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My mom asked me a couple of weeks ago if I might make her a few cards for the doctors and nursing staff that has been so good to her throughout the last few months. And she says because she would buy cards anyways, she would naturally pay me. Haha. Silly mom. I would be delighted to help you thank them.
I blogged about my initial reaction to my mom’s diagnosis here: http://daughter0fzion.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/no-one-ever-told-me-that-grief-felt-so-like-fear-c-s-lewis/. It has been about seven months since the first diagnosis. Seven months of major surgery, and chemo treatments… And tomorrow she goes in for her last round of chemo. Over and over my mom has told me she would not have traded this experience for anything.
We talked this afternoon about how she would continue with followup appointments, to make sure the cancer stays in remission. I suggested it’s hard to keep it in the foreground – and she disagreed. She does not want to ever be so far from this experience that she forgets how comforting the Lord has been. She does not want to forget how much even a simple card, or flowers, or sitting with someone through chemo days can mean. She does not want to take any of life for granted.
Mom, I am so very very grateful with you for the staff God has blessed you with, for the care you have received, for the support you have had throughout this journey. We are all be more appreciative of the breaths we take, and the memories we make because of the hard road you have been on. Soli Deo Gloria.
My best friend brought her hooligans over for the afternoon. Not to be confused with the sort of friend who likes to sit around sipping tea and eating bon-bons, I invited Heather out to the garage to help me letterpress. I really wanted to reuse a lace plate I have fallen in love with when I created April’s invitations earlier this summer, and Heather chose a fantastic shade of pink to ink up the press with. I had no idea when I went back into my studio what I was going to do with all of the gloriously inked sheets of cotton paper I had now in my hands; so when Heather jokingly suggested making them into invites for her ten year old daughter’s birthday invitations, I jumped at the idea to play around with them.
I loved being able to combine satin ribbon, glitter (glow-in-the-dark no less!), stamping, and letterpress. Throw in corner rounding, hearts on the envelopes and I think we’ve created the ultimate ten year old invite. These are incredibly girly, but still stylish. Happy birthday Sarah!!
It has been SOOOOOO long since I sat down in my studio just to create cards for fun. I honestly think it’s been about a year – which is sad because my love of card making is what brought me into this thriving invitation business I have going. It’s been an incredibly fun and inspiring diversion.
What’s not to love about chunky champagne glitter??
I used strips of brown suede ribbon, as well as metal hardware to add texture to this card.
A grunge, altered sort of look…
The advantage of owning your own letterpress? Running out to the garage mid play-time to create blind-hit “Thank You” card fronts. And, what’s not to love about combining it with a genuine Swarovski heart?
Letterpress, genuine Swarovski square, and plaid ribbon. Simple elegance.
Clear embossing powder, chunky glitter, Swarovski heart – love….
One of my favourite invitation styles, just “for you”. I love feathers…
I love you. And Plike paper. And really cool frames…
Simple and elegant.
The background design in yellow was letterpressed…
This was my favourite – because I love my friends, and because I love anything that has that rockin’ grunge look. The background was sprayed with glitter, the word friend was laquered, and there is just a lot of texture going on…
I love doing little projects – they give me a chance to get the creative juices flowing. Jenn came to me wanting some baby cards; she is a doula in the Windsor area, and would like to offer a written congratulation to her mommas.
I LOVE these cards. I am using the same images for my sister’s baby shower invitations (to be posted soon); I think they are sweet, while being modern and a little outside of the normal baby colour choices.
