Shannon's Surprise

I was in Joann's last week and took a moment to wander through the clearance aisle. I was looking for small storage ideas for sewing notions, but since I had a few moments, decided to look at appliqués. 

 When I spied these large horseshoe appliqués, I snapped them up.  

I had a project in mind that needed large horseshoes and had been thinking about embroidering them since I have a variety of horseshoe designs in my digital files.

But those horseshoe appliqués were the perfect size and would save me a lot of time. Unfortunately, I needed four horseshoe appliqués, and there were only three available. I brought them home anyway and decided I would look for more online.

A day later, I got a nice card from my friend Shannon Rodgers. Guess what was tucked inside?

Three more of the horseshoe appliqués! Shannon had found them while shopping and thought I might be able to use them, even though she had no idea I was looking for more!

Shannon being Shannon (she is very generous), she'd found some other appliqués that she included in her surprise gift. 

Thanks, so much, Shannon! I will put these appliqués to go use and appreciate your thoughtfulness.