Having rest

Yesterday, (Thursday) was Mum's 97th birthday, I was up early to shop and cook, never got around to the cleaning lol..... I started Wednesday night with the trifle and 2 fruit cakes (which sunk) I think the oven is on it's way out again!!!Thursday, made 2 more fruit cakes and put the others in the freezer to use as puddings lol, banana cake, large sponge for birthday cake, creme patisserie, an orange cheesecake, cheese, onion and leek pie for the veggies, then the boring stuff like salad, sandwiches, pork pies and suchlike......the first visitor arrived at 12.30pm and the last got evicted at 11.15pm as I was knackered!! in between, we had 14 people in and out, Mum loved it all but asked to go to bed at 10. 45pm !! she slept until 1.45pm today when I had to drag her out of her pit lol, methinks, a little too much of the snowballs and sherry hehehehe............ anyway, here is the card I made for her, anyone who knows her, remembers the lines of washing she always had blowing in the wind ! I remember having to use the washing board as a child, dolly tub, posser and mangles, along with the dolly blue and starch, folding in the buttons on shirts and liberty bodices.All steeped the night before.... and how posh were we, when Dad bought her a machine with rollers !!!(but the bedding still had to go through the mangle) The excitement!!! (still, I thought I was the bees knees in 1968 when I had a twin tub!!before that, it was the launderette, taken on the pram on a Friday night, children in bed with him outdoors looking after them !) OKAY, the ones under 50 will not have a clue what I am talking about!! hehehe

Sorry if I have not been to visit this week, I will get round to you, life has just been hectic! lol

Papers new but with no name (from garden centre)
Crafters companion image
Coloured with Pro-markers
Chalked background
flowers from Wild Orchid
swirls from sizzix
ribbon from stash
viva pearl pen
loads of glitter

I am entering this into the following challenges;

Digi Doodle Challenge --------Butterflies

Southern Girls Challenge ....... Childhood memories (washing)

Flutterby wednesday Challenge ------ open, must have butterfly, angel or fairy

Pennys Paper Challenge ------ Happy birthday

Truly Scrumptious-------- things with wings

Bearly mine------------ anything goes



Thank you for your visit, I hope I have not bored you too much lol
Tilly x