A wonderful family reunion filled our hours today. It's always so good to see my brothers again - wishing all of them could have been there. Cousins I had not spoken to in years ... the miles separate us and each with our lives filled with "busy". Catching up with dear sweet Aunts that I have such beautiful memories of. What a blessing to just sit and relax. I didn't once think about all the things on my "to do" list. No worries about "got to get groceries" or "there's a pile of laundry at home" or "I need to work on that presentation due Monday". No ... not today. Today was spent listening when my Aunt talked about her grown children fondly remembering them at ages 6 and 8. Today was spent listening to my cousin tell me about fishing and swimming with my brothers years before I was born. Today was spent hearing about my Dad and being reminded how wonderful he was. Today was spent counting my blessings.
I have a sweet ballerina card to share with you ... custom made for a dear friend. I just love this crocheted heart pattern. It's the perfect size. A cute crocheted flower with button helps to break up to amount of pink. One of my paper flowers (this one with a pearl center) works well with velvet leaves and dyed seam binding. Two stamped and fussy cut frames are part of my shabby layers. The smaller frame is from
Forever Young and the larger frame beneath it all is from
Papaya Collage. I also used the polka dot stamp from
Four Frames ... love it! And super easy to cut with the
Decorative Label Punch.
It's been a good day and I hope you enjoyed yours. Thank you for stopping by and spending some time with me!
