Okay! The time has arrived...the last of the gifts from my fabulous Giveaway win from Nicole's Homemade Treats blog...The 'Pick Me' card in the header photo is a bookmark!...
It has little lilac hearts at the bottom. :-) They look like a little garden of flowering hearts growing...Soooo cute! You know I'm gonna use this myself! I've got all kinds of reading material around here, all in different stages of being read. One more bookmark is one more helpful hint to where I am! LOL
Then there were cards!...
This one, with the sniffing doggie's nose, Wet Nose Photo Print, is adorable! :-) It came with an envelope too...
It's all ready to go!....Now, go where?! :-)) No worries. I'll find just the perfect person to send it to! It might even be you!! ^_^
I know where this one came from too...PNSNNEDLS on Etsy. There's another doggie print there like mine too!
I also got this BEAUTIFUL card!...
How would I ever send this to anyone?!...I don't think I will! :-)
You can't tell from the photo, but it's more like a piece of art than a card. It's heavy. Each of the little scenic panels is adhered to the cardstock. I'm thinking of maybe framing it and letting it sit across from me and remind me to "Breathe"! With my memory who knows...I might forget! ^_^
It's much more substantial than any card I've gotten in a while. That's for sure! I love it!! :-)
And last in the box, but certainly not least, were these fabulous note cards!...
You can tell already why I saved them for last, right?! ^_^ FLOWERS!!!! In fact, sunflowers!...They're from bagsnstuff...
I'm definitely gonna use these myself too!...They'll probably be coming to your house!...if you buy something from my Wuglyees shop that is! :-))
So, there you go! That's all of the things that were in my box that I won. Pretty fantastic, right?!...If you missed anything you can see the rest of the items I won HERE...and HERE...and HERE...and HERE! It was a very good gift!! :-)
Okay....that's two posts in one day. And except for telling you that it's raining like crazy and snow is on the way....UGH!...and that if you want to see my other post...a menopause girlfriend update (and it's kinda straight-forward...just saying!)...you can go HERE...I'll be quiet now! ^_^ Oh Yeah! Except for the poem of course!...Have a good good day everybody!! :-)
I Like To Talk
I like to talk;
I like to gab;
I like a girlfriend
free confab!
I like to chat;
I like to speak;
I find that words
are what I seek.
I like the chatter
of a crowd;
Not in a whisper,
but out loud.
But, please no talking
while you chew.
{Speaking does
have manners too!}
I like the noise
that utterance does.
The constant
conversation buzz.
Maybe I need a
word-free diet;
No! I could not
withstand the quiet!
So, I will talk;
Oh yes! I'll dabble
in a constant
lingo babble.
It's Monday!!! Time to get back to work, shuffle back off to school, get back to the 'Rat Race', the routine, the 'Show and Tell'....................HUH?!...Okay, so I 'snuck' that last thing in there because that's what I'm doing on this Monday. ^_^
I want to 'show you and tell you' about a great shop on Etsy. I 'personally' know it's a great shop...not like the times I was just nosing around browsing through shops and 'assumed' it was a great shop. I'm a happy repeat customer of this shop. And I'm probably gonna be a 3-peat customer...and a 4-peat, and....so forth and so on too! :-))
The shop is txbutterfly74...In her shop announcement and profile she says that 'she loves to make gift cards, gift tags, miniature pieces of art and film photography, and that every item that's in her shop is made with love and special attention to detail.'...I know for a fact that this statement is absolutely true!! :-)
I ordered some cards and tags from her a while back, to send to my customers.
Almost every time my customers have received my items with these little cards and tags attached to them, they've made a special point to comment about the cards or tags!
As well they should! :-) They're cheery, inviting, colorful, and not flimsy at all. And with the ones I chose, there's a 3-D butterfly on them! I love knowing that my customers will open their package and BAM!...get hit in the face with a pretty butterfly. :-)
But the reason I decided to do this post was not only because she makes good cards and tags, but because on this re-order I just received I got to see her heart. And her pride in what she does. And her love of a good customer....ME! :-) Look at what I got with this order! {And keep in mind that I paid exactly the same amount this time as I did the first time I ordered from her!}
What I was expecting to see when I opened the package for my order was a nicely wrapped bunch of cards. But what I saw was this GORGEOUS box!!
A pretty box?! Sturdy? With flowers and butterflies all over it?!....I almost wanted to cry....seriously! You know how much I like a pretty box, don't you?!....Don't you?!!! Have I not talked your ears off about stash boxes, and earring and ring boxes?! :-)) I couldn't wait to open it!!
As you can see, the flowers and butterflies were all over the inside of the box lid too!! :-)
Underneath the bubble wrap....stuff to pop! Oooooo!... ^_^...was my pretty cards, tags, and FREE stuff in a pretty bag!...
...Not to mention the prettiest business cards!...
...which I will be very happy to distribute.
Her profile also says: "I am from Austin, Texas. Being inspired and creative is one of the most beautiful things to me. I love art and music and Austin is a great place to be for both of these things... "...I can tell that these things are true...except for the Austin thing. I don't know about that! LOL But being creative?....Yes you are!...Loving what you do?.....Clearly you do!! Thank you too!!! :-)
Now, I'm sure that by tomorrow or the next day I'll be back to my overly chatty self. But today I just had to 'show and Tell' you about a great place to shop for your cards and things!
Now, excuse me while I go and examine my box some more.....Oooooo! There's flowers and butterflies under the bottom too?! :-]
Hmmmm.....What am I going to give the honor of being stored in this box?!...I'll think of something!! :-) Maybe the schedule for the tennis matches for the next two weeks!! YES!!! It's Wimbledon time again!!! ^_^
Have a good day everybody! Happy Monday!!
My Special Little Box
No, I don't have a baby
with tons of golden locks
that need a place of memory
like a special little box.
No, I don't want old watches,
or the parts to wind old clocks
to mar or scratch the insides
of my pretty little box.
No, there's no baby pictures.
No, not even baby socks,
that'll occupy the insides
of my flower covered box.
No, I can't have it damaged
by some clumsy, nosy ox.
My butterflies must be safely kept,
secure upon their box.
Let's see, will it be chocolates?
or my diamond studded rocks?
Yeah, those would do just fine
encased in my little box!
Oooo! Special boxes rock!
