Where does a girl, who feels so lucky and grateful, begin to express the magnitude of such feelings? The kindness so many of you have shown me has been undescribeable. It goes way beyond this swap, which by the way, has wonderfully floored me. Your generosity leaves me without words. I know how busy everyone is, and how we all have real lives outside of this blogging world…Yet, you take the time…And for that, I thank you so very much.
(I had already posted this blog post last night, when this morning, I read the most tragic story. I too, type through tears. Details Below.)
The seasons have definitely changed. While at my home in town, the air conditioning keeps the house nice and frozen in the 100 degree weather. Yes we hit 100 today. In the country home, it is a whole other story. Mr. Lovee got on the roof a couple weeks ago and did the cooler thing (commonly known as a "swamp cooler"). Which means that it is wavy hair season, as the swamp cooler adds humidity to the air.
Please share your stories of what happens to your hair in the humidity. I want to hear it, so I don't feel so alone…I used to hate humidity as a teenager, as Arizonans have a weird hatred towards moisture(although we pray for rain??). Now as an adult, I don't mind my wild untamed waves so much…
So, I know you guys are going to begin to get annoyed at me. But I have to tell you. I received another package today. And it was good. FUN – Good.
I must confess, I really worry what is to become of me, that sorrowful day when the packages stop coming. I am becoming so spoiled. But, the parcels have been arriving at a time when I really needed them. My real world and work and all was getting a bit much.
I have to say, your generosity has been incredible. I never expected so much parcel love! I can not say Thank You enough.
Today's treasure came from Emma. A kind wonderful soul who lost her apartment in a fire a few months back. She has been waiting patiently to get her living space back. It will be fixed up extra nice for her. But in the meantime, the poor dear has all of her belongings in storage. I can not imagine how she must feel. Big Hug to you sweetie.
Having an energy boosting lozenge, Hmm, interesting. Oh, these stickers are fab, did you make them Emma?? Oo, I love them!!
Isn't this so much FUN!! Unraveling and unraveling…..Oooo, look , a wee package…
OH!!! I love it!!! A Key, on a chain!!! Oh, Emma, that packaging was so clever. I just love it!! Thank you!!!!!
Do you see what I mean? You gals have spoiled me, and I am loving every minute of it. From this day to this day, to now….Oh, I feel so greedy….But, oh so happy!!
I know lately I have been so "me me me." But, I promise to get back to the whole reason for this blog, very soon. Do we even remember the reason? ART. Speaking of art, I just placed another Jennifer Kerr order, and my mother's days gifts are here. Only they are sealed. I don't know how I will part with them. I will photograph them when the Queen bee opens them…They came from my darling Stiletto Heights and from Thompson Designs, her checkbook covers are wonderful, I ordered one for myself also. Check them out!!!!
If for some reason, I don't get to see you before Sunday, Happy Mother's Day! Even if your baby has outgrown the buggy, he or she will always be, your baby….XXO, Vanessa
Update May 11,2007 11a.m..
This morning I was reading Pam Garrison's blog. I read a story that shook me to the core. Many of you have read this story, but I have to say, everytime I read about it, I feel so much pain for the family. Lori and Chris Coble lost their three children last week in a car accident. If you are not aware of the incident, newspaper article here and here. I have been in tears all moring. I can not imagine the pain Lori must be in, I am not a mother, but the thought. Just the idea of it shatters my heart. As I went to comment at Pam's I saw a link left by Risa, the ParTea Planner to a tribute site at Life to Motion. I decided that, even though I do not personally know the Coble's, and I am all the way in Arizona, I want to share my thoughts and prayers.
Risa said the following on her blog "Should you find it in your heart, please tie two pink and one blue ribbon on your tree in remembrance of these lil' angels. Thank you."
So, in memory of those three little angels and through my tears and heartache for the family, I did tie ribbons around my tree. One blue, two pink. Little birds fluttered around me and chirped, wondering what I was doing…I offer my deepest sympathy and prayer for the Coble family…words can never say enough…
awwwwwww thats such sweet ‘mother and baby’ picture’- miss fanciful were you thinking of me and my baby daughter sophia???…maybe not but it looks like us though you have never met us…i have to put my hair in bunches as sophia pulls on my hair….oh’ its such a special pic!!!! love it!!!!!
i hope there are lots of happy mothers out there thinking the same thing!….
You are so lucky sweetie to recieve such wonderful gifts….i think its great that your having a ‘ME’, ‘ME’, ‘ME’ time- your blog is so fun and uplifting!!!! i love hearing all about your day-to-day adventures…its just fabulous!!!!….
The secret key necklace is so beautiful…
like from the book/film ‘the secret garden’…how precious, how truely kind.
Have a happy day miss fanciful x x xx x
p.s i have added a few more things to my blog.
X X X X X KAZZY X X X X X X X X X
Oh yes, you deserve the ‘me’ time after such a hectic month? what a cute package from Emma! (by the way, I’ve tagged you too)…and I received the beautiful bag and card today-yay!! Thank you so much for everything.
Vanessa!! You don’t have to worry about running out of parcels too soon – I am afraid mine is still to be sent!! Actually can I say that I purposefully left it to the last – I just wanted to stretch out the wonderful mail receiving extravaganza for you!!!
And should I tell you about my hair….and humidity….and about how it just gets bigger and bigger and wider and wider and frizzier. Goodness only knows what it would be like nowadays with all those crinkly greys to add to the mix. A mop indeed. I love seeing photos of you though!! Perhaps soon I will strike up the courage and follow in your footsteps to post some of my own on my blog….perhaps. You do have the most beautiful smile though.
You are altogether wonderful!
ohhhhhhh’ miss fanciful, THANK YOU!!!!!!
YOU ARE TOOOO KIND!!!!!!!!!!! X X XX X
smiles, smiles and more smiles….i walked towards my post box….thinking could there be a parcel inside…and awwwwww my heart started to beat with speeeeeeed!!!! yipppeeee there you are in form of a parcel!!!
yay yay yay yay yay …… thank you so much!! and to recieve one of your pic’s is just extra special….
The bag seems mahusive in front of me….sophia’s pulling it down to her ‘zoom’ zoom she’s trying to chew the edges…awww!!
i think she likes it too.
you are a true sweet heart…this week end i will pack and send your surprises sweetnessx x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
thank you kindly x x x x kazzy x x x x
So now you have the key …………….
I’ve been lurking around your blog for a few days and thought I’d say hi! I can’t remember which other blog led me to it, but I can tell you I truly enjoy reading your posts. That swap sounds really neat. I think fun and creative mail should be a must! It certainly helps start the day on the best possible footing, doesn’t it? As for hair, I have to say I love what humidity does to mine. The wavier the better! I guess I’m a big hair girl 🙂
did you know miss jennifer kerr lives like 2 blocks from me???
that key on a chain is so very lovely!!!
oh Miss V you are too pretty – what a lovely smile you have!! you and Kandeedo look SO alike!!
lovely to see your mailbox crammed full of goodies!!
oh my hair is always a crazy mess unless I get a proff blow out which I treat myself to often…when I ws Pregnant my curls were shiny and bouny and perfect…
What are friends for if not to help get us through difficult “real life” stuff?!! I have been so busy I haven’t gotten to thank you for my wonderful tote! And I love the card, will definitely be framing it! And I love the mother and baby above, you should make it a mother’s day card for sure! Thanks so much again! Kisses!
Love the key! I stopped scratching my eyes long enough to look at it!
Hurrah! I’m so glad you got the package and enjoyed the contents. And, yes, I did make the stickers–if some of them look familiar, well, let’s just say my latest Anthropologie catalog has a lot of little circles missing 😉
Have a lovely Friday!!
I swear to my soul I was going to blog about the question ‘what does YOUR hair do in humidity?’ Mine goes absolute nuts and grows bigger by the hour!!
You are beautiful and waaayyyy to young for me to be running around with Hee hee.
Come see at the bottom of my post today…I wanna show you sumpthin.
i think you will get my parcel today! that top photo of you is beautiful! that is without combing your hair!? is rain considered humidity? i don’t mind it…it makes my hair curl nicely, it makes my friend mad, ’cause she always runs for cover when it sprinkles, it makes her hair frizz!
a hunnerd degrees! we had a high of 67 yesterday! (very nice!) i remember those ‘swamp coolers’, wanna hear something gross? when i was a kid, we would play outside (in the central valley in cali) and instead of going into the house to get something cold to drink…yup, ‘slurp’ right from the hose of the swamp cooler! bleah! if i knew THEN what i know NOW! YUCK!
I am coming out of the shadows and de-lurking. I love your artwork and I look forward to reading your blog.
About what the humidity does to my hair: AHHH! It’s scary. Everyone thinks I am so lucky because my hair is naturally curly. Yeah, well, deal with on a humid day. It grows bigger and bigger and frizzier and frizzer. Right now I have it all piled up in some weird bun trying to keep all the frizzies from escaping because it is so big I can’t even fit through the door right now.
I was unaware of this story,it has put me in tears too. I shall send loving thoughts to their family and hug my babies even tighter.It is indeed a parents worst nightmare.
Love the key neclace,AND the humidity(most of the time) it usually tightens my curls up,even more!
Oh’ miss fanciful that is truely sad new’s.
i am really sorry for the coble family…being a mother i could not imagine the pain and suffering of being without your babies…much love and prayers and the strength to get through each day ahead…i have prayed a hundred times…
That poor family….my heart goes out to them.
oh’ miss fanciful i really hope you get my hug prayers for you too…i can see it has truely effected you sweet girl x x x x
kazzy is thinking of you x x x x x
I hope this comment will post this time.
I’m so very heartbroken to hear about this family and their tremendous loss. I wish there was more we could do. Do you know of anything? Anything at all?
Love to you, sweethearted one.
xo,
Karen Beth 🙂
hi vanessa. i love your frizzy hair and your new goodies. but am terribly upset about the loss of those three children. how horrible! live can be so very cruel. i’m glad you’re spreading the word.
So sweet of you to tie the ribbons on the tree, that is so awful what happened to those children, my heart goes out to the parents…i cannot fathom what those people are experiencing, just heart wrenching.
Miss V, you have a lovely smile 🙂 and the necklace is very nice too!
I have no words to share for that family. It is so horrifying, so dark, so unfathomable. Where is God? Please tell me. I don’t understand.
I will wait until the trail of packages slows to a trickle and then I will strike when you least expect it!!!
how very sad…I got tears in my eyes for the family…makes me want to hug my boys tightly…
I just heard…so tragic about those 3 little angels…I hugged my little nieces tighter tonight…
Miss Fanciful,
Thank you.
Thank you for such a sweet and soft heart.
Thank you for tying ribbons around your tree.
Thank you for thinking of the Coble family.
~Risa
P.S. I love the key, and that is a stunning photo of you…
I was going to tell you what a lucky girl you are to have gotten that lovely key necklace… and then I came upon the story that I’d not yet heard. We’re all lucky (for reasons far beyond the jewels we own). My heart goes out to the family. Your tribute to the children is beautiful.
What a very sad tragic thing to have happened to a family, I couldn’t read any more after the first two articles. It seems people can help out here: http://www.lifetomotion.com/login/coble/index.html
I can’t believe there’s a video on there, it’s too emotional to watch…
Congratulations on your embarassment of riches, and thank you for making the world a more beautiful place!
“A Fanciful Twist”
There’s a queen with a fanciful twist
And a cool cache of coins on her wrist
Enamoured by sweets
And colorful treats
Her swap meets are not to be missed
– the granola poet
Oh it’s so sad about that family isn’t it? I couldn’t imagine losing all 3 kids at once. I don’t even want to think about it!!
btw, you are making out like a bandit on your swap thing girl…
XoXo Kelly
Howdy Double V..
Just getting back onto my computer and catching up. What a lovely pile of goodness you have been receiving and a sorrowful thanks for sharing the tragedy of that young family.
I will celebrate Mother’s day with ribbons and hugs and by counting my blessings. Which of course includes fun blog buddies like you!
Such a lovely package and gorgeous key! And such a tragic, awful story about the family’s loss. I hadn’t heard it here, but I thank God every day that my child is healthy and safe and this story is a reminder of how lucky I (most of us) am (are). xo
Since the Coble children accident happened in my home town, I’m so aware of their loss, and so very sad to think about it. Today our entire town had blue and pink ribbons around every tree and every street sign. I’m sure there is a place in heaven for those darling and very well missed children.
Your mothers day drawing is just the sweetest! and I did not know about this terrible accident. It makes my whining seem so insignificant…as it is.
How awful. I feel so heart-broken for that poor family. May angels attend them.
Oh the joy! There is something simply delicious about finding a parcel in the post. A little wee parcel can be packed with a lot of punch.
I really enjoyed seeing all the goodies. SO much talent out there from all these amazing and beautiful woman.
Let’s talk about hair and frizziness and the wonderful humidity. Perhaps I can comfort you with a lovely photo of my hair when humidity strikes. I must remember to take one for you. It use to drive me a bit coo-koo but I’m over that now and embrace the lovely mess it creates. I think a small village could get lost in the nest up on my head at times.
I heard about the horrible death of those three children. My heart and prayers go out to the parents.
It is really sweet to see the ribbons. God Bless.