APR-JUN: Big Swap!

[blackmageheart]

Love the gifts from PP! Especially the container, they are soooo useful and very attractive storage! (Not to mention they actually hold quite a lot!)
The framed picture is really nice too! I like the way the pieces pop off the background!

And starrley...you are most welcome! I was so worried you wouldn't like the set, as I don't have a lot of experience with the newer Harvest Moon games. I had to actually play it to figure out how to make the idea I had in my head! As for the rest, well they were made while waiting for supplies! (EDIT: Except the Tea Pouch - I made that the night before I sent the package!)
Very difficult to make things for someone so skilled, but I'm glad you are happy with them!

By the way, my daughter did do that extra picture, and she says it's you "being happy". (On the back is a "massive smiley bat" - she's nuts!) She also tried to write your name at the bottom (she's only just starting to write now) and I think she did quite well

[RMDC]

WOW.

PixelPockets, I adore the SMB3 piece - I can't tell you how many times I've crouched on that block!

BMH, my wife and I had simultaneous jaw-drops when we saw the Harvest Moon set. Mind-boggling is right! (I'm also a fan of the Erika card, and my wife loves the tea pouch. :3 )

[PixelPockets]

HOLY CRAP! That harvest moon set is soooo adorable!!!!!!!!

[starrley]

And starrley...you are most welcome! I was so worried you wouldn't like the set, as I don't have a lot of experience with the newer Harvest Moon games. I had to actually play it to figure out how to make the idea I had in my head! As for the rest, well they were made while waiting for supplies! (EDIT: Except the Tea Pouch - I made that the night before I sent the package!)
Very difficult to make things for someone so skilled, but I'm glad you are happy with them!

By the way, my daughter did do that extra picture, and she says it's you "being happy". (On the back is a "massive smiley bat" - she's nuts!) She also tried to write your name at the bottom (she's only just starting to write now) and I think she did quite well

Her picture is super cute. Tell her that I think she did a great job!
The Harvest Moon set is perfect! I would never be able to tell that you weren't familiar with the game. I absolutely love it!!!! I love everything!

To everyone....
I thought of an idea, but feel free to shoot it down. What if we added on another phase to the big swap... we could do a mini swap to send thank you gifts to the person who made our big gifts. I totally understand if everyone is "swapped out." Just an idea!

[PixelPockets]

To everyone....
I thought of an idea, but feel free to shoot it down. What if we added on another phase to the big swap... we could do a mini swap to send thank you gifts to the person who made our big gifts. I totally understand if everyone is "swapped out." Just an idea!

I think that's a great idea, but it needs to start later.
I haven't gotten my gifts yet, and I'll be excited to send my secret swapper a little something!

[Philpepe]

Ok, just got home and opened the big box to find some of the most perfect gifts I could have ever imagined! Shanoa, you have more than outdone yourself.

I was first greeted with a nice letter that sort of explained each item. The first item was this...

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tingle

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It was so perfect since I, like you Shanoa, am also a geocacher, and you better believe this bad boy is going to be sitting in my office from now on!

Next I'll skip to the two local items which were about as perfect as you could get.

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edibles

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Creme Horns and a BoC!!!! (BoC in this case stands for Bag of Chocolate, since the Hershey bar had melted due to extreme southern heat... but I figured if there are any Woot fans on here you might get a kick out of that) Creme Horns are one of my most favorite things in the entire world! That alone would have made my day. But then there was also my wife's favorite candy... in gigantic size! Of course the scorching heat it had to travel through kind of liquified it, but I placed it in the freezer immediately after these pictures were taken so that it can regain it's true solid form!

Last is the big item, which was so awesome I almost lost the ability to speak.....

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the big one!

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So much Link.... so much Zelda... and with my name in the middle in HYLIAN!!!! I don't think there are any words in the english language to convey just how much I love this. Just know that I do.

And lastly, here's a pic of all the insane awesomeness together!

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All the gifts

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Thanks Shanoa! I don't think you could have done any better!

[PixelPockets]

3 big deliveries in 1 day! AMAZING!
and I agree about the zelda stuff. Super awesome! =D

[blackmageheart]

Awesome!

and with my name in the middle in HYLIAN!!!!

Hehehe.

[Philpepe]

Awesome!

and with my name in the middle in HYLIAN!!!!

Hehehe.

Yea, Shanoa mentioned that in the letter too

[shanoa]

Ok, just got home and opened the big box to find some of the most perfect gifts I could have ever imagined! Shanoa, you have more than outdone yourself.

I was first greeted with a nice letter that sort of explained each item. The first item was this...

Spoiler

IMAG1772.jpg

It was so perfect since I, like you Shanoa, am also a geocacher, and you better believe this bad boy is going to be sitting in my office from now on!

Next I'll skip to the two local items which were about as perfect as you could get.

Spoiler

IMAG1773.jpg

Creme Horns and a BoC!!!! (BoC in this case stands for Bag of Chocolate, since the Hershey bar had melted due to extreme southern heat... but I figured if there are any Woot fans on here you might get a kick out of that) Creme Horns are one of my most favorite things in the entire world! That alone would have made my day. But then there was also my wife's favorite candy... in gigantic size! Of course the scorching heat it had to travel through kind of liquified it, but I placed it in the freezer immediately after these pictures were taken so that it can regain it's true solid form!

Last is the big item, which was so awesome I almost lost the ability to speak.....

Spoiler

IMAG1774.jpg

So much Link.... so much Zelda... and with my name in the middle in HYLIAN!!!! I don't think there are any words in the english language to convey just how much I love this. Just know that I do.

And lastly, here's a pic of all the insane awesomeness together!

Spoiler

IMAG1771.jpg

Thanks Shanoa! I don't think you could have done any better!

I feared that the chocolate might not make it in bar form, I'm just glad that it didn't escape its packaging and get all over everything else! I'm actually not a geocacher myself, but I've always thought it sounded like fun. When I was looking for ideas I kept stumbling over that saying and it just put itself together from there.

I'm so glad you liked everything!