in one month

i'll be joining these

happy, peppy girls

in Italy!

counting the days

practicing packing

mailing ahead some packages

APO AE mail

weighing trial luggage

taking pink and blue

to welcome #5!

God Bless Us All! 

ps

hope there's room of

BB

in the mini van!

"If'd I known you were coming, I'd baked a cake."

words from my granny

so often I do need a cake

or a centerpiece to take to

a birthday lunch 

for a friend

~~

(i usually take a repurposed candelabra)

which by the way is always magically embellished

~~~

as i have always seen things differently

or in a new light ---

this old angelfood cake pan

needed a new life

 i painted the inside of the pan to look like cake

with a lemon layer

this can hold cards, party favors or little presents

i'm thinking that some birthday party blowers 

need to come out of the center

 the outside -  faux icing

happy birthday

& happy anniversary

or just 

oh, happy day!

oh, so true!

desk cleaning day

 after cleaning some of my ink pens

it was time to clean the desk

 cleaning or clearing?

doesn't look like either

but it is

oh, so magical!

this is a tower of

desk overflow

it too captures

the magic that

can

&

often is

created in this space!

what I created yesterday?

happy birthday 

cootie catchers!

"she's just a creative type girl"

Harper Elizabeth

this Angelgirl made me a grandmother (BB) for the first time

from the moment she came into this world

she captured our hearts

she added the magic & wonder of a child truly blessed

with loving, brave & devoted parents

with beauty, kindness, and an imagination 

on this mother's day 

she is performing in
Vicenza, Italy 

 her first musical - The Little Mermaid

the youngest of a cast of 8 - 18 yrs olds

added to her charm

she has confidence & talent for the arts

singing her way through each day 

spreading joy wherever she goes

in song & words

how I love her

she is so much like her mothermydaughter

& on this day I send my love to them

(& the three other Angelgirls!)

BB