That Missing Christmas GIft I Never Received

Christmas with my family is a big deal and there are lots of presents, no matter how much we all say we will cut back. We all have our spots in my parents' living room where we put our presents as we open them so the don't get lost or mixed up. I'm really particular about keeping everything together and fitting things into each other to save space, etc.  

I'm also a recycler of gift bags and gift card holders. Oh, and tissue paper/ Always save the tissue paper unless it's really ripped. And even then....

A couple of years ago, my sister e-ster bought us all some premade seed bombs. If you aren't up to speed, they are usually newspaper and water mixed together to form a ball and then you throw in some seeds and let them dry.  Then you plant them or toss them somewhere to grow and if you're lucky, you'll have a pretty view by mid summer.

Some people do this with wildflower seeds and then toss them along roadsides or areas where nothing is growing or where they'd like to see something pretty.

I think she saw them at a craft fair and thought they'd be fun for my nieces to grow and also for me since I'll grow just about anything once.

I have zero memory of getting these seed bombs or seeing anyone open theirs on Christmas morning. I was at my sister a-ster's house one June and she had me take one of my nieces into the garden to plant the seed bombs. I thought they were neat and she was like "Yeah, you have some too." I was sure I'd never seen them before.

At some point, e-ster asked if I ever planted them and I told her I never got any. We went back and forth and I swore I hadn't ever seen them before until I was planting them with my niece. I looked through every place I might have put them and thought maybe they ended up with things I had bought to give someone else for the following Christmas, but they weren't there.

Years went by.  Ok, maybe like 2 years, but since I never saw these seed bombs, I have no memory of how long ago this was.

When I made my pajama pants and nightgown last month, I thought I should get some gift bags together and make it look like Christmas when I took my pictures. That ended up being a flop for the pictures, but you'll never guess what I found in one of those gift bags. 

The way I reuse bags, it's shocking that it wasn't given to another person the following Christmas. Somehow, that one bag has been with my gift wrapping stuff for a couple of years, just waiting to be found!

Seeds can be stored, so I am going to plant these this summer and see how they come out.

If I can remember where I put them.