Batiks are great, I try to include the batiks with my candy's that I send. I'm doing my candies different this year. In the past, I filled how many birthday cards the same and kept one for myself. This year I am filling 10 or 12 at a time. That should allow me to send different fabrics.
I'm sorry to hear about such cold temps. When we got up this morning it was 6 degrees, but thankfully the house was warm.