Saturday, March 9th was my Mom's birthday. Couple of things here.
1. My mom is awesome. I'm sure most people think their Mom is awesome but mine is awesome squared. I really do love and cherish time with her. So I wanted to make sure she knew that even though I can get busy and overwhelmed with things, I will always make time for her. Happy Birthday, Mom.
2. I LOVE Birthdays. Seriously. I love them. I probably love birthdays more than holidays (well except for Easter and Christmas - but hey Christmas is a birthday :)) That special day is just for you, I want to make sure it is special!
I asked Mom what she wanted to do for her Birthday and I got the typical "I don't know Charity...anything you want." Great... That leaves the door wide open and created an opportunity for me to plan for something special... something that I thought would mean a lot to us both.
My Mom has always been a crafty person. Since I can remember, she has always had some craft project going. When I was growing up, she and I would do projects together. I loved that time with her. We've made potpourri jars, angels out of some weird type of cloth, kitchen towel angels, wreaths (lots of these), and so many more...
Now I didn't have a really good game plan for the day with Mom. I just knew we would do something crafty. She wanted me to bake her a checkerboard cake, so I did that. We had also planned to have chocolate covered fruit (which didn't really happen...)
Side note - this is the cake she wanted... Not really Charity's style... For future reference, I prefer yellow cake with butter cream frosting... No fancy decoration needed :)
As we discussed what we would do for the day, a sewing idea came up. Why don't we make something for the house? I had been contemplating putting curtains up in the living room but hadn't yet for fear it would make it too dark. We decided to give it a try it anyway.
Now I am by no means an expert at sewing after this project, but I can at least operate the machine and the curtains/pillows turned out pretty well. I really look forward to learning more about sewing. I feel like it is a skill that can always grow. Enjoy the photos! Craft day with mom + learn to sew. Done.
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