I promised some photos of my birthday presents, so here goes, in the order I received them. My husband is pretty darn special and he did such a great job of finding things I love. This was my first present:
Oooh! Tole! I love tole, I do. I believe this is a crumber and I am crazy about it.
Do you see all that chippy, faded loveliness? It makes my heart skip a beat…so perfect. Don is pretty wily – when we were exploring earlier in the day on my birthday, before I opened presents, we went into an antique shop. Turns out it was the shop where he bought this. He pointed out some tole trays and said…what is that? I told him and he asked if I liked that kind of thing, and of course I went on and on about how much I loved tole and proceeded to tell him about all the tole already in the cottage. I’m sure he was mightily amused by all this.
Next: tipped off by Heidi, Don (and the dogs) gave me this:
Heidi got this at auction and when I saw it recently, I went nuts. Knowing my birthday was coming up, Heidi did a little secret work behind the scenes with Don and much to my surprise and delight, this little beauty is mine. I. am. in. love. My friend Donna will be swooning when she sees these photos!
Heidi surprised me with this treasure:
A vintage child’s toy piano. She said that it screamed my name when she first saw it. She’s right! It plays a perfect scale on those 8 wooden keys. Look at the lovely painted design.
Isn’t it wonderful? Oh my goodness, I am blessed. Don’t you love it when friends and family ‘get’ you? I couldn’t have asked for more perfect presents and I treasure them. All that and sugar-free apple pie from The Julian Pie Company and a wonderful dinner? How could I ask for more?
I have other wonderful things to show you tomorrow and later in the week….things I’ve won or bought for the cottage.
Have a wonderful day, my friends.
Hi Claudia!!
I LOVE that tole box!! Oh is that ever gorgeous! I am such a fan of tole trays too! The parrot lamp is so pretty, I love the color! And the piano is beautiful! What a sweet hubby and friend you have :) I know what you mean about people getting you! It is the best feeling! I am so glad you had such a happy birthday :)
Hugs,
Amy
I was “giving some thought” to that lamp shade as I viewed it, but after reading down you satisfied that one, sugar!! LOL It’s darling but that tiny piano would have stolen my heart also. All in all, I think you did extremely well this birthday, chick. ;-)
xoxo,
Connie
Hi Claudia: Perfect gifts from and perfect husband and family. I love them all. I can’t even pick my favorite. Blessings to you, this week! Martha
What love you can see in all those gifts- they really remind me of you exactly when I look at them. Oh how I covet the lamp- so gorgeous!!! The piano is perfect too- lovely presents!!!
Oh Claudia…. your presents are truly one-of-a-kind!! WHERE on earth does one find a little piano like that?? And the base on that lamp — wow…
Happy Vintage Birthday!! :)
ruth
Oh, my, what LOVELY birthday presents you received!! I especially love that lamp!! It is so sweet and so YOU!!!
Hit me with a wet noodle!! Did you get my email? Anyway, Sutter Creek is east of me, Placerville, Nevada City north of me.
Big hug,
Marsha
what a special birthday, I love that all your gifts were vintage, so much thought and love went into them.. how sweet!
So beautiful presents, so you have a great birhtday. Love that little vintage piano.
Hugs
Charo
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING CLAUDIA.
I LOVE…LOVE YOUR BIRTHDAY GIFTS. I COLLECT TOLE TRAYS AND YOUR CRUMBER IS BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE THE LAMP ALSO…IT IS JUST SO VERY SWEET AND THE PIANO IS DARLING.
I ENJOYED CATCHING UP ON YOUR BLOG. I WAS SO EXCITED TO HEAR THE STORY BEHIND YOUR BLOG NAME. THAT IS AWESOME.
ANGEL HUGS
DEBBIE
Hi Claudia!
Oh my, what lovely treasures and your man is awesome! The tole box, the gorgeous lamp and the precious piano all made my heart skip a beat too!
Looks like you had a wonderful birthday sweet friend!
Love and hugs,
Karyn
Such a wonderful birthday! That lamp is fab.u.lous!!!
hugs,
Jill
Dear Claudia, “swoon” is an understatement! I am actually having severe parakeet lamp envy right now… except for the fact that good friends do not envy each other; therefore I am tickled pink for you! For your absolutely perfect vintage parakeet lamp and all your other goodies! Heidi and Don are more than welcome to shop for me at any time :) I’m so glad you had a wonderful birthday weekend – you deserve every scrumptious moment of it!… Donna
Claudia,
Thank you for sharing your b’day presents. The lamp is absolutely the best!
Happy Thanksgiving.
Carol
Wow! You are very blessed to have people that “get” you, Claudia. I think the piano is my favorite, it is darling. I love the tole too though and the lamp. That lamp looks like something Christy Repasy would paint. OK – I love it all. So what’d you have for dinner? Oh, I thought that was great that Don let you go on and on about tole!
xo~Tracie
Hi Claudia,
I think that may be the prettiest lamp I’ve ever seen. And how sweet is your husband. He must love you so much to have put so much thought and effort into your gifts. So much to be thankful for this week.
~janet
p.s. Thank you for your comment on my vegan menu. It makes me so happy knowing you will be celebrating w/o harming anything!
What wonderfully exciting and perfect gifts for you! Your husband is wily as a fox and knows just how to please you. You’re a lucky girl!
Brenda
Oh my! Such wonderful treasures for sure. Hope your birthday was happy…. with gifts like these and special people in your life, how could it not be? Thanks for sharing. As an antiquer, I really enjoyed the photos.
Happy presents! You got all the best ones! it is so fun to get your favorite things!!
ENJOY!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hugs, Lisa
Oh Claudia,
I love your birthday presents. Each one is perfect! Happy Thanksgiving!
Oh my goodness I love ALL of your wonderful presents!! Your husband and dear friend did very, very well and it all suits you to perfection! Happy, happy Thanksgiving and have a lovely week, sweet friend! Vicki
Happy Birthday, Claudia!
I love your beautiful gifts…perfect for you. Hope you had the best day ever, my friend.
xoxo
Donna
Claudia, what wonderful gifts . . . every one speaks your name!
I’m especially loving that lamp! I love bird figurines and that one is wonderful! Hmm . . . must keep eyes open! LOL!
Thanks so much for sharing and enjoy your gifts!
Hugs,
Teresa
First up, a belated happy birthday to you! Secondly, these gifts are the bomb diggity. I drooled over the tole. The piano made me swoon. And the lamp, oh the lamp. I clicked on each image just to make it bigger so I could ingest its absolute loveliness. I’m still light-headed.
Thanks for sharing all these wonderfully thought-out gifts.
Dawn
Oh, Claudia! These are just wonderful gifts! I love the crumber, and you’re right, it is perfect. The chippiness makes it even more perfect, but then you got to the BIRDS! When we were little, we had a budgie that was blue whose name was, you guessed it, Budgie. So that really speaks to me. Oh, that is the CUTEST thing ever. And then, you got that tiny, precious painted piano! Girl, you are living right!
I would say that your loved ones know you well. These are perfect gifts. I’m glad they made your birthday such a happy one, Claudia, because you deserve it!
I am so glad I checked in with you because do you know that once again, I didn’t get this on Blogger Reader??? What gives with Blogger Reader? I check every single day for everyone I follow, and it has been doing this. I get so upset because I like to keep up, and I really wanted to see your gifts. But now I have, and I love them!
XO,
Sheila :-)
Hi Claudia, how great to know your family knows exactly what you love… well, happy birthday to you!!
All your presents are just lovely, exactly what I like, too.
Muchos cariños
María Cecilia
OK…you had better lock and chain down that lamp! I am so lusting over it. I love it so much. So precious.
The box from your dear hubby is so nice. What a guy.
So glad you had such a wonderful birthday.