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What a surprise I had yesterday when Postie brought in a parcel to my shop for me to sign for. I wasn't expecting anything...
Inside the package was something lightweight and squishy, wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. The sweet little Christmas card said it had been sent by Krissie.
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And inside? Oh, my!
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And inside? Oh, my!
This gorgeous handmade boudoir pillow, made from exquisite antique French fabric - I'm not sure how Krissie could bare to part with it! (And I'm certainly not sure what I've done to deserve such a beautiful gift, lavished with such skill and love!)
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I am amazed that someone I have never met would know me so well and send such a treasure.
I have placed the little pillow on a painted French chair in our master bedroom. Krissie wrote a lovely post all about her latest creations here.
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Have a lovely day everyone!
I have a day of painting and crafting ahead of me as I put the last finishing touches to the items I shall be taking with me to the V&H Fair on Saturday.
And you may have noticed in the first photo of this post, that the Christmas tree has been put up on the Market Place - I shall be open later on Friday when the tree's fairly lights will be switched on by the Carnival Queen and there will be a few festive treats going on in the town.
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Niki x
OH MY GOSH, she sent you a Toile de Jouy, they are luxurious and old and from France oh goshshe must really admire you, seeing your blog you totally deserve it, my gosh: TOILE DE JOUY
ReplyDeleteexcuse me I have to go t look at it again, it's ok I won't drool ...wow
Don't you just want to sigh with contentment when you look at it?
ReplyDeleteHi Niki,
ReplyDeleteYou are so welcome!
I love that French chair in your bedroom its a beautiful colour and wow the cushions go really well together.
I am so happy you like it!
Love Krissie x
Dear Niki,
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely surprise! It seems that the cushion was just made for that dear little chair!
June
What a darling toile boudoir pillow! And red, too!
ReplyDeleteYou don't know me, I'm pretty useless at art, I can take photos, and write sometimes, I check out art blogs because they make me happy, and this is so lovely
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