The ultimate inspiration...

Word seems to be traveling around blogland about tomorrow's Artful Blogger party right here on my blog! It's going to be so much fun:) I will be starting the party late tonight (Central Daylight time) so that those around the world have a chance to join in. We will party all day tomorrow and into the evening. So no matter what time zone you're in, stop by any time. Here are all the details.As we all try to find some inspiration on what to post for the party tomorrow, I am dedicating this entire post to the my swap partner extraordinaire Michelle (Hold Dear). Michelle and I have been blog pals for quite awhile now. I am very excited to finally meet her in person at Silver Bella in November. She is such a dear and knows my tastes, so I was truly spoiled here. We were partners for the Silver Bella inspiration swap. She posted on her blog what I gave her and I'm here to share the enormous amount of treasures I received. We were to send our partner three things that inspire us, three things that we thought would inspire them, three things in our stash that we haven't used in awhile, and then something handmade just for our partner.
Here is just a portion of the treasure trove this swap diva sent to me!
Everything was packaged up gorgeously in vintage pattern tissue, flowers, bows and handwritten tags. So creative!
This cigar box was chock full of inspiring goodies: buttons, tickets, chenille stems, trim, costume jewelry, stickers, ornaments, way to much to mention. Just this would have been plenty, Michelle!
She didn't stop there. Michelle sent rolls of gorgeous gift wrap, a bound book of her favorite vintage wallpaper (what a fabulous idea!), the Marie Antoinette soundtrack. Loved the movie, but never had thought about buying the soundtrack. I love it! Then she made this adorable ArtsyMama stand with scrabble tiles. She sent a bag full of tiles along with it for me to make more little sayings on a whim.
I'm not even close to the bottom of the box yet. THEN Michelle was sweet enough to send me the current issue of Marie Claire idees magazine. I love this magazine and had not seen this issue yet. She also gave me a baggie of the most gorgeous ribbon and millinery flowers. Can't wait to use these!
A "bonus" box had a moleskine journal, pen and a Starbucks gift certificate. I know, I know, she went WAY above and beyond!
At the bottom of the box was Michelle's bag of things from her studio that she hasn't used in awhile, but thought I may find some use for. Here is *part* of it below all laid out. It basically was an entire scrapbook store piled into a grocery bag.
Can you believe all of that!? So many new goodies to create with. That was the ultimate inspiration swap. Wow Michelle, I'm speechless!! Thank you!

Now that we've all had some eye candy, get some rest (you're going to need it). We'll see you in the morning!