it’s all in the packaging…

Don’t you love it when something you need or want is also perfectly and beautifully packaged?  I confess I’ve purchased things just because of the packaging, bought wine because I liked the label, and been attracted to something just because it was in a gorgeous box, bottle, or jar.  Take the jars above.  I snapped them up at Marshall’s a couple of weeks ago.  I wasn’t looking for Onion Relish, Pepper Relish, Chipotle Mustard, bottled dressing, or olives, but because of the jars, I went home with them all.

I could not resist these condiments in “collectible European drinkware”, so I ended up buying all they had on the shelves… a total of six jars – I mean six collectible European drinkware!

The same company, Braswell’s Select in Georgia, makes this Vidalia Onion & Pepper Dressing, packaged in a lovely little raised emblem cruet. I can just picture a bunch of wildflowers in it after the dressing is long gone.

And my heart nearly skipped a beat when I spotted this wonderful olive jar.  Yeah, it’s a weakness of mine, one of the many!

But all of these are nothing compared to receiving something personal that is unexpectedly packaged to perfection.  That was the case when a student of mine said that if I needed any more eggs this week, I could purchase them from her.  Farm fresh eggs from someone’s backyard chicken coop? YES, please!  I handed over my $4 and the next morning…

Julianna arrived with this in hand!!!

Seriously! How gorgeous is that?!?  A carton of fresh eggs, wrapped with gingham check French wire-ribbon tie with beautiful garden-grown flowers and herbs tucked in. WOW! And just look at the eggs themselves…

Julianna’s mother, Mary, packaged these up and I could not be more impressed.  It really is the simple and thoughtful little touches that turn something ordinary into something extraordinary!  Thank you, Mary and Julianna!  Wish we lived closer, I’d be a regular customer of you and your hens. xoxo