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    T Tuesday: birthday edition

    May 5, 2015 - By 

    Happy Cinco de Mayo!

    Mi cumpleaños es el cinco de mayo. The only sentence I remember from my years of Spanish. Translation: My birthday is May 5th.

    Our lovely host for T stands for Tuesday, Elizabeth, sent me a a wonderful gift last week. She’s so funny…if you click on the image you’ll see what she wrote that makes me laugh.

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     We have a running joke about being late for each others birthdays even though they are within 2 weeks of each other.

    She sent me some of her wonderful handmade paper that I absolutely love and a beautiful handmade book.  I was having issues taking these photos so I apologize for them not being the greatest.

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    Each page has carefully selected words and images that speak to our friendship. I’m so happy to have received such a thoughtful and heartfelt gift. Thank you dear friend!

    I do know that Elizabeth is planning to share about this book later in the week and will likely have much better photos now that she has a good camera.

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    again…crappy photo. My photo mojo was totally off yesterday. The whole day was a bit off to be honest. Here’s to a better day!

    I plan to watch a mid-day movie from the comfort of my couch….possibly with an adult beverage…it’s my birthday I can do that.  No cleaning. I threw a roast is in the crockpot and the family can make the rest happen for supper.  A Tuesday birthday during the school year doesn’t work so well for an evening celebration. Too busy. The way I figure is I just get to celebrate longer as we have time. 🙂

    What are you doing today?

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    A second look: Travels postcard book

    May 2, 2015 - By 

    SecondlookThis month for Second on the 2nd I decided to share a second look at a postcard book…well, actually two books…I created to hold my postcard collection.

    The original post was dated July 13, 2011.  Come along for a trip down memory lane with me.

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    This spring I got back into swapping postcards on Swapbot.  Of course, they have other things to swap but I’ve had the most fun with postcards.

    Who doesn’t love getting mail, right?!

    What do you do with a big stack of postcards to make them a little more fun…

    You make a book!

    This book was a great size and had the perfect title.

    I made 3 tiny signatures and attached them to the cover with a pamphlet stitch. I used a dry adhesive tape runner on the front side of each of the postcards to “tip” them into the book.

    These postcards came from all over the globe…

    Places such as South Africa

    New Zealand

    Slovakia

    And as close as the next state.

    Years ago, before starting this blog, I made my first book to hold my postcards.

    Kind of a cheesy title….

    But I was happy with the the way a bound the signatures as well as attached envelopes to hold some extras.  Good thing too…the pockets are filled to the brim now.

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    T Tuesday: camp edition

    April 28, 2015 - By 

    Welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday! T stands for Tuesday_200

    Last week you may remember amidst celebrating our hostess Elizabeth’s birthday, I mentioned I had a busy week coming up. The reason was J and I were heading to Mother/Daughter camp for the third year in a row.

    After a chilly rainy start the weather turned absolutely beautiful!! Mid 50’s and sunshine!! We were busy from dawn to dark. It was exhausting but fun. Before we even left for home I heard “next year when we come…”

    We did lots of crafts….

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    journal and fiber wrapped pen with pompom

    leather stamping

    leather stamping…I plan to attach this to an upcoming journal

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    wooden chalkboard…I plan to do something more with this to make it a bit more pretty.

    There was also a locker size magnetic white board decorated with fancy duck tape but that must have went to school already.

    In addition there was horseback riding…horse barn after ride

    and the highropes course that included a zipline.

    I wanted to embed a video here but it’s not working out…so you’ll have to imagine J zinging along a wire over a ravine.  🙂

    We had a wonderful time!

    This morning I sat with my coffee signing paperwork for my boy’s second day of driver’s training classroom instruction.IMG_0354

    Time passes oh so quickly!!

    I’ve got more paperwork to take care of today as well as a small mountain of laundry.

    What are you doing today?