NNC Mug Rug Exchange: from Mauritius!

I had a happy surprise waiting on my desk not an hour ago!

It was the NNC Mug Rug Exchange all the way from Astrid in Mauritius!!

I like how she used raffia strings(????) to tie it all up.

I think of it as a......delightfully-rustic-mess :)

That postcard in the midst of the delightfully-rustic-mess is a postcard of Port-Louis in Mauritius.

THE MUG RUG!!!!

In case you haven't yet noticed, the 'monogram' on the left side is the letter P :)

And the 'picture' on the right side is a smoking mug (or is it a teacup???)

And here is the close-up shot so you can see Astrid's free motion quilting-ness.

It's really neat.

Ooooh someone has her own label now :D

On a totally random note, I realize from picture, my fingers look exactly like my mother's. I have...I have....lady fingers :(

To cuts of fat quarters.

I like the pink and black Eiffel Tower ones!! It's....girlish-ly masculine!

(LOL Bear with me and my vocabulary. I'm known to sometimes use this kind of 'speak' and annoy people, particularly my parents and colleagues)

And a very cute tea bag pouch(???) containing 4 different Mauritius-produced tea. The teabags are part of the exchange requirements I think.

(I have a perfume from L'Occitane called The Vert too LOL)

Thanks so much Astrid!! Like I said it was a pleasant surprise and I can't believe that I didn't realize that the mug rug exchange was a secret-partner one! I'm so out of touch with life! Ooh, I think I signed up for the Chinese Mug Rug too, which means I should be receiving another mug rug soon! :D

Now, to work on MY mug rug for my partners....