My favorite Christmas gift this year wasn’t even for me. Emily made my boys blocks for Christmas. They are amazing. Heirloom amazing.
First of all, what a neat package! A clear paint bucket personalized with our last name initial on the lid.
And a heart on the flip side of the lid. The bottom of the bucket it says Christmas ‘09, but I forgot to get a picture of that, dang it.
So, on 5 sides of all of the wooden blocks – which she and my Grandpa Bob cut – she has painted letters and numbers.
And on the sixth side, there is a special picture that she painted, which doubles as a puzzle:
This is so cool. She painted three little boys in the landscape: one in the boat, one in the hot air balloon and one in a window of a building. Speaking of the buildings, the yellow shape in front of the buildings is meant to look like an iPhone (one of their favorite “toys”). See the silhouettes that are on The Beatles Help! album? For their love of The Beatles.
So special, so beautiful, the colors, the letter and number fonts… perfect!
And for one last hidden message. The last two rows flipped over say…
Love Aunt Em.
I feel sorry for you guys who don’t have Emily as a sister.
So cute! Love them!
emily- only you could be so creative and to make the boys their own special, customized toy! also, thank you so much for my gift subscription. i am so glad to have that, and especially coming from you!! love you, gma bev
This is SO COOL. I had to show my husband. :) Emily, you are so creative! And this is definitely a great heirloom.
This is probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Kudos to Emily and the boys and Jessie for have Emily as a sister!
Awesome! Seriously Emily – you never cease to amaze!
I would like to place an order 1) for Emily to join our family 2) for these blocks. AWESOME. Just thinking about how to create that puzzle on the side of the blocks makes my head hurt.
This has to be one of the best gifts ever and so creative! I think Emily should start selling them – I’ve seen hand painted block sets on wray for over $100.
Bad typing – somehow etsy came out as ‘wray’. Whoops.
From Arin at Ephemera’s mother….I LOVE these blocks!! So creative! By the way, good luck to Emily as she shows her art at Ephemera on Friday!
Lynda Wiebers