom you send the package is not the same one you receive your package from.

So my receiving swapper was Rita from At This Shore. I had a look at her blog to source out what she might like and in the end this is what I sent:

• 3D Parrots notecard - I made this card a while back and I decided it was time to part with it. The birds remind me of Spring (main theme for the swap) and it also fell into the Note Card / Stationary category.
• Fairy Notebook - Rita is a painter / drawer and I thought a small notebook with blank pages will be handy for small sketches. I cross-stitched the fairy to make it pretty (pattern from this book)
• Beaded Daffodil - I noticed on Rita's blog that she completed a "Which flower are you?" survey and her result was Daffodil. Also, apart from drawing Rita does beautiful beading and I thought she would (hopefully) like my attempt at beading the Daffodil.
• Rainbow crayon - I've been wanting to attempt these for a while and decided to give it a go. It kinda worked, although next time I won't mix too many colours together. A crayon was a small addition to the notebook to do sketches with.

So, I wrapped up all the gifts and sent them on their way to Latvia. They arrived and Rita said some lovely things about my creations. I am very very happy she was pleased!!!

p.s. in my next post I will reveal the parcel I received from this lovely swap.