A Beautiful Gift!

Our Sweet Daughters *1 and *2, Gigi and Cici,

 were recently together and lived in the 

same house for a month. They haven't lived 

in the same home for more than a week 

since they were both married, 8 years ago. 

Their hubbies were there also, as well as our two Grandgirls, who belong to Gigi and her hubby.

They have been very dear friends throughout 

their lives. Gigi lives in Germany with her family and Cici and her hubby live near us in 

Washington State. Recently, Cici and hubby went to Germany, and they had a wonderful 

time with Gigi and her family!

My Sweet Daughters know 

how much I loved the Frankfurt "flohmarkt", flea market, when I went to Germany last 

summer and they promised they would go and 

find me lace and pretty things there!

AND THEY DID!!!

Aren't these gorgeous lace pieces they found for me? I was so excited! I sent with Cici some Euros that were left from my last trip to Germany and she knew what kinds of things I would buy...

she has watched me and I sent pictures to her phone as well! There were old laces 

and new laces and duplicates of a few... 

so much fun and plans...

I have plans!

The lace on the bottom is a round table cloth that I found at the flohmarkt last summer.  I have used it for our cider tasting events on top of other table cloths and on our own table. I love it, and thought it would be a great base for these other laces. 

Each of the lace motifs on the cake stand are one of a pair. The mat underneath our Hot Cocoa Urn is a single place mat that I know exactly what it will be used for! A beautiful shabby chic lace organizer to place in my armoire....see, more plans...I am a very good planner, but not always a good finisher.
I have to get up my courage to begin projects.  Sometime I will tell you about the Hot Cocoa Urn story...my children are HILARIOUS!!!!

Here is a larger picture of the place mat. I absolutely LOVE each piece of lace and my sweet daughters told me how much fun they had hunting for for things for me at the flea market. Their husbands watched and walked around looking for their own "treasures" and  when SonIL*2 asked Gigi if she ever when to the flea market for herself, she said, "Actually ...no! It's so much fun to go for other people!" The girls said that they were so excited to find things for me, much more excited than they would be finding things for themselves. Aren't they complete Dears to me?

How sweet of them to take the time and trouble to find things their Mother would love... and I still have a few old silver mustard spoons and serving spoons coming in the mail! They purchased some other items and said....

"Mom, you can't have all these things, we want some!" What could I say? Thank you, thank you, dear darling girls of mine, for loving me enough to spend some of you limited time together looking for things to make you Mama smile!

I love your Sweet Hearts!

(as well as your sweet husbands!)

And my sweet kind followers...

I love your hearts as well!

Betsy




I am linking this post to
Blissful Whites Wednesday

over at Becky's
Timewashed Blog

as well as at
Pearls and Lace Thursdays

at Doni's
Faith, Grace, and Crafts