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2003-12-15 Thread Maryanne Peebles
Christmas has come early Thank you for your December package. I love nougat (and having tried to make it once - tasted fine, but was a sticky mess - I enjoy receiving it ready made). The thread will find a use probably over Summer if I can manage a few days off work. The candle is different to

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2003-12-09 Thread Shirley Meier
Dear Secret Pal, Thank you for my lovely parcel, 3 pairs of bobbins in one parcel as well as 2 divider pins and some note paper,* wow *, I am truly blessed. The bobbins will go on show for Xmas, they are too lovely to hide away on a pillow just yet, so will the Angel pin and I love my little hedgeh

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2003-12-08 Thread M. L. Mouzon
The framed rooster has arrived safely and is already hanging in my kitchen... he seems to feel right at home on my wall, and since he is advertising Scottish biscuits, he also fits right in with my Robert BurnsÂ’ blessing and my biscuit barrel. I tasted one piece of the chocolate while I admired th

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2003-12-03 Thread Margot Walker
We're in the middle of the first snow storm of the season, so the arrival of your package has put some sunshine in my life. Thanks so much for the bobbins (you can never have enough) and the tidy for my pillow. The candy is quite tasty and I agree that the tin will be perfect for pins. I alw

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2003-11-19 Thread Maryanne Peebles
Hopefully this is third time lucky I am lucky anyway! I have a new Italian friend, who has send me a wonderful gift. I have threads in wonderful shades of pink and blue, chocolates and a teatowel which will look very good on one of my pillows. For some reason my messages have been going going

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2003-11-18 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Secret Pal Thank you for your package which arrived yesterday - not as late as Alice suggested it may be. A truly international package; Canadian bobbin, Swiss hankie, South African ornament, Caribbean card, and the plastic mesh and covercloth which I guess are American. The mesh is gre

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2003-11-15 Thread A & M Nicholas
Dear Secret Pal in America, Thank you so much for my parcel of goodies that arrived this morning. I love the buttons and have been trying to decide what I can put them on to show them off !! I have a few bobbins that need spangling so the lovely beads will certainly come in handy. I am going to

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2003-11-14 Thread Anne Toney
My dear Secret Pal, France, eh? Land of perfume and lace, cheese, bread, and wine! Thank you so much for the goodies. The octopus is so cute. I'll have to watch that my grandchildren take it home with them when they come to visit. I'm looking forward to trying the prunes in my tea. The tiny

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2003-11-13 Thread Carol Adkinson
To my Secret Pal, Well what a lovely surprise. We had a note thro' the door that there was a package to be picked up at the Post Office, so off I toddled, and I was thrilled when I opened it. The sweets were a treat - they didn't do the diabetes any harm, as we had our three grandchildren with

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2003-11-13 Thread Margot Walker
I got your package this morning and what a lot of memories it brought back. I actually visited 5 of the churches on the dish towel, years ago when I took a fascinating 3 day study tour called 'The vernacular architecture of East Anglia" and then some years later, when I took a 2 week course at

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2003-11-13 Thread Shirley Meier
Dear Secret Pal, Thank you for my parcel which arrived today. The bobbin is the most beautiful one I have seen, I have heard of Stuart Johnson but have never seen his work. I can't wait to make a start on my Xmas decoration. Have my thinking hat on as to who you might be. I have been making lace fo

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2003-11-12 Thread Patty Dowden
Ooh! It was just like Christmas! And I just love sparkly stuff so the wrapping was a very pleasant surprise. The thread is luscious. I have too many ideas for it. And like a lot of lacemakers, I am as crazy about paper and notebooks and such as I am about thread. Thank you. It was a delight

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2003-11-12 Thread Penny
Dear Secret Pal Many thanks for your package which arrived yesterday. The chocolates were delicious, the bobbins will be wound for a project I am starting at the weekend and the threads are lovely - I love making lace in colour. Penny Ostler Williams To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

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2003-11-12 Thread Faye Owers
Dear Secret Pal, Thank you very much for the wonderful pillow bag, I saw one a few weeks ago very similar and thought I would make one someday, but thanks to a very kind secret pal I now can spend more time making lace. The material you used is very nice and beautifully made and in my favourite c

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2003-11-10 Thread M. L. Mouzon
Hello ! Your package arrived today...or should I say "treasure chest"? I couldn't wait to let you know! I can tell already that you are a very thoughtful person. Each gift is so special! The scents of candles and soap let me know right away what a delight was in store! The scene on the magnet

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2003-11-07 Thread Susan MacLeod
Dear SP, Thanks for the great package! I've heard about the Finca thread and had been wanting to try it, I'm so happy that you sent me some! What a cool way to have chocolate, in the shape of lace bobbins! Such a nice treat, Thanks ever so much! hugs, Sumac Susan G. MacLeod Dummersto

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2003-11-04 Thread mother
Hi to my secret pal, Thank you for the lovely cover cloth which was waiting for me when I got home from the office this afternoon. Regards Mary To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2003-10-22 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hello to my Not-So-Secret Pal! It is so good to know now who you are, and I am thrilled with the wire lace kit - I had wondered whether to invest when I saw some for sale at the Lace Guild convention, and resisted temptation, so Providence has smiled upon me, in the shape of you! I will write

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2003-10-14 Thread Anne Nicholas
Hi Brenda, I am sorry to post this to chat and not to you personally but I do not have an e-mail address for you !! Many thanks for my parcel that arrived today. My new and very special bear has joined the other that you sent me and they look very good together. Thank you so much for being my sec

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2003-09-17 Thread Passell
Sorry for the delay in thanking you for this months package. Our phone was off line and B.T. wont fix it over the weekend unless you are a doctor or similar. I love the angel mat and have put it by my bed with a photo of my mum on it. The angel magnet is now on the fridge ( the first angel to land

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2003-09-16 Thread Carol Adkinson
To My Secret Pal, What a wonderful gift this is - I think the orchid petals in the acrylic are so beautiful, they are an inspiration to look at! And the gift wasn't late, despite your apologies!We were away in Wales until yesterday (Monday 15th September) and the package had been unsuccessful

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2003-09-15 Thread mother
Dear Secret Pal, Thank you once again for the lovely package. Iam sure I won't have to buy notelets for a long time,they are all lovely. The lace kit I will have to do at a later date. The photo album is just what I needed to store my lace postage stamps. Thank you again Mary Wiedermann To unsu

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2003-08-28 Thread A & M Nicholas
Dear Secret Pal in Florida, Thank you so much for the lovely teddy that was waiting for me when I returned from my hols. He has joined the rest of the collection and has settled in well !! Thanks again, Anne Nicholas in Hanworth, Middx. England To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] co

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2003-08-18 Thread Andrea Sommers
I really want to thank my Secret Pal for this month's and last month's package. The Lace Day and the VanSciver Bobbin Lace were great. The Lace Day brochure makes me want to attend a lace day - I will have to save my money so that maybe next year or the year after I can attend one. Again, as soo

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2003-08-18 Thread Susan MacLeod
Dear SP, Thanks for the great package! More of those interesting patterns!!! I just have to learn more about this lace and how to do it, the patterns are so nice! I love the beads. The lemons on the potholder looked so real, I had to sniff them! It has been very hot and humid here. I feel

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2003-08-16 Thread Carol Adkinson
To My Secret Pal, I was dleighted with the Cathedral postcard - I tend to keep ones like that in my Missal, so every time I use it I will beb thinking of you. The stamps were a delight too - I wonder whether the UK postal service will ever get round to an issue with stamps on them, as these are l

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2003-08-10 Thread Jane Dickinson
Dear Secret Pal Huge, huge thanks for the August AND September parcels which have arrived recently. You must be going travelling, I hope you have a lovely time whatever it is you are up to. I have to admit to opening both parcels so sorry about that I couldn't resist! It will serve me right w

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2003-07-23 Thread A & M Nicholas
Hi Secret Pal in Florida, Your parcel arrived today and I absolutely love it!! How clever you are to make the pouch from material that you have dyed yourself and the pincushion in the shell is so sweet !! It is so tiny and must have been really fiddly to make !! I know what you mean about the h

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2003-07-14 Thread Susan MacLeod
To my secret pal somewhere in Italy, Thanks for the great package! I love the sugar free candy, it is such pretty glass! The cookies are nice, is Biscotti just Italian for cookie? I always thought that it was just the crunchy ones that are slice off a loaf and baked twice. The threads are

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2003-07-09 Thread Carol Adkinson
To My Secret Pal, I thank you so much for the gifts from Ireland - my husband's homeland! I was and am thrilled with the little book on Celtic Myth and Legend - so many of the Irish and Welsh myths intertwine, so I am really enjoying reading it. And the lavender-bag hankie - such a delightful s

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2003-06-23 Thread A & M Nicholas
Dear Secret Pal, Many thanks for the lovely gift that arrived today. You are right I am always looking for yet another bag for all my lace goodies !! All that hot weather can't be a bad thing if it gives you an excuse to make lace indoors !! Thanks again, Anne Nich

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2003-06-09 Thread Carol Adkinson
Well - what can I say? Again, a lovely package was awaiting my return from seeing my sister in hospital, so I was pretty downcast when I arrived home! Until, that is, I saw the package. The hankies are again a delight, and I shall really enjoy using them. The threads are beautiful shades

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2003-06-08 Thread Susan MacLeod
Dear Secret Pal in Italy, Thanks for the great package!I love the frog and lily patterns!!! The bobbins are beautiful, I have been collecting some hooded bobbins, and should have enough now to make something small. The chocolate was delicious, even tho it didn't travel well. Is the photo

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