So, everyone, I have the incredible honour of starting our brag thread for the colour swap.
And oh boy, what a brag it is!! You guys aren't gonna believe it.... Seriously.
I received my box from....Mikeysgrrrl!!! We've all been drooling over her box since she posted the teasers and I had the amazing good luck of being her partner! She absolutely spoiled me. I am generally a loud bouncy person, but I spent almost a half an hour just unwrapping everything super slowly and quietly. I gasped and ouu'ed and aaaahh'd. I couldn't believe my eyes as I opened things.
And then I cried.
Yep. Cried.
You'll understand when you see everything...
So here we go...!!
First, the goodies all wrapped. The wrapping job was absolutely beautiful. Got my colours to the tee, and some beautiful adorable stickers that were all peeled off and saved in an envelope. It was so hard to get all the presents in the picture, the box was huge and stuffed full!!
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loginA close up of some of the adorable stickers (ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS) and a beautiful pink butterfly clip on that is still searching for a permanent home in my room.
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loginAnd here's the extras!
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loginDO YOU SEE THAT SAILOR MOON DOOL?! Is that not he most amazing extra you've ever seen in your whole entire life?! I think it iiisss! Ohmygosh I love it. There's also some adorable sailor moon valentines and stickers that I'm in love with. I was freaking out over the sailor moon madness! You can't really see it well in the photo but there's also an adorable stationary set that I can't wait to use for writing letters to go inside trade boxes and such! There's an adorable book on elephants (the first thing I opened!) and a beautiful card with an elephant ON STAGE. Sooo me
I screamed when I opened the marshmallows because I've been telling my girlfriend (who works at a chocolate shop) how bad I want chocolate covered marshmallows. So now I have a huge adorable bag of marshmallows for making my favourite snack! How did you know?!?! I know I didn't mention marshmallows...
eeee! There's also some really cute sticker tape, elephant sticklers of cuteness, mini bubblegum machine (yumm!), bubble gum tape (oooo my childhood!), a butterfly windchime, a cd case, hello kitty crosswords and bubbles and mcds toy, and these incredible keyboard stickers!theyre so cute and I've never seen anything like them before. I have a big scary gaming laptop that will be so much cuter once It had those stickers on all the keys!! That was definitely a gift I couldn't imagine and didn't know I would love so much!
Not pictured: a lollipop that I ate while opening presents, and cute metal photo holders in the shape of flowers that my roommate swiftly claimed for our living room.
There was also a gift for my girlfriend! What could it be I wonder? She will kill me if I open it for her, so, keep checking back for the mystery to be revealed...
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loginSo those were what I like too affectionately call, the extra extras.. Then there's the Customizing Extras (yep, they get their own full section.). They came inside a super cute carnival tin which I will probably use for eating popcorn or storing candy hehe.
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loginSo as you can see, there's four hanks of dolly hair in amazing colours of the swap (ohmygoooossh I've never held dolly hair in my life before! I've only ever done yarn rehairs. I CANNOT WAIT TO TRY.) there's also clay!! Ive never sculpted with clay before in my whole life either so I cannot wait to experiment, and read up on it and learn and yay!! Theres also little jewels for decorating, and two bright pink plastic tail washers. Also Mikeysgrrrl included a bait cotton candy for me to customize! Wheeee! Im so spoiled. I cannot wait to make adorable ponies with this stuff! Thank you so much
And then.... THE PONAYS.
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loginLulu luck, Glimmer Wings Ploomette (she is SO GORGEOUS in person. I'm in love with her!! so much) and GIANT TALKING QUEEN CELESTIA AND SHE'S WHITE AND OH MY GOD OH MY GOD WWOOOWWW! I. LOVE. HER.
and that's it.
HAHAHAHA JUST KIDDING.....
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loginCUSTOMS. So, the first is a beautiful pinkie pie with freaking tinsel in her freaking hair, which must be so hard to do and I'm so impressed by Mikeyssgrrrl's crazy amazing skills and he has stars and I loe stars and she's so. Freaking, beautiful.
And as if that wasn't enough, Mikeysgrrrl went on to make me a persona pony. This is where i cried...(happy tears of course, also shock and amazement)... It's got a star, and a treble clef, and the drama masks. And her colours are absolutely perfect and she even came with a gigantic beautiful bow. I feel like somehow Mikeysgrrrl knew me so well, she made a persona pony of me that I could never have come up with on my own, let alone had the skill to make as well as she did. Ill upload better photos soon but I wanted to get this all up tonight.
And last, about certainly not least, she painted me this beautiful painting...
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loginThe photo doesn't do it justice. The pink balloons sparkle, and it's black tie pinkie pie who I am absolutely in love with. I would rather have received this painting than a million ponies.
This was such an incredible box, I can't even call it a box. It was an experience. I loved absolutely everything I received and I am beyond happy. Beyond ecstatic. I'm so overcome by Mikeysgrrrl's generosity and artistic talent and kindness and ... Aaaaahh I might cry again.
This swap is going down as one of the happiest memories ever. And in the midst of university chaos, and stress and sadness I couldn't have asked for a better box to receive.
The personal touches really are what made this box so special, and I am so inspired to pay it forward and pass this kindness, generosity and attention to detail on to my own partner.
Thank you soo much Mikeysgrrrl, ! Ill never be able to thank you enough. I hope we can be pony friends forever