Kelli at There’s No Place Like Home hosts “Show and Tell Friday” asking “Do you have a something special to share with us? It could be a trinket from grade school, a piece of jewelry, an antique find. Your show and tell can be old or new. Use your imagination and dig through those old boxes in your closet if you have to! Feel free to share pictures and if there’s a story behind your special something, that’s even better! If you would like to join in, all you have to do is post your “Show and Tell” on your blog, copy the post link, come over here and add it to Mr. Linky. Guidelines are here.“
I suspect most of us might be doing this, but I wanted to show some of the Christmas presents I received this year. These are most of the ones from my family.
Here is a close-up of some of the book titles.
One of the books, Sew Pretty Homestyle, was one I saw on Anita’s site. 🙂 I was so glad Anita mentioned the title of the English translation. This is an absolutely gorgeous book. Another is by one of my favorite crafters, Charlotte Lyons, titled Between Friends: Craft Projects to Share.
Missing from the pile is Sabrina by Lori Wick, sequel to Cassidy. I had already taken and started reading it before I took the picture. 🙂
I also wanted to highlight a couple of others from my husband. This would be the prettiest presentation.
A pretty heart necklace, pretty box, and chocolates. He knows me well. 🙂
This necklace was one I saw on someone else’s Christmas list online — but I can’t remember who! I thought it was so pretty, though, I added it to my list as well. But whoever mentioned it linked to it here. Lots of pretty stuff there!
This one is a Christmas gift to myself. 🙂
It’s a little tabletop tree, though I haven’t decided which table top to put it on yet. I had seen it at a little Christmas shop in the mall several days ago. Then it was $20, marked down from $25. I actually ventured to the mall on Christmas Eve, something I rarely do, but there was something I was thinking about for Jim that I decided to go ahead and get. I checked on this while I was there, and it was marked down to $12.50, and I couldn’t resist. It came with the ribbons and lights already on. Jim teased me that if I had waited til after Christmas, I could’ve got it for $5. 🙂
This was one of my favorite gifts to give:
I’m sorry I couldn’t get the photo any clearer than that. Here’s the story behind this picture: it was the picture they had on display at my mother’s funeral. I had never seen it before. I asked for a copy, and my sister tried to take it somewhere to be copied, but they wouldn’t touch it because it was a professional photo. She then tried to find the person who had taken it at my mom’s company Christmas party to see if we could order more copies. I don’t know if she couldn’t find the person or if they didn’t have the proofs any more, or what. But when my family came to visit last October, and my sister said they were bringing some old pictures for us all to go through, I asked them to bring that one so we could scan it. I mentioned the “historic” pictures on a previous Show and Tell. My oldest son, Jeremy, scanned the pictures in and edited them and then made a CD for everyone (he did a fantastic job. He wrote a post showing some of the before and after editing he did here). They all knew the CD was coming, but in addition for each of us siblings we printed out this photo of my mom and step-dad and framed it for them as a surprise. They loved it. It’s one of the best later pictures of my folks. It almost makes my mom feel a little closer to have it out where I can see it often. At some point I will put it on my family photo wall, but for now I like it here on the end table.
Although the emphasis of Christmas is the greatest gift of all, our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, I am grateful for the loving gifts of my family, too. I’ve kept you long enough, so I won’t show you the rest of the family’s gifts, but I enjoyed giving to them, too.
Hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas!
Stray Thoughts 
Those are wonderful gifts. I love that necklace.
Dear Barbara,
I am soooo pleased to read that you got my favourite TILDA book for Christmas! Yes, isn’t it just great? So what will be your first project?
And – oh my – that other book “Between friends – craft projects to share” sounds so very proming, too!
Thanks as well for sharing the photo of your dear mother and telling us the story that is behind! I wish I had such a CD with all our old family pictures, too!
Best wishes and – happy sewing, reading and crafting!
Anita
Looks like you got a lot of nice things. Christmas is full of surprises. I love it. It’s wonderful that you can finally have that photo! Blessings in the New Year…
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You got some lovely gifts, and I’m glad you were able to get a copy of that photo of your parents. Now that was a neat gift!
Awesome, I especially like your box with the pearl gem on top! That’s gorgeous. And the photo you now have of your mother—from the funeral is priceless and to be sure, a keepsake!!!
Oh my…. I clicked on the link for your new sewing book. That was a mistake… now I WANT it! lol;-)
Thanks for sharing ((hugs))
Oh Barbara, look at all the wonderful gifts you’ve received! My eyes are on your books. 😀
Thanks for sharing them!
It looks like you had a wonderful Christmas, Barbara! I especially love the beautiful box! ((HUGS))
Beautiful gifts! And, that is wonderful that you were able to get a copy of your mom’s picture.
:)Kat
Thanks for sharing your Christmas gifts, Barbara! Looks like “Santa” was kind to you. 🙂
Have a Happy New Year, and thanks for being such an encouraging supporter of my blog!
you were blessed
so many books and lovely things
Books, books, more books. A woman after me own heart. Merry Christmas!
Nancy
Wonderful gifts you got! I was looking at that book Between Sundays in the store. It looked like a good read.
I loved seeing your gifts! The necklace is beautiful. I know you’ll be reading for a while to catch up on all the books. I only got one book. I have to start looking for some new ones soon. I’m in the mood for a good mystery. I have a Craig Parsnell that I may read.
What a nice husband to buy you those thoughtful gifts. My husband let me go and get a facial, and there was no way I was going to post an upclose photo of my skin! 🙂
It is nice to see what others are receiving. Photo cd’s are great. I’m still trying to get photos of my great grandparents from my relatives.
Looks like Santa was real good to you!!! Nice.
Susan
Beautiful gifts. The gift from your husband must be very special.
Beautiful gifts! I love that heart necklace. And what a sweet reminder of your mother. Having lost my own mother years ago, I know the comfort of having a picture nearby. I even dug out my old photos on Christmas afternoon, when all was said and done, and just looked at old family memories. It helps! 🙂
great gifts. So glad you got things you will be able to use and enjoy. Trust you are all well. BTW, we all loved our gifts from the church!
What a lovely Christmas! The box and necklace are beautiful. Such treasures. 🙂
All so nice! I have Sabrina in my To Be Read pile right now. The gifts of the CD and photo sound like they were a wonderful idea!
Have a great weekend!
Wow! You had a lovely Christmas! I love the boxed set with the necklace, chocholates and the wonderful box, very pretty!
Sharon
I think you will have plenty of reading to do here in the next couple of months. I LOVE your necklace – it looks so pretty and feminine.
Thanks for telling the wonderful story behind the picture. How neat to have wonderful memories of those no longer with us.
Blessings,
~Martie
What a good girl you must have been to receive so many nice things!!! So happy you received the photo of your mother, the Lord promises we will get the desires of our heart!
Katherine
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We were out of town, so I’m just now making my S&T comments!