Yesterday, just as my evening class was starting, I received a text that a package had arrived! The whole time until I got home I was eagerly awaiting tearing into the package, and it did not disappoint. Everything was wrapped so beautifully in cloth and ribbon! It was like magic, there were so many gifts inside.

The first things I pulled out were a little confusing, they appear to be cabinet knobs with Roman numerals on them? They're actually pretty cool looking, and I have NO idea what my Santa sent them for, but funnily enough they might actually come in handy for something I'm working on. I just received some reclaimed cabinet doors that I was planning on using for art, and if these fit into them I might just use them for that. Weird coincidence!

Santa also sent some jewelry-making supplies - some little metal pendants and Swarovski elements. The loose Swarovski crystals were a little odd at first, until I unwrapped another gift and found a hotfix crystal tool! I've never used anything like this before, but it should be fun to try out!

Next was this adorable Gudetama bag (Santa, how did you know I liked Japanese mascot characters like that?) filled with smaller goodies. A little cat toy for each of my cats, which I've had to keep them from until I could take these photos; a cool skull bookmark for my reading habit; an adorable mini easel with a pack of mini canvases to go with it; a stack of postcards for my collection (including some vintage ones from my Santa's home state! So cool!); and a bunch of little slides with images of paintings on them! I love art history and random weird stuff so these are so cool to me.

Next was this huge drawing set! Lots of pencils, charcoal, sharpeners, and erasers. I'm an art student, so these will come in handy!

Then I unwrapped two packs of mochi - one green tea, one red bean. I mentioned a love of green tea flavored things, and the red bean ones are apparently my Santa's favorite! I actually love mochi so much, and just like I had to keep my cats away from their new toys until I took these pictures, I had to keep myself away from these mochi.

And then last but not least was this personalized notebook. It has this really lovely marbled grey cover (grey is my favorite color!) and my Santa drew a crow on it, one of my favorite animals! It's so beautiful, and I love it a lot. I'm an aspiring writer, and I'm looking forward to writing down all my story ideas in this notebook. My Santa even included a really nice little note on the inside back cover, as well.

I was so blown away by these gifts! I love all the thought and care my Santa put into it, giving me gifts that relate to a bunch of my different interests. The way everything was wrapped made it feel so special, and I'm including some pictures of the individually wrapped gifts so people can appreciate my Santa's awesome wrap job. I was just thinking that of all the great gifts I've gotten, I've never gotten one that was hand-wrapped, and this really made my day. I was screaming with happiness as I took every gift out of the box.

Thank you SO MUCH to my Santa! I really love everything, and it made the stress of the last week of classes/upcoming finals week so much easier to bear. I hope you have a lovely holiday!