I popped on the Stampington website this morning and look what I found.
Do you see it?
Here’s a closer view…
My article listed in the table of contents for the summer issue of Sew Somerset!!
I’ll tell you all about how the article came to be after I get my hands on a copy June 1st.
I can hardly wait!!
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.
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.
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.
Thought I’d also show you my seedings…
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?
This 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.
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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