Tuesday 29 March 2011

My lovely present!!



Regular readers of my blog will know that a fortnight ago I was lucky enough to win a hundred dollar give-away from Pamela at From the House of Edward (a lovely blog - see my side bar if you want to read her beautiful prose).

In order to claim my prize I had to go to http://novica.blogspot.com, which is a site run in association with National Geographic, to sell artisan products from all over the world - what a difficult choice it was!

In the end I chose this beautiful bag, made in leather, hemp and cotton in Thailand. I ordered it and within a week it was here, beautifully packaged and such an exciting present to open.

The service of novica was absolutely faultless. I made a mistake on my order and sent them an e mail which was answered in a short time by a lovely lady called Stephanie. Everything went like clock work and now I am the owner of this lovely bag.

So thank you so much, firstly to Pamela and then to Novica and finally to Team Thailand. All that remains now is for me to go out somewhere where I can show it to everyone - and I know it will be well and truly admired.

21 comments:

Heather said...

Congratulations on your win, and what a lovely surprise Pat. The colours are so gentle the bag will go with almost everything. You will have to take it with you on your next lunch date with friends.

steven said...

so cool - the prize, the bag, and then the planning for a place to show it off!! steven

Elisabeth said...

What a well deserved gift, Pat. Yours is an excellent choice. The bag suits your blog name. It reminds me of weaving. A woven multicoloured beauty.

Eryl said...

Gosh that's quite a win, well done. I do hope you write a post about the bag's first outing. Now I'm off to check out Novica!

MorningAJ said...

Wow it's beautiful! Congratulations and well chosen!

izzy said...

Good choice! enjoy-

The Bug said...

I love Novica! I always have a hard time picking what I want from there :)

Elizabeth said...

What a coincidence and what a lovely bag. I just got an order of 5 silk scarves through Novica who seem an excellent company.
Very prompt in delivery and yes, super pckaging!

Granny Sue said...

Oh my! It's beautiful! Congratulations.

Pondside said...

Beautiful bag - and it's good to know that such service is available on the net.

Reader Wil said...

Lucky you!! Well you dserve it! The bag is absolutely fabulous!

Nancy Grossi ~ Churned In Cali ~ The Wife of a Dairyman said...

Congratulations! Love it!

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

Ooh, you chose well!
I'm so happy you're pleased. It was a fun giveaway, wasn't it?

angryparsnip said...

Wonderful win and what a great idea to have you go to Novica to claim your prize.

You bag is lovely but of course I was looking at how it was wrapped and the paper too.

cheers, parsnip

mrsnesbitt said...

Oh Pat! WOW! You must bring it along sometime - we could crack open a bottle to celebrate! Hey - our snug is being plastered next week - what about coming over to celebrate???

Rosie said...

Congratulation_ isn't it lovely to win something! I have just discovered your blog and think it is great! We share a common interest in favourite films! Please visit mine too at:

http://rosieintheloft.blogspot.com

I hope to see you there soon!

Cloudia said...

congratulations!

loved the countryside tour very much- thank you





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tattytiara said...

That is so cute! That would go with a thousand different outfits.

Midlife Roadtripper said...

The handbag is very beautiful. How lucky to win the giveaway. The colors will go with just about everything.

The Weaver of Grass said...

I shall now be sure to post my bags first outing so that you can all share in it. Thanks for the comments too.

Tess Kincaid said...

It's wonderful. And such lovely giftwrap, too.