SSCS ornament sent...............

Gail receives my parcel this year in the Secret Santa Christmas Swap..............

you can find Gails blog here @ Gail's Place...........

Always wonderful to know your parcel has arrived.............

No peeking in that main present yet Gail............hope it is safe under the Christmas tree.............

Thanks heaps to Janice @ Jannimary who showed me how to make this little beauty..............It was fun making our ornaments together..........and I only just realised she showed me how to make mine to send to Gail and Gail was her Secret Santa..............

Life is a little out of control........stinking hot (run of 40deg) and super busy..........

So now I will say Merry Christmas my fellow blog readers just incase I don't get back here............And apologise in advance as I cannot see myself having time to comment on your Christmas posts even if I do get to read them........But know I am wishing you all the best no matter what may happen I hope you have some special time with family and/or friends...........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........

Sscs ornament.....

My Secret Santa Christmas Swap (SSCS) arrived in the mail all the way from Germany...............its always terribly exciting when your parcel arrives...........and mine arrived in two separate boxes............

Dagmar @ Quilts and More sent to me...........

Look at this gorgeous ornament...........

sorry not the best photo but it kept spinning around and the mozzies were biting me..........this is the best of the pics.........

no decorations out here yet.........with life a little overwhelming its difficult to get into the Christmas mood...........but what a burst of joy this little parcel brought............

now i'll keep my main present safe and there are a couple of extra parcels in the box...........thankyou so much Dagmar............

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue......

extra SSCS swap..............

Caroline @ Caro's Blog contacted me after the SSCS had closed and she has done the swap for many years now..............she is a old blogging friend...........

So we decided on a direct swap............
is this not the cutest bag ever.....I adore the chook on the bowl stack........and the red/white border print is a traditional print which makes it more special..............

On the back is the cutest little chook poking out of the pocket.........

you can never have enough bags............I use them all all the time.............

thanks so much Caroline for the gorgeous gift...........

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I was posting this last week but with work and a quick trip away and a head cold/sinus/chest crap thing for the last week I am a regular snot machine.........I have not had a cold for YEARS.........and this one sure is hanging on..........

OK bookwork is calling.............and it i hot and unusually humid today......

air con is my best friend.........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........

SSCS Swap received...........

My Secret Santa Christmas Swap partner was Josie @ Dilly Dimple 

Oh I so wished I was a fly on the wall when she told her sewing friends she was in the swap and that she was making for me...........LOL............

Boy oh boy did she do well................the bag is just gorgeous...............I love it.............pockets everywhere.............perfect needleturn.............

lots of tiny detail...........

even on all the pockets...........

and look a chook christmas ornament...........its so cute...........

Josie also included the Scottish Farmer since I'm a farmer and I can see whats happening in agriculture in her part of the world............

since I have some belted galloways she sent me a beltie calendar..........how cool.......and a few other treats including some chooky fabrics..............

Thanks so much for being a great partner Josie.........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........

SSCS gifts L-Z..............

the last of the swap gifts..............enjoy..........

Laila for Leanne

Leanne for Marica

Lisa for Lyn

Lou for MariaW

Lou for MariaW

Lyn for CherylH

Lynda for Martine

Lynda for Martine

Lynn for Melanie

MariaG for Denice

MariaW for Diane

Marica for Tracy

Martine for Julie

Melanie for WendyF

Michell for Annette

Nancy for Jenny

Noemia for Suze

Peg for Clare

Raewyn for Sue

Raewyn for Sue 

Sharon for Katie

Sheryl for Lou

Sue for Florence

Susan for KarolAnn

Suze for Carole

Sylvia for Chookyblue

Tonje for Lisa

Tracy for Grethe

WendyB for Gracie

WendyF for Lynda

i'll say thinks now for the comments you leave as I may not get to reply to all of them......

better still go to the girls blogs and leave comments for them on the gifts they made...........

links for all the girls names is on a tab at the top of my blog..........2014SSCS.........

Catch you later

Chookyblue

SSCS gifts A-K............

I may organise the SSCS but the girls make the swap as wonderful as it is by making beautiful gifts for their buddies......stalking initially but then once you are known to each other getting to know new friends over the ocean..............mostly 1/2 way round the world............the internet makes us close............sharing one interest and a wonderful part of the internet "blogging"...........

With spammers and trolls giving the internet a bad name let alone the rest of the bad/evil stuff.......I love our part of the internet full of goodness and friendship..........constant inspiration................

So here are all the wonderful presents the girls made..........

don't think this swap is something you can't do...........your not good enough etc..........you just need to do the best you can and make something you would love to receive for your partner.....

Don't forget the links to the girls blogs are on the tab at the top of my blog............

Anne Heidi for Jeanette

Annette for Tonje

Berit for Susan

Caroline for Sheryl

CherylH for Caroline

CherylS for Raewyn

Chookyblue for Berit

Christin for CherylS

Clare for Jan

Dagmar for Kris

Denice for Peg

Diane for Dzintra

Dzintra for Dagmar

Fiona Bubz for Sylvia

FionaH for Michell

Florence for Sharon

Florence for Sharon

Gracie for Fiona Bubz

Grethe for Kate

Isabel for MariaG

Isabel for MariaG

Jan for Anne Heidi

Janice for Isabel

Jeanette for Christin

Jenny for Lynn

Julie for Laila

Karol Ann for FionaH

Kate for Noemia

Katie for Janice

Kris for Nancy

More to come..............

Catch you later

Chookyblue