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loginMy box came in today and my dad was home from work and able to get it at the front door. My boxes usually go down to the post office, so that was a pretty big surprise. Anyway...
My partner for this swap was Ledbyrd, which is hilarious since I got her name, too. (And she got me for Ornament Swap as well.) It's all
great though, because we've swapped privately twice, so we're not strangers about picking stuff for each other.
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loginI thought I was going to wait to open all my gifts, but mini tree would be overrun if I did that, so I'm taking shots with each box instead. My gifts came wrapped in adorable winter-themed Disney Princess paper. I've put aside some so I can use it for decoration later. I also saved the various ribbons.
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loginA close up of the beautiful Christmas card.
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loginTwo sets of mlp stickers I didn't have yet--really love the g3 ones. I also got another set of festive papertape. I've really gotten spoiled in the festive decorative tape department. I ended up turning the "Joy!" box my Rarity ornament came in into a holder for all my holiday tapes and I'll definitely have lots to choose from next year.
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loginPurdy's chocolate Santa, white chocolate snowman and Ferrero Rocher (chocolate covered hazelnut balls). Purdys are always lovely, and I buy the Ferrero a lot, so those are welcome.
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loginYummy and very fitting. Ledbyrd was the first person to send me Laffy Tafffy so it makes total sense to find it here. It's one of my favorite candies and does not turn up here often. (I think Mom found it once, by accident, but it was gone the next time she checked.)
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loginNext are some cute Belle items, since I love Beauty and the Beast. I particularly love the Belle figure since the dress is original. Kinda makes you think of what happens after "Happily Ever After", y'know? As a writer, I think that way about characters a lot.
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loginWoot! I've wanted to try this tea for a while, but I kept forgetting to get it when I went into the city because I've been so busy with Christmas shopping. I'm very excited to try this.
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loginMy first holiday arrival is Baby Starburst. I was so thrilled to open her. I've grown really fond of the Fancy Pants Babies and have wanted one for a while. Now I'm starting to think they may be the first set of babies I may actually want to complete. I love how unique and quirky they are. They also kinda put me in mind of the g3 / 3.5 babies that have diapers. My mom got me a couple of those a while back, so that made me want to get their g1 ancestors.
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loginNext up we have Princess Primrose. She's so beautiful, but she's equally shy. I had to work pretty hard to get that picture. She kept wanting to hide behind her bangs.
4 / 6 on the first set of Princess Ponies now.
I'm usually not a set collector, but they're an exception.
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loginThen I opened Sunnybunch, whom I love even more than I thought I would. She reminds me of one of my favorite g3s, Desert Blossom. I'll need to get them together and take pictures later. I love how unique and different the MGR ponies are. It's awesome to have one--my favorite at that--here in person.
My last pony is rather special...
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loginThis is Weavedreamer, the pony OC I designed not long after I returned to the Arena in late January after getting into FiM. Her colors are based on the Underworld in my Sealer Saga novels and her name is a play on words, since the Weave is the magic system my characters use and some people can alter it by manipulating dreams. I don't know
how you found a pic of her, Ledbyrd--I've been using Serena artwork for several months now--but I was amazed to see her!
Original artwork and more pictures of Weavedreamer can be found in the spoiler. (I don't want to take over the whole thread, but more pictures are needed here.):
The hilarious thing is that I actually opened Weavedreamer second out of the four ponies I received and as I was first pulling her out of the wrapping paper, only half looking, I told my brother I'd gotten Primrose.
So after recovering from the (very happy!) shock of realize who I'd actually received, I laughed really hard when I opened Princess Primrose third. I just wanted to save Weavedreamer for last here.
Last up, here's a group shot of my four new ponies:
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loginLedbyrd, thank you for the absolutely fabulous box. You chose some really adorable extras and I absolutely love my new ponies. I'm not sure how I'm going to sleep tonight--my family are in bed and haven't seen the ponies yet.
Now I'm really glad that I reorganized my shelves this week--I have lots of space to pick the best spots possible for each of my herd's new members.