I got my Secret Santa gift! (Actually got it a few days ago but was trying to think of a witty way of showing it off... Couldn't think of any. But I wanted my swap partner to know I got it!)

Not your typical piece of wearable jewelry. Or should I say it's not jewelry at all but tools to help me in my endeavors of making jewelry! You see, I went to school for jewelry making, in fact I work as a bench jewelry at a local jewelry store repairing jewelry. I like to make my own jewelry but sadly since graduating college have not had the space to set up my own studio to work in, until recently. I bought a house not that long ago, and have slowly been getting my jewelry studio up and running. Soooo....., when I saw this new gift exchange I instantly signed up hoping my Secret Santa would buy me something for my new studio. And they delivered!!! I got a new shiny metal dapping block set and a small anvil. For those who don't know what a dapping block is, it's where you take a piece of metal that cylindrical, like a coin or disc, and I nsert it into the block, take one of the dapping block punches, place it over the coin, and then hammer on top. You then get a perfectly domed piece of metal. It's a helpful tool that I would probably never buy for myself because I would always talk myself out of buying it. So getting it as a gift made my day. I opened my gift at work, like I do all my gifts, and my one co-worker said that that was the most excited I was to ever receive a gift from these exchanges. So thank you Secret Santa! You did very well!! You nailed it!