This week we celebrated another birthday in our household. My six year old granddaughter, Molly, made a pretty flower fabric stuffed heart as a much loved gift; and I have been enjoying the gifts that my dear blogging friends, Taci, Betsy, and Teresa gave me last week. Taci gave me hand made soap and facecloths she crocheted. Betsy gave me a flower crocheted pin she made, some lovely lime cotton yarn, a perky wooden bird and a neat dpn sock needle guard she and her husband, Dennis, made. Teresa gave me some super soft acrylic gray yarn, a beaded zipper pull and a pretty necklace she made that has a Venetian blue glass bead on it. Thank you so much again, Ladies.
Saturday morning seven members of our household visited a new to us flower nursery near us in between some April showers. While we don't have Bluebells dancing in fields around us, as I have seen on some blog posts recently, we have been enjoying the pretty blue flowers that are spreading out in the flower bed in the front of our house.
Then on Saturday afternoon I attended the worship art group at a nearby
church. Our facilitator made the heart on the far right. I made the reddish heart on the lower left. We started off with white watercolor paper and spread blobs of paint over the whole sheet. After that dried some of us took a cardboard heart shaped stencil and traced around it. Some of us then took a splatter brush and splattered drops of paint on the heart and then used white paint around the heart shape. After that was dry some of us then started writing heart themed Scripture verses around the heart. We took group photos and everyone gave me permission to show you their work. Isn't the uniqueness of each work fun to see?
Gracie xx
Happy Birthday, dear Gracie. How lovely to see you surrounded by love and friendship. And presents.
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Thank you for the birthday greetings, Amalia! Our bloggy friends gatherings tend to include gift giving even if we are not specifically celebrating a particular birthday, because we rarely get together since Betsy lives a six hour drive away.
DeleteSo many lovely gifts. Really love those painted hearts.
ReplyDeleteBelated Birthday wishes, it was lovely to see you having such a good time with blogging friends, you were certainly blessed with some beautiful gifts. The painted hearts were a delight, quite inspirational particularly with scriptures written around them. They really would make a wonderful card for all occasions. The heart made by Molly is a delight.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the birthday greetings! This past week we celebrated Molly's other grandma's birthday and the heart that Molly made was for her. My bloggy friends and I often celebrate by exchanging gifts when we gather because we are rarely able to be together since Betsy lives a six hour drive away.
DeleteI always enjoy visiting you and your family on your blog posts. You welcome us in like a guest. Happy Birthday to Molly! I would like to see the fabric heart project after it's done. Your painted hearts turned out so neat.. playing with paint is always so fun!! I look forward to swimming with you again. ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeleteThe way I wrote this post has been confusing I can see from the comments :) Sorry about that. Molly made the cloth heart for her Grandma Bev whose birthday was April 18th. Her mom helped her with the finishing touches and I did not get a photo of it, but Grandma Bev loves it. I look forward to our next swimming day, too! xxxxxx
DeleteSuch a fun love-filled post Gracie. How fun to go see the flowers together as a family. I know you know how blessed you are. The hearts are all beautiful. It always amazes me that we can be given the same tools to work with and yet have such different results. God is amazing in His handiwork that way isn't He?
ReplyDeleteBlessings always sweet Gracie,
Betsy
You have been busy my dear Gracie. I love all the wonderful gifts from those lovley blogging ladies.
ReplyDeletehave a great week,
Meredith
Happy belated birthday! It looks like you got lots of love. So much handmade love in them!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it fun to create with a group and see all the different results?
Thank you for the birthday greetings! When my blogging friends Teresa, Taci, Betsy, Becky and I get together we often exchange gifts to celebrate our gathering because it does not happen often since Betsy lives a six hour drive away.
DeleteGosh happy birthday Gracie and beautiful artwork by you all ♥ Lovely flowers too xoxo
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Gracie! Loved the flowers--so pretty! And everyone did a beautiful job on the hearts--awesome to see the variety!
ReplyDeleteHello Gracie those gifts are gorgeous - I know they were not for your birthday or Molly's - though confess when I first read your post I thought it was Molly's. Hugs Anne x
ReplyDeleteYour artwork is really unique, glad you are enjoying family and friends this week. Jo x
ReplyDeleteFun stuff. Hearts...art, gifts, flowers....birthdays! Happy Birthday to your sweet grand daughter!!! We just celebrated our grandson's Noah's 9th yesterday!
ReplyDeleteSuch nice gifts from the ladies!!
xo Kris
Happy Birthday to you Gracie - what loving gifts from your friends and family. Lovely flowers and the painted hearts are so creative!! Happy Thursday :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday dear Gracie! So much love and friendship in this post. The painted hearts are so pretty, each one different and how special to add your own choice of words written around them.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your weekend.
Helen xox
All your hearts are wonderful! Those flowers give a lovely blue carpet. You are lucky to receive those lovely gifts from your friends. Sarah x
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