Incoherent Scribblings

Technically my birthday isn’t until Monday, but I received a bunch o’ presents this week and I just had to open them right away! On Wednesday I got three packages in the mail. Two were from ladies in my SBEBB Birthday Exchange Group and the other was from my mom. And then today I received a package from the third lady in our little group.

The first package that I opened was from Dawn. I was most anxious to open this one because it was the first I had heard from her since they moved last month. (For those of you who are wondering, she is doing OK.) In the parcel I found a letter from her, some DMC, a couple of charts, and of course the stitched exchange piece.

For the exchange she made me a wall-hanging from a Waxing Moon design that says, “You’ll always be my best friend… you know too much!” I love this wall-hanging because it so accurately describes our friendship: We have been best friends for so long that we definitely know too much about each other! And the funny part is I have a design that has that exact saying on it that I have thought about stitching for her numerous times!

I then opened my package from Melissa and to my delight found that she had stitched me a redwork piece and finished it into a trivet. I have admired the trivets she made for the other ladies and was hoping she would make me one too!

I love her stitched piece, but she really made my day with one of the extra goodies she sent along. She sent me one of the pieces on my wish list… (drumroll please) TW’s “Tapestry Cat!” Oh, how I have been dying to get my hands on this chart! I only have a limited number of ONSs that I can order from and none of them has ever had this chart so I am thanking Melissa from the bottom of my heart for this wonderful surprise. (((HUGS)))

I finished off my Wednesday present-opening-gala with the package my mom sent me and discovered she had also sent me a handful of DMC. I have looked at my checklist and I am now only missing about 20 DMC colors and I will have a complete set. Super! Thanks Mom!
And finally today I got my last SBEBB Birthday Exchange package. It was from Cathy and she stitched me a lovely little needlebook with purple pansies. This is my first needlebook and I will definitely put it to good use: Right now my needles are just stuck in a scrap of Aida cloth. Cathy also sent me a postcard, some pins, and some pansy embellishments.

So far I think I can say I have had a pretty good birthday. Hubby gave me the green light to order some stash as one of my birthday presents from him (I am planning on getting L&L’s “Celtic Summer,” Mirabilia’s “Blossom Harvest,” and maybe some other things.) and though he has to finish a paper for a conference this weekend, on Sunday he has also promised to take me out to dinner and, depending on the weather, either to the zoo or a movie.