Lois' Birthday

Today is my friend Lois' 48th birthday! I am now making these Tillandsia plant & crystal combinations --- love them. Tillandsias are also known as air plants - they do not need soil so are great to hot glue to things - such as this amethyst crystal:

I am using this card to send my birthday wishes:

This bow is made of a very shear blue ribbon.

Popcorn Popping on my Apricot Tree

From my backyard this morning:

My little cousin, Kira, learned this poem years ago when she was in preschool:
I looked out the window, and what did I see,
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree.
Spring has brought me such a nice surprise,
Blossoms popping right before my eyes.
I can take an armful and make a treat,
A popcorn ball that would smell so sweet.
It wasn't really so, but it seemed to be,
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree.

I loved watching her little 3 year old self singing this song - - and now my tree is popping!!!!

Embroidered Dog

This embroidered card was made using a rather stiff floss - almost the texture of dental floss - so it makes the card 3Dimensional. I used a free pattern from the web.

I am giving this card to Lois, my physical therapist. She is going through a lot right now and I just wanted to give her a card as a little pick-me-up!

Birthday Card - for Ashli

Ashli and I have been friends since about 10th grade, although I met her in 8th - in middle school when my life sucked. Ashli was a part of the in-crowd; she was a cheerleader and Homecoming Queen. I was not in that crowd but was friends with some of the people in it - Ashli being the one whom I knew the best and liked the most. The in-crowd at my high school was affectionately knows as the "Bitch Clique." When they were all together, they sort of terrorized the school. It was a group of about 9 girls - mostly the cheerleaders - who all stuck together to put down and intimidate the other girls in the class. The popular boys did not have nearly the power or influence as these girls!

Ashli turns 40 on the 23rd!

Birthday Card - for Scott

This is the year my school friends and I all turn 40! Oh my goodness - are we really THAT old????

I am sending this card to a good friend from high school who now lives in Florida - Scott. Scott and I have had a weird up and down relationship from the get go. I met him in 8th grade and we went to a summer science school program between 8th and 9th grades together. We worked on a mouse & maze project - and wound up with a dead mouse that we buried in the front yard of the junior high in Petaluma!

Then, we were in almost every class together in high school. We were "just" friends but he wanted a whole lot more.Scott worked at McDonalds and totally feed my obsession with and love of Happy Meals - back when a Happy Meal was only offered sometimes - usually in conjunction with a movie release. I actually spent most of high school dating his best friend, but it was Scott and I who went out on dates. We use to go get all dressed up and head to San Francisco for dinners at fancy restaurants.

He turns 40 on the 22nd - Happy Birthday, Scott!