Monday, April 18, 2011

A Couple Previous Projects

Hello again everyone.  Were you worried that I would disappear for a while after getting all those pics from Chicago posted? Nope, I'm here.

As some of you are aware, I recently lost my mother and while I was up home for the services, I found a couple projects that I had made for her as a Christmas Gift and a Mother's Day Gift a while back.  As sad as it was to have to bring them home, I'll always have them as a great memory.

When I was growing up, Christmas was always a big deal in our house. After Thanksgiving was done and December was rolling around, Mom and I would start pulling out the Christmas decorations.  Mom was a classic decorator and she felt Christmas was elves, shiny ornaments, snow and toys.  For Christmas one year, I made a couple elf dolls and placed them inside a trunk full of decorations.  My thought being, they were about to start decorating the large snow covered tree behind them.  She told me the little mischievous one in the trunk reminded her of me when I was smaller.  I loved the tinsel and I was really good at getting it tied up in knots.  I love the way the elf in the front is sitting there patiently (or not) while the smaller elf gets untangled.  I need to find a dome or creative box to put this in so it stays pretty.



No anyone that knows my mom would know just how much like her this next project is.  My mom grew up in a small house on the side of a mountain in Virginia. She was a true country girl from the top of her head to her toes.  She used to talk about bringing water in from outside and putting it in the sink.  Everything in this project says MOM.  Growing up there were always African Violets on the window sill in our kitchen.  In the summer, tomatoes were grown and canned so we would have fresh tomatoes all year long till next summer. I remember well the speckled pot she would cook in and the small "hen in a basket" that she spoke fondly of from when she was growing up.  To this day if you open up a cabinet in her kitchen, there are TONS of pots and pans.  I'm not sure why she had so many, but we were never short of something to cook in or serve dinner in.  I can almost smell the breeze through the window while she cut up tomatoes for canning.


Thanks everyone for letting me do a bit of remembering.

Till later!

10 comments:

  1. What Beautiful memories, I am sure your mother treasured your gifts. I know I treasure the things made by my daughter.

    Hugs
    Victoria ❤

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  2. What lovely little scenes! Your mother must have treasured them. Thank you for sharing your memories.

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  3. Thanks Victoria and De. I was always making something for mom since I was little and we found a lot of it. :-) Mom was good for "Putting things away". LOL

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  4. fab scenes and even better stories :D Linda x

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  5. Oh Dale, I'm so sorry to hear about your Mother. Remember our chats about your trips back to DC? LOL Your gifts to her are lovely! I'm sure she looked at them and drew comfort about her "Little Boy" being so far away! Yes, we mothers feel that way! No mattter what thier age! LOL! I got my wish, Chad, my 30 year old from Myrtle Beach is now living here with us and I am enjoying every minute of it! Guess what, he loves mini's!

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  6. Thanks Linda. Memories are a wonderful thing!

    Heather, how awesome that your son loves doing minis too! Sad he moved away, I was going to look him up this summer in Myrtle Beach, but I guess you are loving him being closeby. :-)

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  7. I'm sorry to hear of your loss, Dale. It's wonderful that you have those minis to remind you of her.... what a thoughtful and creative son... she must have been proud of your creativity! I particularly like the tangled up elf.... what are they made of??... Is it porcelain or paper or what?

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  8. Sorry to hear about that big loss in your life... but thanks for taking us with you on that road to yesterday's memories. I'm convinced your Mom kept your gifts like treasures - because treasures they are.

    Greetings
    Birgit

    P.S.: Bill asked me to say hello to you! (LOL) I'm a true fan of that Google translation, whenever I'm in need of a good laugh I translate my own posts to English... and get transformed into "Bill". Shocking!!! ;O)

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  9. Daydreamer, the elves are porcelain body parts and then I dressed them. The chest is one of those cheap wooden Micheals treasure boxes they sell all the time. I think the tree is from Lemax who does all the Christmas houses.

    Birgit, or should I say Bill HAHA, My mom kept them in her bookcase in her living room all year long, even the Christmas one.

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  10. Such a sweet post. I'm sure you've done your mother proud. :) Thanks for sharing this with us. :)

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