Remember in this post, I told you that Bunny and I were working on a little surprise for Ella? After finishing up most of my Christmas shopping I knew I wanted to get her one more gift, but I wasn’t sure what. After seeing a post on Design Mom, I was reminded of Jennifer Maher’s amazing artwork and decided to see if there was enough time left to have her paint a custom piece of our very best friend, Paint Bunny.
This is one of the pictures I snapped and emailed to Jen the week of Thanksgiving.
And this is what I received in the mail just two weeks later. Let me just tell you that I teared up a little when I unwrapped the package. I knew it would be beautiful, but I wasn’t prepared for just how much like our sweet friend the painting would look. We ordered a 5×7 acrylic painting and the artist’s husband custom framed it for us. Now we just have to find the perfect place to hang it!
Ella was pretty excited when she opened her gift on Christmas morning. She was a little puzzled at first and said, “It’s a frame?!” When I asked her who was in it, though, a grin split across her face and bunny has been on her bedside table ever since. I told her that we wanted her to have something very special for her room and that one day when she was too big to sleep with bunny, this would remind her of her special friend. Her response? “Mommy, I’ll always sleep with my bunnies!”
