Summer is Near

Looking at the recent advertisements, bright colors will be in for this summer. This necklace is bright, multi-colored mother of pearl. It can be worn with a lot of different summer outfits that I have seen. It would be perfect to brighten up a white blouse or dress too.

The Bandage Card

Someone once asked me if I had any cards with bandages on them. I really had never considered making anything like that. But, when I got home I made this one. Jim's sister had some surgery this week so this card is for her. The bandages can hold the stitches on her.

Happy St Patrick's Day

I recently met with a group of ladies to make cards. I brought all the materials to make this card for them to send for St Patrick's Day. We had a good time making these and a few Easter cards too. I will post the Easter cards next month for Easter.

Happy Birthday Tom

Today is my baby brother Tom's birthday. It is one of those zero birthdays, so it bothers me probably more than him. My mom wanted him born on St Patrick's Day and his name would have been Sean Patrick. My dad who was of Scottish descent did not want that to happen so he drove my mom over the worst railroad tracks he could find to try to get her to deliver before the 17th. It worked so he is Thomas Patrick instead.

It is also Jim's niece Amy's birthday today. She is not quite a zero birthday but getting close.

Patty and Pi

March 14 is Jim's sister's birthday. It is also pi day. For those of you wondering what pi day is, you aren't a geek. If you take any circle and divide it's circumference by it's diameter you always get 3.14 and a whole bunch more digits. In fact, there is no end to the number of digits making pi an irrational number. So what does that have to do with March 14. Well pi = 3.14 and March 14 = 3/14, where the / means slash not divided by.

Get Well

My friend and Stampin' Up demo Lisa had to spend time in the hospital. Hopefully she is recovering well at home. I wanted to make a card for her, but it had to be something different. I wanted it to be something I learned on my own, not from her. I took her a candle holder that I made along with this card. The magnolia is made from a Christmas ornament punch! She thought it was a non-Stampin Up' product. My goal of surprising her was met.

March Birthdays

The birthstone for March is aquamarine or bloodstone as an alternate. We do not have anything to show you for this month's stone. We do have a few birthdays this month; my brother, Jim's sister, a niece, and a sister in law. Jim's dad's birthday would have been this month too. March is also when us geeky types celebrate pi day.