Happy Birthday Mom!

My Mom's birthday is today! I won't give away her age, I know she would not like that. But I will say that she definitely looks younger than she is. I think it's all the playing she did in her preschool classes for all those years of teaching!

As I have mentioned before, Mom has always encouraged my creativity and is pretty crafty herself (in the art way, not the fox way)!

Today, I thought I would showcase a few things she has made for me.

My Mom started scrapbooking after I did, but she jumped in with both feet and loved it! She was inspired to look back at all her years of photos and sort them out into groups of inspiration.

She collected photos of me from all 12 years of school and put together a traditional 'school days' album for me. You only get to see some of the photos - my middle school photos shall never see the light of day!

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Once she got the 'traditional' out of her system, she started making mini books.

After I graduated college, I was a substitute teacher for a few months while I looked for a permanent position. And my Mom was inspired...

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And here is what happened when Mom came across a group of photos my Dad had taken when I was little:

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Apparently a 2-year-old and a red chair is pretty entertaining. This book has 9 pictures in it! Of me playing on my chair! :-)

I wish I had more of my Mom's creations to share, but this is all I have at my house. I know there is a hook-loop wall hanging that used to be in my Dad's office and a macrame wall hanging that used to be in our stairway. I wonder what happened to those...?

Anyway...

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Happy Creating!