Show and Tell...

 

A vintage hat box and a beautiful gift bag...

A surprise just for me~

baubles and buttons...

millinery and leather...

totally and truly, everything vintage.

Today {and for the first time}

I am participating in Show and Tell Friday

hosted by Cindy at My Romantic Home

               

I'm so glad you stopped by today because I wanted to make this a special post, dedicated to a special friend of mine.

During the month of October, I celebrated my birthday everyday, for the whole month, all 31 days. And everyday, I posted photos of my gifts and treasures that were sent to me...except this one above.

Now that I've "showed" you the goodies, let me "tell" you why it took me until now {December} to post about it.

Since my "Birthday Month", LIFE didn't allow me the chance to fully enjoy this beautiful gift as it is so deserving of. As she writes on the card, this was my "last gift for 2009".

You see, Carrie follows my blog (illegally from her computer at work ;) everyday. We worked together for many years and she knows me like I would be her own daughter. She is my cheerleader in everything that I do and she is my f.r.i.e.n.d.

On the last day of October, she brought me my birthday gift. I could see she was just tickled to death to give it to me so I knew it was going to be something I would fall in love with. And with every peek into the box and every pull of the tissue paper, my heart was full of joy...

This beautiful hat in it's original hat box was her's when she was in college. {Maybe 40 something years ago?} She remembers clearly how she wore it to "Rush" when she attended LSU. She told me the story of how her Mother would take her to the fanciest clothing stores in Baton Rouge to buy her outfits and she looked like a million dollars. She had all of the beautiful gloves and accessories to match too. Oh how I wish I'd have photos of her back then!

I don't know which gift was better that day, holding all of these vintage goodies in my hands or listening to her tell me those stories of long time passed. It had to be the whole package!

She continued to tell me how the linens were her Mother's and her Grandmother's! These beautiful women are both gone now but I hope they know how much their linens will be cherished in their new home...I just love them so!

The beautiful hat sits on a hat stand {which belonged to her Grandmother too!}. I have it placed in on a shelf in the library and every morning when I sit at my computer, I see it. For 40 something years, it has been sitting in a box...now it's MY turn to enjoy it as much as she once did...it's MY turn :)

Thank you for stopping by today for my Show and Tell Friday. Please visit Cindy to get a list of the other wonderful participants playing today.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!

Maybe we will play again soon...