Willow Tree Angels Reviews

It's really hard to know what to give students graduating. I know. I looked all over town and kept coming up empty until I saw the Willow Tree Angels at the Hallmark Shop.

Willow Tree Angels are designed by Susan Lordi. She started making her angels back in 2000 and has continued to expand. Her idea was to capture emotions in figurines. She went with an angel idea and no features. This reminds me of the Amish baby dolls with no faces painted on. It makes the angels mush more versitle and open for the imagination of the giver or the receiver.

My thought was to give each of my advisees a guardian...

When I first saw Willow Tree Figurines, I will admit..I wasn't sure about them..I mean, they didn't have a face! lol  But when I picked it up, and looked at it from the different angles, it's like I "saw" what the artist's intention was...and I instantly found the ones that I related and connected to...mostly the Mom/Child ones... and I've been hooked ever since. :)

I first saw these Willow Tree angels in a Craker Barrel store and just fell in love with them!  They are made from a real Willow wood, and when you handle them you can just feel the quality and workmanship in them.  They come with a little gift card with a message that matches the figurine.  The figurines are made in a way that is easy to convey sentiments from the heart, and it's easy to find one that's just right for any ocassion.  Unfortunately, I couldn't afford to buy any at the time I first saw them.  Then I got a subscription to the Current catalog and they had some in there for almost...

I had seen the Willow Angels in stores several times before I received the first one as a gift.  I try not to be a collector of gifts but rather a giver of them, but this one was just so personal and meaningful that I kept it.

No long after that I received one from a student who who gave me the Angel of Knowledge from the same collection along with a card that made me know this too was a keeper.

I know have four such Willow Angel keepers.  They are unique as far as angels go. 

If you need a gift that says more than itself, check out the collection.  If you receive you, don't be too hasty in shelving...