a friend of mine

I have a very special friend named Marge.  I see her twice a week, at church-related events.  She is 86 years old and one of the sweetest women I have ever met.  Marge is opinionated, loves to tell stories, cares deeply about her friends, and, as I learned last week, enjoys spending time in her garden.

I currently live in a miniature studio apartment (no patio or garden or anything), and growing or keeping flowers is quite the challenge. I've had to be creative when I want flowers or living things.  My poor excuse for a dining table isn't even used for dining, anymore.  Flowers and crafts.

Anyway, I had no idea Marge loved to garden.  Last week, Marge and I spent a few minutes talking about flowers and gardens and her low-maintenance yard.  She had spent all afternoon pulling weeds and had a sunburn, but looked happy.

This week, she surprised me!  She brought me flowers from her garden!  She had remembered that I love having flowers in my apartment and brought me lilacs from her own garden.

Aren't they just beautiful?

Quote for this week

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Plato

a cheerful note

Good morning! Look what I've been working on this week already!

I've decided to focus on a few paper crafts for a while.  I've never really had a chance to spend some quality time just with paper, so what better time to do this than in spring when I feel inspired to be crafty?

The only downside?  I ended up spending way too much time in PaperSource this evening.  Whoops!

What else could I add to these to make them even cuter?

P.S.  If you click the picture, you can find them on my new Etsy shop!

a spring wedding

Exciting news!

I'm headed to a wedding this weekend.  This is exciting for a few reasons:

1.  It's a wedding!

2.  It means a trip back to the town where I went to college. It's so beautiful up there (in Massachusetts).

3.  I get to find and wrap a present.  Love it. 

So, this time around, I decided to use some baker's twine and make my own card.  The lace I found at a local craft store that's going out of business.  They had a whole shelf of trimmings super on sale! I had to find a cute way to use it, and what better way than for a fellow redhead?

What do you think?  Don't you just love the teensy clothespins?