At the end of October, this box arrived at my door.
At first I had no idea who it was from and what it was for…
Then I opened it and read the letter and saw these presents inside.
“The days dewings” had actually “stalked” my blog and found the names of my 3 kids and made presents for each of them
soo thoughtful!
and one for me 
it was an upcycled book
turned into a sewing case, how clever!
thanks!!
Then I had to wait until I got the kids from school and they opened theirs quickly.
Bjorn LOVED his minecraft pillowcase!! (making Solveig jealous I think)
she got two ornaments
Sonja got a basket of craft goodies
I gave Sonja the letter stickers in order and she stuck them on the bucket
Bjorn likes his pillow case
Sonja played with more stickers
Let the creativity begin! look at the mess 
can’t blame her all on the mess on the floor though
like mother like daughter 
FYI-I did vacuum after this….
here’s the rest of the bloggers today
Monday, Nov. 17
Thanks to Marlene and Mrs Samm for a fun blog hop
Nice gifts for your kids and you!
LOL, so nice for the kiddies and for you, this must have been hours of fun (and cleaning afterwards, I know, but FUN was more important!). THe sewing case is such a great idea, looks like a book, how clever!
What lovely gifts for you and the children. Great idea about the sewing case.
Thank you for sharing your box of goodies! Happy Holidays!!!
Great gifts for everyone!
So cute and fun, thanks for sharing Bea.. Hey, nice change on the blog theme… Loads sew much faster… Hugs!!
Great gifts for everyone!
Very nice.
Such thoughtful gifts!
How sweet, so nice for the kids to get some gifts too. Great gifts all around.
Oh…how very thoughtful! Fun gifts too!
Looks like the kids had fun !!
Love that recycled book… so clever! And how nice that she included the little ones in the exchange. Merry Christmas!
Love that recycled book… so clever! And how nice that she included the little ones in the exchange. Merry Christmas!
I guess it did feel like Christmas in your house. 🙂
It looks like all of you enjoyed some really cute presents. I love the ornaments. I don't like the clean-up part either.
What a great idea, gifts for your family. The book idea is wonderful.I love the assortment of gifts I received from you. This has been a very fun hop.
Great gifts, my boys love Minecraft too! Cute idea for a sewing box 🙂
I'm so glad they glad they liked them! This has been a very fun blog hop to participate in (my 1st, actually!). I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas, Bea!
How sweet to send gifts to your children – very thoughtful! I love the book turned into a case. My daughter is a librarian and would love this so I'll be trying to figure that out! blessings, marlene
How sweet to think of your kids! Great idea to reuse a book to make such a crafty sewing case!
Very nice gifts. How thoughtful to include the kids. I love the book turned sewing kit, very original.
Those are such nice gifts! It looks like your kids had fun opening them. I love the book turned into a sewing kit. That is too cool!-Brittany
How thoughtful to send gifts for everyone!!
How thoughtful to think of everyone. Great gifts. What a sweet treat that sewing box is.
Now that is a great package. Christmas came early! 🙂
What a great surprise! I love the upcycled book!!
How thoughtful to think of the young ones and that book idea is clever.
Fun 🙂 Great gifts you received!
How thoughtfuf, a gift for all. They are all adorable and such sweet children.
How nice it was to remember the children too!
Great gifts. The sewing case–awesome idea. Wonder how she did that? And the gifts for the kids are great. Made a nice family time as I know how much kids like to open gifts. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy the holidays.
Fun day for your family.
Creativity is such an amazing gift in itself and allows us to share with others. Your gifts received are thoughtful and fun. Thank you sew much for participating and swapping/hopping. Creative T'Was the Night Bliss…
How fantastic! Thank you for sharing your gifts and your children Bea… they sure are growing up!!
How thoughtful! I can't believe how big the little one has gotten, time flys!
How lovely is that, to receive Gifts for the Children!! That just really touches my heart~ Thanks for sharing!!Huggs, Nancy
What thoughtful gifts for you and your kids. I must have several of the upcyclced books…a new challenge. Have a Great Holiday Season.
I can see that Sonja had a very good time!! Wonderful that the kids were included in the gift giving. What a sweet idea to use an old book and turn it into something useful.
Lovely gifts especially your sewing case! Thanks for sharing
What a wonderful package for everyone! I love the upcycled book/purse idea, how fun.
Sweet gifts!
Lovely idea to send gifts for everyone. I like the gifts you sent to Selina Quilts by the way, you made some great things! I especially enjoy the Hawaiian shirt tissue holder.~Brandy
Hi!!!! Wow!!! These are wonderful gifts!!!! Sweet!!!!!
Very Thoughtful gifts. Hope you have a Pillowcase ready to make for the unhappy girl who got ornaments. What did you make for the HOP?
Great gifts for you and your children.
That was just so thoughtful and everything was lovely. I thought your gift was so creative and useful.Merry Christmas Sandra
What sweet gifts! 🙂
How fun for your kiddo's to get gifts too! The up-cycled book to sewing kit was really neat. Gonna have to convince her to write up a tute for it. 🙂
What a great package of gifts,made extra special with the crafting time with the kids!
It looks like the kids loved their gifts.
What a wonderful day for you to receive those wonderful gifts to share with your children…
Don't you just love the mail?! Especially when it holds happy surprises!
What wonderful gifts!! Craft supplies are so wonderful for kids. Keeps them occupied for hours (as long as you don't mind the aftermath).
Awww, great present!
Great gifts and very nice to think of the kids too, funny pics ☺ thanks for sharing!
Beautiful gifts! What joy!
What a clever idea with the book. Great gifts for you and the kids!!
Aw, how sweet! Looks like those gifts were well received. Such fun gift ideas!
You received some very cute gifts. How nice that she sent each one of your children a present. Looking forward to seeing what you created. Have a joyous holiday season!
what a thoughtful set of gifts!
A fun box of gifts for everyone…how sweet!! Happy Holidays!!