Sometimes people just surprise you -- not that who they are is the surprise (though sometimes that is very true), or what they do surprises you (though again, sometimes that is true too), I'm talking about being surprised in such a good way by something wonderful someone has done for you.I love butterflies for what they symbolize more than anything else. I find them hopeful and free (once they are out of their cocoon and can fly), light and airy and full of optimistic possibilities.
A few years ago I had a henna tattoo of a butterfly done over my left breast. Just for fun and I loved the exhilaration of knowing it was there. It was only a year later that I was diagnosed with breast cancer in the opposite breast. I found that very meaningful.
My friend Carolyn knows how I feel about butterflies. I believe she also knows how I feel about surprises!! I was reading her blog on Monday and was delighted with this beautiful butterfly that she had created out of leather. Imagine my excited surprise when I opened my mail on Tuesday and there was the butterfly waiting for me with a card letting me know that this butterfly necklace had actually been created with me in mind...for me!
Carolyn makes other beautiful items which you must check out in her shop.
Thank you so much Carolyn for gracing me with this gift of beauty and friendship. I will wear it proudly and often! ♥
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Sherry Lee, what a lovely and loving surprise! What intrigues me about butterflies is the cocoon, or more correctly, the metamorphosis. I find it awesome, that they can change their whole body inside that little bitty thing. It gives so much meaning to growing beyond your limitations, I think.
Have a lovely day!
Renate
This is gorgeous! I would wear this often too! What a very beautiful piece and not something you would see every day. I love things like this!
Happy Thursday Sweets!
Love,
LuLu~*xoxo
Wow, that is a good friend. She does seem like a sweetie-pie. Thank you for high-lighting her blog, I have enjoyed rooting around over there, discovering new things. I am also thankful because I won her give-away. Hope you and your butterfly have a wonderful day.
It's lovely - and looks lovely on you.
A gift with meaning and thought behind it is the very best kind.
Thanks so much for your kind words .You are special to me - and so many other people .
Knowing that it`s flown to a good home and the wearer loves it - gives me a sense of the feel good factor .
And it`s great that you modelled it for us too ! Looks very pretty hung around your neck !
Wear it for more good luck - not that you need it ! perhaps you should make the troll into a necklace !! You were no.11 - as well as 1 - you blogged about it - that`s why you won again !!!
Butterflies hold a special place in my heart. As my mother lay dying of breast cancer, we asked her to send us a sign that she was okay. My sister asked her to send a butterfly. As we carried out her coffin, the air was filled with hundreds of butterflies. It was magical.
Since then, mom has come to us in butterflies...a butterfly in January in PA is a rare sight. She's perched on my dad's finger, and she's lit down on the wing of an airplane to calm my sister. She's even played jokes.
Your butterfly is beautiful!
Following a dose of chemo, I couldnt sleep and was awake most of the night it seemed. At about 3.30am I saw a vibrant blue butterfly before me, it turned into a flame then disappeared. I asked my friend what it meant and she told me it was healing sent with love xx
Oh what a wonderful surprise! It is beautiful and has so much meaning. A great gift from a special friend.
Hi Sherry,
that is a beautfiul necklace,the wings are so cleverly crafted.i'm sure it will bring you much joy and magic to wear it.
thankyou for finding my blog and your lovely comment. i came by to see your blog and think you have a lovely name and feel to your site.
i particularly got alot from this post and from the comments left by your lovely friends and readers about the significance of butterflies to them.
i have an affinity to butterflies too for freedom and transformation. because i spent 10 years in bed ill,through my twenties, which was like a cocoon, as i wasnt able to leave the room or be outside during that time.
when my helath improved a few years ago, you can imagine how wonderful even the smallest day to day things, and smallest bits of experiencing nature felt like, after so long!
maybe thats the joy a butterfly feels when it gets its wings and leaves the chrysalis.
thats why my blog is called secrets of a butterfly.
love kathryn
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