Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Parcel Post

A couple of months ago Raquel and I decided to do a package swap. One day last week I found the package she sent tucked into my post office box. Here is what arrived for me after a transatlantic journey from Portugal to the United States:


Two postcards from Raquel's trip to Barcelona, Spain earlier this year.

The cutest little handmade polka dot bow pin (also from Barcelona).

A bar of delightfully scented soap hand-decorated by Raquel's aunt.

A card holder made by a friend of Raquel's. Yes, it's made from coffee bags! How neat is that?!

A lovely green stone necklace from southern Portugal.

Thank you again for such a wonderful array of gifts, Raquel! :)

10 comments:

chelsea said...

I kind of want that soap. What a great swap!

Ariella said...

Oh, such lovely things! It's always so much fun receiving packages with lots of little surprises in it!

muchlove said...

what a wonderful package! The polka dot bow is adorable, and that is so clever of her to make a card holder from coffee bags!

Lexie said...

what a great package swap!! beautiful gifts!

Em said...

what great gifts! I love that some of them are handmade, way better than getting anything bought because you know it took time to be made.

have a great rest of the week dear :)

Rebecca, A Clothes Horse said...

You are a package exchanging fiend! Hee-hee. :)

muchlove said...

I've tagged you with an award!

Amelia said...

The bow is so cute!

Thanks so much for your lovely comments. They are very appreciated :)

Kiki said...

wow! how lovely! :)) the postcards are fantastic. :) do you want to do a package swap with me?

Raquel said...

I'm so glad you liked it :)