Remember when I said I’m never doing gift swaps ever again…I didn’t stick to that. This was a fall themed swap that looked more promising than the other ones I’ve done considering the number of people that signed up. Hopefully the odds would be in my favor :] They totally were and I had an awesome partner in Lauren over at The Peanut Program but the swap proved to be a little more difficult than I thought. I found it difficult to get to know Lauren because most of my time was allotted towards school, homework, observations, and tutoring. Big fail on my part, but hopefully I came through on my gift…
Most of my stuff was from my favorite store ever, World Market.
I threw in some interesting coffee flavors since she mentioned one of her favorite things to do is enjoy a nice cup of brew. The Texas Turtle coffee is actually something I’ve had before at work and liked a lot! I also included some handmade cards from WM which I seriously love. I justified this inclusion and some fun pencils as she has been working on an office make over [Check out how great it looks! Totally Pinterest worthy!] and so the cards would add to her stationary and can be used as thank you’s, for gifts, or a pretty presentation for a gift card. The pretty pencils are meant to liven up a pen/pencil holder for her new office. The earrings you see are also from WM and got those because she mentioned she likes the color turquoise so there ya go. The purple gives it a little pop! Last but not least, there were some Jasmine travel size face/hand wipes that I included because after having mine for a while, I have found them to be very useful and great smelling! I didn’t stick to the fall theme like at all, other than my box decoration, but guess who forgot to take a picture of that?!! Me. Oh well. Hope you liked everything Lauren!
Let’s move on to my awesome gift…
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| Shout out to me for my sucky photo! |
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| Scarf Detail! |
Lauren caught on about my love
for skulls. It’s totally a random love I have, but something I can’t deny.
Haha. She included a skull scarf that I can’t wait to wear [once it gets a
little bit cooler] and a cute little skull that is meant to DIY makeover, so I can't wait to do that and put on my
bookshelf! Also included was some nail polish that I couldn’t wait to put on,
and a Halloween skeleton thing that is currently sitting on the corner of my
desk. And a head band with a cute link design that I can wear with a messy bun! That's been my hair do of choice for like the last year, so lately I've been embracing head bands to pretty that up. She wins at sticking to the fall theme as well as getting cool stuff I
love! I can’t wait to start working on it on the skull!
This was definitely a more successful gift swap than the ones I've done before. Thanks again for the gift Lauren!