I am not one to go in for this stuff but in Sleepy Rosie's dreams I see parallels.
Bithday = Deathday (I know your Mum passed away at around this time of year) So a major life event is in your subconscious. Maybe Mum or your subconscious is speaking to you with elegantly wrapped present, that it is good to celebrate gifts.
Tidy lounge desire or message to order your life or make sense of events.
Electric guitar gift = Mum's Left handed guitar (perhaps ambivalent feelings about taking your mom's love and gift of music forward and/or encouragement that you should do just that.
use of Mudcat name - you said it yourself an identification with new found interest and desired participation in folk music. That could be a message of approval from either your subconscious or from your Mum.