6th Annual Equestrian Blogger Gift Exchange

For the last six years, Tracy over at The Printable Pony has organized the Equestrian Blogger gift exchange. HUGE thank you to Tracy for doing this every year, as it's tons of fun, but also a lot of work/organization. My recipient's gift is still in my car trying to get to the post office, but I do plan to get there tomorrow before work. Wish me luck, as I'm really useless in the morning. But MY gift arrived over the weekend and I wanted to share with all of you!
My Santa was Emily from May As Well Event. I actually had not found Emily's blog before being her recipient so I'm excited to wander over there and get to know her and that gorgeous yellow unicorn of hers!
First off, the box was lined with wrapping paper! Like attached to the box, actually lined with it. Color me impressed. And if that wasn't enough, it was Chanukah colors!

There was an adorable card:

Heart me some snowmen <3 Emily was worried it was Christmasy, but I think it's just wintry and it's adorable. Also, I don't mind a little commercial Christmas anyway. Now, on to the good stuff!

 First up is this giant bottle of all natural shampoo from The Whole Horse Equine.

 My horses are already stinky and it's only December. So this will definitely be used come spring. It came with a green rubber bracelet too! I have a whole box full of similar rubber bracelets. Some came with horse stuff like this one, some from who knows where, and some were fundraisers. I really should do something crafty with them.

And now for my favorite item!

PUG SCARF!!!! How cute is this? That little one with the bow tie? Seriously?! SO CUTE!
I absolutely love my gifts! Thank you so much to Emily for the awesome swag. I can tell you put a lot of thought into finding things that are both useful, and very much "me"!
And thank you again to Tracy for organizing. I hope my recipient doesn't hate me too much for being so behind, and that she loves her swag too!

Did you participate too? Feel free to drop your link in the comments so everyone can click over to see what you all got!

Blogger Secret Santa

For the past five years Tracy over at The Printable Pony has organized an Equestrian Blogger Gift Exchange. This is my third year participating, and each year it has been a ton of fun! Thank you so much to Tracy for organizing every year, and thank you to all who participate. I feel like everyone really makes an effort to find just the right thing(s) for their chosen blogger, and it's super fun to see what everyone picks out for each other.
This year, I totally won the blogger lotto because my Secret Santa gift was from Allie at Rocking E Cowgirl.  I'm pretty sure Allie went a LITTLE over budget... Wait till you see everything in my gift!

First up, was a little something for the boys:

A whole bag of peppermint sticks! They were super excited to dive into those and said to tell Allie THANK YOU!!!!

Next was a gorgeous handmade item:

The horseshoe actually came from one of the horses at Allie's barn. I love upcycling, especially when it's something so pretty! I have this hanging in my house already.

Then there was this awesome tee:

It's actually the tee shirt she had made up for her barn. This is the back, and the front has the barn logo on the left side chest. I love this saying, and couldn't agree more. I think I'm going to take this with me to Florida so I can wear it before next summer.

And lastly, (this is where Allie definitely went above and beyond) a C4 belt!

By now, I'm sure you all are well aware of my C4 obsession, so this was a great addition to the collection. I even have the matching Ovation socks already!

Thank you, Allie, SO MUCH for this amazing gift. I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything you picked out for me!

I would love to show you all what I picked out for my recipient, but one of the items took a LONG time to arrive to me, so I don't think it's arrived to my giftee as of yet. I'm sure she'll post though, so keep an eye out!

Did you participate this year? Or do you take part in any other Secret Santa exchanges?

Equestrian Blogger Gift Exchange!

This is the second year I participated in the Blogger Gift Exchange hosted by Tracy at Fly on Over Eq. My gift came from Britt at House on a Hill.

Britt sent me a great smelling mason jar candle, a giant chocolate coin, and Mrs Pastures for the boys. I'm not sure if she knows how perfect that chocolate coin is for me! It's a Chanukah tradition to give chocolate gelt (chocolate money). Getting a giant one that came all the way from England was awesome! And also delicious. Yep, stuffed it down in one sitting. Moo. The boys loved the Mrs Pasture's too, can't go wrong there!
Thank you Britt, we loved our treats!

My giftee was Aimee from I am the Sprinkler Bandit. I found a great coupon code for a custom slider bead and decided a personalized bracelet would be the perfect gift. Aimee mentioned she liked blue so I chose that for the bracelet color. I went Instagram stalking and found an adorable photo of Aimee and Courage that I stole without permission cause surprises ya know? And I had that put on the bead. Then found some letters on Etsy to spell out Courage, and voila! Custom pony bracelet:

I did not remember to take a photo before sending it off, so I'm stealing Aimee's. Sorry Aimee, stealing your photos is becoming a habit of mine apparently... I stuck it in a stocking with some candy cane themed goodies for garnish.

This gift exchange is so much fun! I'm so glad Tracy keeps hosting. I really love seeing what everyone picks out for each other. The personalized gifts are my favorite. Everyone does such a great job finding just the right things for their giftees. Great job everyone! And thank you again Britt!