I had a lovely surprise this morning when the postman knocked at the door with a mystery parcel addressed to me. When I opened it up I found this gorgeous Make -Do and Mend mug that both my sister and I had been admiring when we saw it in the Imperial War Museum shop. My sister had very kindly ordered one and had it sent to me as a thank-you for their stay with me the other week.
There are four different Make Do and Mend posters from WWII reproduced on it, and my particular favourite is the one that says 'Mend and Make-Do to Save Buying New.' How pertinent that is for today's economic time too.
It's just the sort of mug I like, big and chunky and able to hold a goodly amount of tea (hmm, a bit like me then really). Although at the moment I'm just going to admire it from afar before I get round to actually using it.
What a lovely mug! A great pressie that will remind you of your sister whenever you see it.
Posted by: sharie | 08/29/2010 at 09:21 PM
Hi Elizabeth - just catching up on everybody's blogs - you've all been writing far too much while I've been away! What a lovely gift - it's so nice to get something unexpected in the post, isn't it? It all seems to be junk mail and bills these days!
Posted by: Caroline | 09/01/2010 at 06:42 PM