Father’s Day

A belated Happy Father’s Day for yesterday.  DH had a lovely day – a cd from DS, another cd from our 2 cats and his favourite meal in the evening.

I made 2 cards for DH: 1 from DS and one from the cats (I know, how sad am I!).  I also made a card for my FIL.

DS wanted his card to incorporate a cupcake (mainly due to my recent bakes!)

I made this card from the girls – I based it on an eye test chart.

This one was for my FIL.  He is a keen gardener, so I thought it would be nice to make a card with a deckchair in the garden (relaxing on Father Day sort of thing).  I even included a miniature newspaper.

Anniversary card

I am now able to show the anniversary card that I made last week, as it has been sent and received.
















Similar in style to the engagement card (see previous post), but this time I added two silver horseshoes and some handmade paper roses.

Engagement

I always have a list of cards to make in addition to items for the shop.

This card is a special one, well, all engagements are special, but this one has a story behind it.  It is for a friend who I have known for 40 years!  We started school together when we were 4!  After leaving school we lost touch but Wendy found me on Facebook.

Imagine my surprise when she told me she was getting engaged to somebody we had both been to school with – how lovely!

 

Card information:

Dark blue aperture card blank embossed using Sizzix texturz “Lots Of Love”

Names were cut from light blue card using Sizzix decorative strip alphabet “Wingo Zingo”

Here’s wishing them both every happiness

The exam

Just over a week ago we took our silver dance exam.  We had to dance 4 ballroom and 4 Latin: waltz, quickstep, swing fox & tango; cha,cha,cha, rumba, salsa & jive.  A little fanfare please – we PASSED.  Our marks were comparable to last years, although this years exam was more difficult as we now know more steps.  We equalled or bettered last years marks and I was overwhelmed (and very pleased) to see we had three 9- between us.
With the exam out of the way and with lessons not starting again until September we can now look forward to a summer of dancing (see previous post) – I can’t wait.
Thanks again to DH for being a great dancing partner and we are both looking forward to starting our third year, especially as we will be learning the Paso Doble. 

I'd also like to thank everybody for their kind messages of support & congratulations - they were much appreciated.  Also a big thank you to our son and our fellow students, who were absolutely fantastic supporters on the night - you are a nice bunch x x x x