Saturday, 15 October 2011

What a Lovely Surprise

Last Saturday I was just walking past the door (the one with the letterbox) when I spied an envelope on the floor.  Chas was out at a lecture or I am sure the post would have been collected before 2 pm! Imagine my surprise, on opening it, when it contained this beautiful envelope:


Much too nice to use - definitely something to keep.  It was a puzzle as to who had sent it to me but when I opened it I found it was from Helen Roots, a member of an international Yahoo group I am on. Panic set in as I could not remember my entering this swap and then I read the letter inside.


Helen had joined the swap and sent one off to her designated partner but was asked to send one to someone else - a random act of kindness.  Helen chose me - isn't that lovely of her?

She has made the envelope herself from good strong quality paper, half is embossed and coloured with Distress Inks (?), the other half stamped in various colours and with a delightfully coloured scarecrow decoupaged on top.

A very welcome surprise and such lovely autumnal colours guaranteed to brighten anyone on a dull day in the north of England.  Thank you Helen!