Tuesday Morning Sketches

Well, just thought I'd catch you up on the weekend "happenings".  My daughter did make it to the moon party, which turns out is a Chinese Harvest festival.  The "moon cakes" I was drooling over turned out to be an acquired taste - apparently they are made of bean paste and have an egg yolk in the center.  Good for her to experience, but obviously not the American "cake" as we know it!  I am hoping for some photos soon to show you from the big Sweet 16 party my son attended.  I can't think of a good way to describe it.  It had many elements of a traditional Quinceanera including a gift of her last doll to symbolize the change from childhood into adulthood,  and waltz.  In addition it reminded me of a formal wedding .  The birthday girl had her own beautiful dress, and was surrounded by a small group of young men and women who wore matching colors (dresses for the girls, and vest and tie for the boys).  There was a family style dinner with the birthday "party" at the head of the room and lots of dancing and music provided by a DJ all night!  They even had a mariachi band, and a formal photographer who I am hoping will be the source of my great photos as I did keep my distance.  Here's a photo of my son before he left the house.  He's a tall drink of water!  All that running is keeping him tall and thin!

Today I'm playing along with the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge.  We are going through an "Indian Summer" here.  The past few nights have been so cold you could see your breath.  Today it is summer all over again.  I threw on some shorts and plan to soak in as many rays as I can.  It is strange because although it is really warm out there is a constant shower of leaves raining over my head!   I am sure within a few days it will be back to normal!  Might was well let the stinker binker chase some chipmunks and get some exercise as she is confined to the yard for a while!

I decided to make a Christmas card with a new stamp from Serendipity featuring snow shovels leaning against a house.  This will be a common site at my house as perhaps your own soon I expect!  We have a snow blower but usually wind up going back to the good ole shovels.  I love the snow and the work isn't bad. 

 

I hope you like it and thank you for stopping by!  Serendipity is having their blog hop tomorrow and the special of the week is free shipping on all US orders over $10 from October 3-10

Hugs!

Jeanne

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Serendipity Shovels, Peace

Paper: October Afternoon Holiday Style Collection

Stampin Up Garden Green, Papertrey Ink Poppy Red, Stampers Select White

Copic Markers

Button Papertrey Ink

Gem:  Paper Studio

Dies:  Spellbinder Artisan Tags and Accents, Labels 14

Border Punch EK Success Dotted Scallop

7/8" Red Satin Ribbon His & Hers (Hobby Lobby)

Twinery Twine: Maraschino