Mother's Day this Sunday ...

Gosh I can't believe it is Mother's Day here this Sunday ... which means I have a son having a birthday on Thurs, my girlfriend's Fri & then it's Mother's Day ... where is this year going ... Here is one of the Mother's Day cards I made for my hubby's Mum & my Mum both in there 90's. I'm away for a few days with our daughters so this will be an early Mother's Day for me ... what more could I ask for to have them together as now that they are all adults with families of their own it is so hard to get the family together at one time ...

More Cards ...

Well I did get some more cards done yesterday ... hope they like them ...

Wedding Card ...

I can now show you the wedding card I made for our O/S daughter to give her girlfriend for her wedding this w/e. Yes it is another birdie one [ really do have these birds on the brain don't I...] but when I was at my daughter's place for Anzac Day she had the latest[here that is] Creating Keepsakes? think that was the name of the scrapbooking mag but ex-pat Emily Falconbridge had an article in this book about painting a bird book so this is how this version of my birds card came about ... Em was covering the bird book with paper towel - of course mine is a much smaller version but I still liked it as one layer of paper towel came off one bird so the birds are a tad different being one negative & the other positive - if you get my drift [OK got pull a piece of paper towel apart & you'll see what I mean ... ha ha] I painted them with pearl white paint & then highlighted them with gold paint - hope they liked it as it was going to be a 30 min card that turned into a 3 hour card - as I always seem to be so good at doing.... talking card making I'm off to my shed now to make another batch of cards today.
this evening I'm picking up my youngest daughter with her tiddly winks. They are sleeping over then in the morning we pick-up our O/S daughter who is staying an hour or so away for the wedding & then we are off up to our eldest daughter for a couple of nights ... poor old Pa has to stay at home with Gilly no more room in the vehicle [secretly he is pleased - time to himself ... loves the Grandies but only in small doses ... ha ha] So we should have a wonderful girlie/family time over the next few days. Well it's off to the shed now ... first things first...

New Banner ...

When I went to visit our daughter for Anzac Day even though we were only going to be there a day or so I just had to take something to do with my hands so had a banner ironed together to work on ... I still haven't quite worked out how I will hang it but am very pleased with the flow of colours & beads. I'm working on getting the colours to flow from one to the other - it's all a bit of fun. At present I'm setting up another straight banner for a wedding present for one of our daughter's friends - I know the wedding was this w/e but am I ever on time ... ha ha

He's a clever little Chap ...

Yes, he is a clever little chap but I must also congratulate his Mum [our eldest daughter] on her patience as I'm sure it became quite a 'chore' to get him to finish this little project for their little one day local Show. Of course he was as pleased as punch to win first prize with it in the Craft Section for Primary School age kids - he is 8 years old. He actually won quite a few prizes with different categories so won the overall prize for the most entries/wins. Good on you Jayden. When I was visiting them a few weeks back for Easter, J. wanted to have a go at a Fabric PostCard like I was working on so he drew his own car and put it together himself - he was having a few problems with getting the needle through - seems Marnie was using way to large a needle - thanks Jean for setting me straight with that one Gosh it's making life so much easier ... ha ha, anyway as you can see his did do a great job and I'm sure it will always be a 'keeper'. We often paint a canvas & decorate it for the Show but this is certainly something a little different.
My F-I-L did lovely Fancy Work [as it was called in those days] when he was a young man then he moved onto making mats outta old hessian bags & strips of old clothes with a special tool [sorry but the name of this evades me at this moment in time] - of course we must remember 'necessity was the mother of invention' in those days and they were living in a 'tent' house in a mining town in it's early days but my Hubby remembers them fondly. Dad has since past away, it would of been lovely to have had something of what he made but of course in those days 'a man making such beauty' was all a bit hush hush sadly, especially in the harsh realities of a mining town. Maybe J. has inherited the creative genes from both sides of his Mum's families.