Along with the usual chocolate bunnies and decorated Easter eggs, a well thought out gift is especially appreciated.
I was just blessed with such a surprising Easter present.
A spurtle.
The gift was courtesy of Canadian blogger, artist, and master craftsman Derek Andrews of Marketing Mania
Derek Andrews is located on Canada's breathtakingly beautiful East Coast, in River John, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Along with writing his highly informative business blog, as a marketing component for his crafts and woodworking website, Derek is a craftsman in the truest sense of the word.
One of the absolutely beautiful items that Derek creates is the spurtle.
A spurtle is a traditional Scottish wooden kitchen tool used to stir the classic Scottish pot of oatmeal porridge.
The high quality spurtles that Derek makes, are about one foot (30 centimetres) long, and are a similar diameter to table knife. Made of wood, expertly turned and decorated, Derek's spurtles are polished to a finish much like fine china.
In the spirit of gift giving, I gave my Mom the spurtle for Easter. She has Scottish lineage (nee Buchanan), and is very proud of her heritage.
Each year, my Mom and I attend the local Scottish Highland Gathering. Along with hearing the skirl of the bagpipes, there is highland dancing, more bagpipes, and heavy games.
And did I mention, more bagpipes.
With that in mind, she now has given the spurtle a place of honour in the kitchen, as an art piece.
The spurtle is simply too beautiful to use.
Since I know that you will want your own spurtle, to add to your kitchen and even art collection, be sure to visit Derek Andrews' crafts website called Seafoam Woodtruning Studio, and his Marketing Mania blog.
