One of my new friends, Dani, hosted the most genius party a couple weeks ago: a swap party! Everyone brought 5-8 housewares that they didn't have use for & we bid for the ones we wanted. Chris was just thrilled about the party until he saw me come home with more than I left. I just couldn't help myself! I'm not quite ready to share all of the items I scored, because a few of them are projects in progress. I was just ecstatic to score these serpent bookends! The serpents are a tad on the grotesque side, but there's something about them I find so interesting & awesome. Right now they're on our coffee table and they keep a few of Penelope's books, but I thought I'd put some of our grown-up books in for the photos. I had such a blast at the swap party, I'm thinking it'd be so fun to do one for clothes or accessories or baby clothes! Have any of you been to one? Have you found any great deals recently? Please share in the comments!