Not to be overly dramatic, but The Girl may as well live on the other side of the moon. Waco was a 1 1/2 hour stroll down IH35. But Houston is a hateful 3 hour trek down 290 and I10. She has subversive plans to get a dog as a birthday gift to herself. And I have subversive cross stitch to give her:
I'm having a lot of fun with that book, though I kept running into trouble trying to design my own. (much ripping out of mistakes!) I stitched a little sign that may be exactly what she needs to hear, considering the stressful time she's had lately. I found a pretty frame at JoAnn's with a white mat, rubbed a little glue stick on the back of the mat to lay it on the fabric, and trimmed the fabric.
The fabric was 25 cents at a thrift store and the scraps will be used to cross stitch bookmarks or small signs for magnets and such. Starching and ironing the reverse of the fabric helped me get it neat looking and centered in the mat.
Seriously, girl.
I like how it came out - just the right size for the top of her dresser.. I added a note to the back reminding her to breathe deeply and try to reason through all of the crises she's sure to encounter in the adult world.
But, because I also wanted her to have something to remember her 24th birthday by, we bought her this pretty from James Avery. Everything got boxed up with some Cashew Crispix Mix, and some Oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookies.
A lot of love from afar, AKA Home.
Gina
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I can so relate!! Kate was stressing this past week over her first grad school tests. She ended up with an 85, 97 and 96! And wanted to argue the 97! Keep it girlfriend and be happy! She felt fhe deserved a 100 given what her prof had lectured!! We missed her birthday last year and will again this year. It is hard and something we never planned for!
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