Saturday, January 3, 2009

Cranes, Zen Mozaic, Celestial, SS Exchange Received

Is this pretty ?
Can you guess where this picture come from ?

























Well, a jewellery box !
DH bought this mother-of-pearl lacquerware (together with the smaller one below) from Korea when he made a transit there on an official overseas trip a little while ago. Simply stunning and very fine workmanship!

This is my Christmas gift from DH. It was no secret as I chose it myself, there's what I prefer - to have what I like. I was considering a 4-GB pink one or a 8-GB black one which were what they had in the store, I decided capacity was more important than colour.

And those are not all, these are my early birthday gifts ! Of course I selected them myself, couldn't decide between the two, so I ended up with both!

And look what came in the mail today - a parcel from my Secret Santa!

Thank you, Tara! Love the colours of the beads and thread, and I like to collect buttons. I remember this brand of chocolate from a previous exchange, it was real delicious. The lovely ornament is tucked in the pretty box. So lovely!

I'm a very happy girl today!!!

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Lovely Christmas gifts! The rings are stunning and that BOX! WOW! It is beautiul to say the least. Your secret santa treated you very well! Tara's ornaments are beautiful.

Gina said...

I am so glad you finally got the SS! And I love the chest from your DH and the rings are stunning.

Stephanie said...

The boxes and rings are stunning beyond words! Absolutely beautiful. What a great bunch of SS gifts you have there, too.

Unknown said...

The mother-of-pearl lacquerware boxes are amazing. What a beautiful set to have.

Jullie Teo said...

WOW!!! Very very beautiful box... Envy... :)

Sherry aka Celtic Dream Weaver said...

I have to say....I love that box. It is so pretty. I would love to own something like that. YOu are one very lucky person!!!

Carol Schockling Lawecki said...

Your mother-of-pearl lacquerware Jewelry box is beautiful. 25 years ago I had a friend from Korea who was living in the us and when her sister came to visit her in the usa she brought a jewelry box like yours from Korea to me. My box has MOP birds flowers and deer and the same type of closure/lock with tassle on the key. I treasure my jewelry box, it is very special. Thanks for posting a picture of yours.