Well that’d be it, lol… I’ve never had any silk yarn or even silk blend. Thank you again; it is completely gorgeous and I already have a project in mind for it.
I think it will make a lovely shawl/pashmina, loosely done in the linen stitch. Gorgeous, gorgeous stuff. You’ve spoiled me rotten!
OMG! I m SO sorry. :o Holy shit. I am speechless at my own ineptitude and lack of sensitivity. I only have one defense: *Da debbil made me do it! * My face is seriously red.
See, now this is the kind of post that demands pictures. Okay, I can picture truffles, soap, and candles, but I want to see the kitty cat finger puppets and I want to see them now! <Stomps dainty foot!>
And boyohboy, a picture of the shawl you wind up making out of that yarn would be a huge bonus…
I got an exchange from Silvorange once, and “going all out” is just the term for the gifties I got.
I hope you saw the next sentence where I said “just messing around”, because seriously there is no sensitivity there whatsoever. I just thought it was funny. I’m not one of those people that runs around looking for reasons to be outraged, I just like easy jokes.
THIS^, 1000 times THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If I did it correctly, here are images of the hand towels and the Maneki Cat, in regular form and UV purple.
Oh wow, thanks for the pix. I need that cat.
I got that you weren’t all that upset. I was irritated at myself. No harm, no foul. 
Oooooo. The towels are so darling. Love the colors. And the bunny is the sweetest thing.
But that color changing kitty! Fantastic!
If that was your first time at imgur–WTG!
Aww thank you ThelmaLou! :o
swampspruce, my kitty is a *huuuuge *hit! Do you take orders?? 
I got my package from txobbin! But I won’t be opening it till tomorrow.
On the first day of Christmas, purplehorsehoe gave to me…
Five awesome Texas things (chocolate and vodka!)
Four pairs of earrings
Three colorful candles
Two lovely bracelets
And a blue-green sparkly ruffled scarf!
(And a scalp massager that didn’t fit in the song, but I don’t have one and know I’ll use it!)
The bracelets fit perfectly. I’m wearing the green pair of earrings right now. The scarf – well, sparkly AND blue/green/turquoise. Doesn’t get much better than that. I think the candles will go to my little meditation space (where I will heed your stern advice and NOT burn my house down). The chocolate and vodka will not last the day, I’m sure.
Oh, and the jewelry, scarf and candles are all handmade by purplehorseshoe herself. (Almost typed “herelf.” Freudian typo!)
Merry Christmas and thank you so much for all the goodies!
PicturesPicturesPictures…
Sounds so pretty!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Be of Good Cheer, and whatever else floats y’all’s* boats!
I put it in yogurt too. The full name is "U Maple Me Berry because there wasn’t room to add the word “Happy”. Every time I come up with a new jam & jam name, I have to consider the label. When I saw the liqueur, I knew I had to use it in a jam. Because alcohol flavor in jam rocks, even if the alcohol burns off.
Merry Everything to my fellow dopers!
Ok!! So I opened my package:
Got a grievous wound in the process:
Pulled out the prezzies:
Unwrapped the first gift. An Audubon bird calendar! I thought “Wow, how did she know this is exactly what I wanted??” I didn’t put anything that specific in this thread other than “I like birds”. Then I remembered that we’d had a “What do you want for Christmas” thread. So I went back to see what I’d put because I couldn’t remember. I had indeed said an Audubon bird calendar. Then I thought “OMG what if there is a Labrys lapel pin in amongst these gifts!”.
Then I opened Vietnamese coffee and Mexican hot chocolate tablets, which I’d never heard of but will be enjoying today!"
Next was two Texas items. One is a map of Texas (sorry it’s unsidedown!) made from reclaimed wood:
And a magnet from Paris, Texas:
I was so, so happy with my gifts. They just made me so happy. I had one, tiny gift left:
My pin! I’d been wanting a Labrys pin for a while but didn’t know where to find one. I normally wear a dinosaur pin on my work sweater but I’ve already changed it out for my Labrys pin.
My sincere thanks, txobbin, for your well thought out gifts. I’m so pleased. Happy Holidays to you and yours. (hugs)
Now THAT’S what I’m talkin’ about!
I have some of that Vinacafe Vietnamese instant coffee, and I love it! That brand is excellent. One envelope makes a smallish cup, only about six ounces. I mix it in the cup with water just off the boil using my milk frother. That also helps cool it down. It already has milk and sugar in it, so some may find it too sweet, but not me.
The chocolate tablets are, of course, for making hot chocolate (mix in hot milk while it’s on the stove), but sometimes if I’m desperate for a treat, I’ll just break them up and eat them. I’m bad, I know.
Love the cowboy hat on the Eiffel Tower. Great prezzies, artfully presented.
FloatyGimpy, thank you for going to all that trouble.
Wow! I must say, having a song (parody) composed as a thank-you was delightful!
The scalp massage thingy was a last minute little throwaway addition - the box equivalent of a stocking stuffer - so it’s quite appropriate that it didn’t fit the song either. I had vaguely noticed the sequential number of things as I was packing, but somehow the carol didn’t even occur to me!
It was fun picking out colors for you and imagining what you might like. Internal arguments like, “I dunno. Maybe too much … ?” “She said BOLD COLORS dammit woman!”
The vodka (Deep Eddy) is from the Austin area. I tried to pick “southern” flavors.
This was barrels of fun. Merry Holidays y’all!
FloatyGimpy, I am pleased that you are pleased! It feels wonderful making someone happy. Oh no! about the finger cut, may it heal quickly.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everybody, this has been great fun. I like the links to pictures of the prezzies, that doubles the fun!
Has everyone got their gifts?
Silvorange, I sent my gift to carnut, and she confirmed she got it… alas, I haven’t gotten anything (yet), but one bright spot was that it pushed me to join the confirmed delivery program for my PO Box. That way I don’t have to check it every few days. (I can only make a trip every other Saturday) .
I had a bit of snafus over the years, but finally they approved taking pics of deliveries and just emailing to me to indicate I have something in my box!
Thanks for doing that tx, I was going to post but you beat me to it!
