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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Decorative Thimble Exchange and RHN Clarification

I wanted to share the delightful package from my Decorative Thimble Exchange partner, Glenda. Glenda lives in New Zealand - and she spoiled me rotten!! I felt like a little girl on Christmas morning! Tea, chocolates, an ornament of New Zealand, beautiful sewing-themed fabric (in BLUE - my favorite color), lovely handmade ornaments and the thimble from North Elmham, St. Mary's Church.
Look at this darling teeny-tiny box that contained my thimble. It sports a cross stitch of a wee Palace guard - the same pattern that was on Prince George's vest.
 Glenda made these ornaments using dry air clay - aren't the amazing???
 The package was wrapped in the fabric and tied with this blue ribbon - complete with a horse (yes, she knew I love horses)...
 Here's what I sent Glenda - the Marie Antoinette sewing tin with a fleur de lis pin cushion and a thimble that has the Iowa state bird (gold finch) and state flower (wild rose).
 Some cross stitch kits I love -
I had a blast hosting this exchange - I hope to do another one next year.

Clarification:
Now - I need to clarify something from my previous post on gold work. I took the class/seminar from RHN here in the USA - not at RHN in the UK. I provided the link to RHN so you could see the wonderful work they do and the classes, seminars, etc., they provide. My apologies for the confusion.
It still was a dream come true…..



14 comments:

  1. Oh fabulous! I just love seeing and sharing bits of others worlds.

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  2. Beautiful thimbles and goodies Kim, both sent and received. I received my thimble from Australia on Monday and shall post about it next week.

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  3. Looks like a wonderful exchange Kim. I'll watch for it next year.

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  4. You and Glenda swapped some gorgeous gifts, Kim.

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  5. What a delightful exchange, Kim! I really love those pretty clay ornaments Glenda made for you!

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  6. Oooh, what a wonderful exchange! Such gorgeous goodies, and those clay ornaments are amazing!

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  7. Great gifts! The thimbles are lovely :D

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  8. Lovely swap gifts, Kim :)

    And your gold work is wow!

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  9. Lovely gifts you both exchanged.

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  10. They are indeed lovely swap gifts, Kim. Such a great idea for an exchange.

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  11. Such pretty gifts. Love all the special attention to details that you ladies planned in your exchange. love Annette

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