Collections Exchange

Not too long ago, I was over on the Oh, Hello Friend blog, and saw this post; a collections exchange!

People signed up with a comment including what items they collect.

They were assigned a partner.

That partner did shop searching and scouring to find the perfect items to add to their partner's collection, and mail it off!

My immediate response to this blog post... I love shop searching! I love getting and sending packages in the mail! I love exchanging emails with strangers who become instant friends! It's like this was made for me.

My exchange partner was the lovely Susan Roden who is an artist and a very sweet lady. I had so much fun shopping for her collection items, and I hope she loves them even half as much as I love what she sent to me!

First, this beautiful brooch:

I love the color and the tiny details. What a beautiful little piece of jewelry!

Next, this beautiful glass bottle stopper. Here it is, displayed in one of my DI-find vases.

And the extreme close up!

Susan was kind enough to find a couple records for me to add to my collection.

Stephen Stills and James Taylor! I passed up this exact Sweet Baby James album just a few weeks ago in order to save money. So it was such a great surprise to see it in the box!

And my Dad would be so excited to see a Stills record. I hadn't heard much of his, but I turned it on this morning, and LOVED it!

And, my favorite part, a beautiful vintage hat! Susan wrote that she found some of these treasures in an estate sale for an older woman. I can definitely see this hat on a fashionable older lady from another era.

I had to try it on immediately!!

Thanks so much, Susan! I love my new collection items!