Spring Things

I did a little Easter shopping yesterday. It's really a good thing I only have one niece in town or I would run through my grocery money filling their Easter baskets. I always like to think of a basket in a broad sense: they can be boxes, purses or bags. In this case, it's a fun paper bag. And doesn't chocolate really just mean "yummy things?"
So here's what's in my niece's "basket": a wind-up bunny, a bag of beads to make "6 bracelets," a sparkly zip purse and a little notebook. I particularly like the schooled lines on the paper; they're so comforting, somehow.
And for my trip next week, a pair of gifts for a 3 year old boy and his 1 year old sister. I'm sure she has about a hundred stuffed toys, but I couldn't resist the look on this one. This little bunny has the same coloring, nose and floppy ears as my dog, Bella.

And for me...a rayon make-up bag for my purse from the 40's, $3!


Everything except the make-up bag comes from Patina, a unique collection of stores in the Twin Cities that now has an online store. I made the mistake of browsing their new items and mentally marked this beautiful wallet (not that there's anything wrong with mine):
and a bracelet that could just announce to the world my training as a producer: