A beautiful RAK

I was waiting until I had some time to really savour writing this. It is a RAK I received about a month ago from Madeline S. She had read in one of my blog posts how journalling quite literally saved my life and how important journals have been in my life. She also knows how much I love handbags!She wanted to thank me for helping her find her way around the groups when she joined.

I have it beside my bed and every time I see it I smile. I am going to begin using it from my birthday in July. Thank you Maddie from the bottom of my heart!

Gorgeous packaging - I am such a sucker for ladybugs!
Gorgeous packaging – I am such a sucker for ladybugs!
Beautifully wrapped in sewing pattern paper and wrapped with twine.
Beautifully wrapped in sewing pattern paper and wrapped with twine.

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Beautiful handwritten letter, sealed inside this lovely envelope and sealed with a pearl bead.
Beautiful handwritten letter, sealed inside this lovely envelope and sealed with a pearl bead.
A beautiful beaded handbag turned into a journal
A beautiful beaded handbag turned into a journal
Look at this absolutely amazing bookmark!
Look at this absolutely amazing bookmark!
And pretty pretty beadwork
And pretty pretty beadwork
Look at this detail! Everything done by hand.
Look at this detail! Everything done by hand.

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Little cards hidden in secret pockets all over the journal.
Little cards hidden in secret pockets all over the journal.
This you can use to fasten little mementoes to the journal - ticket stubs, press clippings, tags, and labels
This you can use to fasten little mementoes to the journal – ticket stubs, press clippings, tags, and labels

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Plain pages embellished with a vintage earring
Plain pages embellished with a vintage earring
Another little pocket with cards on which to write special things
Another little pocket with cards on which to write special things
Bookmark
Bookmark

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Author: Janet Carr

Fashion, beauty and animal loving language consultant from South Africa living in Stockholm, Sweden.

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  3. What a stunning gift
    Madeline has done a magnificent job
    You are very lucky to have received such a wonderful gift

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  7. This is exquisite. If this is an antique, it’s amazingly pristine — I see these at antique shows and they all have a little dinginess to them. (I will too, I suppose when I’m 80 years old.)

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  8. I’d hate writing in something like that, it’s just so gorgeous, what I write needs to match how absolutely beautiful the journal is. I have a collection of pretty notebooks I haven’t written in yet. Nothing as nice as that, though.

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