After having a particularly stressing week I came home to find a note that there's a package waiting for me at the post office. Once I got the box I was already blown away by how thoughtful my Santa was. At this point it's worth mentioning that I really like wood. In any form. Honestly, all things wood- I like them.

The package I got was carefully wrapped in a beautiful wood pattern veneer. Honestly it's a shame I had to rip it to get inside! I attach the picture of the box itself as I find it extremely awesome looking. With all the 12 stamps and reddit icons it's just perfect. But 12 stamps, honestly? 10 year old-stamp collecting- me from the past got seriously excited :D

Anyways, inside I found a complete toolkit for my next project! There was a pyrography pen (with a power plug that fits polish power sockets!), four beautiful sanded wood pieces with lovely bark around them, beautifully bound with a rough string. I also got a tool that I have no idea how to name, but I saw it in one of the video tutorials and it's used for scraping the burned wood out to create highlights. I didn't even know such thing exists, thank you Santa!

As much as I loved all the practical gifts, I think I was most happy when I saw the little note with a Snufkin doodle. He is my favorite childhood character. Santa prepared well and checked my reddit history to find this out. Honestly... I'm beyond happy. I didn't receive anything from my previous (and first) exchange but I decided to give it another try (since giving is the best part and I could still do that) and I couldn't be more happy. Santa, if you read this- THANK YOU!! You're the best. I hope this exchange was as good for you as it was for me. Thank you for giving me resources to jump back into my long lost hobby and get some rest from my day to day busy life. One of my friends is having a birthday this Tuesday and I'm going to spend the weekend making the most perfect set of burned coasters the world has ever seen. I hope she'll like the gift, thanks for inspiring me and making it possible <3