I Thank You

I time traveled....
last Wednesday afternoon,
to a place & time
that was innocent
&
when I felt very very loved~

When friends
dressed like twins...
and would stay all night~

When my Mom made a
Holiday
out of any
ordinary day...
because she loved me!

When I could
eat pretty cookies
and they weren't
bad for me~

How did I go here?
Someone took me!
Who took me?
Judith
from Paris Atelier ~
Here's how she did it...
A box arrived at my door
last week~
When I opened it,
I was in complete and utter awe!
I sat.
I looked.
I remembered.
There was a time when I was little,
my Mom
made everything
really special for me...
She left little wrapped presents,
or sometimes pretty candies
on my nightstand when I went to sleep.
When I woke up in the morning
she told me
"the fairy brought them"~
&
I believed her!
My days were full of imagination
&
surprise!
The box at my doorstep was
filled with the most thoughtful
surprises~
Each were wrapped
& tucked so carefully
(like a fairy did it)...
I honestly did not want to open them.
I just wanted to look at them to never forget
the moment of remembering
&
the feeling this box delivered~
I Thank You
Judith
for taking me to a time
that I had almost forgotten~

I was the Lucky winner of the
first giveaway
that launched Judith's new
&
Amazingly Beautiful
Paris Ateliers Boutique!
You must travel there with me now
to a place full of nostalgia & beauty~
I want to show you each detail
of the prizes I won~

First there was this small vintage gift card~

Clouds of white tissue filled the box!
Underneath was this adorable
vintage white wicker basket
with faded blush & creamy velvet millinery flowers
and ribbon... beautifully wrapped prizes
folded in white tissue
with soft pink French ribbon around each one~

One prize was tucked on top of the basket!

A close up of the flowers~

One gift was a white linen handkerchief with a monogram
J
on it for Janet~

Another with a monogrammed N on it for my
Noel~
A pair of ladies white leather gloves,
a small needlepoint handbag
and another all white embroidery
handkerchief~

Omg!!!
No!!
She didn't put something inside the
pink satin pouch that lined the basket too!!!
Oh YES she did!!!

More sweetly wrapped surprises!
(this is when my eyes filled...)
I was overwhelmed by the
Love Judith sent and
how much thought she put into this
&
what it meant to me...
All this in a BOX?
I time traveled
to my days of being little
&
to my Mom
&
feeling very very
loved!
I called my Mom & thanked her
for my world of wonder & make believe~
And for filling my days
with magic...

This
small mother of pearl change purse
was picked out for just for me and
was wrapped in white Italian dupioni silk
with a vintage flower trim.
She knows my love for these pieces
like she has known me forever...
(we have never met in person..
though so close...
see the power of blogging?)

Lastly,
this adorable miniature striped chair!
For what?
What else but for my Marie Antoinette
hairdo!

As much as I adore every single thing Judith
sent me... There is nothing that I can
write or say to you to describe
the magic I felt.
Judith will take you to a place
of the unexpected~
&
She has the eye for amazing vintage pieces!
&
I Thank you
Judith
from
the bottom of my
Heart~

Please Don't forget to visit
Judith's new shop
Here!!


You may be surprised where
or what

you believe in afterall~

xox's