Elves Good Morning,

I have mail....

Margaret (molly_and_me) sent me......

Cosmos seed paper, (I want the recipe for this), so cool!
Candytuft Dwarf Fairy mix
Marigold Jolly Jester
Marigold Queen Sophia

Margaret, thanks so much. Let's talk after Christmas. I owe you answers to your Q's!!

Faye, my thoughts and prayers are with your sister and your family!!

Merry Christmas!!

Annie

Wow, Another card today.
From: ##Nottougly# (Faye T) I received a neat card along with Cleome Rose Queen, Mustard green wave lettuce, Pink JMG, White Hibiscus, Deep Pink Hollyhock and Spinach Giant. Thanks so much Faye, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!
Barbara C. PerkyBarb

Faye, hope surgery is a success for your sisters, my prayers.
Thank you for the pretty card and seeds I just got...especially for Iris Cajun Love.
Whenever we trade in the future, you and other pals- I'll have at least 1 of special seeds for you, saving printed pages of your wants.
Main thing that all is well...again, well wishes to your sister and yours..and everyone.
Need a break, like a spring cleaning, had to clear frozen plants before any decorating for 3 days and almost all done for a while anyway.

Blessed and joyous Christmas!
Bea

A big thank you to daisyb for the double purple datura in lovely card with 3 red candles nestled into boughs and berries!

And from flowergirl134 I received some very pretty clematis jackmanii and asiatic oritenal lily mix in a card with 2 adorable snowmen and Ho! HO! Ho! inside from my secret Santa!

Thank you both so very much!

thankies to w9yards fer the cool polarbear glittery card and the thai pepper

Today I received from Lois and her two cute kitties oriental lilies all wrapped in Christmas paper. Thanks Lois I love all types of lilies and will soon winter sow them!!

Today I got from neohippie the strangest Christmas card I have ever received. It was some upside down bats and some beams of light and stars. I really liked it actually. In the card there were seeds of red brandywine tomato, which I don't have but wanted, and chihuahuan landrace cushaw squash, which I have never heard of but of course also want. Thanks neohippie for the the seeds and the wacky card.

Deanna, how do you change the color of your font?

Amy/amybeth82, thank you for the gaillardia and surprise sunflowers! I think it is a lot of fun to grow something and not know what exactly the results are going to be! Surprises are so much fun!

-Dan

In a real hurry, just was told my envelope with card and seeds was received opened at both ends, what happened with 2-3 cards I got from you...hmm, post office needs to be notified ... I need to know if they are doing something intentionally? May be since it's a thicker envelope they are wanting to make sure of it's content?? It's new this year!!

They can have it all, just leave seeds alone! lol

WOW, I got a nice surprise today

Neohippie/ Amanda sent me--Tomato, jalepeno and garlic

(I was so excited about the garlic I went to tell my hubby and he was not as happy. He just does not get it. What a great Surprise! You made my day!)

THANK YOU

cardinalwv the seeds are on the way!
Karen

Thank you nottougly for the Mexican Petunia, cosmos and aster.
Been really wanting the mexican petunia..
I will pray that your sister's surgery goes well.

Linda

To those of you who got some of my bat cards: I got them from Bat Conservation International, which is a nonprofit org for the conservation and appreciation of bats. They have an online catalog that has all kinds of neat stuff. And it goes to a good cause since bats are wonderful animals, especially for us gardeners!

(Ok, and I used to intern for them and got their extra Xmas cards after the holiday was over. Couldn't resist getting Xmas cards with pictures of bats hanging upside down from Xmas trees!)

Glad my garlic is getting through ok. Was a little worried after hearing of some people's seed cards being opened, but maybe the openers are vampires or something and didn't want to open my garlic. ;-P

Here is a link that might be useful: The Bat Catalog

Dan,
Here is the html code for color change. When you put red, green or whatever color (font color=red) it will give the color and when you change the numbers of size=4 size=5 or any number you can change the size of the font.
Here is the code:
<font color=red size=5>Red</font>

<font color=blue size=7>Blue</font>

<font color=green size=8>Green</font>

It would look like this.
Red

Blue

Green

Bustani,
the img code for image would be something like this.
<img src="image url here">

PRANCER
JINGLE BELLS
ELVES
CHRISTMAS TREE

A big thank you to Faye! Another card today with salpiglossis, jap. morning glory, and petunia! Much appreciated!
Do hope your sister does well with her surgery. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you this holiday season and all year.
Hugs, Melinda

BINGO !!!!

thankies jas --same images as before

they were taken with my iphone (please ignore the da watermark)

i *think* i can get a better picture with my larger cameras (a nikon d40 and a nikon l20 are more powerfull then the iphone) that picture would have the new cards in it too (including one my mom got from germany!)

Way to go Iris!! Thought no one was ever going to Bingo!
Congrats! Melinda

Congrats, Iris! WooooHooooooo!

Also, I have to apologize for not posting my thank you's yet. I couldn't log in for a while, then I left town for a week. I'm finally back trying like mad to pull off Christmas after being sick for over a month. I can't thank you all enough. I'll get on here tomorrow to list everyone. If I got a card recently, I'm not aware of it. Since my husband is out of town with our vehicle, I can't check the mail until he returns. (Our mailbox is about a mile away from our home.)

I also planned to send out several more cards than I was able to with so little time left before Christmas. I'm expected them to start being received very soon. I was kind of hoping to see some posts tonight with happy recipients, but I'm sure it'll be soon. There's so much going on with just a couple days left. Post after Christmas, if it's as crazy for you as it is for me!

Blessings,
Angela

P.S. That homemade Christmas card box craft link was awesome! I can't wait to try it. The instructions were so simple, too. Thanks for sharing it.

You guys rock! Thank you so much for making my Christmas a joyous one.

I would like to thank:
F. Tilley
D. McKinney
Skywaitress
Wish Design
for brightening my holiday spirit with your cards and everlasting goodwill.

Neohippie, The garlic was a great surprise. I have not grown it before but always wanted to try.

I sure hope I don't mess it up.

Should I store it in a cold place? Or is it ok with my other seeds?

Thanks!!
Karen

I'd like to thank w9yards for the thai basil and the glittery bear card! thanks dd.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

congrats iris!

thank you faye for the morning glories, hibiscus, birdhouse gourds, cypress red vine, moonflower, and triple yellow datura!
i am going cabin-crazy and want to sow these all nowwwwwww LOL i am going to attempt wintersowing of some of my new seeds next week.

happy holidays everyone!

Another card for me, wow!

Thanks to Amy/amybeth82 for sending me me Shasta Daisy and Gallardia, Cut card!
karen

I got another really cute card and great seeds today.

appaloosa909/Andrea - sent chives, purple dames rocket
and family heirloom tomato Aunt Pat's cherry tomato

Thank You so much and a Merry Christmas to All.

6 more cards to catch up with.
Aimsterif sent sweet basil
W9yards sent giant orange/yellow marigolds.
Nottougly sent golden jubilee tomato, yellow coneflower, zinnia, marigold mix, sweet basil, fortnight lily, becky daisy, and frosty fire dianthus
daisyb sent butterfly bush, and dwarf marigold
Sherrih sent 2 butterfly bush, purple and yellow and orange marigold.
michiet sent chinese chives and butterfly bush.

This is by far the best swap I've been in. Thank you everyone so much. I hope everyone has a wonderful, safe and healthy Christmas.

Woohoo! Thank you to Amybeth82 for cute snowflake card and the "new to me" morning glories! Looking forward to those. :)

thanks also to flowergirl for the nice card and great assortment of seeds!

:)
D

Wow! Thanks so much Amybeth82!! The card is beautiful (I may steal this idea!!) and the seeds are so fun. I can't wait to start planting this year. She sent Copenhagen Market Cabbage, Seven top turnip greens, and Early snowball cauliflower.
Thanks to you too Angela! My mother in law is visiting, which always gets me quite tired for some reason. It was such a gift to get your letter in the mail. It's like getting an extra Christmas.

YAY ! IRIS...I didnt think anyone was playing..lol

I have many thanks to give out, and shall sit down after Christmas and write them. I have been pushing myself and now have a bit of cold...BUT I am happy to say the shopping and baking is done :)

I hope everyone will take the time to relax and enjoy the essence of Christmas this year !

There are STILL Cards being mailed...so enjoy mailboxing for another week !

Merry Christmas to the greatest Elves I know !!

More mail...oh my!!!

Ellie sent me...

Nasturium Cherry Rose
Nasturium dwarf Jewel mix
Blue Lake beans
Marigolds
Mixed Marigolds
and a beautiful card

Thanks so much. Merry Christmas!

Congrats Iris on Bingo!!!

Santa Kym, be well!

Annie

I also want to thank nottougly.. she sent me Bachelor Button Blue Boy, licorice mint (smells really yummy!) and astilbe amethyst! Love them all, Faye - thanks!

Good evening everyone - I wanted to say a big THANK YOU to Crystal - Crisann & Elli with Elli wrapped in Christmas lights with the following seeds attached: Joe Pye; Bellflower and Lamb's Ear seeds. Two of the kinds of seeds were on my Wish List so Thank you so very much. Happy Holidays to all!!
Imogene

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Wow! The "day" is almost here! I hope you're all ready? I'm not, but Christmas will be here soon, ready or not. :-)

I would like to thank:

plant-one-on-me: Yea! I'm so excited to grow the quinoa! Thank you!

not_the_green_thumb: Thank you for the sweet banana peppers and straight eight cucumbers! Yummy salads are coming my way!

suegardens2: Yea! Marjoram is an herb I haven't grown yet! Way excited! Maybe I'll have enough that I don't have to buy it in the store again!

graanieb: Thank you, girl! I haven't grown any of these and can't wait to see if I can get these to grow. Thanks for the Hibiscus 'Luna Bush', purslane, 2 kinds of zinnia, cosmos 'Happy Ring', and red Tithonia!

ilovefarac: Wow! I'm SO excited! I was shocked at what all awesome heirlooms you sent me! WooooHoooooo! I was going to list everything you sent, but I'd be here all day! Besides, we don't want to make anyone envious! Wow, girl!

w9yards: Yippee! Meyer Lemon & Thai Basil! I'm totally going to wintersow this and hope that every seed makes it!
missmojo: Thanks for the Liatris Spicata! I'll have to look this one up, but I'm sure it'll be an awesome addition to my spring garden!

fearadyn: Thank you for the blanket flower, mutant marigold (LOL, love it!), calendula (yes!), and I'm super excited about the moon and stars watermelon!

yotetrapper: I love the words on the card and the Bible verse! WooHooo, thank you for the moon and stars red watermelon (Yippee!), white acorn squash (love), jumbo pink banana squash (been wanting to try this!), and the "ice cream flavored" moon and star watermelon (WoWWee!).

This is seriously unbelievable how good of matches you guys all made for me! WOW! I'm so gonna have a great garden this year in my new home. I can't wait!

Blessings,
Angela

Oooops! I almost forgot to post my thank you to ruthz! Thanks, girl, for the Bok Choy Tatsoi (yea!), lemon cucumber (yummy!), and the awesome snowman card!

I also wanted to mention that so many of the cards were beautiful and some handmade and gorgeous! I just love them all and have them displayed in my China cabinet instead of dishes. They're so beautiful in there when it's all lit up!

Hi everyone ! ya know, thats the first time I ever won BINGO .. lol ... well , its almost Christmas Eve... I am worn out !I think I will rest all weekend !

I have more thank yous to give ...

to Cryptid/Darrin and his lovely wife Elly , they sent a pretty handmade card with a butterfly and sparkly snowflakes , inside was a beautiful hand crocheted butterfly pin ... tell her thank you for me okay, Darrin ? ...and also lots of different kinds of Rudbeckia and Sunflower seeds !! some of my favorites ! I think I am going to try wintersowing my Black eyed susans this year ... also... Darrin wrote in the card " ...I just know you'll have a miraculous New Year " ;-) yes, I agree ;-) Thank you Darrin and Elly !

Diana/w9yards sent a funny card with Earthwalker sunflower seeds ... have to look these up ! Thank you !

Priscilla2007 sent a card to thank me for the seeds I sent her ... you're welcome Priscilla, hope they grow well for you !

Aggiebee sent a wonderful homemade card with Abutilon ( have to look this up ) Butterfly Weed and California Poppy seeds ... thank you Aggie !

Skywaitress/Tina also sent a pretty homemade card with Burgundy Blanketflower and Wonder Bell pepper seeds ! Thank you Tina !

Sherrih sent a beautiful Christmas stocking card with a very nice note and with many seeds from my wish list - Dill, Sunrise Serenade MG , Swan River Dwarf Daisy, Purple Flash, Coleus Palisandra, California Blue Bell, Purple Tansy, Corno di Toro pepper and a mystery package ;-) so far I haven't been able to identify the seed ... maybe a sedum or dusty miller ? Thank you Sherri, I can hardly wait for spring to plant all these wonderful seeds !

Aimee/Aimsterfl sent a cute Snowman card with Black Krim tomato seeds ! Yum ! that is a wonderful tomato ! Thank you !

For those of you driving to friends and family tomorrow and over the weekend , please be safe and have a wonderful holiday !

Iris

Finally! I've been trying to get on here for days... So I have a list of Thank you's to give! THANK YOU!!! And I apologize ahead of time for any mis-spellings on secret santas...

DEBHG - Asiatic Lily, Siberian Iris, Zinnia
CRISANN - Phlox, Mix Blanket Flower, Mix 4:00
DARLYN58 - Zinnias
JODIE74 - Zinnia, Cosmos
SUEGARDENSZ - Zinnias
PAULAN70 - Mixed Petunia, Torenia
CATHY\MAO - 2 Gaillardias
GGWRN - Cosmos, 4:00's, Zinnias
FCOFFIL - Red Daylily
MISSMOSO - Liatris
RUTHZ - Columbine, 4:00's, 2 types Lantans
SHERRIH - Lantana
AMYBETH82 - Asiatic Lily, Milkweed, Gaillardia, Stella D'Oro Daylily
CRYPTID - 4:00's, Columbine, Petunia, Cosmos, & a crocheted butterfly!

Thank you all so much! You have truly bleesed my holiday season with your generosity. You have made my holiday season so much brighter. Thank you all so much again! Merry Christmas to you all!

Randi

Thank you Aggie for the wonderful card I received from you today. I really liked it.Oh yea thanks for the california pooppy seeds also.
This is great.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
Faye!

I havn't had this much fun for the Christmas season since my kids were young! You guys have made it the best!

Thank you so much for the beautiful cards, I mean they are incredible and wonderful seeds~

Neohippie~I love collards!! Spent about twenty or so years down south and up here in Pa it is hard to find them, my oldest sons first taste of 'real' food was collard juice my mom in law gave him in the tip of her finger, boy did he smack it up~lol~Oh and the momma and baby bat card is wonderful!

dirt-under-my-nails~I love the snowman card and the cosmos seashells mix, can't wait to see them bloom in person!

Appaloosa 909~Just love the nutcracker card and the orange cosmos, morning glories, and grandpa otts morning glories, what a beautiful mix!

Wishing all of you many blessings, health and happiness for this holiday season and thru the new year!
lynn

Hi everyone, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! :)

Thank you so much columbusgardener and nottougly!!! I received your mail yesterday. I love the seeds you sent to me!

I received Rudbeckia Cherry Brandy and Red Riding Hood(I think). I also received petunia mix, salvia, balsamina impatiens, chocolate joe pye weed, mexican sunflower.

Thanks again! :)

Went to the Thrift Store today, just to get out of the house for a while. Got a bunch of tiny clay pots- just the right size for starting cactus seeds in the spring- for 29 cents a piece, and a cute plaque that said: free weeds, pick 'em all!! Wonder if I put that out by the road about July....humm....in the mean time....let'r snow!! (We might get just a trace of snow on Christmas- LOL)

i suspect a few of my cards are still uncounted fer

just thought id say *yay!* lol aas ive got a LARGE hard drive on my computer (after a year with a small one) then i installed the os AND got it working on our wireless nearly by myself

its a 320 gig internal and it only cost 50 bucks (the operating system is/was 100% free outherwise you would need to buy a new one)--i still need to get some things moved over (passwords and such lol) but i get to have a new toy LOL

Nottougly, thanks for the card and the various seeds you sent me. Zinnia,tumbling tom tomato
, Viola, rudbeckia, fireworks tomato,blanket flower
Wishing your sister ' speed recovey

Aggie, got your nice bird card with zinnia and dwarf balloon flower
Thanks

Merry christmas
Michelle

Merry Christmas Eve!!
I received 2 wonderful cards yesterday...

HUGE THANKS too

amybeth82 for the beautiful handmade snowflake flower Christmas card (really cute idea!) and the rudbeckia and gaillardia seeds

and

celeegra for the beautiful Christmas card and all the wonderful seeds :) gaillardia noid, gaillardia goblin, columbine: heirloom black, columbine: lemon ice, columbine: purple longspur, columbine: woodside gold, columbine: green apples, mother of thyme. AMAZING!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
and
CONGRATS to Iris for the B I N G O!!!! I was only one word away, but I don't think I've ever been that close to winning :0) This has been the funnest swap!!!

vina

What a surprise and fun to still be getting cards.

Aimsterfl sent me a envelope marked beneficial insect garden mix. Not sure what that will include but it will be fun to see, thank you.

Nottingly sent tom thumb basil, garlic chives, lime basil, cosmos orange & gold and velvet queen sunflower. I can't wait to go look that sunflower up it sounds so beautiful. Thank you very much.

Buterfliis_mom sent a lovely card filled with seeds of mrs burns lemon basil, fish peppers, cosmos picotee, zinnia tall pink, and her favorite capiscuum unnuum calico. Now how in the world do I pronounce that? :) Thank you very much.

I want to thank everyone for sharing your gardens and for all the fun and warmth this swap has provided me!
Merry Christmas Everyone

HOLY SMOKES! I CAN POST TODAY! Merry Christmas Eve!

From highalttransplant, I got a wonderful tree ornament made from her son (I think) which is now hanging on the tree. How thoughtful! She also sent an amazing amount of seeds including black hungarian pepper, cascabella pepper, patio red marconi pepper, sweet pickle pepper, chinese giant pepper, cherokee chocolate tomato, broadleaf sage, and Extra Curled Dwarf Parsley. I cannot thank you enough. Those are all new to me so I am very excited to get these planted. Thank you very much for your generosity and the wonderful new ornament/card.

From bumblebee1, I got a great Santa card with garlic chives, calabrese broccoli, celery, and sparkler radish seeds. Thank you very very much - I am new to several of those and can't wait to get them started!

From darlyn58, I got this old fashioned printed card with a horse pulling a trailer. Brings me back to the good ol' days. She also sent the most generous amount of danvers half long carrots. WOW. Thank you so much and Merry Christmas!

Want to say hello to all! Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas and be safe! God Bless! Thanks again for all the wonderful seeds and cards! Melinda

Vogt0047: sent TWO wonderful cards and generous amounts of Rudebeckia hirta, red yarrow, aster Wonder Of Staffa. Thanks for the great seeds!!

It is almost here,,
I had the best year of elfing ever,,
You guys are just the best other family any one could hope to have,,
A Very Big Thanks to You ALL,,Very Merry Christmas

Faye your sister is in my prayers,

Crissann how do you make those beaded bulb covers,, I have tons of beeds,,pattern please-please,, just loved them,,

Now Big thanks goes out to notougly-Faye;;she was so kind to send me white cotton,,love in a puff,,and lion tails ...

Big thanks goes out to aimee--zinna mix yippie

Big thanks goes out to perky barb;; lambs ears,,pink & white columbine,,evening primrose,,,can not wait till spring..

This years wonderful little treasures have been the best,,thank you all for making the season so bright..Lisa & grandson too,, he is overjoyed as well..

Thank you riley17 for the salsify seeds and the beautiful swan card.

I've never grown or even eaten salsify before, but I thought I'd like to try it. These are some weird looking seeds. I was expecting something more carrot-like.

IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE! All the cards have been delivered, all the packages too. And now I get to rest and enjoy my weekend...YAYYYY!!! After dinner I'm going to bake a new york style cheesecake, and mix in diced candy bars. If y'all want a piece, you'd better get here quick tomorrow...lol!!!

Appaloosa909, THANK YOU for the snowy card filled with sunflowers, rudbeckia, and figleaf hollyhocks! I'm wintersowing this weekend, and the hocks and beckia couldn't have come at a better time!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!
-Santa Dan