Friends, I don't think I ever had packages come from so different places in a single day. There was one from Carol in poor flooded New Hampshire; one from Zalita in Malaysia; and my order from Country Stitch in New Zealand!
Carol sent me a cute beanie May bear - adorable! - along with a pretty Shepherd's Bush kit, Sweet Pea, and her chart and remaining fibers & beads for Drawn Thread's Winter into Spring! Wow! All those goodies are laid onto the gorgeous 28-count evenweave that she sent me as well: "Mermaid Garden" by Hidden Treasures. I didn't even know that company, but this fabric is stunning... And would be just great for Celtic Summer!
The funny thing is, I also received the Eden fabric which I'd ordered for Celtic Summer. It came in very quickly from New Zealand! Linda at Country Stitch is simply wonderful. She sent me a friendly email straight after my order to tell me she'd be dyeing the fabric over the next few days; I had also ordered a couple of hand-dyed threads, and it turned out she didn't have them - so I asked her to simply send deep reds or blues, and she sent me 2 complimentary threads on top of the 2 I'd paid for! She made a lovely choice too :) I'm not showing them as they are to be gifts ;)
The fabric she dyed is truly vibrant (you can see what the fabric looks like here), and it would be really lovely for Celtic Summer... Just as Carol's. Tough choice! I'll need Seb's advice on this.
Now here is what sweet Zalita sent for my Birthday...
She included two sewing fabrics - poppies, my fav flower, and a natural-colored one (on which the rest is laid). Zalita knows I love the cute little buttons they sell in Malaysia, and she included a whole bunch of them. There's also a pretty little frame - which would be perfect for Carol's Shepherd's Bush kit! And a cute Shepherd's Bush chart, The Herb Garden. Lovely...
Now I think I have to stop sleeping - this way I'll manage to stitch all those wonderful charts my friends send me!!
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I am bowled over by the kindness and generosity you friends have all been showing on my birthday... Notes, comments, emails, incredibly thoughtful and personal gifts... Please, please friends, don't send anything anymore... I'm starting to feel quite bad as it is. Incredibly elated and grateful, but also, truly embarrassed - there is no way I deserve all this.Thinking of everyone's kindness truly brings tears to my eyes and makes my head spin. Thank you so much everyone!
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Wow! What an awesome mail day for you!!!! I am so relieved that my package finally crawled its way to you! At least your birthday is running on for a long, long, long, long time now - I bet you have no complaints about that!!!!! I hadn't thought about that fabric and Celtic Summer... but you are right! I chose it because it was stunning and struck me as your colors. Obviously, that is true! That poppies fabric from your friend in Malaysia is stunning! Oh, the things you can do with that! I can't wait to see! My poppies are up and getting ready to bud! I shall have to remember to take a pic for you! It is much drier here today. We went to see my office - enough is enough! It is in shambles and the landlord is lazy... we already took down a phone number off of a professional medical building on the same street - they think they may have something for me and will call Mike tomorrow! Please keep your fingers crossed for me! I need to find something before the next big rainstorm!
Hi Isabelle, it's nice to see you're so spoiled! You truly deserved it. And isn't it great to get mail from everywhere. That's the great blessing of the internet.
I hope you're doing okay in your work, and that it isn't as stressfull as some other times.
Isabelle, I'm so glad you've been treated like a princess for your birthday by the friends whose lives you've touched. You're a wonderful person!!!
It's because you're such a sweet person Isabelle that your friends love to spoil you!
I'm glad the fabric from Linda was OK. She's such a lovely person to send extra threads too!
Beautiful gifts from Carol and Zalita too! How wonderful :)
Dear Isabelle,
Oh how lovely these gifts are! Couldn't happen to a nicer person than you.
Lovely gifts Isabelle, you are such a lovely person, your stitching friends just like to treat you, I think they are well deserved presents for you.
What lovely gifts! And you definitely deserve them Isabelle, so don't worry {{{hugs}}}
Of course you deserve all those wonderful gifts Isabelle. You're a very special lady :)
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