Happy Birthday to my Daddy

I saw this quote on a card the other day…It is often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt; but some of her biographers dispute that. I believe it is a true saying, nonetheless… And since Daddy had a birthday coming up; the perfect excuse to try my first subway art with my little Silhouette Portrait.I should’ve chosen a different font for my initial foray into the use of transfer paper! Yeah – I had trouble with the thin spots in some of those letters.But I love the process! Most definitely will try this again.                       (just a shot from my phone before I gifted it to my father…)

Psalm 100

A Special Gift

My sister's birthday was mdjhe  owuierhths  qpotusf ummmmmmm -- only two months ago... Since she lives a few hours from here, it makes it a little difficult to "party" & I'm usually too cheap  stingy  tight frugal to ship things. I did make her a birthday card:

(little "Subway Art" for the card...)

So, this past weekend I had time to finish the project that I'd started way back in March.

Beverly & our Grandma Hull had a connection. (Being the youngest of the family, I'm sure there was some extra baby-sitting going on.) Grandma was a baker. I am fortunate to have inherited some of her well-worn, well-loved, & well-stained recipe cards. For some inexplicable reason, the top card on the stack was Grandma's recipe for her notorious Peanut Butter Cookies. That was one of their connections. 

(yup, that's Grandma's handwriting)

I don't know if Beverly got to bake them with her while being "sat" or if it occured during her "learn-to-bake" process. (I promise, I won't say a word about putting 1/2 cup vanilla into your banana milkshake, Sis...) I do know that during her college years & first few years of marriage, Beverly was the frequent recipient of Peanut Butter Cookie care packages from Grandma.

I found my "floating frame" at Michael's. It is soooo plain, I thought maybe I should "jazz" it up a little. But, I wanted the focus to be on Grandma's card, so I left it.

(back view of recipe card)

I opened up my embroidery software & typed up Grandma's recipe. I knew I wanted it on a dishtowel, but didn't want to embroider directly on the flour sack fabric (which tends to pull & stretch with this amount of lettering.) After choosing cloth for the lettering & the appliqué I got to work.

(my cookie even has "fork-y criss-crosses")

Happy Birthday, Beverly!

(Now Beth wants me to do Grandma's "Cherry Winks" recipe for her...)

SUBWAY ART dabbling

I l.o.v.e. the way these look. But, I can't afford giant canvas... & I'm a terrible sign painter.  Therefore, I will compose a bit on my computer:



hmmmmm -- not liking the top... Guess it needs to be all caps to fill in the space, huh?  Back to the "drawing board", I guess.  While I'm at it, I'll work up one for the family room...