Out of my Ordinary

My Mom had a set of prints that were in her living room for a long time. The color faded out of them (the room has lots of windows) and she wanted me to do something with them.
So we took them out of the frames and I pulled out the watercolors. Mom brought out a pillow and some of the fabrics from the living room to match the colors.
She took photos while I brightened up the colors and refreshed the look of the three pieces.
I brightened the colors and added a few of my own. Mom made a comment that one day they'd be mine, then we both had to laugh because this sort of thing isn't exactly my taste.
We put them in the living room and took a quick walk around the neighborhood. When we got back we looked at them again and I made a few adjustments. Mom washed the glass and I popped them back in the frames and put the backs on again.
Brightened up and ready to rehang.
Now she has exactly what she wanted and I had an interesting afternoon with Mom. I'm guessing she hung them only moments after I left her driveway. =)

Making a Cordial Invitation

Today I made invitations for my parent’s 50th Anniversary Open House. I started out by printing up the information on the paper.

I scanned in the photos and printed them out in small black and white squares, and trimmed them up on the paper cutter. My parents were such cute Mennonite kids when they married! And now they are seasoned and full of wisdom. :)

Add in a little colored paper in my Mother's favorite colors... lavender, purple, plum...

Trim them all up, make sure there are enough!

I used the paper cutter to crease the paper exactly on the measurement.

All the folded papers waiting for the photos to be attached:

So then I added the front photo to the left flap.

And using that as a guide I then placed the second photo directly behind it on the right flap.

So on the front is the old photo, after you open that you see the new photo and on the inside in the invitation.

There they are, alllll done! Yay! So they were stuffed, stamped, sealed with golden seals and sent on their way this evening. There's gonna be a party, and I'm doing the cake. It's going to be a fun celebration! :)

I'm delighted that these two got married some 50 years ago and that they had my brother and I. They are two amazing people (and my brother is spectacular!) and I'm a very lucky girl indeed to have them in my life. Thank You Jesus!