Girly Swap 2014 Brag Thread!

[NinaMarie]

I love the Girly Swap brags! Everyone is going all out and it's just so girly!

[Naraya]

So many new brags, wow! Everyone got such great boxes!

[Eternia]

hahah I knew you would get yours on your birthday! That is so awesome, and MiRaja really got you spot on! I love the pretty fan!!! and of course, those puff rehairs. Great job!!

[Sumire]

There are going to be a whole lot of pictures in here (and a lot of exclamation marks too) and I apologize for how big they are. I'll tuck them under a spoiler. I had an awful time with my camera and computer today so after I finally got photos of everything I gave up on re-shooting for the sake of my sanity. 

Akemi-chan was my partner and she just about buried me in cuteness and ponies!

Spoiler

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The previously raved about origami lucky stars! I gathered every last one up and put them in a glass jar. They make me smile.

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The box before unpacking but after shifting things around to hunt down more stars... 

Let's start with ponies!

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Vintage Cupcake! (She's vintage for G4! I got back into collecting after this wave was long gone and she's proved more difficult to acquire than my G1 Windy!) Sorry for the picture quality. It was so difficult to get her face and her cutie mark in the picture; this girl has a very bouncy mane!

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The elusive Sweetie Swirl! The glittery cotton candy cutie mark and my favorite color combo of pink and sea green made her a very longed for pony.

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Twilight Pink! I love that her symbol looks like a super girly tattoo.

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Dream Blue! I didn't specify the version but now that I have her, I have to say the super-long hair version is so over the top I'm glad she's the one I received. I love her bubblegum pink hair and I can't wait to brush out it's long long lengths and braid it!

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And to complete our journey through pony history, it's Heart Throb! Look at those perfectly sparkly silver wings on the hearts! (The hearts aren't faded, it turns out sunlight presented its own problems in my photographs today.)

I love that Akemi-chan got me ponies from every generation I collect. It was such a wonderful surprise as I unwrapped each one.

Extras!

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Liliana modeling her gifts. Akemi-chan made an adorable little deco-hairclip for her and also made the cute top as well! I am in awe of her skill! I've never received anything for my doll in a swap before and it was such a sweet and special surprise!

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Remember those pink bags in Akemi-chan's teaser picture? One of them was full of nothing but chocolate caramel yumminess!

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Pretty floral stickers and a cute pink polka-dotted mesh case (with three pockets!) from Daiso.

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Hello Kitty goodies! (Tumblr did not approve of the picture's pre-set orientation...)

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More Hello Kitty cuteness! You can't see it in the picture but the photo album has silver sparkly accents! The sticker set is super-duper cute too!

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Kitties! In sticker form! On the right is a traditional Changzhou wooden comb featuring a woman with my same impeccable taste for pink.

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Why am I not at all surprised that Hawai'i has kawaii mascot goods? These are Island Yumi goods from Island Heritage and the journal even has extra sparkles!

My favorite Sanrio characters are Kiki and Lala otherwise knows as Twin Stars. They have been increasingly difficult to find but apparently they are hanging out in Hawai'i and who can blame them?

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This notebook features nearly every cute thing ever.

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Sticker flakes! I've been eying sticker flakes for some time but I've never run across any packaged in a cute resealable bag like this one!

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Akemi-chan didn't specify but I think she made this too! The cuteness, the sparkliness!

Last but in no way least Akemi-chan blew me away by hunting down two vintage coloring books featuring some of my favorite eighties characters - who aren't ponies:

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The Care Bear Cousins!

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Poochie! When I showed it to my husband he asked me if I was going to lord it over him that Poochie is "for girls." If he asks nicely though, I'll let him color too. 

Thank you Akemi-chan! I can't believe all the girly goodness you showered upon me!

[MikeysGrrrl]

Another awesome swap box! Just look at all of those lovely ponies, and the extras Wow! Congrats Sumire! Akemi did a wonderful job putting that together for you.

[gemini_pony]

Wooohooo lots of awesome goodies!!

[reanna-mator]

Oh wow! Sumire, you got spoiled with an avalanche of cuteness! Great box.

[NinaMarie]

My partner was the wonderful Pinkaurora!

I opened the box to see this super cute drawing of Posey!
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Someday I will have a pony room and then I will display all the wonderful art I've received in swaps.

Look at these little packages that came in a shoebox! It was a Tardis! I just kept pulling stuff out.
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Some extras. As you can see I was already into the gummy worms. The poor Junior Mints didn't survive the heat, i'll be removing the solid mass from the box and turn it into junior mint bark or something lol. Cute HK gel pens and a nail file.
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I just somewhat recently pierced my ears and now my earring collection has jumped. And they are so cute and perfect for me! I love flowers which anyone can tell now  I have some for any outfit!
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And on to the ponies! They all have ribbons in their tails and flowers! It's so pretty and girly! And Streaky has the cutest hairbow. They are all just lovely!
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And here is a picture of the cute way Pinkaurora tried to protect the SHS earring! (sorry it's a bit blurry)
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Thank you sooo much! I love my new ponies and earrings and everything! Definitely one of my favorite boxes!

[MikeysGrrrl]

Congrats on such a cute swap box NinaMarie, Pinkaurora did such a great job! I love all those little bows on the ponies and that Posey art is lovely

[gemini_pony]

Time for my awesome brag!! From the awesome Sundown

Lovely pony art on the box I will be cutting out!
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The box as I opened it!
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Getting ready to unwrap!
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Kitty wants to help
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Oh look at this beautiful drawing! I will be framing it.
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Stickers!
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Awww these little animals are adoarable!!
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Cute pencils ,cupcake erasers ,pony cards and I LOVE those rice candies.
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More yummies
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Now the ponies!!! all are so pretty!! :3

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All my goodies!!!
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I had a blast opening my box after my long trip home it was the perfect pick me up!

[MikeysGrrrl]

What a wonderful swap box Congrats!

[Miss Violet]

i love the brags!!

[Pheasant]

Glad you like your box, gemini! I was concerned you wouldn't, as my part of Idaho is rather lacking in pony goodies. :c I purchased that Fizzy Pop in Redondo Beach when I was about six, so she's gone back to her original home!

Everyone has such awesome boxes, so much girly-ness everywhere! I love it. I came home yesterday to find a box from NinaMarie! She did such a great job on it; the exterior was all covered with cute drawings that my phone camera sadly didn't pick up.

The first things I found were some lovely stickers and an adorable Hello Kitty lunch box!
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I opened the tin to find it choc-full of chocolates (pun entirely intended) as well as some pencils, owl socks, and a cute bracelet! On Sunday, I was lamenting to my mom about the lack of chocolates in the house; and was having problems with my pencil sharpener so both of these came at the perfect time. There was also some rare California blue dust, which was a nod to me jokingly mentioning that I collected dust.
(You know, when I lived on CA's central coast, we had dust but it was never the fancy kind.)
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More packages (with chocolates taped to the tops!) and a very cute cupcake headband I can wear while baking. <3
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SS Posey, Starflash, Tiffany Tails, and gardenia-scented tealights that smell heavenly!
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In another package that I forgot to take a picture of was an owl tealight holder to hold said candles...
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...which I can also use as a Super Secret Candy Stash. My brothers will never realize it!
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The box must have been magical, because more packages kept popping out.
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They contained Flowerburst, Tricky Tails, mechanical pencils, paper tape, and an owl drinking cup. <3
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There was also an envelope with a beautiful card inside.
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Thank you so much, NinaMarie, I love everything! And a big thank-you to Eternia for hosting the swap; this was first non-custom swap ever and I really enjoyed it.

[MikeysGrrrl]

I love all of those beautiful owl items Talk about amazing extras! Congrats Sundown, NinaMarie put together a wonderfully girly box for you

[gemini_pony]

Love the owl candle holder.
@ Sundown- That's so cool about Fizzy Pop!