She Wears the Crown

My daughter Eliza graduated from college this last Saturday. On Friday afternoon she came to me wanting my help in decorating her hat for the ceremony. Little did I know that was a very big deal these days to have decorated your own cap. So, we did. We sketched out a dream catcher with white pen and filled in the circle with purple glitter (of course) and then hot glued ribbons, feathers and "bling." Lots of bling. And then she graduated. And her very short mother didn't get very many good pictures being so short......... but she felt very proud. The day was hot. The graduation hat and gown came off and she wore the crown imageanchor="1" > That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Thanks for visiting.

I Knew He Would Fly

My son, Marshall, graduated from college this weekend, a bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. Of course, I am proud of him as his mother for having achieved this goal, but I am also impressed with his drive, perseverence, artistic gifts and abilities even without being his mother. And so, like all graduates, he begins a new chapter. I made him a card. Here is the cover. Here is the inside. Here is a closeup of the inside message. And here is the backside. I also made him a banner (in a matter of several hours)on brown paper- you know the kind that is used for stuffing/packing. I really had set out to make something to wrap a gift in but it turned in to more of a banner. IN order to photograph it I had to tape it to a door. This is how it started.And then I added some pictures of him at certain points in his life and it ended up like this. Here are some closups. Lastly, I don't know too much about graphic design other than it is big part of this world today. I spent some time going to my son's website. It was pretty "mighty." I hope your weekend has been a good one. Thanks for visiting..............................jo I am linking this to Aimee's Glue it Lounge on Tuesday since there's a heckovalot of gluing and pasting going on here.