Friends are blessings

My grandmother made this some 50 years ago. She would be around 109 now. I just last week decided to put this in my kitchen.

Then along came Sadie Mae and her pups which led to my meeting Elizabeth of Creative Breathing and making a new friend. Friends are blessings. What a pleasure to meet her and to call her my friend. E. brought me this darling birthday cake that she made.
As most of you know, E. is very talented. I am always amazed at how perfect her stitches are. I can't wait on her felt book to come out this fall. She said she knew we had alot of birthdays around our house with all the grandkids. If you notice that the candles are a little bent. Like I said before, we almost melted that day.

The next pictures are what came with the Friendship Bag, Sadie Mae. We were supposed to send something to the next person from our state. Mine came from Elaine from http://hshollow.blogspot.com . Elaine lives in White House Tenn. Cindy, our tour guide, thought Sadie went to the real White House.

Elaine sent her gifts that she got at Cracker Barrel. Did you know that CB originated in Tennessee (Lebanon) and their headquarters are just outside of
Nashville. The box of GooGoo clusters are empty. Hmmmmm, let me tell you that was one great sugar rush but I did share with Mr. C.B. These babies have been made in
Nashville since 1912. The cute little guitar candy tin is to represent
Nashville as the little musical instrument. She thought the grandkids would have fun with that.

See, who knew how educational this adventure would be. It is also going to be to show support for a friend of Cindy's. We'll hear more about that later.

Now Elaine also sent this cute little Christmas towel and adorable Santa from a shop she used to own. So cute. Thanks Elaine.

Now since Elizabeth and I are from the same state, she was familiar with my gifts. I tucked some little things in a 31 Gift bag from Bath and Body Works, Donovan Designs and Hartstone Pottery.
Again, what fun this was. Thanks Cindy for your friendship and for blessing us with new friends.