Your package came yesterday, but I got the notice too late to go to the post office to pick it up... The anticipation was terrible! <g> So I threw on my clothes and headed over there first thing this morning and waited until I got back home to open it... Oh the excitement! <g>
What a wonderful selection of goodies you've sent! I'm not sure I deserve all that you sent, but I'll try to be very very good over the next few months to make up for it. :-) I enjoyed your letter so very much -- I feel like I already know you..... hmmmm.... if I only knew your name. <ggg> You sound like you're light years ahead of me in bobbin lace making -- I'm only a mere baby, still struggling with the basics and tangles of threads, as you know. You're so right -- it sounds like our hobbies and interests are very similar, and I'm envious of you growing your own tasty fruits and vegetables. We grow veggies in the summer, but haven't yet planted all the fruit trees that we would like to.
Yes -- LoL.... I am always heavily involved in our festival, and worked all day Saturday. I was tickled pink that you looked it up to read about it! So you know what a great little historical town it is and how laid back our area is (for the most part). :-) :-)
The new business is a little slow getting going, due to my husband's elderly parents being very ill, but I'm hoping that when things settle down a bit I'll have more time to devote to making it go. I agree about the lack of hours in the day -- I'll have to live to be 500 years old just to do about a tenth of everything I'd like to do! LoL....
I can't thank you enough for the fantastic goodies you sent... the Stack-Ups is great!! Can we ever have enough storage containers for all our little intricate things? I'm thinking beads and pins and wires and.... <g> The chocolate -- well, it's just to die for -- and just the beautiful wrapper is a treat in itself to look at! I'll see if I can manage to save just one bite for my hubby.... we're both serious chocoholics and he might get more than his share if I don't eat it first. <eg> I opened the bobbin first, and was just absolutely delighted! I've not seen a bobbin done in beads in and inset spiral like that yet, but then I've not had the privilege of seeing that many midlands bobbins first hand. I'm slowly getting more midlands, but I've got to figure out how to spangle them before I can try to use them, first, I suppose. That's still kind of a mystery. <g> I absolutely love the English cloth hanging you sent -- it's so intriguing to receive something that depicts an exotic, faraway land <g> -- I'm going to attach it to a wooden dowel and hang it up -- I have just the spot for it. <g> I sure wish I knew where you were located on there!
Lastly, I have to tell you -- my heart nearly stopped when I open the framed lace.... I somehow managed to open it last, and couldn't believe my eyes.... I don't think I've ever seen anything quite so beautiful! Could you please tell me more about it in your next note? I'm just in awe! (To anyone else that's reading this, this is a miniature lacemaker, roughly 2 inches high, making lace....) Oh my gosh, it's absolutely divine! I can't tell you how thrilled I am and I will treasure it always! You could stop right now, and I'd feel like I've received way more than my share. :-)
THANK YOU, Secret Pal, you're very special!
Skye
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