Creations

I like creativity. I like making things look great. It's difficult for me to throw things together and call it good. That's not enough for me.

One thing I love to make is cards. In fact, I've stopped buying cards for my family members on their birthdays, Mother's Day, or Father's Day. Maybe I should develop my own card company...

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I really enjoy personalizing them and sometimes even try to add pop-ups. Ok, so maybe creating a card company wouldn't work after all. This particular one I made for my grandmother's birthday. My husband likes to 'sign' celebrity names on birthday cards sometimes so I decided to add a picture of a celebrity. (Turns out it was a celebrity my grandmother used to look up to and adore.) Fun times!

I also enjoy making gifts too. Last Christmas I tried to make as many gifts as I could. I'll think I'll do the same this year. It definitely takes more time, but I think it means more and makes me feel good!

Below is the gift I made my grandmother for her birthday. She's a Red Hat member, but doesn't have any accessories to wear to their get-togethers. The crazy thing is that she thinks I might be able to sell my little creations to some of the other get-together-ers. I've never made anything worthy of selling before... I'm kind of excited!