The Blogger's Snail Mail

The lovely Gemma over at Lipsticks And Lashes regularly organises a blogger's snail mail exchange. Its a lovely way to meet someone new and its nice to receive something in the post that isn't advertising spam or bills.

This is my second time taking part in the exchange and this time I got paired with the lovely Steph from Stephanie Jayne. She's a mum-to-be so getting to know her brought back a lot of memories of my pregnancy and the anticipation of the new arrival.

There are just a few "rules" for the exchange:
- You send a gift to the value of £5, no more.
- You write a letter telling your person everything that you've learned about them.
- You send some positive, uplifting words.

Simple! :-)

Steph had mentioned that she was starting to get a wee collection of clothes together for her little lady. I immediately decided that the best thing I could send her would be an outfit for her little one. It was lovely to go shopping for it because I'm so used to shopping for my little boy. I can't wait to see her wee lassie wearing the outfit when she finally joins us. :-)

Steph was very thoughtful when it came to putting my gift together. She popped in chocolate (which my and my wee lad broke into straight away as you can see in the photo), a bath bomb, a wee candle and some face masks.

Last night I put O to bed and I ran myself a gorgeous bath, put one of the face masks on, lit the candle, grabbed a glass of wine and soaked for a good hour. Its the first time in ages that I set some time aside for me so it was very much appreciated. I of course have the evenings to relax when O goes to bed but I normally use that time to clean the house for the following day, complete some paperwork etc. It was lovely to just switch off and do absolutely nothing.

Thanks again Steph and thank you to Gemma for organising it all.

I look forward to the next swap.

The Bloggers Snail Mail Project

About a month ago @GemmaMarieJames tweeted about arranging a Bloggers Snail Mail project.

The idea was that each person involved would be paired to a partner. We were to take a few weeks getting to know our partner and then we were to send them gifts (to the limit of £5) and also send them a postcard and some positive words to make them feel special. I loved the idea of this. It was something that wasn't going to break the bank but it was also nice to receive something in the mail other than bills, flyers etc.

I got paired with the lovely Dani (@_danimeatsix) She's a wee spring chicken just setting out on her wee journey and it was great to hear about the plans she has for herself for the future. I have no doubt she'll achieve them all.

Her wee package arrived this week and it was geared towards pampering. A big thumbs up! She also sent me a cute coffee related postcard so my addiction clearly didn't go unnoticed. ;-)

I've enjoyed getting to know her and I hope that we keep in touch in the future.

As for this project, its been a lot of fun and I would definitely participate in Gemma were ever to arrange another.

Thanks to Dani for the lovely gifts and thanks to Gemma for organising it all. xx