Culture Swap brag thread

[Doedeardarling]

So many sweets *drool* That bottle lamp is also very beautiful.

[SeashellnBubbles]

Oh, now i wish I'd sent sweets! I just went crazy with ponies, though...lol! Maybe my partner won't mind fewer calories and more pony goodneess!
Here in canada (especially Quebec and Northern Ontario) we have "sugar pie" honest to gawd, this thing is just a pie filled with maple caramel flavoured sugar! That whoopie pie sounds just as decadent!! Thank you for enlightening me...i'm going to have to try one when i go to the States next time

[xeevee]

Oh, now i wish I'd sent sweets! I just went crazy with ponies, though...lol! Maybe my partner won't mind fewer calories and more pony goodneess!
Here in canada (especially Quebec and Northern Ontario) we have "sugar pie" honest to gawd, this thing is just a pie filled with maple caramel flavoured sugar! That whoopie pie sounds just as decadent!! Thank you for enlightening me...i'm going to have to try one when i go to the States next time

Oh my god, that sounds friggen amazing. 

[MiRaja]

Sparkler's Oasis was my partner!

I received a box full of beautifully wrapped goodies that made a rotten day much better!  Definitely helped to get through a loooooong work day!

Here's the goodies:
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WP_20140703_001 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr

Cute Corgi pup card!
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WP_20140703_003 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr

Banana Surprise is my first pony, she's included as an extra and needs some extra love.  I think with some careful sunfading I can get the marks off of her. 

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WP_20140703_004 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr

Starglow!  This girl is GORGEOUS.  Such silky soft hair!
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WP_20140703_005 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr

Some magnets!  Always need these!
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WP_20140703_006 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr

And I got this hand forged hook!  I know what I'm doing with this!  I've been wanting to put up some plant hangers, and this one will be excellent!  Yay!
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WP_20140703_007 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr

Two beautiful G2 ponies! 
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WP_20140703_008 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr
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WP_20140703_010 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr

Some soap!  It smells heavenly!  Spicy and earthy, so perfect.  Sandalwood is one of my favorite!

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WP_20140703_009 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr

And Love Letter!  She's absolutely beautiful!

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WP_20140703_011 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr

Sparkler also sent me some giant m&m's, some almonds, a book and postcards!  I haven't yet gotten to take a look at the pictures, but will soon!

Thank-you so much, Sparkler!  I loved everything!  

[cassstorm]

I also got my box from doedeerdarling today! Awesome day- I received my private swap box and this one! I did not open this one until late tonight though, because I wanted to make sure it was for this swap first  and because I had to charge my camera battery.

Artwork on outside of box:
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All the packages with their beautiful artwork notecards
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more amazing artwork notecards
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I am trying decide between framing each card or putting them in a collage- absolutely beautiful artwork!!!

What awesome and fun culture items! the little ones in the white bag are what we call black licorice here! My mom and son love them (not me lol, but its great because my mom is supposed to visit soon and she cant get them where she lives now).


2 of my favorite pictures- wait till you guys see the beautiful pictures ! I hope you can upload them for everyone because they are amazing!
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Baby Applejack and Baby Explorer! a great map of Finland (I never knew there were so many lakes!), A basket made from tree bark, bear print soap, great magnets, Tea that I can not wait to try, and various other goodies!
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Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MikeysGrrrl]

Two more great brags, just love the items that are being included to represent the local culture.

[icecreamgirl]

I have really enjoyed following this thread, all your boxes are so amazing. It is also great to see the photos of the ponies on their holidays!


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[SparklersOasis]

Yay, I'm glad it arrived safely, and quick! I hope you enjoy the pictures, I had a lot of fun taking them and got a lot of strange looks!

[Lady Starflower]

More amazing boxes!!

I have never heard of Sugar pie before lol

[SeashellnBubbles]

I'd never heard of sugar pie until I moved up north many, many (uh...too many) years ago! It's really a Quebec French-Canadian thing it seems, and since my family lived right on the boarder we were very much exposed to that culture as well as the Native Canadian community and Amish communities!
Oh, Cassstorm, that artwork is incredible! DDD you must have worked so hard to draw all of those...I like them better than the photographs!
Miraja, i love how you couldn't wait to get out of your car to open your package...I laughed so hard when i saw the glove compartment in every snap...you must have been so very excited Everyones ponies are lovely and so much thought went into everything!

[cyberunicorn]

swooning over them pony pictures.

epic brags so far. I know my partner has their box now.

I hope they liked everything 

[tsukikakushi]

And I loved every bit of it Cyber! You absolutely spoiled me rotten, and I don't think I could thank you enough for all the wonderful goodies <3 Sorry it took me a bit to get this up, photobucket and my internet connection have been turds the last couple of days. I blame the thunderstorms

Everything out of the boxes (I love the wrapping paper):
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A super cute drawing of Firefly flying over a very confused looking sheep:
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The note told me to open all the unmarked packages first, so here goes!

UK swag!
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Those socks are too great for words! The little bulldogs are adorable! Plus there's a mini post box, a London taxi & double decker bus, a bunch of cute pins, and 2 pouches that I've already found a use for. Yay for more organization!

Pony goodies:
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Those socks are getting saved for special occasions <3 Plus some more Firefly merch to add to the army. The retro mini is really cute!

It's a royal gathering of ponies! So very appropriate
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Each of these girls is so minty, I was just flabbergasted as I kept opening them up. The pony fun just never seemed to end!

Next was the scrapbook full of pretty pictures. I was going to photograph them all, but realized this brag would get a little huge, so I just took a sampling of pics. Since the rest of the packages were labelled & went in order with pages in the book, I focused on them.

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Cookies! They'll go good with a little milk or cocoa.
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Apparently one of the ponies had a little run in with some sheep... But this little guy decided to come with them. Too cute!
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The ponies brought back some souvenirs from their trip to St. Anne's
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This little lady decided to come along after giving us a tour through Skipton.
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More goodies from Skipton Castle
And last but not least, a very regal looking Majesty decked out in English colors:
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Hopefully that's everything, if I missed anything it's because photobucket is being a pain. But I loved each and every bit of this swap box, Cyber you are too awesome for words <3 Now I'm gonna go eat some of that fudge... yum!

[SparklersOasis]

I got a brief 'calm before the storm' and photobucket finally cooperated!

Ponies!  They are all gorgeous and I can't get over how colorful Parasol is!  And I was so excited when I opened them all up, but especially Love Melody, Milky Way, and Celebrate!
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Most of the extras, there's also a bar of prickly pear chocolate and some Australian cookies that apparently go REALLY well with a warm drink.  I couldn't get them in the picture because my dog kept trying to run up and grab them!
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Seriously, I am SO excited to have her back in my collection!  Thanks again Xeevee for hosting a wonderful swap and being such a stellar partner!
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PS - it cracked me up to find the pennies, they had all migrated into separate packages!  I remember one was with Seashell, and one was with the sea lion (who is SO soft!), but I don't remember where the other two migrated.

[MikeysGrrrl]

Even more wonderful brags, so many lovely ponies and great extras, good job everyone

[xeevee]

Lovely new boxes!  We should be getting tonnes more brags in the next couple of days.

I love all your new ponies, MiRaja.

OMG DDD, That artwork is amazing!  I want to steal it all!

What a great box  tsukikakushi.  I love all the British stuff you got.  And those are some seriously nice princess ponies.

I'm really happy you liked your box, Sparkler.  I really had fun putting it together.  How funny that the pennies had made their way into other presents.  Must have been like a treasure hunt.

Here are some of the photos I included:

Spoiler

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This is the cat in the hat statue outside of the Geisel Library at UCSD.  Theodore Geisel lived in San Diego up until he died.

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And this is the actual Geisel Library.  Built to look Seuss like.

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Seashell by the sea shore.

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At the zoo

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Having a micro brew

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That is the entire downtown area of San Diego.

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The Coronado Hotel

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The building behind Seashell is the Convention Centre where comic con is held

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Submarine

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California Flag

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Seashell on a fighter jet

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Eating some Mexican food.

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Listening to a Mariachi band

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California Sea Lions

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Old Town San Diego

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Prickly Pear

And for the best picture I've ever taken.  It's actually a couple of years old, and has a pony of mine in it.  Its from San Diego Comic Con 2010

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Batman holding Baby Applejack.