Disappointments Melt Away

For some reason I am usually spared too many disappointments.. but this weekend I had one. All last week I spent working on a project to take to Hitty Club Saturday. For those who are new, Hitty is a little 6" wooden doll that I sew clothes for and gather with some other ladies about once a month.. maybe a little longer.. who also sew for her or just play with her. We make crafts and visit and have lunch together. It is a fun time. Well anyways.. I pretty much did nothing all last week after my birthday on Monday except work on this project. Then Saturday came along with a whole pile of snow. We were snowed in, and Hitty Club was postponed until the next day but I still couldn't go then. So I was pretty bummed out about it. And I guess it put me in such a mopey mood that I didn't even feel like blogging or much of anything for a few days.

I have such a nice family and good friends though. It is amazing how they can cheer me up. This morning I went through some of the things that I got in the mail last week.. and tell me this wouldn't make anyone smile!

..from Stephanie... one of her covered journals...


.. she picked JUST the colors for me! And the prettiest card.. and those colored pins! I asked her how she knew I wanted some of those.. she has a knack for that sort of thing. And some vintage buttons and trim. All perfect.

From Nanette.. this is what was in that package I showed a peek of last week..

"Dating Fabrics" by Eileen Jahnke Trestain. I told Nanette that I already see many of my own fabrics on the pages of this book. What a useful tool this will be! Also a piece of authentic feedsack which I adore.. and the sweetest little knitted house with a tape measure inside! I love this gift so much. Thank you Nanette my dear friend.


..and from Melanie.. look at the beautiful wrappings...

Practically everything had to do with my new favorite fragrance Lavender. Not everything is in the picture below.. there was also a lot of vintage things like pins and yarn and such from thrift shops.. I felt like I had just been shopping the nooks and crannies of SouthPort with her.. but here are just a few of the treasures..

That big tin is filled with "English Biscuits".. what we would normally call cookies.. but my daughter and I feel so special when we nibble them with our coffee and call them biscuits. They are divine, and we can't find anything like that here. Also lots of lavender stuff.. hankies with lovely embroidery, a vintage piece of silk, linens, and one of those FABULOUS lavender wands that Melanie makes from her own that she grows in her yard. It smells wonderful. There were some of the cutest little foreign dudes.. they crack me up. I love stuff like this.

Now what makes these gifts so much more special to me is.. I know each one of these gals was not feeling her best the past couple of weeks. And my birthday is so soon after Christmas. So for them to go out of their way to gather, make, wrap and send something to me is so special.

But that's not all. This pile of presents came from my friend Helen. She always wraps everything so creatively. All pink and brown.. LOVELY. I hated to spoil the wrapping.

Just some of the things.. a Mary Engelbriet pin cushion.. some adorable fat quarters, and one of Helen's own tiny pin cushions that she makes out of bottlecaps. Her work is so very creative. Plus other vintage things.. books and stuff I adore.

And one more.. from my new friend Betsy. I was totally not expecting this. A lovely repro 30's fat quarter and the cutest tree made of tiny spools. THANK you Betsy.

So I have to just say a huge thank you to all of you.. those who read my blog, and comment, and send me emails. I had no idea what this whole world of blogging was all about.. that it would be such a blessed thing.

I was going to show what I started on now.. my Black and White quilt for Jackie's challenge.. but I guess this is getting kind of long so you can go over here if you want to see it.

I'll try better to keep up!