Let's just say, I wasn't prepared for this gift. Not at all. It blew any and all expectations I had out of the water.

400 skeins of embroidery floss. 400. That's INSANE. Intermingled in the skeins were delicious Japanese candies, 3 pencils, and... A whole different gift!? Santa, holy crap! I was so stunned when I started digging out the skeins and felt something. I thought, "maybe it's a set of needles or cards to wrap the yarn on". Something small since this was no cheap present.

NOPE. A set of lovely watercolors and a brand new watercolor paper pad! Holy-cannoli. I'm still a little stunned by this all.

So me, being part masochist and perfectionist, decided it'd be SO fun and cool to make all the yarn into a rainbow for the final picture. Let me tell you, that wasn't easy. As a kid, I'd always wonder why certain lipstick colors just... Seemed out of place? Like someone was going along, doing fine with the gradient, and then BAM! Random hot pink. I know now. The veil of ignorance has been lifted from my eyes.

I had help organizing, digging in, and spreading out the yarn by my mom. Honestly, if she hadn't been there I probably would have given up. But the final picture is worth it and for the terrific gift, I hope it shows just how much it means to me.

(p.s. I totally broke the yarn up into color sections and set them in separate bags so that work ended up helping me in the long run!)