Blogging by Mail is back!

Stephanie over at Dispensing Happiness has brought back Blogging by mail!



I was excited to participate again because I have missed this fun event!  I have shipped a box of my favorite things that I go to for care and comfort to a distant land.  I hope it arrived intact!

The other day I received my package from the lovely Anne of
Anne's food in Sweden.

Such a variety of wonderful things!  A box of chocolate covered espresso beans, a lovely chili mandarin tea, some meat rub, a packet of cardamom powder, some adorable little cupcake earrings, mini cupcake liners.  The thing missing from the picture is a package of delicious cookies that I ate before I remembered to take a picture of the package. :) 

Oh, and a postcard with one of Anne's gorgeous photo's on it! That  is already up on my inspiration board! 

Thank you Stephanie for organizing BBM again!  And thank you to Anne for a wonderful package!

Blogging By Mail - Indugle me

The awesome Stephanie over at Dispensing Happiness has done it again. Blogging by mail has returned with the theme of "Indulge Me".

I received the most wonderful package from Claudia at The Missing Flavor. My package contained some really terrific things.

1. A real Norwegian cheese slicer (I've tried it and LOVE it!)
2. Dark Chocolate
3. Almond and dark chocolate
4. Marzipan and dark chocolate
5. Some adorable cupcake baking cups
6. A pair of suitably festive napkins for my table (i'll be using them tonight when my niece comes to dinner!)
7. Brazil nuts (one of my favorites!)
8. South American Mate (i adore mate!)

10 items or less - Blogging by mail...

I received a package from Heather at Diary of a fanatic foodie! It was filled to brimming with wonderful things!

A bar of pumpkin and clove body soap, some mulling spices, peach syrup, sun dried tomato mustard, apple and black walnut candy, spanish smoked paprika, cocoa chile spices and veggie glace, some gelatin sheets, oh and a jar of pumpkin butter that smelled absolutley fantastic (sadly, it was broken. :( ).

Heather, I can't thank you enough for all of the fun goodies! I have been wanting to try smoked spanish paprika for ages. I had some of the peach syrup on my pancakes yesterday and it was delicious! I can't wait to try the sun dried tomato mustard as I come from a mustard loving family! I might have to grill up some brats if the darn rain will let up long enough for me to get the grill going.

Thanks again to Stephanie over at Dispensing Happiness for organizing yet another wonderful Blogging By Mail exchange!

it's bbm time again!

Stephanie of dispensing happiness is taking sign-ups for a new round of blogging by mail! sign-ups are open until september 21. so pop over to stephanie's blog and get all the info!

Blogging by mail – Little things mean a lot…

I signed up with the delightful Stephanie of Dispensing happiness for another round of Blogging by mail. My surprise package arrived yesterday all the way from Sweden. My swap-mate this go round was Alexandra from
Boybeater.

I received so many cool and interesting things. Here’s a list of what I got:
Absolute Vanilla Vodka! (YUM!)
Anthon Berg - Marzipan Candy bar (delicious!)
Jenkki – Finnish Chewing gum (how did she know I am a gum-a-holic?)
Tutti Frutti – Fruit flavored pastilles (I love to nibble on these!)
Viol – Violet flavored pastilles
Zoo – Fruit flavored pastilles
Salta Katten – Salty black licorice pastilles
Cheese Topping – an interesting mix for topping cheese. This one is flavored with honey and truffles. I can’t wait to try it because it looks so yummy!
Wild Chips – 100% real meat jerky… made of Elk, Deer and Reindeer
Salad Tongs from Rosti Mepol. I love these! They are so Danish modern. And a lovely spring green in color!
Ostbollar – Cheese balls. I think these might be a little like American cheese puffs.
And last but not least a jar of a lovely Rhubarb and rosehip marmalade that made me run to Whole foods the minute I read what it was so that I could get some yummy sconehenge scones to put it on!