 Hey guys, how are you today? So I got this really great Box of happy mail slash early Christmas present from my dear friend Michelle Mitchell over at Lady Blue Studios And I wanted to share it with you guys. Of course, I've already gone through it and unwrapped it So you can't see how pretty Lee it was wrapped inside the box But all of this stuff was wrapped in this really pretty turquoise color tissue paper and then wrapped with some really great twine in beachy sandy colors and turquoise. I love that So you know, I'm going to be using that again. In fact, I've got I've got to make some journals and I think that that twine is going to use be used for some of the binding. So She sent me some of this decorative packing tape that I've been looking for I have trouble finding it I used to be able to get it at Target. Anyway, she found me some look This is the turquoise one with the leaves on it. I love it. And this is the tissue paper It was all wrapped and isn't that great And my most one of my most favorite things to collage with this tissue paper I think it's easier to work with than napkins and I also like deli paper. So yeah, thank you Michelle I love this she sent me these really great straws that look like birch trees and Actually, I have a really cool idea for these for a project. So I'm going to try to put them in a place where they'll be safe Hopefully when I have time to do the project, I'll remember where that safe place is But I do have an idea to take these like decorative paper straws and do something with them I have an idea and it actually kind of goes with this. So I've got to put these in a place together Hopefully I'll remember where that place is when the time comes. I got these really great Journaling cards that say things to do with a date and a list a checklist. I love that I'll clip together with that pretty paper clip a white paper clip. I love these cards. These cards are fabulous She made this little tag with my name on it. I love that. I'm gonna put that over on my table with all my other little Small findings and things that you guys have sent me over the years. My table is actually But I love it. Okay She sent me these really great page flags. She knows I love sticky notes. Look at oh these wait I thought they were page flags. They're not I think they're erasers. Hold on. Oh No, they're page flags they're like Vellum paper plastic coated paper I Don't know they're really cool, but they're page flags and they're look at the colors That's gonna come in handy when I'm going through some of my you know Books where I'm reading up on new techniques and things and I like to mark page flag the pages that I want to go back and actually Try what they're talking about on that page in one of my journals. So these are gonna come in handy I'm gonna put these by the sofa where I do that kind of reading Look at these sticky notes They're like craft paper and they have can you see the pink journaling lines on there? She knows I love a good sticky note Here's some more journaling cards as she sent me with look at these decorative paper clips that she sent Aren't they cute? I love the little birds and then a couple of pieces of ribbon With different words on them. I love that. Thank you Michelle Some DVD sleeves these are great and I'm gonna put them in my envelope box because they'd be great to add to Some junk journals that I want to work on making more junk journals next year I haven't really kind of slacked off on that and I have some more of these somewhere You know in a safe place. Yeah, I don't know where that safe places. I'm gonna have to think about it She sent me a few things in these little Decorative bags, which is great This one had oh, yeah, okay. This one had a couple of small stamps in it and then this book is a What do you call this? This is one of those labels that you put inside of a book to say that it belongs to you. I Forget what it's called right now. I Have that on my coffee. It's just it's one of those days. I don't know And then this one look at this little bag and I love your washi tape Michelle. You always have great washi tape So this one was full of die-cut hearts in different colors of paper and then some wooden pieces. I Love this star one and I have collected quite a few of these wooden pieces from y'all over the years I've been on YouTube and I'm thinking I was thinking the other day I wonder what it would look like if I scattered a bunch of these on some like Like deli paper or a drop paper and then sprayed the deco art Media sprays over them And then let it dry and then lifted these up now the deco art sprays are not like the delusion sprays They're permanent after they dry and so they'd be really great to not only color these But if I did it over these then I'd on a piece of paper Then I'd also have decorative paper like it two for one, right? So we may do that on an upcoming Monday with deco art Try not to lose any of them All right, and then this was all clipped together This is a Library card pocket back in the olden days when you used to have to pull the card out and sign it to check the book out And give the lady the card. Yeah, but I love that and then there's a label And some bags. There's another label. I love that. These are going to be great in some junk journals and stuff Thank you so much Michelle. I love all the bits and pieces you sent very very much I'm gonna put it all back here in the box until I get a chance to put it all away where I want it to go. I Don't want to lose anything Put it back over here Now my Facebook group. We're gonna do a little vlog here, too. So my Facebook group is About to hit 500 members soon. We're at about 450 ish When as as I'm filming this video when we hit 500, which I think I'm thinking will be pretty soon I Am gonna have a special giveaway now The it all we're also coming up on the anniversary of the original forming of the group and granted I didn't do a lot with it until the last couple months or so, but It has been formed for quite a while So I thought to celebrate both of those things that I'd have a little giveaway and instead of just giving away to one person I'm gonna give away to everybody. So as part of The celebration of the anniversary of my Facebook group if you're a member of the group But only if you're a member you're gonna get that the PDF copy digital copy of this coloring book That I put together over the weekend that how this is actually the off one because it has page numbers at the top I ended up taking them off, but this is my sample They're only printed on one side so that you can color them and then take them out And it's a PDF document that you can print on your computer at home. This is printed on Nina card stock and But you have to be a member of the group to get it There's some old designs and there's some newer designs There are some designs in here that are intended for future rubber stamp lines that I haven't made yet So this is a special just for you guys. There are some of these that are, you know, only otherwise for sale in my Etsy shop. So If you're a member of my Facebook group when we hit 500 we're gonna Post this just to the group and it's only for group members. So if you're not a member of the group Go over to Facebook and think about joining I may after that put some of these up for sale in my Etsy shop Haven't decided yet, but it won't be until after we hit that 500 mark so look for that and I Think that might be it for right now. I can't think of anything else. I've got a few projects coming up. I'm working on Finishing the journaling by fives. I filmed step four over the weekend. I'm gonna try to do step five today or tomorrow I'm going to make some little items out of these that we're gonna. I'm in a film These are some of my stamps. I stamped on some Watercolor paper and I have a project for these coming up and then I colored them with watercolor paints And I have a project with these pill pack boxes, I'm gonna try to work on today to and film So lots of exciting things coming up. I'm gonna be revamping my website for next year I'm gonna be having more online courses for next year Ah Lot of a lot of stuff coming up So stay tuned join my Facebook group if you want to contact me for any reason my email address and P.o. Box is in the description below send me happy mail or whatever. I love tissue paper by the way FYI And if you know leave a comment on the video I'll reply if you have any questions comments or concerns for sure Don't forget to have a great week everybody and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later Bye