Beautiful gifts from both near and far

Earlier in the year I was the very lucky winner

of Barbara's beautiful giveaway

as part of Vicki's Grow Your Blog Party.

Barbara has a lovely blog called
Barbara Lilian in France
please visit her blog to get a taste of living in La Belle France! 

I'm very late with this post
I can't believe where the weeks and months have gone...

Barbara I'm so thrilled I entered your giveaway

and even more thrilled that I was the lucky

winner - thank you!

I was 'over the moon' with everything in your parcel!

everyone knows how I love lace...

Also in the parcel were two pretty note cards

with daisies hand painted by Barbara...

a little bag of lavender she grew

plus more cards, a calendar and heaps of lace!!!

To top it off Barbara lives in a little village

in France just like my family!

 MERCI Barbara xox

Not quite so long ago

I was the lucky winner of Julie's

Peace Angel Giveaway.

 She arrived in a parcel with more surprises!

Two bags of Julie's wonderful lavender,

a special Threadbear Cottage gollywog note pad,

gardener's soap and a fragrant sachet to pop in my drawers!

 Julie has the gorgeous New Zealand blog
My Threadbear Life
She lives on a farm where she has created
a wonderful country garden, open for visits.
 She creates beautiful things to sell in her shop
Threadbear Cottage.
  THANK YOU JULIE xox

I'm joining Ivy and Elephants for

What's it Wednesday

I'll catch up with you all soon.

Take care and

be kind to one another

  Merci à bientôt

Shane x