Remember when I sent THIS little bit of goodness off a few weeks ago? 
Well THAT was a lot of fun to gather and send off to my Swap Partner NikkiCrumpet. Really, it was. But OH Heavenly Day when the box of HER favorite things arrived things got even MORE fun! Look at all of this AWESOME stuff....
isn't this box darling?!
This S-O-F-T comfy cozy ZEBRA print throw was inside!!
another adorable box is filled with YUMMY chocolate!
a few little bits of Clinique...I remember the days when I could afford this, the days before I became a mom and started spending all of my money on my kid. Nikki's kids are all grown now, this little bit of goodness reminds me MY day will come again...but I am not in a hurry!
a new book....funny story, Big Daddy picked it up and read the cover "We have your wife. you can get her back for 2 million cash" and then he looked at me and said, "Beautiful, I hate to tell you this but, you would be screwed!!" So promise me something; IF I am ever kidnapped and my darling hubz puts up a link for donations, PLEASE spare a few bucks for your girl, OK!?
Thank you sooooo much Nikki I looooooooooooove everything you sent me. You have some fabulous favorite things!! I really enjoyed sending you some of my faves and truly loved getting yours. You. Are. A. Doll.So a lot of people are emailing me asking when I am going to host the next Mamarazzi's Favorite Things Swap. I am planning on doing another in Feb. or Mar. or maybe even both. This was a major undertaking to organize and I learned a few things along the way. But the bottom line is I loved all of it...even the stressful few minutes here and there. It has been so fun popping over to each of the participants blogs and seeing what then sent and received. The excitement and JOY that came from this and was spread through out the blogsphere was incredible. If you are a new reader of Dandelion Wishes you can catch up on all of the Mamarazzi's Favorite Things Swap posts by clicking the Bloggy Business button under my header!
I have something equally FABULOUS coming up in January. You will NOT want to miss it! If you are not already following my blog, get on up there and clickety to follow. Trust me, fun stuff on the horizon!
I am moving Mr. Linky here so swappers don't have to dig for it anymore and so that y'all can bask in the awesomeness that is Mamarazzi's Favorite Things Swap. Mr. Linky has been on the blinky..so if you signed in before and don't see your name now, please add it again. It wasn't me, I promise. Poor Mr. Linky!
Mr. Linky is for Mamarazzi's Favorite Things Swap ONLY...you can link up to WordFUL Wednesday HERE
Swappers...if you could just take a minute to share a little bit about your Swap Experience in the comments I would really appreciate it. Would you do another swap? Would you suggest your friends do it? What was the best/worst part of doing it? Is there anything you would have changed or done differently? Anything else you would like to add?!
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41 comments:
See what happens when I stay up late? First!
I read The Husband. It is one awesome book. Enjoy!
I thought the swap kicked butt. It was super fun and I'd totally do it again. No downside,except my own sucky procrastination that had me waiting until the last minute..other than that...Good times.
I used to use clinique too. Now I'm back to good old Noxzema and oil of olay. I'm old school...and cheap like that.
Hi!! And thank you for the welcome!! I have already been perusing your Bloggy goodness!! And I am totally hooked LOL! I can't wait to make your Faux Sushi!! I think my sweet toothed 2yr old will LOVE IT!!! I may try to do you favorite things swap the next time you do it! It sounds like a blast!! Well off to take care of the baby it has been a long day and is proving to be a long night with her!! Thanks again!!
Wow! You got awesome stuff!!!
I love your dh's comment on the book. I'd spare a few bucks for ya'!
I am a dur dee dur and added myself to mister linky and put the URL in wrong and now I dunno how to fix it!?!?
This was SO MUCH FUN!!!! I loved shopping for it, and loved the excitement of receiving my own box. I would definitely do this again!!!! It was nice to just slow down, and do something nice for someone else.
The only thing I would have done differently would be to wrap each present. I didn't take the time to do that and I should have!
Thank you Mamarazzi!!!! I'm sure it was alot of work, but we all appreciate it so much!
Thanks so much Mammarazzai for all your work on the swap! I think it was great fun and I am sure a lot of hard work for you! But much appreciated by all of us!
I would indeed participate again!
I would suggest to friends, although I have few blogging friends! But I would definitely post about it.
I think the best thing was preparing and receiving gifts! Both was very exciting!!! The worst was hoping that the other person would love it!
The only thing I would have changed is the mail out date, for procrastinators like me that wait until the last moment, Monday was impossible, but really that is not a big deal.
The only ting I can think of to add is maybe a little more info about your swap partner but maybe not knowing is good too!!!
It was so much fun, you are the best!
Oh, maybe a kids swap -- my kids helped me and loved it!
THANKS!!
So awesome all the cool things you received!!!!!!!!! I just did a swap and it was so much fun!
Happy WW & Happy Thanksgiving!!
You got so many cool thing! I miss fancy make-up too! I'm glad you got some for a treat!
I had a blast getting together my favorite things. The swap was awesome and I would SO participate again. Most likely if you did it in March - only because pesonally I have a lot going on in Feb. Ry's birthday, our anniversary and so on.
Thanks so much for putting this on I had a lot of fun!
Can I just point out how extraordinarily lame I am for not saying THHHHHHHAAANNNKKKKKK YOUUUUUU SO MUCH for my package!
Really nice gifts - WOW!
Hope you guys have a wonderful Thanksgiving - H-O-double L-double E- upper case A-double N...all one word smoooooooooshed together.
See you soon - Kellan
How did I miss this? I will hafta join when you do this again-looks like fun!
Happy Thanksgiving
I didn't participate in this swap because of the holidays, but hopefully if you do one in the spring, I will get to.
I'm so glad you liked the stuff! That book is fabulous...you'll have to tell me what you think. And no sharing that throw...it is for mom to snuggle up in! They are sooo soft...I have two of them and I use them all the time. They wash and dry up really nice so don't feel like you can't use it..it's not for show lol. Thanks for organizing this. I had a great time!
Sounds like a great time! Maybe I'll join next time.
hey, thanks for linking me up!! I posted and then went to bed, I kind of forgot to come back and link :-)
Thanks again for the fun!!
Looks like your first swap was a success.
Have a great Thanksgiving my bloggy friend!
You got some fun stuff! I finally posted about mine..and I cannot WAIT to do it again..!!
I'm not part of the swap yet but look forward to it someday;)
I love all your goodies you got! How fun!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I can't wait for January! What a great throw you got.......such a fun idea, and so nice of you to head the swap up!
FUN!
Way cool gifts! :)
Wow! You did good! Very nice swap box, and what a great thing you did organizing and hosting it.
Wow! You got some lovely prizes! Happy Wordful Wednesday!
I really enjoyed this swap!
It was so fun to be able to buy what *I* like and send it out to someone else. I'm having a hard time doing another swap I'm in b/c it's wicked hard to shop for someone you don't know! Buying stuff I would normally buy for myself? Easy peasy!
Thank you so much for hosting this, and I hope to take part in the next one too!
Oh my goodness what cute and awesome gifts! Glad you enjoyed putting together the swap! Looks like a lot joy came from it! You rock!!!
I'm working on my swap post. I forgot my camera cord at home, and we'll be back tomorrow!
Thanks again for organizing it! So fun!
I loved the swap! I had so much fun doing this. I think the worst part was trying not to go overboard because of getting my stuff shipped. I would definitely participate again and probably do a few things from here and order the rest thru Target or another fab fav store so I could include more Favorite goodness.
Loved it! So many thanks for organizing it and many thanks for my swap partner. We were practically twins in the favorites department!
I missed this swap, but would really like to catch the next one. Looks like so much fun!
I had TONS of fun doing the swap and will for sure participate in the next one.
You have an uncanny knack for finding the perfect partners--my swap buddy sent me the BEST stuff!
Very cool idea--great job organizing it!
I hope you had a very happy Thanksgiving! Your swap gifts looked so cute :)
Love the zebra throw! and make-up! How neat!
Found your blog, from Mommy Just One More Minute!
visiting via SITS....what an AWESOME blog! :) I'm so excited about everything, I don't know what to do first....mmmm, I know...I'll stalkfollow you know...:)
What a great idea! I hope to join in next time! Thanks Mamarazzi for all your great blogginess!
You know I love you and I'll send what ever I can spare in the event you are kidnapped for ransom!
I posted! AGAIN SO SORRY! :)kyley
I totally wanna play! I saw the pictures from one of my friend's blog and that it was such a great idea!! Let me know what I need to do please. I'm so following you, going to read the bloggy thing and adding you to my blogroll!
You are so awesome! Your family is so cute.
I love the idea of seeing what someone else's favorite things are. Great idea - glad to be a part of this!
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