To my secret pal, I want to start by saying Thank you so much. First, I love
the label on the box, the kittens are so cute. The note you sent was lovely,
did you make the card?
The bobbins are beautiful, as you must know I am new to lace and all I have
acquired has either been given to me or I
Dear Secret Pal, The postman arrived this morning just ahead of our lace group
which met at my home this morning.Well ! wasn't I the subject of envy? The
little Teddy Bear angel is adorable.The hedgehog bobbins are really lovely and
I will spangle them tonight with the lovely beads you sent.
Dear Secret Pal,
What a wonderful suprise greeting me yesterday, a package already! I have
hung the wind chime in the window, the garden marker is placed. The
chocolates are awaiting a special time when I can sit down and
enjoy..them. Some people savor wines, me I savor chocolates.
Dear Secret Pal in New Zealand,
Your parcel arrived a few minutes ago and earlier than I expected it is the
4th today - what a lovely surprise.
The bobbins will get spangled and in work on my pillow straight away and also
the cover cloth.
It is such a lovely print on the cloth and I will
Dear Mary
Your parcel arrived today, earlier than I'd expected but a lovely surprise.
The bobbin case is really beautiful, thank you so very much. I will keep
this brief and write to you over the weekend (you didn't enclose your e.mail
address), and thank you properly, just wanted you to know that
Yes I have received a pkg last week some time. Change of jobs and I am just
now getting
to check my emails. Thank you for the items. The candles smell wonderful.
Merlene
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Dear Secret Pal,
Thank you very much for the wonderful gifts this month, I just love then they
are painted with tiny Red Poppies one of my favourites and they will be so
handy as I do not have a pin pusher or needle pin. The linen thread will also
be very good as I am about to start a piece of
Thank you for my March gift, which finally arrived ( having had a small detour
to customs) This is the second package I have had opened by customs, and I
wonder what they must think about the lack of names etc identifying the
sender?
I am now well prepared for Easter with a beautifully decorated
Dear Secret Pal,
Thank you for this month's package - it arrived the middle of this week. I
love the bobbin. I'll have to choose some interesting beads to spangle it
with. The notepad and the sticky notes are great especially the really
little ones. I run a book club with my 7th graders
Dear Secret Pal,
Your package was received yesterday. As I am out of town right now, my
DD Laura called to tell me. Thank you. I will open it when I get home
next week(?) and thank you properly. Laura did say it smells good.
Anne in Austin TX
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Dear NZ Secret Pal,
I received your delightful package today. How nice! I just loved the
miniature clothes pins (I wonder if you call them something else?) and real
wood, too. The little Kiwi pin is adorable and the cross stitch of a blue
penguin is just enough to wile away the moments when
Hi Secret Pal,
I am now very confused about your identity as I am pretty sure that all
previous parcels have come from America and this one was from New Zealand !!
Anyway your parcel arrived today and the bobbins are lovely. Thank you very
much.
Best wishes,
Anne Nicholas in
Hanworth,
Middx.
Hi I wanted to thank my Secret Pal from somewhere in Brittain for another
lovely parcel!
It arrived on friday but i was out of town visiting family :-)
The thread snips are wonderful, i've no idea how i coped using regular
scissors before!
The bobbins are fantastic also, and i will be trying out
Dear Secret Pal,
Thankyou very much for the lovely fun parcel this month and also for the poem
Walking with Grandad which we really enjoyed.
I haven't been doing much lace at all lately so no I haven't started the
garter yet, it is the next project on the list.
I look forward to finding out who
Thank you so much for the package you sent. The thread is beautiful ... I
love the colors you have picked. I made a bookmark of the pink and green you
sent. It's a kind of funky tape lace flower. It's my favorite bookmark of
all that I've ever made... the only one yet that I've kept for myself!
Hello Secret Pal,
The package arrived the middle of last week and the timing couldn't have
been better. It was a real treat in a very busy time. My son is involved
in a ballet that is performing this week and on the weekend. I have been
sewing costumes constantly and driving him the 1-1/2
Hello secret pal, I hope you are cooler than I am. We are having 40c again today.There
is $1000 fine for using air conditioners and all other electricity is severly
limited. We also have strict water controls in place. We have not had much severe heat
this year and one would think the relevant
I want to thank you for your package. I am always impressed at how much
thought you put into your gifts. This month seemed to have a theme! mini
theme that is...mini barrel of monkeys (perfect for entertaining bored nephews
and nieces and I have already had a large sized barrel of fun showing
Thank you so much for your wonderful package. Just one complaint, why only a
picture of your beautiful cat - I want to adopt the real thing!
Seriously though, I love the calendar, I did not have one to keep on my desk
this year, so he will be accompanying me to the office. The chocolate will
Dear Secret Pal
Thank you so much for another wonderful parcel which arrived this morning
much to the annoyance of the cat who will insist on sleeping behind the
front door and was rudely awakened by the delivery of the mail which landed
on him.
The contents are just marvellous - the silk is
I really must say i am so lucky to have a SP that seems so in tune with
me.
You have touched me with your thoughtfulness, letting me have a pair of
bobbins that have sentimental value.i will treasure them always. ( they are
so very beautiful !)
I have just started my first small
Dear Secret Pal,
Thankyou for your lovely parcel which I received today, I am absolutely
thrilled with my three bobbins. The lovely ebony one will join my pillow when
I start my next project. One of the first people I saw making lace was a lady
who used only ebony bone bobbins. I love the
Sorry, I forgot that I needed to post this. I did receive the beautiful
holiday bobbin.
Thank you very much. I am using it. I hope this finds you well.
Merlene
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where its snowing again
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Dear Secret Pal,
Thank you for the package this month. The bobbins are great, the calendar
is on the fridge, the chocolate was good and my drawer smells wonderful.
Thanks,
Cindy Rusak
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Merci beaucoups, moi amie.
That's about all the French I know and it's probably wrong. LOL
I'm sorry to be so late in thanking you. I've had dental problems, a
sprained ankle, and a crashed computer. Thankfully, everything is so much
better now.
I did receive the December packet. I sent a
Dear Secret Pal
Sorry it's taken me so long to thank you - my mother has been in
hospital with a heart attack so life has been a bit hectic. Did you weave
the scarf yourself? It's really warm. I love the idea of a 'Bandana Day'
and my favourite colour. The cross-stitch must have taken ages
Dear Secret Pal with the changing identity
Thank you for another great package which arrived on Saturday, actually
it's a package full of packages - must have taken you ages to wrap
everything so beautifully. I have already put some of the beads onto
bobbins; and I'm intrigued by the cards,
hello dear secret pal
you've sent me matter for endless daydreaming : all about Tasmania and in
french and a card from Port Arthur . i never thought there was a
penitentiary in Tasmania . Anyway i know more about australian flaura and
fauna than about the people. the fault goes to tv
Dear Secret Pal,
Thank you very much for the wonderful set that you have sent to me over the
last 3 months, my lace friends have all shared in the anticipation of what is
to come and none of us picked the pin cushion or thread holder, it is lovely
and my pillow is now fully dressed. Once again
Hi to my special secret pal from maybe Florida. I got your package and I
love your lace. It is beautiful. I really loved the card and that is my first
lacemaker postcard. Is is great. I do need to ask you to forgive me. I
somehow got my Christmas message to you in a not sent folder and I
Dear Secret Pal,
Well! Aren't I the luckiest person to have you for my Secret Pal. I
am so happy with all the teapot things. The package was waiting for me when I arrived
home from an extra long day at work and the temperature had been up to 40c. Naturally
the first cup of
Dear Secret Pal
Your parcel arrived today, we had a quiet but enjoyable Christmas and my DH
and I are looking forward to the coming year and the various lace events
that we plan to attend.
I was intrigued with the Batavia bobbins when I first opened the parcel and
then memory kicked in and I
Hi I want to thank my Secret Pal in Brittain for another outstanding
package.
It couldn't have arrived on a day when i could use cheering up more!
Those threads are Gorgeous together, i'm a chicken when it comes to using
color, but i will most certainly find something to make with
Hi Secret Pal,
This is my first chance to get on the computer since opening up your gifts
!!
Thank you so much for the lovely pressies. I will try and use the spider and
web biscuit mould over the holiday and will also use the recipe book and
measuring spoons too. As I work in a school I have 2
Hi Secret Pal,
I have been pestering my husband every day asking Did it come? and today,
it did! I got your wonderful package. Receiving it at any time would have
been a treat, but it arrived with plenty of time to spare for a Christmas
delivery. As for January, the later the better. I
Dear Secret Pal.
Thanks for the Great package that came yesterday! Love the
bobbins, the laminiated ones are really pretty! The NEC bobbin is great,
were you lucky enough to get to go there? I can't imagine what it would be
like to be able to see so much lace stuff in one place. For
Thank you Secret Pal for taking the time to wrap all my presents!
Because they were so nicely wrapped, I put them under my tree.
Thank you for the beautiful card and I will let everyone know just
how nice you were on Boxing Day.
Hope you get everything you wish for especially a roundtuit for
There was also a Rabbit lace book.
To Amanda Moad's secret pal - A RABBIT LACE BOOK, do tell. I am absolutely
rabbit mad and always on the lookout for such things. Can you email me
about it and if it is what I am looking for, I promise to keep your name
secret.
Thanks, Lynn Scott, in
Hi,
I'd like to thank my secret pal for all the little goodies I received this
month. What a nice surprise in a very hectic month.
Thank you,
Cindy Rusak
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Dear Secret Pal in California
Your package arrived today, thank you. You have a different name this
time! When I saw the ball of Finca thread I thought maybe I knew who
you are but looking back at the recent correspondence about Finca it
was with Noelene in Australia.
The picture of the lace
I got the most wonderful package from my Secret Pal. It started with a tour
of the package. There were some wonderful choclates from a chocolatier, an
angel shell ornament, a wonderful rose candle and 2 packages I cannot open yet.
It is killing me. I loved everything.Thanks so much.
Dear Secret Pal,
You have spoilt me once again. Thankyou so much for the wonderful CD of 450
Years of Lace. I have read with interest everyone's comments about this CD
and now, thanks to you, I can see for myself. I will enjoy spending time
looking through it. You are so very kind.
Thankyou
Dear Secret Pal
What a lovely surprise to brighten a busy grey day, the Christmas bobbin is
delightful with its Christmas tree and star - thank you very very much. The
calendar is ideal for my handbag, I was so pleased that you chose one which
shows a little of the area in which you live - dusk
The framed rooster has arrived safely and is already hanging in my kitchen...
he seems to feel right at home on my wall, and since he is advertising
Scottish biscuits, he also fits right in with my Robert Burns blessing and my
biscuit barrel. I tasted one piece of the chocolate while I admired
We're in the middle of the first snow storm of the season, so the
arrival of your package has put some sunshine in my life. Thanks so
much for the bobbins (you can never have enough) and the tidy for my
pillow. The candy is quite tasty and I agree that the tin will be
perfect for pins. I
Hopefully this is third time lucky
I am lucky anyway! I have a new Italian friend, who has send me a
wonderful gift. I have threads in wonderful shades of pink and blue,
chocolates and a teatowel which will look very good on one of my pillows.
For some reason my messages have been going going
Dear Secret Pal
Thank you for your package which arrived yesterday - not as late as
Alice suggested it may be. A truly international package; Canadian
bobbin, Swiss hankie, South African ornament, Caribbean card, and the
plastic mesh and covercloth which I guess are American. The mesh is
Dear Secret Pal
Thank you very much for my Australian parcel. It's so nice to receive
things that are 'native' to a country other than your own. I love the
Koala, and the colours in the thread are just what I would have chosen
myself. Now I just need enough time to finish decorating the
Dear Secret Pal in America,
Thank you so much for my parcel of goodies that arrived this morning.
I love the buttons and have been trying to decide what I can put them on to
show them off !!
I have a few bobbins that need spangling so the lovely beads will certainly
come in handy. I am going to
My dear Secret Pal,
France, eh? Land of perfume and lace, cheese, bread, and wine!
Thank you so much for the goodies. The octopus is so cute. I'll have to
watch that my grandchildren take it home with them when they come to visit.
I'm looking forward to trying the prunes in my tea. The
To my Secret Pal,
Well what a lovely surprise. We had a note thro' the door that there was a
package to be picked up at the Post Office, so off I toddled, and I was
thrilled when I opened it.
The sweets were a treat - they didn't do the diabetes any harm, as we had our
three grandchildren with
Dear Secret Pal,
Thank you very much for the wonderful pillow bag, I saw one a few weeks ago
very similar and thought I would make one someday, but thanks to a very kind
secret pal I now can spend more time making lace. The material you used is
very nice and beautifully made and in my favourite
Hello to my new Secret Pal in Australia
Thank you so much for the gifts, it was a delight to open all the little
parcels. The beads will be used to spangle some awaiting bobbins, the
threads are very pretty, nice fine gimps perhaps, and I love the little book
on chocolate - mouthwatering. I shall
Dear Secret Pal
Many thanks for your package which arrived yesterday. The chocolates were
delicious, the bobbins will be wound for a project I am starting at the
weekend and the threads are lovely - I love making lace in colour.
Penny Ostler Williams
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Hello ! Your package arrived today...or should I say treasure chest? I
couldn't wait to let you know! I can tell already that you are a very
thoughtful person. Each gift is so special! The scents of candles and soap
let me know right away what a delight was in store! The scene on the magnet
Hi today I got a really neat package from my new Secret Pal. I had a really
nice book of patterns, a beautiful bobbin and a gorgeous pair of tatted
earrings. Thank You so very much. Amanda Moad
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I received my package today. I love the bobbin holder. Someday I hope to
come and see the Rosetta Stone, and I have a few of Christine's patterns but
not that one. Thank you and have a good month.
Merlene
Billions of dead things
Buried in rock layers
Laid down by water
All over the world
To
Hi to my secret pal, Thank you for the lovely cover cloth which was waiting for me
when I got home from the office this afternoon. Regards Mary
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I received a postcard of London yesterday from my Secret Pal to start
my exchange off, I can hardly wait for the next installment!
H ... now that either narrows it down (to a pal in England) or
not!
Thank you very much!
Korwyn in Norfolk UK
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Hello to my Not-So-Secret Pal!
It is so good to know now who you are, and I am thrilled with the wire lace
kit - I had wondered whether to invest when I saw some for sale at the Lace
Guild convention, and resisted temptation, so Providence has smiled upon me,
in the shape of you!
I will write
Hi Brenda,
I am sorry to post this to chat and not to you personally but I do not have
an e-mail address for you !!
Many thanks for my parcel that arrived today. My new and very special bear
has joined the other that you sent me and they look very good together.
Thank you so much for being my
Dear Secret Pal
Thank you for the package - apologies for the delay in thanking you, but
life has been a bit frantic this week. The embroidery kit will become a
birthday card for my DIL. Though I have no Celtic origins (as far as I am
aware) I really like Celtic crosses and the bag will go
I received a wonderful package from Australia. I had a great Australian Mag
for Cross Stitch and some fabulous floss. I also got a relaxation CD with
Loons. A pretty purple bag, and a candy bar that my experts loved. There was
also a little blown glass insect. I think it is a dragonfly but
A huge thank you to my Secret Pal,
What a wonderful surprise parcel. The calendar and the souvenir book of Las
Vegas are very special and are a really lovely reminder of the nice side of
our stay in Las Vegas. It is an amazing place. My son enjoyed the lollipop -
we'ed not seen one quite like it
Sorry for the delay in thanking you for this months package. Our phone was
off line and B.T. wont fix it over the weekend unless you are a doctor or
similar.
I love the angel mat and have put it by my bed with a photo of my mum on it.
The angel magnet is now on the fridge ( the first angel to
To My Secret Pal,
What a wonderful gift this is - I think the orchid petals in the acrylic are
so beautiful, they are an inspiration to look at!
And the gift wasn't late, despite your apologies!We were away in Wales
until yesterday (Monday 15th September) and the package had been
Dear Secret Pal, Thank you once again for the lovely package. Iam sure I won't have to
buy notelets for a long time,they are all lovely. The lace kit I will have to do at a
later date. The photo album is just what I needed to store my lace postage stamps.
Thank you again Mary Wiedermann
To
To my secret pal, I'd like to say thank you for the
package of gifts which arrived while I was
out-of-state. The writing paper with the lace motif
border is very nice in design, as well as color. The
spangles and kit are also in my favorite colors, so I
look foward to using them. The tape
Dear SP,
Thanks for the great package! More of those interesting patterns!!! I
just have to learn more about this lace and how to do it, the patterns are
so nice! I love the beads. The lemons on the potholder looked so real, I
had to sniff them!
It has been very hot and humid here. I
I really want to thank my Secret Pal for this month's and last month's
package. The Lace Day and the VanSciver Bobbin Lace were great. The Lace Day
brochure makes me want to attend a lace day - I will have to save my money so
that maybe next year or the year after I can attend one. Again, as
To My Secret Pal,
I was dleighted with the Cathedral postcard - I tend to keep ones like that in
my Missal, so every time I use it I will beb thinking of you.
The stamps were a delight too - I wonder whether the UK postal service will
ever get round to an issue with stamps on them, as these are
I want to thank my secret pal for another wonderful package, the bobbins
are lovely, and the jewelry is very pretty, and the teas and goodies are all
wonderful. I anticipate finding out who you are! Thank you again!
Have a lovely August!
-jenn
Seattle, Wa
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Hello and thank you to my Secret Pal for such a wonderful and lovely
surprise.
But we were oh so disappointed at not meeting with your friend Claryce
Manchester who so very kindly delivered the gorgeous chocolates to our hotel
in Las Vegas.
We had a call from the bell desk to say that there was
Dear Secret Pal
Huge, huge thanks for the August AND September parcels which have arrived
recently. You must be going travelling, I hope you have a lovely time
whatever it is you are up to. I have to admit to opening both parcels so
sorry about that I couldn't resist! It will serve me right
I got the most precious box from my Secret Pal in Australia. It had some
liquor chocolates, sweet little pooh magnet, and a neat little double gold
picture frame. I also got a sweet little tablet that my daughter cabbaged onto to
take to National competition for Drama teams in Washington D.
Hi Secret Pal in Florida,
Your parcel arrived today and I absolutely love it!!
How clever you are to make the pouch from material that you have dyed yourself
and the pincushion in the shell is so sweet !! It is so tiny and must have
been really fiddly to make !!
I know what you mean about the
Hi, i wanted to thank my Secret pal for the July package! I enjoyed
everything, the bobbins are lovely, and the lavender tatting thread shall be utilized
this weekend- I plan to start an edging for a hankie. The treats are all very
much appreciated, i anticipate Augusts' package and
To my secret pal somewhere in Italy,
Thanks for the great package! I love the sugar free candy, it is such
pretty glass! The cookies are nice, is Biscotti just Italian for
cookie? I always thought that it was just the crunchy ones that are slice
off a loaf and baked twice. The threads are
Dear Secret Pal:
I got the package today and was very impressed at how early
you were! I mean, it's only the 11th and here is August's
package (ok, so now you have a clue about how totally confused
I am). How did you know we would be on vacation the first week
of August! I was so
Dear secret pal somewhere in the Northwest;
unless you are being very tricky in your clues, I have a quadrant
of the US to place you. Your gifts are so Pacific Rim, you have to
be on the West Coast. But on the other clues, I'm lost.
Thanks for the package. It arrived in good time but I have been
What a pleasant surprise to receive your package this month. Beverly,
my daughter, wanted some accessory pieces in an Avon dish set. I
thought it would be fun to get her the FULL set, including place
settings for 4 plus ALL the accessory pieces. I now have most of the
pieces and I am only
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