I recently received a beautiful set of prints from Cristina Colli as a “thank you” for sharing my dinner plate art to #12monthsofhappystills.
I live in a rural area, and as I sat in my car at the community mailbox, I took a quick peek inside the package before carefully wrapping it up again. I was very excited, but I wanted to save it until I got home so that I could savour and document the moment. After sending a quick note to let Cristina know I had them in my hands, I carried on and didn’t fully open it for a full two days! Is that crazy? I don’t think so … the weekend was busy and I wanted to be alone … sitting with a cup of tea with no chance of being interrupted.
When I finally had a quiet moment, what I found was a lovely tag, a beautiful “polaroid” of pink blossoms against an impossibly blue sky, and a gorgeous origami envelope. Cristina demonstrates how to make these envelopes on her blog here. I’m pretty sure I’ll be trying my hand at this real soon.
When I opened that beautiful envelope, I discovered 5 more stunning prints.
As I set the string down, it fell into a heart! This is the absolute truth … oh … my … I was spellbound for a moment … .
Of course I had to rearrange the string on top of the prints, so I pinched the bottom where the string came together, and carefully slid it on top. Can you believe the perfect bow on the side?
Cristina’s images have inspired me to get busy and have a few of my own florals printed. I have tons of them sitting on my hard drive … and I hope to “pay this forward” very soon.
Sharing with Friday Finds at Kim Klassen dot com
What a lovely gift, Barb !
Those prints are gorgeous … love the way you displayed them, just wonderful !
Happy Easter,
Sylvia
Thank you so much Sylvia! xo
Nice pastel tones!
How absolutely lovely…thank you for the link to the beautiful origami envelope. I will definitely check this out!
These images today are so spring filled with color and light Barb! So beautiful! And I understand how you would wait a few days for the alone time to enjoy tea and open the gifts and savor moments…I do the same. Thanks for the link about the origami envelopes! Happy Easter weekend!!
Thank you Beverly! Happy Easter to you as well!
beautiful cards!
Such a beautiful gift Barb ! I loved that you savored opening the parcel !
Gorgeous flower prints! What a wonderful gift!
A really beautiful gift, Barb.
What a beautiful gift – I especially love the wrapping. How fun to get real mail! I am going over and visit christina and see how she made them. Happy Easter!
What a beautiful gift to receive, Barb!
Wishing you a very Happy Easter.
What a thoughtful giver and the recipient couldn’t be more deserving. What a lovely touch . . . . love how you savoured the moment and documented it. Thanks for shaing. (Have made thos envelopes . . they are lovely.)
What a thoughtful giver and the recipient couldn’t be more deserving. What a lovely touch . . . . love how you savoured the moment and documented it. Thanks for shaing. (Have made those envelopes . . they are lovely.)