Adoring Isabel

Mary Ann has been repeatedly generous to me.
She has sent items with purpose (for my birthday or Christmas), and she has also sent items on a whim...'just because'.
She has sent handmade cards, manila envelopes jam-packed with collage materials, charms and trinkets, wire bookmarks I love, a fabric flower, a killer ornament...

But this time she stopped me in my tracks.
She even told me she'd send it, yet still I was shocked.
She sent me a May Day Cone.
I have this thing for cones.
This is a bird in a nest in a cone-shaped basket.

I have tried and tried to get a good photo of the adorable pink birdie she mailed, with the glittering collage and the long feather tail...

A bird her daughter lovingly named Isabel.

But without a good camera I just can't capture the image.
So here's a wee birdie of similar style available for sale on her website


I can't fully express how much I adore Isabel.
I utterly, completely treasure this.
Mary Ann said she made this specifically for me.
I'll just let the picture explain my adoration.
Thank you so so much, Mary Ann.