presents

It's been a week for presents. A friend of mine had her birthday on Monday and when browsing folksy for inspiration I remembered she liked Russian dolls. I was really pleased to find one person selling the little Russian doll purse and from another I bought the little handbag mirror.
I was smitten with the badges and decided to buy those for myself!

S's teacher retired this week. Ever since T started his school career our farewell end of school year gift to the teacher has pretty much been the same. My sister-in-law was a teacher and although she always appreciated the gifts she was given she said there are only so many boxes of chocolates or teacher mugs you need! With this in mind I wanted the gifts we gave to be something enjoyable but disposable. So it runs along the lines of croissants, jam, juice or coffee/tea or hot chocolate depending on the person's likes and then some nice bath or shower products and sometimes a small bottle of wine. The note then reads 'A few treats to help your weekend get off to a relaxing start and end that way too.'

The last present this week was a wonderful parcel of goodies sent over to us from the ever kind and generous Lynn. Inside there was something for everyone. Stickers for S, a plane for T, a CD for G and lots of things for me! Don't you just LOVE the heart tissue paper and the ribbon? Excited as I was to find out the contents I didn't want to open the gifts and risk ripping the paper. I had never tried lavender flavoured chocolate before, but I have now and it was delicious. Below are a few of the lovely postcards Lynn has made from her own photos. Aren't they just beautiful, the creamy rose is so dreamy.

And how about this hand felted heart, it's just so beautiful.

Thank you Lynn from us all.