Hello, my friends!
Today, I want to share with you the absolute best Christmas exchange!
My dear friend, Vonna, and I did a HUGH SUPENDOUS CHRISTMAS EXCHANGE !!
Honestly, I should have posted this a few months ago, but I wanted to share after Vonna got her exchange from me (there is a story behind my very tardy gift).
The UPS guy had to struggle with that box, it was that big. Once opened I found so many goodies, package after package after package, both handmade and purchased, each wrapped as a surprise. I was completely overwhelmed and speechless as I unwrapped each gift. After I opened one, and started opening the next, I wondered to myself if they could get any better. And boy did they ever!
Talk about being spoiled rotten.
I can not express how delighted I became as I opened each gift. Vonna knows me so well. Actually, it was easy, she and I share a lot of the same tastes in decorations and in stitching, I knew immediately that each gift that she made was going to be something that I loved (and I did, every single one of them). So, here is the stitching that she sent to me. There were other things in the box too, but the stitching is the STAR of the show.
First of all, she stitched this gorgeous Hands On Design Quilt Ornament:
Exquisitely stitched and finished.
Next, I opened these beautiful Mill Hill beaded Santas:
I have lusted after them when Vonna would show them on her flosstube. See, I don't have the patience for beading but man, do I ever love the look of them.
Then I opened a Lila Studio Sweater Ornament:
She stitched the dogs like our Murphy! Oh my, this ornament was extra special cause we love our girl so much!
And lastly, the BIG KAHUNA!
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?????!!!! She stitched the Prairie Schooler Angel Trio for ME!!
I burst into tears when I unwrapped this gem. I was so taken back by it. It is exquisitely stitched and expertly framed in that gorgeous gold frame! I was and still am blown away by the stitching, by the time she took to stitch it for me cause she is a full time Granny and was prepping for a big surgery. How she found the time to stitch this, I will never know. And to stitch it for me. I am both grateful and humbled.
Here are some close ups of the angels:
AMAZING, aren't they?
She sent a beautiful Gourd Nativity handmade by Ellie's future MIL, Mary, that I wanted to mention too.
(I have to tell you that once I opened each gift, I thought, geez Joanie, she is gonna think your box is so lame! But she certainly assured me that my box was anything but. WHEW!)
Vonna is such a sweet friend, even though I have never met her in person, I feel like she lives next door to me. She says I "get" her. Honestly, she "gets" me. We have been internet friends for over 20 years and over that time, our friendship grew from a love of stitching to the point where our friendship is now deep and close. We share a lot of common things, our faith, our family, our love of country. She is a REAL person, not someone that puts on a persona or a mask. Vonna is not superficial. She wrote that we "clicked" and we "stuck". Good description of us. I thank God for her everyday. She is someone that I trust and someone I confide in. I am blessed to call her my friend.
We decided to do a 2026 Christmas Extravaganza. I can't wait to fill another box of goodies for her!
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