The amount of anxiety I've had over this exchange is through the roof, enough that before I received my gift I considered not doing an exchange again. I don't handle waiting well. My giftee's was delivered a few weeks ago, and not yet posted, so I've been on my toes.

When the mail got delivered yesterday, I ran outside in socks (dangerous in Michigan this time of year!) to grab it. My basset hound got in the way of opening a bit, and I was so excited I almost forgot pictures.

My gift ended up being perfect! I'm an artist as a means of bringing in money on the side, and for the last few years I've drawn with Sharpies on white canvas shoes for others, about a pair a month with all sorts of themes (Pokemon, Dr Seuss, Disney, Van Gogh...), and I ALWAYS use Sharpies. As such, I have A LOT. Hundreds. I used to keep them well sorted in a giant tool box, but that doesn't work well in a dorm, so they're all in an old boot box under my bed at the moment.

I got a Sharpie holder! It holds 36 in three rows, and it will fit perfectly on my desk! I'm going to keep the most common colors in fine and ultrafine points in it when I have no project, and use it to hold the color palette I'm using when I do have a pair to work on! This will look great on my desk. I had no idea this sort of thing even existed. It's a thoughtful gift that took a bit of digging to figure out, and it will certainly be used as soon as I'm reunited with my Sharpie collection after the holidays.

Thanks, Schhnee! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

If anyone is interested in this or similar products, the maker is The Knotted Trunk, an Etsy shop based in MA.