back in action...with a giveaway!

hola!  back at the homestead after a full day of travel.  costa rica is awesome! if you ever go, i highly recommend our bed and breakfast, sueno del mar.  two of my friends had already stayed there and loved it (plus the travel guide books deem it a favorite which doesn't hurt), so i had a feeling it would be wonderful, and it was.  only six rooms and they serve you a three-course breakfast every morning.  i know!!  i didn't even know that was possible!  but it is and it was divine.

how cute are these little planters they had lining the walkway to the open-air breakfast room?  i tried to find some similar ones to bring home, to no avail.

oh, and how did the driving go?  horribly.  well, maybe i am exagerrating a little but not by much.  funny that when you are renting a car in a foreign country, no one mentions the small detail that there are no road names.  yes, that's right, as in...no road names.  a couple of highways had numbers for names, i'm sure given by a neighboring country.  directions are given such as "100 metres from the surf shop" or what have you.  it makes for quite a challenging five hour drive from A to B; thank goodness we opted for a GPS in our rental car.  here is what it told me, time and time again.  (oh yeah, and only the highways are paved.  btw.)

so, we hopped a small plane back to the main airport and turned in our rental car the second day.  double phew.

i really thought i was going to find some stationery indiginous to costa rica to show you guys, and even do a little giveaway for what i found...it was going to be that cool and you were definitely going to want it.  in my head, it was something that i bought on the side of the road, was made from beautiful handmade paper and had a little spanish flair to it.  well, i guess they don't write too many notes down there, because how would it ever even get to the intended person with no way of writing down an address on the envelope.

so instead, i'm going to do a giveaway of calliespondence stationery!  how about 12 of these foldover notecards, customized for you (monogram or full name), and i have a few different colors for you to choose between.  all you have to do is leave a comment - just any old comment, doesn't have to say anything special - and i'll randomly choose a winner on thursday.  fun!!

good luck!  it's great to be home.
xo