PASTELS IN APRIL

        Hello  there , how are all of you  ?  Are you enjoying  the weather??  We sure are  here  ~ another  day  of sun shine and temps in he mid 70's . Not too bad  for  a day in April in the  Midwest   : )
        How was  your Easter? Ours was  wonderful, I will be back  with pics  to share  in a day or two...
But for  now  I  have  some  book marks  to share .
          I have a special  friend  that  is invited to the Walk To Emasus  every  year  to speak, and  she loves to give away  gifts. This is the second year she asked me  to make  bookmarks  to go with the Bibles  she is giving away...After the very long winter  here  her only  request was  to use  these verses  again and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE  use pastels   maybe we can  get Spring to break  out here   : )

       I enjoyed  making these ~ such happy colors  ~ and I was able to use  up some  of my  stash. the inserts  are corner rounded and  edged in ink to match the back piece ,,,the  scripture is computer generated ( with help from my oldest grand daughter  ~ thanks Ali  girl )   the cross is  a favorite  little stamp  I have ... The ribbon work was  decided and done by my  youngest daughter,  she knows  ribbon is not my best  technique  lol   I corner rounded the bottoms of the back pieces, the  top was too snug of a fit with the ribbon in place...
       A valuable lesson learned  : )
                                                                     And a close  up

        Some of  you heard  me  wishing~ very loudly ~  that  I had not waited  until the last two days  to make these ~  Yes I  knew  for a month  or two  *  sigh .

So  there was  just  a few  time consuming steps,  since I  made  60  of these   : ) 

        I was not complaining,  well other than my back hurting  from bending over the  cutter  and snapping  the  metal guide on that cutter too    lol

          But I love doing these  for Miss Amy, I feel blessed to know her  and  honored to  do any thing for her  

So  now we wait to see if  it worked ~  So far  we  have  much sun shine  and  nice temps ...

maybe I should  have made them sooner  ???

I  hope to upload Easter pics to share,  we  have  my grandsons  birthday party tonight  and a 50 th Anniversary  celebration  to attend  tomorrow 

My Krista is doing the cake  : )  I cannot wait to see that  

So grab a glass of tea,  and  check in  in a day  or  two...  

As always, thanks for Stopping by  ,  

Smile  and  Enjoy  your day  

Soni