Look what I got in the mail!!

The fabulous Bari J. sent me this bag last week--Look at the theme "Three Little Chickies."  I'm crazy for this bag.  I have a thing for trees in art, and this bag is every bit as lovely in person as it is in this photo.   It's got lots of sweet detailing, like extra pockets inside, and a key holder, and a brooch attached  to the tree.  

As it happens, it arrived to me on my blogoversary.  How perfectly fitting.   

Bari has great line of handbags and accessories, and she's designed a luscious set of fabrics for Windham that will be arriving in stores this spring.   How lucky am I that she designed this bag just for me?!

Flowers to brighten my day

My husband is a man of many talents--have I mentioned that before?  One of them is reading my mind.  I was dreaming of a purse for fall, thinking of an elongated shape with oranges and flowers.  In my mind, it had browns and was made of either corduroy or leather or some silky blend...I was trying to figure out how and when I was going to make it.  Then, what does he bring home to me as a surprise?  This purse!

He does not, as a rule, buy me flowers.  He grows them instead.  But he made an exception for this amazing bag.   It was a squeal-worthy gift, it was so perfectly out of my wishes.   Now I'm going to make a little cell-phone cover and a little business card holder from my remnants.  

Like everyone else, we are on a tight budget this year, and this is an extravagance that I wouldn't usually indulge in for myself.   That makes it that much sweeter.  Aren't all great surprises like that?