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This was my first month and I was able to send my parcel to Desi from SteakNPotatoesKindaGurl. I enjoyed reading her blog and trying to figure out what I could send her. As she has some African heritage in her, I asked if she would like some spices that I had received from her and she jumped at that suggestions. So that went into the box and to see what I else I sent her please check out her blog at SteakNPotatoesKindaGurl.
I was matched up with Katie from If I Knew You Were Coming I Would Have Baked a Cake. When I saw the name on her blog I knew she was my kind of girl... A CAKE... I love CAKE. Her first email asked me a lot of questions of my likes and dislikes and one of the things that I told her was I would appreciate something that was authentic to where she lived. I was so excited to open the box when I received it and when I did, I thought I HIT PAY DIRT! Wow the stuff that was in it...... but I also felt slightly guilty as I felt I didn't send very much to my penpal. Here is what I got from Katie....................
Look at all this good stuff! |
That first morning after opening up the package I had Chai Tea with honey. I did send Katie a message that I am not sure that I am happy as she now got me hooked on honey in my tea :) |
The next day I had a 4.5 hour drive to a conference so the SomerSaults came with me to keep me company and on the road... Along with another cup of Chai and honey! |
The Mia's Kitchen Bistro Marinara became part of a dish that I made....... |
it was supposed to be eggplant lasagna but ended up more like a soup or stew... But was delicious thanks to the Marinara sauce from California. |
Would you like to be a Foodie Penpal
Here are the details from Lindsay's blog (The Lean Green Bean):
-On the 5th of the month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions.
-You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal!
-The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination!
-You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget about flat rate boxes!)
-Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you can choose to write a short guest post for your penpal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month.
- Foodie Penpals is open to US, Canadian residents & UK residents. Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We’ve determined things might get too slow and backed up if we’re trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa. So, I’m going to keep two separate lists and match US w/ US and Canada w/ Canada!
-You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal!
-The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination!
-You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget about flat rate boxes!)
-Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you can choose to write a short guest post for your penpal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month.
- Foodie Penpals is open to US, Canadian residents & UK residents. Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We’ve determined things might get too slow and backed up if we’re trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa. So, I’m going to keep two separate lists and match US w/ US and Canada w/ Canada!
***If you’re in the UK, please contact Carol Anne from This Is Rock Salt at rocksalt@thisisrocksalt.com to get involved!
I am waiting patiently or maybe just a little impatiently for this coming month to both send my box of goodies to someone and receive another box.
til next time <3 <3 <3 Marlys
How fun! I'm running over to join now!
ReplyDeleteI hope that you join Dawn. I really enjoyed it both giving and receiving and hope that you have a great experience in your first month.
DeleteMarly this was my first month joining the Foodie Pen Pal as well and I hit the mother-load! Hop over to my blog to read all about it!! We were truly blessed lady!
ReplyDeleteDawn
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You did get a bunch of great stuff Dawn.... Isn't this so much fun.
DeleteI loved your package, Marlys! I posted about it on my blog, check it out if you'd like!
ReplyDeletehttp://steaknpotatoeskindagurl.blogspot.com/2012/10/september-foodie-penpals-cross-that-off.html
And your goodies look so fun too! MMM that Chai Tea with honey sounds delish! So fun participating with you and thanks for making my first foodie penpal experience worth it :)
Desi
Thanks Desi.... maybe we can turn you into a tea drinking granny... well maybe not the granny part after all :)
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