A belated Christmas party. WAAAAY late!! (but worth waiting for)

My friend, Angie, and I had been trying to get together to exchange Christmas gifts, and finally got around to it in February.

Since we were so late, I added a Valentine and a Shamrock to her gift box, then wrapped it up in an old editorial cartoon featuring Grover Cleveland (for President's Day)  I was a bit surprised how easy it was for me to come up with the old president picture. My studio has about anything I might need, no matter how obscure.

Beth was coming in town for craft day, what good timing, for her to meet us for lunch.  (I'm not really a foot taller than these two, it's the angle)

I'm still dribbling drool over the pretty gift Angie made for me. She foofed up this great, old celluloid box, with some of my favorite things.

Inside and outside!

Plus filled it up with even more faves.

And as much as I loved the gifts, the company was even better. We ate at one of our favorite restaurants, and took our time, catching up, telling stories, and laughing.

 

By the way, Angie is a new dealer at Bottom's Up, as well as at Mission Road Antique Mall, near Beth's booth there.

Angie is just getting hers going, she has this one plus a case.

This one is Beth's. We recently had a play date to redo and rearrange. I miss doing that, it was my favorite part of having my own spot. So, I'm always happy when I get to mess with her booth.

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PS- I've got 50% off the Boutique right now. But you MUST use this link: 

 http://www.karlascottage.com/?code=Fling

 to get to the sale site.  If you go through the regular link, the 50% off won't register. If you can't click on it to get to the page, you might want to try cutting and pasting it to your browser. Thanks for helping me spring clean!