Sendddd Me Something Goooood. (the big reveal.)

A couple of months ago I signed up for a fun little thing called Send Something Good. In short terms, it's a secret gift exchange between bloggers. Weeee!

I was pretty thrilled to be given Ashley of Fairview Pl. as my gift buddy. In reading her blog, I learned all about her mad love for vintage as well as felt, teal, tea, pretzels and handmade jewelry. Done, done and done (x2). I bought her a gorgeous vintage tea pot + a really cool scrabble pieced turn to a little craft that I miraculously managed to makee into a necklace + some pretzel m&ms and tea (not pictured) + some felt stickers and a really cute felt pouch (also not pictured.. I included the last few things right before I sent the gift out!)

Since it was suggested that we additionally included something to represent where we live, I happily and proudly obliged with a couple of postcards: one from Ventura (my rad little beachy hometown) and one from Ojai (our neighboring hippie town) Oh and a little mini capsule of Ventura seashells. I thought that was a nice touch !

 Hope you loved your gifts, Ashley! (I almost kept the teapot for myself.)

Giving was just half the fun tho... I also got some snail mail myself, yo! And seriously, it was so exciting. The day my package arrived, my sister came running into my room squeeling, "guesss what came for youuuu!!" Haha, I got her involved in the whole thing and she made for some good audience participation as I ripped open my box. I was amazed to find a beautiful navy blue dress handmade by Kristen of Ola Mae's. It fits perfect!!! Thank you so much, Kristen!

Also in the box was a lovely little red scarf and some Kanses City coffee which is not pictured here because it went quick.

Don't you all want to be a part of this goodness! You know you do. Good news: this business is going down again soon! Make sure you follow the presidents  [ hehe, Gentri :) ] for any news regarding the next exchange! Also, just follow them anyway because they're cool. They be: Gentri, Kaitlyn, and Kristy.

Thanks girls for putting together such a fun thingggg.

Hope everyone is enjoying this gorgeous holiday weekend. I am. (I've successfully slept in the past three days until noon. #winning)

Send Something GOOD.

Check it. I'm participating in a little project called SEND SOMETHING GOOD, brought to you by the lovely Gentri Lee, Kaitlyn and Kristy.

It's basically a Secret Santa operation. (in April) (between bloggers.)

There's about 160 participants and I am one of them ! Weeee ! I'm looking forward to sending my buddy something awesome and to hear words as sweet as, "Yo PUNX, you got a package !" I don't online shop at all. (good thing?) (or bad thing?) (probably good thing.) so it's rare that I ever get anything other than bills in my mailbox. This is going to be funsies.

Today the presidents have asked us to participate in a link up in which we present a few of our favorite things. I hope this will help my pal get a better idea of who I am/what I like.

jelly beans

coffee
thimbles

SCARVES
New York (of course)

vintage jewelry

vintage records
vintage photos
vintage everything?

elephants

books

hair wear (head bands, flowers)

journals
collages
TOPSHOP
trader joes

wes anderson

burt's bees

sephora

dresses

boots

lace
reality tv (but only the worse kinds. like A 1000 Ways to Die & Bridoplasy.)
ok, and the Bachelor too.
And Biggest Loser
And The Voice
(I have a life too, I promise)
(I go runnning outside)
running
the gym
hiking

incense

candles

red wine

&

whisky

But above all, I love WORDS. Getting presents is always fun, but nothing compares to the sweetness of words written in a letter or in a card. It's been a long time since I've gotten a handwritten letter in the mail from someone, and I think it would be lovely if my pal just simply wrote to me. Good thing this is a blogger exchange, because I know bloggers can write :)

CHEERS 
and maybe check out some of my fellow particpants? maybe?