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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Thinking of You!

I am experiencing something that I am sure many others are going through as well. I thought I would share with you one of my ways of dealing with a sad situation. My Mom, who is now 88 years old, is living in an assisted living center in Florida. One of my sisters lives quite close by, but I am way up here in Connecticut where my other sister lives as well. She is in a wonderful place where she is well cared for and is very happy, but sadly, my Mom’s memory is failing and she gets very confused very easily. For some reason she continually worries about me, and though we speak on the phone frequently, she forgets that we have spoken. So I have started sending her “thinking of you” cards a couple of times a week.  If she has something in her hand that came form me it gives her a little reassurance that I am OK. Her favorite cards are the quilled ones which she displays proudly for all of her caretakers to see. It doesn’t really matter that she doesn’t remember when she got the card, it’s just a way for us to stay connected. Here is the most recent card.
I used a pumpkin card blank (N73148), I glued a 3/8” strip of brown paper down one side of card as shown and then glued a strip of 1/8” rust or light brown in the middle of the 3/8” strip. I then used the Sunburst border punch (N250037) to cut yellow borders for each side of the 3/8” strip. I used Dotto adhesive on the back of the strips because it is repositionable (I’m pretty sure that’s a word) and not nearly as messy as a wet glue. The directions for the flower are as follows:


1 Brown sculptured roll (12”) for center
13 Orange tight rolls (1.5”)
13 Rust teardrops (3”) for petals
1 Green strips (2”) for stem
3 Green marquises (3”) for leaves
1 Green loose scroll (1.5’)
Arrange as shown

5 comments:

Bronwyn said...

Lovely card! and a great idea.
My Mum is turning 80 this week and this is something I could do for here as she lives a 4 hoiur drive away

Shobana said...

This is just lovely! And what a beautiful thought to make it and send to your mum! :)
Went thru some of the the other posts and you make some lovely quilled creations :)

chillin with Quillin said...

very nice, love the flower!!!
Paula

Mihaela said...

Lovely card, beautiful flower!!!

kiddo said...

Very beautiful card with a lovely flower! The tought to send cards to your mother every week is so touching!