She's a Star!

I went to my mom's today, to do a wee bit o' cleaning for her.  My camera was there, so I took pics of this rug, that I named 'Star', inspired by the prop I grabbed.  Star is a name- let's not forget Star Jones.  Mom had wanted me to make her friend a rag rug, so that's why I took this rug there and why I went ahead and took photos there.  I may never see Star again.  (Hmmmm-that was confusing!) Anyhow, this rug was made from thrifted t-shirts, some double knit fabric I found in my basement, and some fabric from the braided rug that I had made for the Handmade Home Project.  Yes, I tore Maddie's rag rug apart.  I hadn't sewn it together very good and I like the crocheted rugs better, and plus I needed some more red fabric.

And here's a better shot of Berry.  The reason Berry was at mom's house is because on Sunday, after church, in the parking lot, I had shown her my two latest rugs and she asked if she could have Berry-so Berry's hers now.  I think he's 'berry' handsome.

I also took Mom a bundle of note cards that I had made from some of my own images.  (That strawberry pen smells like strawberries.  Love it!)

I've had cards printed from my own photos before, but I wanted to do it again after seeing an article by Emily Falconbridge on Today's Mama.

I purchased some of the note cards from Shutterfly.  I had a 30 dollar credit for transferring photos there from a company that is going out of business (Photoworks)-over to Shutterfly, otherwise I probably would not have ordered them.  They are not cheap, especially if you are not ordering large quantities.

The top two cards here are from Vistaprint.  They are a little bigger than the Shutterfly note cards and just as nice.   I got 10 of each print.  They were 'free', except they weren't because they charge you for uploading your own photo and shipping.  They came out to be less than a dollar a piece-which I didn't think was too bad for something personalized.

I've rambled on long enough, I hope you have a lovely day!