The recipient (Happy Birthday!) of Order No. 24 apparantly just became a homeowner (congrats!).
We searched and searched until we found this:
Why yes, that is a 14″ tall carousel handmade a long time ago that is also a music box. And yes, accompanying that is a wall hanging featuring an eagle promoting both love and peace. We felt that these two items would make very special additions to a brand new home.
Here’s a detail shot of the carousel. It really is incredible.
The recipient is reported to like writing and reading, and so we took that and ran with it. We created a Something geared towards inspiring many a letter.
The recipient received custom printed letterhead on Neenah stock, a grey Le Pen (goes perfectly!) and six envelopes in gold and grey. A small, hand-thrown bud vase finished in a metallic glaze sets off a small set of vintage photos and a large plate featuring scenes and language from France.
Who doesn’t love surprises right? Well, the recipient of this particular something does, so we were excited. In addition to liking surprises, the recipient is also reported to like Christmas, bowls, crafts, iPhones, ice cream, hot chocolate, tea and a bunch of other stuff. We zeroed in on the Crafts, Tea and Bowls portion of this.
What do you think?
Included in this something is:
+ Two matching tea cups
+ Walnut tea custom blended in Germany in a biodegradable and non-bleached tea bag
+ Vintage photos
+ A wreath-shaped baking mold you can also hang on the wall
+ a set of several feather trees (it’s an old craft popular during the holidays that originated out of Europe. The craft is gluing feathers to a cone….voila! Feather tree!)
The recipient must be a very special person. A person that is highly intelligent. We wanted to reflect that in this Something and I think we rose to the challenge.
The sender reported to us that the recipient likes seashells, vintage things, yellow, classic music, traveling (esp South America).
We were lucky enough to stumble upon a vintage crystal jar from the 60s filled with all kinds of seashells. There are at least 16 varieties of seashell inside the jar pictured below. We also included a gold trimmed tea cup, because we felt the recipient probably ponders lots of things on a regular basis, and drinking tea lends itself to that activity.
Have you spotted the bust of Stephen Foster, also known as the “Father of American Music?” How’s that for ‘classic music’? We hope the recipient will appreciate this. Stephen Foster wrote songs like “My Old Kentucky Home,”Oh! Susana,” and “Beautiful Dreamer.” This was particularly hard for us to part with because Stephen Foster lived in Cincinnati for much of his adult life. In fact, he wrote “Oh! Susana” while he was here. (Send Me Something is based in Cincinnati.)
And, to complete the ensemble, we included a beautiful copper engraved image of two people collecting syrup from maple trees. Everyone needs a picture like that around the house.
Order No. 17 told us the recipient would like “cats, Twilight, weddings, red and black, surprises.”
Based upon that, and our collection of Somethings, we pulled together contents inspired by Weddings and Surprises.
We went for a kind of Victorian-Wedding-Brunch feel.
The framed photo in the back is a vintage Ivory Soap ad from the early 20th century. Two gold trimmed tea cups and saucers (this was part of someone’s actual china set) with delicate rosettes are accented by two vintage silver forks and a pale pink votive candle holder and candle.We even included some Walnut tea from Germany to really complete this Something.
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This something, intended for a gift exchange recipient, features happiness and holiday spirit. Reported likes were “vintage tree ornaments, tea, mugs, crazy fun things, creative things, vintage things.”
Three figures (in black) say ‘hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil’ with their beautiful gestures. We are fairly certain the figures are hand carved out of coal as the items originated near Charleston, West Virginia and carving things out of coal is pretty popular out that way.
We thought perhaps the recipient might enjoy sipping tea out of a beautiful, gold-trimmed tea cup while reading one of the best memory books of all time [cure absentmindedness---forever!]. We envisioned the beautiful wall hanging circa 1975 hanging above the recipients head and the beautiful holiday decoration sitting on a table, lighting up a room.
To help you grasp how beautiful the holiday decoration is, we included a few additional photos below.
Someone took a high-quality glass block and inserted a string of lights into it. Beautiful? Yes. We think so.
Magic. That’s what is in this SUPER Something, pure magic.
We hope the recipient of Order No. 19 will be as excited about this as we are.
Pictured below, a vintage green glass bowl, two matching tea cups (with tea!), a pale green votive candle holder and candle, a vintage silver spoon, beautiful wall hanging circa 1978 and, one of our favorite items to date, a recipe holder.
Do you see the wooden clip in the photo holding the recipe card? Well, it’s actually connected to a wooden stand so you can set it out while you bake. Just lovely.
On the order form:
Likes: kitchen things, Japan/Japanese culture, knitting, sewing, cooking, unique/interesting things, dogs
As you can see, we do take what is written on your order form into consideration, and we do our best to craft a package that is ‘themed’ in some way in relation to what you’ve got on your list.
This is one of our favorite Somethings to date. In the background, you’ll see a bottle. This is made to hold your favorite beverage. Better yet, do you notice what it’s encased in? It has it’s own carrying case plus a music box. And, the music box is in working condition. You wind the music box up on the underside of the bottle. We have no idea what this is called—-if anyone has any information—please leave a comment!
In the foreground, you’ll see a box. This box was hand carved many years ago. Notice the hand stained wood. This is a unique little box and it says ‘St Maarlen.’ (however, we think it might say St. Maarten since this box likely originated out of the Caribbean.)
Lookie here, folks. This one-of-a-kind box, emblazoned with a salmon, protects the recipient from evil.
Joe Wilson is a native american artist, and this is an authentic Joe Wilson box. The top panel slides on and off revealing a compartment. We stumbled upon this out at an estate sale and we just knew it was destined to become a Something. To accentuate the box, included are some of the best issues of the 2009 New Yorker, high lighters for marking favorite passages and a vintage western enameled bookmark. This particular bookmark is from the ’70s and is pretty heavy. It’s a neat little piece.
This Somethin’ Something features a one-of-a-kind silver piano music box inlaid with red velveteen fabric. It appears to be a very fancy jewelry box from days gone by.
Also included are two tea cups featuring a lovely dot-n-swirls pattern and two servings of Green Walnut Loose Leaf Tea!
The lace and green cording is a vintage find.
And here’s what the music box sounded like:
Send Me Something 0013 from Send Me Something on Vimeo.