Oh Karen this is just the greatest thing that happened to you. I am so happy for you! You are such a thoughtful person and we all know you don't have enough beautiful decorations already. You gave some to DD and DDIL so Gardner didn't want you to go without so she helped you out.LOL After loosing your two friends, Feather and Brindle you said Good Bye to Dec. and WOO HOO it is a New Year!!!

Sounds like things are looking up for you. I know you will love your new gifts and I hope you will post a picture of your S & P shakers later for us to see.

Thanks Gardner, for helping Karen do the Happy Dance again. She has been sad far to long and now she is SOOOOO HAPPPPY again.

Punk

Karen, I agree with Punk..it's so nice that
our shy friend 'gardner' has put some joy back into you.
I'm smiling knowing that she made you smile.

Now, who wouldn't smile over those two treasures !
What a thoughtful person to find something that she knew you'd like.

gardner...Come Out...Come OUt...wherever you are!!
We'd really enjoy your joing us.

Looking forward to seeing those S&Ps..

jane

Here's the Fitz n Floyd set...aren't they cute!

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What a nice thank you surprise! Just shows that one good turn deserves another. So glad Gardner brought a smile to your face with those nice gifts. ;o) Luvs

I hope I haven't embarrassed her but I wanted everyone to know what a wonderful gal she is. This is what I love about our Forum tho, so many caring folks here.
Gardener Betty, you fit right into this little family of ours, so please do join us when you can.

hugs, Karen

Oh Karen, they are absolutely adorable. I am so glad you posted for us to see your new kitty with her present. I need to GTG bed but will be back tomorrow evening if all goes well.

Punk

Oh, Karen! These are marvelous decorating items! I definitely love the Fitz n Floyd set as it does have this old-fashioned look I like! But the Xmas tree and Nutcracker are splendid too!

What a lovely surprise . . . and what a great new forum member, too! Karen, you are such a giving and caring friend to us all. I'm happy for you!
And, WELCOME Gardner (Betty)!!!!!

Lynn

Well Karen, you are most welcome. As I said your kindness was most appreciated. I will try to get a photo up of the nutcracker, he will be out all year. And I too am glad you are feeling a bit better. And if I ever get caught up, I am going to try to post some pics of my holiday decorating. I said to my husband I don't care if I don't take it down til Feb. I am going to get some photos and post them. I love decorating for the holidays, but for the last several years my husband has been working out of state/country and sometimes it's hard to get it all done by yourself. When I discovered this forum you all got me very motivated to 'deck the halls' and go all out as this was the first time in several years that my whole family has been together. And boy did it look nice, if I must say so myself. LOL. Yes I will be hanging around as you all are just too much fun.

Just lovely, Karen..and you deserve it!

Aren't people on GW just the greatest!
Syble

Oh, that is just so nice. I'm new to this forum and, well, that is just so nice. BTW, I've been a big time lover of Fitz and Floyd for 20 years or so. There used to be a running joke between my hubby and my best friend about my obsession with this line. Like when I would point out the line in a store they would go, "look, it's Fitz and Floyd, it's FITZ and FLOYD!" Then they would do some happy dance to make fun of me. I could give more examples of their antics as I truly was once OBSESSED with F&F, but I'll spare you. I hate to even write this, but my best friend took her life over a year ago. Please do NOT respond back to this part of my post cause I'm not trying to be Debbie Downer here. In fact, I can see my friend up there right now going, "it's Fitz and Floyd, look...it's FITZ and FLOYD!" LOL!

Finally, I'll just say that I, too, have been inspired by this forum to get "my stuff" out and use it. I'd gotten a little lazy (and a little depressed) but I do think seeing the lovely decorating on here is motivating as Gardener1908 said. Thanks to you all!

pup

One good turn deserves another! Couldn't happen to a nicer gal! Great gifts, purplemoon!...as is the nutcracker. TFS pics! I especially love the F&F ... and how it helps you with healing! Jeanne S.

Pup, welcome to our Gang here. If you've lurked very long, you may have noticed during the non-holidays, this Forum is still just as much fun as a lot of the gals are dish nuts and do table-settings or other table vignettes to keep us going with photos and good times. And Jim always finds us great decor photos, as we are obsessed with pictures. (his own home is by far the best to see).
I hope you enjoy us and hang around. I can definitely say this Forum is a good remedy for depression, tho not sure it helps with laziness. LOL. If I spent as much time DOING stuff as I do on here, I'd be a lot more productive. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it).
I'd love to see your F&F, and hear more about stuff you like. I don't have a lot of it, mostly Christmas things,
but I just love the beauty and detail of F&F. I often browse their online outlet just to drool.
Sounds like you have some fun shopping memories, LOL. My hubby wouldn't know that sort of stuff if I whacked him on the head with it.

hugs, Karen

I too want to welcome Pup to the forum. And like Karen, I love seeing F&F items, but don't have many. We'd love to have you share pics of some of your pieces--they don't even have to be used in a tablescape! These are the kinds of things that will keep our little forum busy and fun in between the holidays, so please post away! Luvs

I would like to say welcome Pup. I would love to see pictures of your Fitz and Floyd collection.

Gardner, I hope to see pictures of your nutcracker Karen sent you and your home all "decked out for the Holidays."

This is a wonderful forum and everyone is sooo fun!

Punk

Hey..Hey...Hey...!!!
Sorry I'm late to Welcome You Pup... so glad you found us.
As the others stated, this IS the place to have some fun and share all your goodies with us. I too would love to see your F&F collection.
There's always someone here
who has something to share and inspire us or, put a smile in our day.
The 'blahs' don't last long once you come here...
Heck, we even have a 'Happy Bus' that picks us up so we can ALL be 'Partners In Crime' when we shop!!
Even if we don't actually get on that bus, it's nice to imagine all the fun/trouble we'd get into if we did.
So, once again, welcome.

Karen, I'm glad you posted those S&Ps..they are just darling. Gardner/Betty was just so sweet to send you those wonderful surprises .. Lucky gal!

Gardner/Betty...I'm so happy you've decided to come out and play with us.

jane

Thanks for the welcome everyone!!! That was very nice. Yeah, I simply gotta get with the program. I've never posted pics before to any forum I'm on. We've been renovating a lake home we bought two years ago so I've been a member of the kitchen and bath forums on Gardenweb for awhile. That's how I found this group. I need to learn how to do pics (I'm the original computer idiot) cause it sure would have been helpful as we were going through our kitchen and bath renovations. Think I'll start by getting rid of my antique cell phone and buying one with a camera thing on it. HA!

One of my favorite Fitz and Floyd items are my set of three fish canisters...sounds lovely, huh? We onced lived in Atlanta, GA many, many moons ago, and there was a place there that was kinda like an outlet as I recall. Anyway, I drooled over those fish canisters for the longest time. They were pricey. Finally I caved (probably had been drinking at the time) and bought them. I adore them to this day! I will take them on as my first "picture posting project." Don't hold your breath, though, computer idiots are a bit slow on the uptake. LOL!

Thanks again for the welcome!
pup