SUCH LOVELY SURPRISES!

And I think you'll agree :)


These goodies came in the mail from my friend Debbie and absolutely made my day! Would you look at that adorable fabric and OMG on those red leather "button handles!" I've never ever seen anything like them. If you double click on the photo to enlarge it, you'll see a black button in the center of those adorable flowers, along with two little holes directly above the flowers on the strap; and you simply sew the straps on like you would a button! Isn't that ingenious!!!!! I can't wait to make a new tote or a purse out of this "lovely surprise :)" Thank you so much Debbie ... much love and many hugs to you my dear :)

Now on to another "lovely surprise!" This one came a while back from my friend Janet ... she actually started making this adorable little "patchwork puppy" the very day she heard that we were loosing our precious Miss Molly back in November; and this little cutie arrived in our mailbox just a few short days later! Isn't it adorable :) God Bless you Janet ... you my dear warmed my heart with your thoughtfulness :)


I took both of these pictures on Sunday, which was an absolutely gorgeous day in our neighborhood ... not a cloud in the sky ... just pure blue in every direction! One of those days in SFL that if it could be bottled up and sold, we could solve world hunger!


One of God's greatest blessings is the "gift of friendship" and I am so grateful for the friends in my life :) One very dear old friend who left this world many years ago used to say "A Friend is like a melon, shall I tell you why? To find a good one, a dozen you must try!"

If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! (Ecclesiases 4:10)