I gave my mom a wonderful gift this past Mother's Day. The gift of knowing that I am just like her. The was I did this, however, was by not mailing her actual gift in time for it to get there. It gets worse, though. I didn't even have the gift finished! Worse- it's July & the stuff is still sitting in a corner of my craft room! I decided I would just bring it with me when I got to see her in August. Nevertheless, here a a couple of pictures of parts of the present.
This is a home-made potholder made with love (see the little hand-stitched heart!). I was actually practice making the pinwheel quilt square. More on THAT subject later....
Part 2 of the present is a bunch of herb seeds, a trowel, garden gloves, and these cute little seed markers that I made out of goodwill silverware. I got the idea from a magazine (either Better Homes & Gardens or Southern Living).
I just hammered the silverware flat (on the basement floor), and t
he used my metal stamps to imprint the names of the herbs. Finally, I filled in the stamped letters with sharpie marker, wiping away the excess with a baby wipe. The stamping part is probably the hardest, because the silverware jumps all over the place as you try to hammer the letters into the metal. I have to have the boy help me because each time I'd try to hammer one letter, it would bounce. It kind of looked like the word was stuttering (rrrrosemmmmary) ! But most, of them turned out okay.
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