Oh my - I was actually speechless for a good 10 minutes, just looking and fondling with my jaw dropped on the ground !!!!
I think my first coherent thought was: "Look at all this stuff - I don't deserve all of this - oh my god !!!!!!!!"
I received a Christmas present from our very own Natalie! Not an exchange, or anything organised - simply a present.
As you can see in the pics she sent me:
4 large pieces of Silkweaver fabric (Terra Cotta, Starquest, Wandering Ivy and a pink limited edition)
1 Blue Wing 28 ct Jobelan
1 14 ct Clay/Bark aida fabric
2 absolutely gorgeous Gloriana threads (I love Monet's Pond and Bellagio has been my absolute favourite since Midi 1)
4 beautiful Thread Gatherer Silk 'n Colors (Windwhistle Cottage, Autumn on the Cape, Autumn Twilight and Acorn Woods)
and 16 DMC threads !!!!!!!!!!
I love it all !!!!!!
I'm just utterly completely gobsmacked !!!!!
12 comments:
Holy cow! THAT is SOME gift!!! lucky, lucky girl!!!
I am still gobsmacked - stunned - umm is there a stronger word than stunned that still leaves me capable of typing ..... OH MY GOD !!!!
I adore Starquest and Wandering Ivy .... I'm going to have to work hard to hide Wandering Ivy from DK !!!!!
Mel off to hide her precioussssses!
Oh good! I was worried that you would hate all the colors that I sent. And that was the point, to totally surprise you, make you happy, and it worked ;) I love to send surprises!!! You've been through a lot this year, so I thought that a little extra surprise would be a good end to the year!
Little?? Little ??? Good god woman - if that's your idea of little I'd hate to see what you'd call a big surprise ?????
You *totally* surprised me - thank you !!!!!!
And I haven't been through as much as other people - I just whinge about mine more! Speaking of the quiet non-whingers - when's *your* graduation ????
Wow! That is awesome.
Sorry DK tried to respond to your reply and accidentally deleted it - god I'm tired. Anyway all I wanted to say was wait until Boxing Day and you can see this present in all its glory. And NO!! you cannot have wandering ivy!
Mel.
droooool! lucky, lucky GothTigger! Hmm wonder if I could drag Mark into a needlework shop and get me some stash ?
Mel
That is such a lovely surprise and you deserve it!
How sweet of you, Natalie, I'm really happy for Mel. Hugs to both of you!
Wow - what a great surprise! I just got a skein of Bellagio, too - that and Topiary are two of my favorite Gloriana's, for which I am awaiting that special project! What a pretty selection of everything - I can't wait to see what you use them all for! Good stuff, Natalie!!!
(off to go look up that wandering ivy...)
What a lovely and wonderful gift!
YUMMM!!! I love all of those colors - what a fabulous gift!! Enjoy!! :)
{sigh} Happy Happy Mel .... not sure what I'm going to do with any of it ... especially the pink - I'm usually allergic to pink - so that one might be in the stash a while, or used to RAK someone else ... the wandering ivy is far too pretty to ever stitch on !!!! And Monet's Pond is definitely headed towards a motif of Tracy's for an ornament. The Aida is a blah colour - but perfect for a totally stitched piece - the neutral tones of the bark/clay wont show through between the stitches like white does :) I've got a few different designs in my stash that call for Millennium Blue or Navy Blue that the Blue Wing might work well for .... Starquest is just absolutely gorgeous! And I'd use it for my Dragski if I was starting from scratch - maybe it might work for Stargazer .... hmmmm ..... Not sure about the Thread Gatherer threads - they are absolutely gorgeous! but nothing springs immediately to mind - they might have to go into the stash for a while as fondling threads ..... every stash needs fondling threads !!!!!
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