For Ali's wedding planning I had made her a chip chart with the color palette, something she can carry around (I have one too, although mine is just a piece of black cardboard with the chips taped on). Her mom is in town this weekend and wanted one so I came up with this idea for hers.
Went through my stack of vintage greeting cards hoping I had a wedding one. Didn't, but found a few wedding anniversary cards. Taped the chips on the inside, and it nests sweetly in its own envelope.
"Our house was not unsentient matter — it had a heart and a soul, and eyes to see with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benedictions. We never came home from an absence that its face did not light up and speak out in eloquent welcome — and we could not enter it unmoved."- Samuel Clemens
I am probably the most content person you'd ever want to meet. I have a decent job working with people I like, a loving family including a swell Old English Sheepdog, a home where nesting and curling up on slipcovered sofas is required, and a life rich in creative crafting and daydreaming. I someday want a cottage at the beach where my grandchildren can bring sandy feet into the house, wet bathing suits can dry on the front porch and everything we need to get to is a bicycle ride away.
2 comments:
This is great. Something useful for them now and a sweet memento to treasure in the years to come..
What a great idea!
Gretchen
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