Category Archives: Cards

Happy Birthday Ray

June 12, 2020

Full Circle (from the Splendid Sampler series)

When I was getting ready for the Guild’s Spring Retreat last year (this year’s was cancelled due to Covid-19) I packaged up a few of my cards to work on. This one didn’t get done then but as I was sorting through some stuff I found the package and decided to make it.

I usually try to find something fish-related for Ray; not because he is a fisherman but he and Elizabeth have a number of saltwater tanks in their home.

During this pandemic I think the “Be Happy” message is a good one.

Meetings, meeting, meetings

Thursday, June 4, 2020 (Day 80)

Broken Path

After a couple of months of having minimal contact with anyone there were three online meetings scheduled for today. Two of them overlapped so I had to choose the one I thought most important. They both were to aid me with my Hall work but one of them allowed me to get a recording of the event so I let that one slide and Zoomed into the other one. This was a workshop that was supposed to have happened during a full day of training before the pandemic shut everything down. The presenters have broken the topics down to four different morning meetings. The meeting was informative but from the pre-reading and videos I watched before the meeting I’m not sure I learned anything. More meetings to come in the following weeks; no doubt I’ll get some ideas but whether or not I’ll follow through on them is uncertain.

Quilting Music (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

It was a quilting friend’s birthday today so I drove by her house to drop off this card. Not only is she a quilter but she also plays piano and is learning guitar. I remembered from looking through my book that one of the blocks involved musical notes – I had no idea that the name for the block would be so appropriate. We had a nice chat on her doorstep.

I picked up another book at the library today; again I had no idea what I would find in my bag. I looked on Goodreads and the books were both added to my “To Read” list a year ago so it is no wonder I don’t remember. I guess they must have been popular and it took this long for my name to come to the top of the list, or maybe I didn’t order them right away.

I was able to stop at the bank with my deposit today and I dropped a couple of bins at the recycle depot. The bottle depot still had a full parking lot so I didn’t stop. Yesterday on Facebook I offered all my paper grocery bags (and I had a lot of them) to anyone who wanted them. I had a good response and the woman who took them picked them up first thing this morning. I didn’t have room to store any more of them and it is nice to know there are a couple of places who can take the next batch off my hands.

Tonight I have a Zoom meeting for 100+ Women Who Care. I’m not sure how the voting will work but I learned a lot of technical things about Zoom this morning so hopefully I will be able to keep up.

Happy Birthday Sawyer

May 31, 2020

Free as a Bird (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

I know Spring has been a long time coming to Saskatoon but hopefully by now the birds are back and the weather forecast doesn’t include any snow.

Happy Birthday Peggy

May 27, 2020

Flowering Tree (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

This block is appropriate for a May birthday. So many trees are in bloom right now – dogwoods, lilacs, wisteria, all kinds of fruit trees. Many of those varieties are flowering in our own yard!

Peggy has a lovely big yard and it always looks well taken care of.