~BLESSINGS FROM A SWEET BLOGGER FRIEND and Now It's My Turn To PAY IT FORWARD~

SWEET PRETTIES FROM A BLOGGER FRIEND

Even though I created my Blog back in February '08 I didn't actually start Blogging until January of this year. I could never have envisioned just where the journey of an on-line journal would take me or how much it would change my life! I thought I'd tell a handful of people a few stories, share a few creative tips and maybe...JUST MAYBE...find a new friend or two!

NEW AND VINTAGE MILLINERY BLOOMS
RIBBON ROSES, BUTTONS, LACE and FABRIC

Well...I've found more than just ONE or TWO new friends and one in particular has blessed me in such an AWESOME way over the past several weeks. So much so the blessings are hard to even comprehend!

LOVELY FINDS...I'M TOO EXCITED TO SPEAK

Two weeks ago when my hubby was out of town I received two big boxes that were filled to overflowing with over 50 rolls of ribbons, snippets of new and vintage laces, trims, cording, fringes, etc. You name it it was in the box! Thread, beads, straight pins, fabric...it was ALL THERE and so much more!

And all of it came from ONE precious LADY I met here in Blogland...

SIX VINTAGE SEWING MACHINE DRAWERS
(Be Still My Heart)

As I sorted through the menagerie of breathtaking pretties I couldn't help but think this woman was quite possibly the most generous person I'd ever "not met" in my life!

It took me several days to put all the goodies away and I still haven't stopped babbling about being so incredibly blessed by this lovely human being~ "Paying It Forward" doesn't even BEGIN to put into perspective what all she has done...

Just when I thought I'd come to grips with the magnitude of her giving I received two more boxes, again filled to the brim! Inside one of the Boxes I found the SIX vintage sewing machine drawers you see above! She also sent me an amazing wooden box, that along with the drawers will be PERFECT for painting!

GORGEOUS RIBBON ROSES
PINK, CREAM AND WHITE

Also included are bags and bags of sweet ribbon roses in pink, white and cream! Oh...and see those neat decorative balls below? They were in one of the first boxes...

DECORATIVE BALLS - PERFECT FOR MY COTTAGE

Saying "Thank You" doesn't even come CLOSE to sharing how I feel. When I asked if I could write a POST naming her as my benefactor she reluctantly agreed~but, only if I promised I would not use her name...

You know what? That is just 'sooooo her!'

And so I will keep the identity of my benevolent friend a SECRET and trust that it is ENOUGH that God knows who she is...

Dear --,
Thank you dear friend from the bottom of my heart...you've blessed me a thousand fold!

Gosh...now it's my turn to 'Pay It Forward'...

I'm thinkin'! Stay tuned...

Blessings from my unworthy little self...Rebecca