Crafty Goodness Swap Gift Received!

Soooo guess who got her package in the mail from the Crafty Goodness Swap?

Yeah that be me!

I'm seriously

still excited.

First off I'd like to thank Jill so much for

sending me my gift, because

I never got the gift from my original partner and

she stepped in and sent me an "angel" gift.

That was so kind of you! Thank you again. :}

After reading a very sweet card (^see above^) I opened the package

and the first thing that I grabbed was this journal which was

specially decorated by Jill herself, in a fashion called "Zen-Doodling".

Front

Back

neat eh? Gets better...hehe

She also made this adorable bookmark which was

also decorated by herself. It's so cute, it's currently

in my copy of Pride and Prejudice which I'm trying to read

over the Christmas break.

Also decorated in the same theme was a cup

which is now on my shelf holding some of my pencils. :D

Very handy.

The next thing which has to be by far the most elaborate

and one of my favorite items in the package...was an...

*DRUMROLL*

UMBRELLA!

I risked 7 years bad luck by opening it up in my house

and taking a few pictures with it.

But it was so cool I couldn't resist!

She used so much detail...

All the detail and time that she put into

my swap gift was so incredible.

Thank you so much again Jill!

You're an angel for doing my "angel" package.

MERCI!

It Just Snuck Up On Me I SWEAR!

Wooh.. is it just me or did Christmas come super fast this year? Just yesterday we were on Thanksgiving break and then woosh.. now I have exactly 3 days to finish presents! Eek! I'm so behind! I wish I could tell you what I'm making people but many of the people that I'm making gifts for read this blog (drat!), so I can't share until after the blessed day. Anyways, about today...

Today was kind of a disaster. I'm a little upset with my friends. :( We were all going to go ice skating and everyone was all excited (originally there was a total of 5 people including myself going). I was especially excited because I haven't ice skated in an especially long time. (I have to stop saying especially! heehee) Last night I was calling people to make sure everyone knew what was happening. I got some pretty lame excuses from my friends, one of which included: "I'm not feeling it" and "I don't know how to skate so I don't want to go"! *sniff sniff* :'( What a mess! You see why I was upset? Instead of skating, I did some late Christmas shopping today with my sister Kaitlyn. We spent several hours in Target trying to find gifts for our family members and I had a hard time finding presents for the men in my family. I feel like I buy them the same thing every year.. in the end I did find a present for my dad and I can't tell you much except that it was a DVD.

Well there are exactly 3 more days until Christmas! I need to get a move on it! haha.

Have a wonderful day!

-Jessica Leigh La Lou

Oh yeah! Here's a pretty amazing song by one of my favorite bands (Cartel)! It's kind of sad but it's really good. :) Listen & enjoy.