18.8.09

monday

I admit, every time I send a letter or a parcel by post, I like to imagine that I am Alfred Kralik's "dear friend", Klara Novak, anxiously awaiting a new letter in Box 237. If I am wrapping packages, I dream that I am a shopgirl in The Shop Around the Corner, selling frivolous trinkets like music boxes. It shouldn't be of any surprise that I am hopelessly in love with all-things Jimmy Stewart. I have gone to many a ridiculous length to procure Jimmy stamps, Life magazines, and don't even get me started on how many biographies I've bought and read about this man! I'm prone to swoon for Jimmy at any age (from Ted Barker to Clovis Mitchell), but my heart skips the most when he is awkwardly young. He is tenderly naïve, perfectly gangly, and honestly, do I even need to justify how adorably sweet and wonderful he is? One of my favorite days this year was spent watching Pot o' Gold and Made for Each Other on the big screen with my best friend, sippin' down arnold palmers with mexican honey from Blue Ribbon Bakery Market (my Film Forum pit stop, if you will) and giggling from start to finish. Honest-to-goodness blushing in the dark! Not even the noisiest bunch of kids and parents (real rascals, too) sitting behind me could stop me from beaming for every second of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington! I'm getting a bit off topic, though. I promise this wasn't meant to be a Jimmy-fest of flowery words! Anyhow, Jimmy Stewart teamed up with one of my other all-time favorites, Ernst Lubitsch, makes this film just a dream come true. I can only hope the packages I send are made with the kind of careful consideration and love Alfred and Klara might have made them with at Matuschek's.













13 comments:

  1. Wow, these packages are beautiful! I think I'd cry if I got a package that pretty!

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  2. oh.my.gawd. i love these! you, hayliebird, and francesca wrap the most beauteous packages! very inspiring!

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  3. You are just too lovely! Your packages are just so sweet. I felt so special unwrapping the one you sent me =D
    -Andi x

    PS I swoon over Jimmy, too.

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  4. I want a package like that! I could swap you a bushel of photographs and prints and bones!

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  5. thank you dear gals! you're all much too sweet!

    Ginny, I do indeed live in New York! I'm at home for the next two weeks then it's back in the city! :)

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  6. All these packages look great! It makes me think I'll have to make more of an effort with my next lot of present wrapping.

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  7. All this pics are great and preety. Now i have to think over my effort.

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  8. Oh my goodness, your little parcels are the most beautifuls ones I have EVER seen. Honestly! Wow, I wish I was that creative, they are pure perfection!

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  9. Oh em gee, these are amazing!! Who are the lucky recipients?

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  10. Thanks gals! Most of them are packages I wrapped for my etsy store!

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  11. One my goodness! How good it feels to know that I am not the only one who loves loves all things Jimmy Stewart! I simply adore him...I will stay up late just to watch one of his shows and love every minute of it. I too beam throughout every part of his movies. I really love It's A Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Rear Window.Love your packages.:)

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