My First Valentine

35.  My sweet, sweet mother put together wonderful memory scrapbooks for 

my siblings and I this past year. 

It was amazing how she saved so many 

precious pieces of memorabilia from each of our lives: 

school papers, baby bracelets, certificates, Christmas wish lists,

notes we wrote to her and of course photographs.  I spent the other 

day just paging through this wonderful treasure of my life memories.  

And I came across my very first Valentine!  I was only one years old! 

 It was sent to me by my maternal Aunts, Grandmother and Grandfather.  

Inside it says, "Because you're such a darling tot, So cute in every way.

Everyone will want you for a Valentine today", 

and then they each signed it!

Isn't this the sweetest thing?

I realized this card is vintage now...February 1961.  Does that make me vintage?  

Happy Valentine's Day to each of you!  

I hope you each have a sweet day filled with lots of love and goodies!

And...Happy Birthday to my dear sister! 

"I've fallen in love many times...

always with you."

~Author Unknown <3

Handmade Card

25.  This Christmas I spent some time making special handmade cards for some very special girls.  I teach a girl's club class for 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade girls every Friday evening at my church.  We have so much fun together and it is always a highlight of my week!

Each week I like to prepare a craft for them to do together.  Sometimes, it goes along with our lesson...most of the time, it is just for fun.

So our last class before Christmas vacation, we had a snow storm and had to cancel...leaving me with a winter craft...for no one to do.  Well, I got to work and made them personal for each girl and sent them the craft to construct at home.  I found this idea in the Family Fun Magazine several years ago.  You can find the instructions here.   It really would be fun to make any type of make-your-own card...maybe for Valentines Day and fill the bag with items to decorate a card with hearts.  

Here are pictures of my handywork.

Cutting out the shapes...I needed a Martha Stewart circle cutter gadget!

I placed each item in a zip bag and then taped the bag to a window card.

Here is the finished product.    The girls had fun making them! 

It is Friday, and tonight we are talking about Grooming.  You know body shapes, face shapes, clothing and cleanliness.  My friend, who helps me in class, is a beautician by trade.  She will be giving the girls hair makeovers tonight!!!   Exciting!

"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, 

even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, 

awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. "

 ~Henry Miller