To Jan, From Windsor

I am not a blogger, so I had to wait until I got to Charlotte today so Donna could help me with this post. But, I received my fall swap package from Windsor and I was so anxious to open it and see what was inside! Windsor did a GREAT job---look what I got!:

Windsor, I am a big hot tea drinker, so this mug will definitely be put to use. I love the colors, too. And this is sitting on top of a nice tin of English Breakfast Tea!

I can't get this picture to turn, but look at these cute Fall towels! They are a great accent to our kitchen this season:

Also included were some very nice Fall cookie cutters. Cute!! And also these nice wall plug in-air fresheners. I love the leaf design on them, and the scents are great! And I can't forget the pad of paper....I always need paper to write lists on:) Oh, and Windsor had ALL of these nice gifts situated nicely in this red tub. Love it!

Windsor, you really outdid yourself. I love everything you sent and believe me, it will all be put to good use. Thank you so much!

Jeni's Gifts From Laura

Oh my lands were my chicks excited to answer the door this afternoon when the mailman knocked on our door. We all danced around like it was Christmas. I was super excited to see the box was mailed from Ft. Worth, Texas, one of my favorite places! Laura, I hope you've shopped at Sam Moon in Dallas.

Well as you can see from the pictures, Laura is a very talented and supremely thoughtful gift giver! My pictures do not capture the color and quality of the paper that Laura used to describe my gifts.

My first gift is a foot warmer. (F) The picture does not do it justice. The bag is made out of this beautiful cream colored fabric and it has the most delicious scent!

My second gift is an beautiful pair of earrings for adornment. (A) As you can see from the picture, these earrings are in a warm hue of eggplant and crystal. Simply exquisite!

My third gift is also scented for a luxurious lather. (L) I wish you could smell the wonderful French milled sage soap through this blog.

My last gift is probably my favorite! Laura must have spent hours crafting this amazingly detailed letter banner. (L) I have admired these banners on many a blog and wished I could have my very own. Well now I do! I just wish I had a mantle to hang it on, but alas, we do not have fireplaces in south Florida! I do have it proudly hanging across my china cabinet.

Thank you Laura for putting so much time and thought into these gifts. I know everyone is going to be so jealous!

To Laura, From Donna

I got my first Fall swap gifts ... Yay!! First was a sweet note from Donna welcoming me to the swap.

Then....F was for Favorite Fall Treats including oatmeal cookies, apple spice bread and carmel corn.

I wasted no time sampling and having a good laugh at Donna's note on the back of the tag:

Everything was delicious!

A was for the Aroma of a pumpkin candle. Perfect!

L was for cupcake Loot..papers picks and sprinkle for some fall baking :-)

And the last L was for latte! A gift card to buy a yummy drink at Starbucks.

Thank you, Donna, for all the wonderful Fall goodies.

From Jenius to Caroline

Inside my box with a photograph of the
beautiful enclosed card.

Today was Monday and my third grader always seems to have a great deal of homework on Monday nights (he is in third grade).  This evening the homework took 3 1/2 hours.  Just a few minutes ago we heard a plop at the door and low and behold a box was awaiting me on the other side. 

Jenius, you were so speedy on the shopping and posting of your package.  I can't believe it arrived today.  It really was by divine appointment as it couldn't have come at a better time.



My  bounty all lined up and ready to open in order of
the letters Jenius so lovingly purchased and planned.

I LOVE my Fall Swap.  Jenius, you are such a good gift giver.  I adore everything and it suits me perfectly.

Freshen the air

F is for Freshen the air and is Autumn Room Spray.

Isn't this stunning with the hand stitched work?  I know just
where to put it.

A is for Adorn the wall and a beautiful stitched frame that says Give us this day our daily bread.

Book and hand crafted leaves

L is for Leaf some time to read to the boys and contained two items.  The Oak Inside the Acorn by Max Lucado.  I am so excited to read this as a family. The illustrations are stunning!  The second item is three beautiful handcrafted leaves from the Philippines.


L is for Lather your hands and is the same scent at the room spray, but in a lovely foam hand soap.

Lovely Autumn hand soap!

Thank you so much for the lovely gifts.  Each item is something I would have selected myself.  Jenius, I will think of you each time I use and/or view one of these lovely items.  Thank you so much for blessing me this special season.

Love, Caroline

Just A Bit on Our New Friends...

My sweet sister Donna asked me to do a post on the new girls in our Fall Swap. Sorry to call you new girls, "NEW GIRLS," but we are excited about having some newbies to our bit Fall fun.

Okay, so I will just give you a little bit of info, still trying to keep their privacy intact.

Amy--she is a friend of both Dolly and Hannah. According to Dolly, "Amy is a gem and if she lived near us girls she would just fit right in." Dolly has only the best things to say about Amy and her sweet parents. And, I found out today that in Amy's recent past, she lived not too far from us! Amy has a blog if you want to learn more about her. Click on her name in the comment section of the Sept. 23 post for the link to her blog.

Noelle--she is a friend of Caroline's. I don't know a whole lot about Noelle. I believe she is a graduate of LU, which me likie and, Hello...let's just say she lives in a very cool place!

Karin--she is my friend. I met Karin about a year ago on the football field. Our son's were on the same team. Karin went to LU also. Karin is a photographer and has taken many of my families pictures. Her website is redchestnutphotography.com.

Laura--she is a friend of Inger. From what I can tell Laura and Inger are like two peas in a pod. She appears to be very crafty. She told me via email that just recently she moved from where she had lived for the past 38 years and is now in a new state. Wow, that's a good wife!

This swap has been fun. There have been so many questions going back and forth from so many of you, wanting to get to know your person. That is sweet! Anyway, I think I sent all the correct information to each of you. If there is something else you need, just let me know.

So the first gift has been sent. Donna sent Laura her gift today. That Donna--always on the ball. Alllllways on the ball!

And the names are...

Okay girls, I'm so excited about this swap! We have FOUR new swappers! Welcome to Karin, Noelle, Amy, and Laura! We are officially swapping gifts all across America, representing California, Texas, Nevada, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and good 'ole Virginny! Cool!

Below are the list of names. Remember you give to the friend BELOW your name. The LAST friend gives to the FIRST friend. I will send you your friend's email and home address ASAP!

Start shopping NOW so you can get your gift out! If you need ideas, click on last year's Fall Swap gifts on the right side of this blog.

And the names are:

If you cannot read the above picture :

1. Amy

2. Denise

3. Hannah

4. Dolly

5. Karin

6. Angela

7. Inger

8. Windsor

9. Jan

10. Caroline

11. Toni

12. Donna

13. Laura

14. Jeni

15. Catherine

16. Noelle

Also, if Karin, Jeni, Windsor,and Catherine could please email me their home address that would be great! dandeniselogan@aol.com

Extra info: I am in the process of adding each of your names/emails to this blog as authors so you can post on here. You just need to accept the invitation to become an author, when it comes in your email. If you have any trouble please let me know. Also, IF you have a public blog (not for private viewing only), of course you can post on there, just let me know you posted it so I can link it to this blog so we can all view it.

Okay girls enough said! Email me if you have any questions~dandeniselogan@aol.com.

Happy Gift Giving and Happy FALL!!!

Fall Swap

Okay girls! It's back! The original, the one that started it all...THE FALL SWAP!

So here are the deet's (details)!

If you want to be in the swap reply in the comment section OF THIS POST! Names will be drawn and posted ON THIS BLOG on Wednesday morning, Sept 28. I will contact you soon after that with your persons address/email. PLEASE get your swap gift out ASAP.

Remember, you're swapping 4 little gifts representing each of the letters F-A-L-L. Click the links on the side bar of this blog to review past Fall Swap gifts if you need some ideas.

Posting: Okay we all want to see what each got--right? So, I know it can be difficult to get everyone to post on this blog, but it makes it much easier for everyone involved in the swap.

You will all have access to post on this blog. If you don't want to post here, please email me pictures of what you received and I will post for you.

Okay girls, I'm pumped! I LOVE Fall the most of any season. Let's have some fun, let's be creative and invite your friends to join in--the more the merrier!

If you have any questions, just give me an email~dandeniselogan@aol.com~ Oh, and if you're new to our blog swapping and want to be a part of it, PLEASE email me so I have your email and can get in contact with you!

VaVaValentine Treats from Toni!

I just got home from preschool pick up and stumbled upon this as I came up the walkway.

I knew immediately it was my much anticipated blessing from my blog swap sister, Toni! My sweet three year old said, "Look, Mommy! A package! Don't worry. I'll help you open it." So, in we went, promptly put the twins down for a nap and got to bidness.

Let me just say, I knew I was in for it when I cut the box open and a romantic fragrance immediately teased my sense of smell. I then looked down and saw rose petals everywhere. Hubba Hubba! Nice touch, Toni. Perhaps they need to be recycled?  

 Toni wrote a sweet note which was followed by all sorts of yummy, decadent treats. I couldn't blink before a certain munchkin had already found and gotten into a cute heart box full of candy. :)

Candy was just the beginning. There was also I <3 U peeps, Piroulines (LOVE these dipped in coffee) & Kettle Corn to please the palate. :) Oh, and she even included some adorable Valentine plates and napkins which we will so enjoy using!

and these cute heart reusable ice cube to keep the bevs cold. I've always wanted to try these b/c I LOVE ice but it's horrible on my teeth so my dentist thanks you, Toni!

Here's where that scent I mentioned is unveiled! How did Toni know I needed a new Wallflower?! Looks like my Valentine and I are gonna be enjoying some tropical spice. We like the tropics and we like spice so verrrrry fitting. AND a pink (my fav color) Sangria candle. LOVE this scent.

Now, heeeeere is where something's telling me that the romantic in Toni is dying to just bust out...A LOVE BELL! Yes, you read right. A LOVE BELL. It says, "ring once for a hug ring twice for a kiss!" Toni, I just wanna know what happens when you ring it three times? Are you remembering I just had twins, Shug? DON'T WORRY, MOM! Just remember M has a kidney stone. All jokes aside, where did you ever find something like this? I think Ang needs one ASAP!

OK. Let me get myself together. Last but not least...a cuuuute handmade banner that says, "BE MINE". How sweet!

It was hard to fit it all in a picture but here's the whole shabang...

THANK YOU so much, Toni! You put a lot of thought into that and I love it all. I hope YOU have a Happy Valentine's!!!! This was one FUN swap!!!

To Maddie, From Glenda

Today when I got home from Kroger, there was a big old package in our mail box for Maddie! She was so excited when I brought it in the house.
There were 3 gifts in the package. On each gift were sweet little notes. On this gift it said, "Beautiful are the feet that bring good news!" (very nice, very true!)

Gift #1...

... a nice cozy pair of slippers!
Maddie put them right on!

Gift #2......a comfy hoodie! I think she likes it!

Gift #3...

...warm PJ pants to complete the outfit!

Perfect'O gift Glenda for my perfect sweet Maddie girl! SHE LOVES IT! I think she sent you a thank you via FB.

To Glenda, From Donna

The first swap gift has been given! Glenda received her yesterday from Donna. Glenda's blog is not working so she posted her pictures to FB. These pictures/comments are from FB.

To Glenda, From Donna!

Ok I can't get my blog to work so I can put a picture on it and I am so excited that I got my blog swap gift from Donna Graham and I am so excited that I will share with Facebook world. First of all everything was so uniquely wrapped. There were three gifts with numbers 1,2 and three. This is box number one!

Box number one had a crochet scarf

and Starbucks gift card for me and Roo!

The creativity blesses me.

Box number two had a gift card to dinner with

my honey and a beautiful black bead necklace.

Beautiful Box 3


Box number three had Donna Stewart

chocolate cake in shape of a heart.
My heart is warmed. Thank you Donna.