No, I mean one of my VERY FIRST cards!!! I made this card for my grandma when I was 8 years old. When my grandmother died, and we were sorting through her things, she had a small stack of things that I had given her or were special to her about me together in a dresser drawer, and my mother gave those to me. Anyway, I suppose because my grandma thought they were special, now I have saved them all and get them out occasionally and look at them. There were things you would expect a grandma to keep: my baby announcement with my pointy-headed first baby picture, a lock of my hair in a wax paper envelope she made, various letters and cards I had sent her (she lived in Virginia and I didn't get to see her very much, so I wrote letters to her and she wrote back). Anyhow, this card was in there:
Of course, the top picture is the front of the card, and below is the inside with my letter and more flowers and a bird that I had colored.
Wasn't I special--guess I thought a pink rhino with yellow flowers eating another flower was something my grandma would love and cherish for years! Well, she did. That just goes to show you how special cards are to the ones we send them to. I am sure she didn't think this was going to be featured at an art museum any time soon and would be valuable, but she kept it because I SENT IT TO HER.
That is the way people treat the cards we make and put our special touches on, and that is what I want you to remember as you create special cards for those you care about.
What a sweet story Jan! That's just the thing about making cards for our loved ones, they do treasure them no matter what flaws me may think they have!
Posted by: Carol Payne | February 23, 2010 at 06:54 PM