Happy holidays friends. It’s pretty amazing how quickly this December has been going by but I guess that’s every holiday season.
This year I had the pleasure of celebrating in an extra special way with a group of pretty amazing ladies. While it would have been amazing to have an actual holiday party, the next best thing was to host a Secret Santa through #BGBCommunity.
If you’re slightly confused, totally ok. Allow me to explain. #BGBCommunity stands for Bloggers Gonna Blog. It started as a small Facebook group last April with a couple bloggers I wanted to keep in touch with regularly. We share blogging advice, ask questions and generally support each other through the highs and lows of blogging (because trust me you need someone to celebrate with you when a post goes viral and someone to cry with you when your site has technical issues, scary stuff people.) As the group grew, we began doing Foodie Swaps, which was essentially a food-filled care package to another member of the group.
For the holiday season, we wanted to (ginger)spice things up and do a secret santa. Each blogger who wanted to participate, sent a special gift to another blogger and received a gift from a different blogger. Not only is it fun to give and get gifts from a fellow blogger, but it’s been a great way to get to know some rad ladies whose blogs you know and love.
What I Got from my Secret Santa
Today I’m sharing what the lovely Erin from the Almond Eater got me! Side note: Erin seriously rocks. Her photos are incredible and her posts always crack me up. I’ve had the biggest blog crush on her for over a year, it’s been so fun getting to know her and so many amazing ladies this year through BGB.
Adorable Ornaments
How adorable is this squirrel?! Also, I cracked up when I pulled a fuzzy “G” out of the box. This bad boy is getting hung up all year.
Cloth Napkins
Not sure if Erin read my post about my favorite food props but I wrote about different cloth napkins twice sooo she totally gets it.
Small white bowl
As a food blogger you can literally never have too many bowls. Also, white makes everything look good. I can already see a bounty of granola spilling out of this bad boy.
Justin’s Vanilla Almond Butter
Sooo I literally just wrote a post about how Justin’s Vanilla Almond Butter is on my coveted top 4 Almond Butters. Yeah, did I already mention how Erin just gets it?
Thank you so much Erin, you totally nailed it.
If you’re curious to see what I sent I had Kellen from acupofkellen.com & Emily from myhealthyishlife.com. To see more fantastic gift reveals, what bloggers give to bloggers, check out all the links below!
BGB Secret Santa Link Up
Are you interested in joining BGB?
Rules: be rad, don’t be a troll-bot, support yo frands
Join here: Bloggers Gonna Blog
Your Turn
- What are your favorite kinds of gifts to receive?
- Have you ever gotten anything really great from a Secret Santa before?
This was such the highlight of my month so far! Thank you again for hosting this and all the fun and helpful things in BGB. Erin did such a great job with your present!
so thankful for this community! Awesome job to you and Christina for setting all this up!
What a thoughtful gift!! <3 This community has changed my blogging experience completely, for the better. Love all of you guys!
Thank you so much for organizing the Secret Santa! Definitely a highlight of my year 🙂 I have to admit that I’m terrified of squirrels so I’m glad I didn’t get this ornament! I would have freaked out if I opened this box 😉
Happy Friday!!
Haha, Erin is the best! Those gifts rock. And I could go on and on about how much I love this community. Possibly need an entire post for it :-p
HAHA did you die when you saw the fuzzy G? I was like wtf is this???? So obviously I had to buy it. Glad you like everything and thanks so much for organizing <3 You da best.
Thanks again for starting BGB! It’s seriously awesome haha and that ornament is ADORABLE.
This is literally the perfect gift for you! Haha and I think i need to find myself a fuzzy B, cause those are bad ass
Erin definitely nailed your gift…everything is so YOU! I loved this gift exchange and having a way to celebrate the holidays with my BGB friends. Thanks so much for puttingit all together <3
Curious Georgie… How do I know who my secret Santa was? There was no name on my package. Thank you for setting it up. I loved my gift!
Thanks for organizing the exchange-I had so much fun! That squirrel ornament is adorable and the white bowl is perfect for a kickass food blogger like yourself!
That squirrel! I’m dieing over the cuteness!
I had so much fun picking out my gift to send and also receiving a wonderful surprise from my secret Santa… thank you so much for creating the BGB community Georgie!
Thank you so much again for organizing such an awesome Secret Santa and for sending me the beautiful Pelistones bracelet 🙂 Erin did an awesome job on your gift as well! Love that squirrel and I have that white bowl (it’s great!). Merry Christmas!
Thanks for organizing this! It was a lot of fun 🙂 Love the squirrel ornament!
What an awesome box of goodies! Eric knew EXACTLY what to buy for a fellow food blogger 🙂
That vanilla almond butter is the BEST!!!! What a fun box 🙂 Such a fun idea for a swap!
Um, DELISH! Also, your pictures are so crystal clear. Love it! Thanks for organizing 🙂
This group sounds awesome, and I’m a huge fan of so many bloggers in there! Totally just sent a request to join 🙂 Also, your gifts were awesome! What a great secret santa swap!
That squirrel…..I die. So freaking cute!!!
This was so much fun!! Blogging seriously would be so boring without you ladies. Soooo next year we’re having an actual holiday party, right?
I love gift swaps! I just participated in one with a bunch of creatives. There’s also the secret Santa with friends too. It’s much more manageable and fun.
I think so many people just requested to join ! Including me ! That gift is awesome! I was plesantly surprised with a gift full of tea and a tea infuser this year and being a tea lover I was so excited about my gift!