Erika and I had lunch with Erin and Pietro yesterday. It was a real “Italian treat”. I am savoring every minute I get to see them before they head back to Rome next week 
Erin graciously carried gifts all the way across the Atlantic for us, from the Fabriano Boutique. All of the cards+paper goods she gave us are so neat, I do not know if I will be able to bring myself to actually use them.
The goodies came wrapped in fun yellow enevelope
from my favorite Italian family…
And now you can take a peak for yourself, and understand how excited I felt when I peered into the envelope to find all of these YUMMY PAPER GOODS…
Really the assortment was great, the cards (if I can bring myself to use the pretty things) ranged from “WELL DONE” to…
“CONGRATULATIONS!
and one of my favorites being the one that read simply reads GRAZIE. I can say, “thank-you” is one of the few Italian words I perfected while I was in Italy all of last spring.
THANKS ERIN!! You are a sweet, sweet friend! I treasure your friendship, and your families too!
When I was in Florence last spring in went in this “blow your mind away, touch EVERYTHING store”:
Faliero Sarti-beautiful! They have the most AMAZING scarves, shawls, gloves, and hats made in the finest cashmere, wool, cotton, linen, and canape. Why I did not make a purchase when I was in there…I DON’T know!! I wish I could snap my fingers and return to Florence right now because the store, with out a doubt, is well worth a visit…I can almost say it is worth another flight over the Atlantic! Have I yet to convince my fellow bloggers of how amazing this fashion shop is????
The details, the material, the craft…all are exquisite!!
I spent half of my day yesterday looking for this little stinker. Somehow she {yes…a she} always manages to walk away from the camera and I, but no worries SHE IS FOUND safe and sound!
At least it wasn’t the camera that walked away because then my blogging would stop HERE! But to your dismay my blabbing goes on…
I came home this morning to a box on the front porch. The UPS man always puts a BIG smile on my face. I ordered some new make-up last week, and it finally came. Being gone since February, my supply was dwindling away. Which was okay with me since most of the time in ROME I shied away from my make-up anyway, but it sure is nice to feel like a GIRL sometimes! It came just in time to get all dressed up for Bryan & Stacy’s engagement party on Friday!
Speaking of weddings…
As you can tell Mom and I seek inspiration ANYWHERE! We were at a wedding last Saturday night, and took it in from a whole new perspective!
Everything from flower details to hostess gifts…the details consume your thoughts!
For the engagement party host & hostesses….the small tokens of thank-you are bought!
the boxes are folded
the presents are wrapped
and beautifully adorned
lots of time later, All DONE!!
