How Does Santa Do It?!?!

Here I am ... back again after a bit of a blog absence ... did you miss me??? I've been snowed under working on some swap gifties that HAD to be in the mail this week ... and after having my Friday off at home ... I made it!!! WOO! HOO! :0) And let me tell you, I have a whole new appreciation for the Podgy Dude in the red suit. How he manages to organise ALL the gifties on that list of his AND stay JOLLY ... is beyond me! Tee! Hee! Hee!

After a few last stitches were stitched, it was time to get wrapping ...

Out came the paper, sticky tape, scissors, the stereo was cranked up so ABBA blasted out to keep me company and I got BUSY! :0) Hmmm ... did I mention that I HATE wrapping!!!! So ... it was quite some time later that the results could be seen! First on the list to wrap was my SSCS gifties that are heading to ... a galaxy far, far away! Tee! Hee! Hee! OK ... a COUNTRY far, far away ... couldn't resist a little Star Wars reference there! :0)

One ornament package for immediate opening upon arrival and one main giftie package for Christmas day ... CHECK!! Can't tell you any more or Swap Mama Chookyblue will come after me with her whip! :0) Hope my swap partner likes her gifties ... I think she will.

Next to be wrapped in the frenzy of paper, scissors and sticky tape (hmmm ... wonder why 'stickytape' was never added to the ol' game of 'rock, paper, scissors'?? It could catch on! Tee! Hee! Hee!) were the gifties for a direct Advent Swap organised by the Fabulous Fee. Now when Fee sent the name of my swap partner, I just about fell off my chair laughing ... and so did my partner ... CHOOKYBLUE! Tee! Hee! Hee! It did make it a lot of fun to buy little gifties for her, though, especially since we've 'known' each other for a few years now through blogging and have even met up for a coffee date. So from amongst the flying paper and sticky tape, there emerged ...

... a pile of shiny, glittery parcels for my blogging buddy/swap partner Chookyblue. These have now been popped on Santa's sleigh along with my SSCS gifties. Santa's reindeer must have been working overtime today ... two parcels picked up from Toowoomba and one delivered ...

Chookyblue tells me that her gorgeous daughter Fairygirl helped by decorating my parcel with Christmas stickers ... looks like she had a ball! :0) Open up the lid and inside ...

... sparkly silver packages!! Chookyblue and I were obviously on the same page when we were picking wrapping paper! :0) Can't wait til next week when I can start unwrapping these little gifties ... who says Christmas is just for kids ... unless they mean us BIG kids too! Tee! Hee! Hee! Thanks for organising this fun swap, Fee!!

And after all that wrapping, tagging and posting ... I'm EXHAUSTED!!!!! No wonder Santa only does this once a year! :0) I think I shall have a cuppa and then keep an overdue appointment with my pillow. I'll be back soon to show you some pretty new fabrics that followed me home this week! :0) Hope your week has been fabulous and that your weekend includes some time to relax, some time to create and some wonderful people to share it with! :0) Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!

CHEERS!
KRIS