Life is Beautiful!

Life is Beautiful! 

God is so good and has blessed us all with so many things to enjoy!

For Mother's Day coming up I started to think about what I could send to my Mom.  

Something that she could use, and enjoy as well.  

I'm like her...I like beauty and practical to mix.

I know she loves flowers and working in her kitchen.

SO I decided to make her a new fresh apron and a couple tea towels.

I pulled out some floral material that I had in colours I know she'll enjoy. 

Then I dug through my lace stash until I found some that matched nicely.  

Some with just a touch of frilliness, and softness. 

Then I also picked out a doily to match.  

It is so nice to start putting together items and seeing how things come together. 

I'm not one for trying a lot of new things, but stick with the things I know. 

I sewed the top border on after attaching the straps to the back piece, and that hid the stitches from the front, and I like the look of that better.  

I cut out a strip of each colour for the towels, and found 

some other lace to tuck under the edge of it.

Here are a couple close up pictures so you can see the pattern of the material better. 

Then lastly, what is a gift without a card? 

I put this together with a lovely printable from Shoregirl Creation's.

I embossed a piece of yardstick with a lacy folder and added lace. 

Then I felt it needed to be softened a bit more...so I added the cheesecloth underneath.  

Then come the flowers.  My family found these couple of boxes of flowers for me long ago and they were perfect for this.  Then I added tiny brads to the little flowers and rhinestones to the larger ones.

The stamp on the front of the postcard is from a new set that I found at the Dollar Store. 

I hope she enjoys what is coming her way. 

Thanks for dropping by! 

Jennifer