Secret Crafty Santa in March: loot sent

A couple of weeks ago I signed up for Dudecraft's Secret Crafty Santa in March exchange. I listed the rules of the swap in my original post, but basically I had 2 weeks to make something crafty based on a complete stranger's list of 3 things she loves in life.

I got to make stuff for Kate, who wrote that she loves her 4-year-old son, dancing, and music.

I decided to send her a sampler pack of my floppy disk record player cards. I took lots of pictures along the way and wrote up a tutorial about making the cards a few days ago. And whaddya know, it got featured on MAKE magazine's blog! So hello to the bazillion new visitors who came this way via MAKE.

I also decided to include a little something for Kate's son, Teddy. What do 4-year-olds like? Their names! I engraved Teddy's into a little piece of stone tile and put magnets on the back so he'll have a special way to put his artwork on the fridge.

Kate lives in Massachusetts and I live in Oregon, so I decorated the package with cutouts of all of the states in between.

I engraved the stone with a sandblaster*. This is a photo of the tiles and the stencil I used. I'll be posting more in the near future about the sandblasting process.

*Thanks to Victory Stone Engraving, a.k.a. my dad.