~ an amazing gift

~ hello and 

happy new year

I took a {much longer than intended} break but now I am back

and there is no better way to start off my posts for the new year than with this

amazing gift

from Suzana at Quilling with fun

Suzana and I have been emailing 

back and forth for a while now 

and in those emails I mentioned 

that I no longer wanted some 

of my word rubber stamps

so she wanted to buy 

them from me

as it turns out her brother lives a 25 minute drive from where I do 

which is quite amazing to me since Suzana is from Serbia and I am from Vancouver, Canada

her brother came to my house to pick up the stamps so I didn't have to mail them

so I thought I would send Suzana a quilled sheep

 and in return she sent me this 

AMAZING GIFT

I was in shock at how personalized it was 

starting with cards by cheryl nested between the two edges of the C

then on to the bird cage and bird, just like I have on my mantle...

but my most favourite part is the little stand I put my cards 

on to take my pictures and the miniature quilled sheep card

{just like my real one}

I was in shock to say the least and am thinking of a way to repay her generosity

the pictures did not turn out as well as I had liked because the paper 

in the background {though wonderful in real life}

looks washed out but her quilling still looks fantastic

thanks sooooo much Suzana
I think it is going to be an amazing year

~ cheryl