Mar 30 2012
Surprise!
Nothing cheers up a girl after a hard week of screwing up like an unexpected gift from a wonderful friend.
Imagine my delight in discovering in my mailbox, along with a jury duty summons and a car insurance bill, an interestingly rattling box. When I got home and opened it, I discovered that it was a whole set of chalkboard mason jar tags for my oh-so-disorganized pantry, handmade by the fabulous Amber:
As if that weren’t enough, she had tucked into the package a little Scrabble tile to which she had decoupaged a miniature of the first edition cover of my best-loved book, The Box of Delights. I wasted no time attaching it to my keychain*, so I will have it with me every day:
Inside my Louis Vuitton Monogram Groom keychain (one of the few remaining vestiges of my once-glamorous life) are little notes from my family, including my father and sister, so this little book, which our father read to us so often as children, is the perfect addition. I like feeling like their love is always with me.
Amber makes amazing things: three beautiful children (or, as she affectionately calls them, The Rottens), and countless handcrafted goodies. You can have a peek at some of her handiwork here. Be prepared to be delighted.
Oh, and when she’d not doing all that, she’s also a wife and engineer and blogger. And not at all a screwup.
I wasted no time in trying on one of these clever labels. I can’t wait to get a whole bunch of matching jars to fancy up my pantry. And I’m so lucky to have such wonderful friends.
*They are the keys to the kingdom, my friend. With them, you can start up Miss Scarlett, check my mailbox and my siblings’, and open my brother’s gate and front door. My doors don’t have keys. Or locks, for that matter.
3 Responses to “Surprise!”
Friends are quiet Angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. Now that the clouds have come and pass, friends come to the rescue.
::love::
(and thank you, you’re so sweet. I love that you have a little keychain that holds sweet notes. Truly. How fabulous!).
Guy, you certainly have a way with words…. One is so blessed to have good friends.
jx