Oh boy, did I get a surprise!

And it all started with just a few tiny little numbers. Price tags, to be precise. Most of you will know Julia of Vintage with Laces, her creations are absolutely to die for, drop dead gorgeous. Well, a little while ago, she showed some vintage price tags on her blogs, and I commented on them and wonderful woman totally out of the blue offered to send me some. Can you see me refusing her offer? Nah, lol, of course not. When I said that they were perfect for Green Paper's vintage glue book course which I am going to do whilst in France, she said that she might have a few more bits that would be good for that................

So, instead of a little envelope with a few little price tags, I received a big package! Oh, and an envelope as well, lol, because she found something else to send me after she had already sent the package. But of course the postal service being what it is, both arrived at the same time. And I was thrilled to bits!

But see for yourselves, because I am going to unwrap it all with you alongside me -


Carefully wrapped little treasures -


One of her beautiful tags -


with my initial! She always adds the most perfect little personal touches -


I was totally overwhelmed when I started unwrapping all the beautiful little parcels -


So many gorgeous paper goodies, perfect for the vintage glue book, just like Julia said -


And these are the little price tags, which started it all -

Aren't they just the cutest little things?


And what was in the little envelope? A real beautiful little treasure, old copper initial stencils, with my initials. both my proper full first name, and the shortened version as well, what a precious gift -

Isn't she just the most wonderful friend a blogger could have? I have said it so many times, but it is true and can't be repeated often enough, bloggy friends are the very best! Thank you so much, Julia!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, toodlepip xxx