Early this morning there was a knock at the door and my DH yelled out to me that the mailman's here!! Actually - she's a Mail-Lady - but that's just splitting hairs lol ;o).
This is what she brought to me, a beautiful polka-dot package - (that really should have been a hint for me!!!) ..........
Now I wasn't expecting a parcel so I must admit to being VERY curious as to what was inside, this is what I found first, a card from
Sandy - aka Awtem Nymf telling me that she was my "Angel" in the "Polka Dots and Rick Rack swap from last year arranged by
Sharon at Red Geranium Cottage. The lady that was originally supposed to be my partner never sent anything - so Sandy volunteered to send something so that I wouldn't miss out!!!! Isn't that kind??!!?!
Look how gorgeous it looked as soon as I opened the box ....
I had to be really restrained and remember to take piccies as I went along, but in all honesty I just wanted to rip these gorgeous packages open straight away!!! How pretty they look in their pink tissue and ric rac ties :o) ......
And here's what was in the presents ........ !!!!!!!!! Can you believe it?????????
All this from a lady I've never even met ..... such kindess just blows me away!!!
Cuppycake and spotty plates, napkins and notelets - and some cute little cuppycake rubber stamps ......
Pretty ribbons and ric rac braid .... can you see the ribbon on the bottom has coffee cups on it?? Very appropriate for this little caffeine addict!!!!!
Socks with all sorts of different coffees on them ...... I wonder where she found these, they're fabulous :o)!!!?!!
A most wonderful dotty mug ..... and I've tested it already ... yes, the coffee definitely tastes better than it usually does. Must be the spots ;o)!!!!
And lastly this adorable girl. I was thrilled beyond belief when I opened the parcel with her in it ....... I just LOVE her!!!!! This is Phoebe!!! 'Phoebe' is one of my favourite names in the world ............. something my DH doesn't quite agree with, hence neither of my girls have that name lol, but I digress ............. so I have chosed that name for this most gorgeous Raggedy doll. Isn't she just the CUTEST dolly??????
Sandy even wrote a little note on the back of her head so that I'll always remember :o) ....
I have discovered over the past year that Bloggers are a special kind of people and I'm so happy to be a part of such a community.
Thank you so much Sandy, your kindness and generosity touched me greatly, it was such a wonderful surprise and I'm so grateful :o).
my beautiful "Fig and Plums" have arrived!!! I can't wait to play with them - but first I have a quilt to finish. I've been waiting for the border fabrics for my "Wildflower Serenade 2" quilt and they are the ones on the right in the piccy below. The ones on the left are Cotton Blossoms for a quilt for DS and DIL and a Portabello Markets fabric to go with my Pinwheels.
In the meantime I made this little lady!!! Lynn and I made one each yesterday and they were such fun to make :o)!
we painted the little legs and shoes .......
Stitched on their cute little faces ........
and even though we both used the same pattern from "Raggedy Old Annies" they turned out quite differently ..... that's Lynn's dolly on the right :o).
The one I made will be travelling to US ... and she's taking this little guy with her .......
This one is Baa Baa black sheep and he's for "W" - we named him "Lambington" since he's going overseas we figured he needed a truly Australian name ;o). Here's the three of them together, I'll be posting them soon to "L" "J" and "W".
Yay ..... 2 more finishes for August!!!! Now, back to that Wildflower quilt :o)........ 
