Secret Santa Anyone?

I am mailing my gift out today! :)

BIG SMILES HERE !!!!
I just got my wonderful gift. Thanks so much Tortoisekeeper.
It is just gorgeous. She sent me a willow or twig wrap wreath with pretty poitsettias and a Cardinal around it. Then on the bottom are three little pots that will hold the three plants she sent. A Christmas cactus, a String of pearls, and a Queen of the night Succulent. I can't remember the botanical name of the Queen but I know what it is.
Thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Jan

oh i just got my gift and thank you Jan I love it!! I got the cutest, prettiest vases to put all my plants in i am going to use them this week at a party i am having Merry christmas !!

Boy! That was fast. I'm glad you like them. I was thinking they would be good for starting cuttings in water too. I have all kinds of little jars and antique bottles with cuttings in them all over my kitchen.
Merry Christmas to You and Yours
Jan

Jan so glad you enjoyed it. You did not have a wish list so I had to do some investaging to find out what you were interested in. Hope I got it right. I always thought the Queen of the night was a nite blooming Cerus but found out recently it was Queen of the night epi. I am posting a picture of it in bloom. The wreath is a grape vine.

Here is a picture of Jan's gift I took before shipping it. I would love to see it when you have them planted.

Betty

Ok, since you guys are telling........My secret Santa was Morph! Deb sent a huge box with a wonderful bird house ( which is now in my tree)A handsoap pump, christmas soap, a lantern, a silver chrismas candle that uses votives and the votives to go in it plus wonderful wind chimes which are hanging on my screened in porch! I was so surprised to find this HUGE box in front of my door when I came home from work Monday. Everything was perfect Deb. Thank you!

that is so great I am really inthe christmas spirit now if my ornaments will get here so i can mail them i will be set

I wanted to include extra for ya, Bamasharon, to also say thanks for organzing this for us all :)

Oh Wow! That is beautiful. I hope it blooms for me. I have to hang this in the house for now. What kind of temps does the Queen prefer? I would love to cater to her every whim if it makes her happy enough to bloom for me.LOL

Jan,

I leave it outside on my porch year round. Does not get to cold here. That was the first time it bloomed since I got cuttings 2 years ago.

Betty

I'm afraid that Queenie would freeze here. So I will just keep her inside till it warms up again. Thank you for the great wreath. I noticed that I planted them differently then you had them set but no matter.
Jan

I'm waiting to send my gift out til December!! By then it will be old enough to go....anyone out there know the best way to send a kitten? Fed-Ex??!??


.........just kidding!!! But I really AM waiting til December!

I rec'd my secret santa gift from Springsong! A very cute ladybug votive holder complete with two scented candles. Of course I had to light it up right away and admire it. I felt kind of guilty opening it before Christmas LOL!

Also, I have sent out my secret santa gift...wrapped very very securely against breakage, I hope.

Eileen

eileen, sounds like your secret santa did a nice job. i certainly like little lady bugs. your so correct about wrapping breakables and praying they arrive in one piece. packages are tossed and run over conveyor belts and then put on trucks and planes in piles that would crush anything but the strongest of boxes.
i was thinking of selling some breakables on ebay and my girlfriend at the post office said one woman who sold pottery, who packaged them excellently, had a 1 out of 2 chance of them arriving whole. she decided to stop and she was told that was a good idea, becase they were going to have to refuse her insurance shortly.
sorry for hyjacking this thread. ;) debi z

I received my gift from my secret santa Eileen. I got a Dave's Garden mug and some hot drink mixes. Thank you so much!!! I didn't have a DG mug, I didn't realize how neat they are!! It arrived in perfect shape, excellent packaging!! and on a day when I really needed some cheering up!
Thank you so much,
Deb

I am sending out my Secret Santa gift on Monday ! Sounds like everyone who has received theirs is very happy, as I knew you wpild be. I will update the list tonight with who has sent packages and who has received packages. I have been working 10-12 hours a day and am trying to come down with something also so I am kinda behind. Thanks Morph for the extras :-)

I've had a problem with my knee and the doctor has had me stay off my feet all week. My gift will go out early next week. Sorry I'm late.....I had planned to mail it early this week.

Cathy

Hi Cathy,
We're not late....packages are "due" to go out by December 1st, so we still have a couple weeks! I actually ordered the gift for my lucky person, and it won't be here til next week, which means mine won't go out until the last week in November. But I am pretty sure it will be worth it!! :)
Bamasharon, sounds like it's time to "beef up" on vitamin C, Zinc, the B vitamins and Echinacea. Don't get sick on us!

Mine went out last Wed.

Tina

Ho Ho Ho ....I just got my gift and it weighed a ton. It's a huge Gardening reference book,
Thank You paulgrow, I love reading.
shirley
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Oh you lucky girl. Way to go Paulgrow. Thats on my wish list for my DH. Merry Christmas Scooterbug.

Y'all hang on to yer britches............I'm getting there, mine won't go out until Monday, Nov. 24.....been a little busy around here!!!

"eyes"

Jeez Eyes, what in the world could you have to do? LOL! Dont worry guys, you still have time! Mine went out yesterday. I finally got the first post edited, If I left your name off please let me know. I am finally feeling better, sorry I have been absent from the board, but, like a bad penny, I am back!

I received my gift today!!!!

All I know....it is from someone in WA!

I received a minature set of 7 garden tool ornaments! How cool is that????!!!!!

Thank you so much!!!!!

Mail Truck brought me this wonderful pkg. today from Tina Bolin........gal's taking care of old "eyes" with all that garden aromatheraphy.......and a cute little picket frame with garden tools to put a pic of the grandkids!! Thanks Tina.........I needed that!!

"eyes"

What great gifts! Sounds like Santa is a big hit this year!

I've been tracking the gift I oredered for my Christmas Pal...it will be here on Tuesday, which means I will mail it out on Wednesday...hohoho!!!

I have been getting mine together here and there and am hoping to mail it tomorrow. Rest assured it will go out by Monday. :) Sorry kids, I've been a bit under the weather.

I sent my gift out by priority mail today, so in 2 days keep your eyes on your mailbox . . . it could be yours!! :)

Badseed, sorry you haven't been well -- take care of yourself girl!

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I'm later than I had planned to be getting my gift sent. I've had a bad knee for two weeks plus and it is still not well. DH mailed the goft out yesterday. Merry Christmas!

Lotusblossum, sorry you are having problems, hope your better real soon........You too badseed! Seems like the flu is rearing its ugly head early this year in these parts, I have had a touch of it myself.

I am not worried , I know you will all get your gifts out when you can. Thats why I wanted to give us plenty of time because, lets face it, life happens~!

I got my package today from Dori... (Not Martha)
A frog, address book, Christmas plate, birdhouse, and some bulbs.
Thanks so much.
Happy Holidays.

Paul

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Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, OH MY GOSH!!! I can't believe the generosity here. I have received a darling kitchen towel, a yummy smelling cinnamon candle, a really neat milkcan lantern tin with little bees cut out for light to glow through, a gold angel to hang on our tree, some clips from the Pampered Chef that were bought to help support breast cancer, and last but not least a little knick knack of a doe and it's fawn. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, mgsrc. I love your Christmas spirit :)

Sounds like Santa was really good to you both! i am constantly amazed at the creativity and genersoity of our members!

I am soooo sorry Gayle, I forgot, as you can see in my picture I posted, I also received a bottle or jar of pistatios..yum yum...thank you so much. (((((((X0X0)))))))

Sharon

gardenermaid.....I had a blast shopping for you!!!! I am glad everything arrived well and fine! Have a Merry Christmas!!!

P.S. I am leaving today to go visit my Sister, she is south of Grand Rapids!

Have fun in COLD Michigan!!

i mailed my present out yesterday, friday the 28th. it went parcel post with insurance on it.

*************dear recipients**********
please let me know if all arrives safely and in one piece. i have put insurance on your present, so just let me know if all is well and we'll take it from there.
i am leaving on a cruise today, so i won't be back until the 8th. so don't think me rude if i don't respond to you until the 9th or so. i hope you enjoy the present as much as i did putting it together.
debi z

Okay, so we move a little slower here in the great white (very cold!) North! But a package was mailed from Traverse City, Michigan, today for my secret Christmas pal--destination: somehwere out East (one of my favorite states to visit and camp in!)!! It went out Express mail, insured. Hope you like it!!!