Gift Giving

 A friend of mine retired recently and yesterday was her retirement party.  She is a much loved teacher and will be sorely missed.  I wanted to give her a special present to commemorate her years of dedication.

   I hired an artist to paint these Tom's shoes for her.

 My friend is an artist and a language teacher so I thought she would get a kick out of these.  She always wears interesting shoes too.

 I think when you are giving someone a gift, you should put a lot of thought into it.  Thoughtless gifts are insulting.

 I feel that if you can't give thoughtful gifts, you shouldn't give a gift at all.

 I gave her this framed saying which I had made for her too.  Her name and the date are on the bottom.

 I also like to wrap presents as nicely as possible. It shows the recipient that you took time to make the gift special.

I wrap my gifts elaborately so the people receiving them don't want to open them.