Vintage Vacation Swap & The BEST Swap Partner Ever!

It came! It came!

My vintage vacation package came!

From my lovely friend

Shannon.

Who, as you can see from the pics, -

is the greatest swap partner ever!!!

To recap:

beach towel, beach mat (which is gorgeous - and she made it and it's all shells-y and . . . sorry, I'll refocus.), beach napkins, tea, tea tumbler, (which my husband loved, because I've been nagging, begging, searching for one), beach books, journal, scrapbook, seashell necklace (which is just too cute.) candles, CD's with Jazz music and lots of fun stuff for crafting, a beautiful card some pictures of her home and her family.
(Shannon, I may have forgotten to mention somethings, but, well, there was just so much goodness in that box . . . please know I loved it all!) 

A super thank you goes out to Jenny  

at Everyday-is-a-holiday

for putting this all together. 

Vintage Vacation Swap

My first swap.

And I was so very excited.

(if you haven't noticed, I get excited a lot)

I was paired up with the sweetest person,

Shannon @ Quilting in pinks, bulldogs at my side

If you've not met her yet, please stop by and say, "Hello."

So I put together a few things,

(she's already received her package so it's okay to share)

I decided to take Shannon to the mountains on her vacation.

To Wyoming.

This is the Grand Teton, in Grand Teton National Park.

Way up high, a rushing stream flows by

a resting place for climbers and hikers.

I sent her a vintage photo

of my husband's grandparents

on their honeymoon.

They went to a mountain lake

and fished.

Too cute, right?

Inside this is a beautiful blue Teton tourist plate.

Sorry, I forgot to take a pic before I wrapped it up.

I also forgot to take a pic of the cookbook I sent to her;

New West Cuisine

Inside are recipes from some of the best known restaurants in the Mountain West.

Some of my favorite places:

Brooks Lake Lodge

&

The Bunnery

There were recipes for things like peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.

Which I baked and sent to her

(after taste testing a few - dozen, of course)

Every vacationer needs a little journal

to write down memories

so here is Shannon's

And no vacation would be complete without a place to put special treasures found.

A little knitted treasure bag.

Everything was wrapped up:

And tucked away in a box,

With some goodies for her crafting,

And most important,

a little something for her special bulldogs,

Zoey and Annabelle

 And sent off.

Hope you enjoyed your vacation, Shannon! 

(Shannon, I just heard from Hubby
my box has arrived and is waiting for me
to get home later today. Yeah!!)