I think I’ve frozen some brain cells. I’ve been messing up
dates and so far I missed the annual Christmas luncheon with the group from
Aqua Fit and missed the Christmas luncheon with the group that makes quilts for
kids with cancer. Both times I’ve been a week off. Now with the last one there
is a funny story. It was a pot lunch and I was going to make a casserole (which
is what started the casserole carrier/cover sewing) and had everything ready to
assemble Sunday night. However I had a doctor’s appointment in the morning as
well so being raised right, thanks Mom, I emailed the hostess and told her
about the appointment and told her if the doctor was running late that I may be
a little late as well. She emailed me back saying I was a lot more than a
little late, the luncheon was the Monday past. Oh oh. My bad. Now, did she give
us printed invitations – yes. Was it sitting right beside me at the computer –
yes. Did I open even once to check the date – no! She gave them out at the last
quilt get-together and my friend asked what date the luncheon was and someone
said 16
th. Now, she must have been answering someone else but my
friend and I both thought it was the 16
th. She said she wasn’t able
to go that day but I was going to go and as soon as I got home I wrote down the
16
th so I wouldn’t forget. The best of intentions gone awry once
again. Now comes the funny part. As I was explaining all this to Joe I said it
was good I had sent her an email saying I might be late so I didn’t show up
with a casserole and we both said at the same time: him – “That would have been
embarrassing”. Me: “That would have been funny”. He looked at me like I was
crazy and said, “That would not be funny. It would be embarrassing”. I just
laughed and told him I thought it would be funny and if she hadn’t started
lunch yet, I would have stayed and shared my casserole. He just shakes his head
at me. Obviously I’m hard to embarrass.
After lunch we decided to walk to the mall. Yikes, not the
best idea we’ve ever had. We had a major snow storm on the weekend and the
sidewalks are not cleared well at all and it was tough going. However, I did
get some much needed exercise and finished my Christmas shopping – 100% done!
Now to wrap everything – which I actually enjoy.
I’ve had enough snow so I’m posting a card without any sign
of winter on it at all. Today’s card is another card for a man, but instead of a
car, it’s a fish card.
This card turned out better than I thought it would. It was
another experiment using those stickers
that are just the out line of an image that I call peel-and-stick and some left
over paper. I peeled off the fish and glued it to a piece of paper that I had
sponged several colours on and cut around the edge – same with the shells. I
had die cut a label from that grungy brownish-gray paper for another card and
decided to use it up instead of tossing it. So, I die cut another label in
white from the same die and then cut in about 1/8” all around to make it a wee
bit smaller than the other opening. The brown paper with the negative die cut
label was grunged up a bit more along the edges and then glued to a navy blue
piece of cardstock that I ripped the bottom off. Then the fish was glued to the
white label and then glued inside the negative space. Then I added some clear
gems to look like air bubbles. Then the shells were added and the
peel-and-stick sentiment. My cousin’s husband likes to fish so this card is
likely going to him.
That’s it for a snowy cold Tuesday.
Cheers
Violet
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