A Gift for a Friend.

You might remember last summer the photos I 

took of my friends garden. It is truly a magical place.

So for her birthday I created a book .

Filled it with a poem and some of the photos

I had taken.

 Leaving a few blank pages for her to add more.

I hope she will like it.

It is a never ending story with her 

lovely garden!

A Fun Birthday!

We started out at the Carl S English Jr. Botanical Gardens.

It is filled with rare trees and shrubs.

And these Canadian Geese.

This is right next to the Hiram Chittenden Locks

also known as the Ballard locks by the locals. It is the locks

that takes you from salt water to fresh water and vice versa. We

used to take our sailboat through.(I always felt nervous :-0) didn't

 like being next to the wall. I digress... so we visited the locks too.

Then we were off to dinner at Ray's Boathouse

on Shilshole bay. I had the best Cioppino ever.

The sun was setting on a wonderful day.

But wait there's more....

Oh so yummy!

 

        I am wearing a beautiful necklace from Vicki

from 2bagsfull. It is beautiful sea glass and lots of sparked
jewels. Just beautifully made. I had several comments on it 
so was glad I had the designers card for reference. Thank
you Vicki for this gorgeous gift.
Speaking of gifts, I wanted one thing and that was a draftsman chair
for my drafting table . Well we took our son back to his vehicle and...

presented to me right there in the parking lot. LOL
Most girls want jewelry and perfume but oh no
not this gal!!! I was tickled pink.
Sorry for the long post but what's a girl to do when she has a lot to say!

A Very Talented Lady...

When this arrived in my mailbox,

you can imagine my excitement!

I had  won a wonderful art piece

 from Lorraine at Creative Daily.

This was the envelope it arrived in.

It just kept getting more surprising as I opened

(very carefully) the envelope.

She had sewn this pocket envelope.

Inside I found the wonderful art piece.

I just love it. Look at all the detail.

But wait.....there's more....

This beautiful card and more

great detail!

Hand dyed fabrics and lace

all done by Lorraine. Great

vibrant colors.

More and more, oh my

goodness! I have to pinch

myself! Last there was all

this gorgeous hand dyed

 threads.

All treasures from a very

special creative friend.

Thank you doesn't even begin to cover

how I feel.  But thank you Lorraine.

Click on all photo's for close-ups and be

 sure to visit her fantastic blog.

You will be glad you did!