I have been such a lucky crafter over the past couple of weeks!  The first surprise parcel that arrived was from Mary, all the way from Oregon, USA.  She had posted a destash notice on Ravelry months ago.  Look at the lovely bits and pieces she sent me!

This little parcel contained vintage ric rac, loads of lovely pieces of fabric that I’ll use in a quilt, a kit to knit a lace bookmark (Mary’s own design) and that little brown envelope is full of vintage embroidery transfers!  Mary also sent me the most fantastic hand-made card.  Thank you so much Mary!  I had completely forgotten that this parcel would be coming, and it was such a welcome surprise.

Then I managed to win a Betty Jo giveaway!  I have been coveting her brooches for a long time.

As well as the brooch, she included some vintage aprons, sewing and knitting books, knitting needles and wrapped the whole thing in a beautiful vintage tablecloth.

Huge thank-you to Betty Jo!

At Brown Owls last week, Brooke kindly pulled my name out of the door prize barrel.

Black grosgrain ribbon and a great softie pattern!  I picked up a lovely scrap of fabric while I was there too.

But I’m not finished with the good crafty luck!  Last week I won a giveaway that Corrie was holding with the story of my Nanna hiding the Christmas pav under the bed.  And look at what she sent me!

A Japanese craft magazine, some cute tape and fantastic pieces of Japanese fabrics!

Thank you so much Corrie!  I think that I have used more exclamation marks than usual in this blog post, but honestly it has been so exciting to win these generous giveaways and it is always so much fun to receive a parcel.  Now I have even more ideas of what I’d like to make and just need to win some time to do it in.