….are gifts from the heart.
Today was my last day at the community centre for the year. We are having 3 weeks break as of today. I’m kind of sad, but looking forward to a nice relaxing break though.
I received lots of Christmas cards today and a few very special gifts.
A lady in my craft group knitted these for me by herself! So clever :)
received this from the centre Manager... I love papaya and Papaya Suzuki :) And I seem to be getting a lotus theme everywhere I go these days! Need to look up the meaning...
I received this from our mentor in the women's group I'm in, she hand made it by leadlighting the wings and putting glitter, the colour was done especially for me, and she put a magnet on the back to stick on the fridge :) Did I mention I'm a big fan of dragonflies? :) They mean "transformation" by the way
This is a very very special present from one of my students in the art class, she used her glitter pens to draw me some Holly. :)
I also attended the last silk painting workshop for this year except that we didn’t use silk, we used cotton. I painted an apron, since I don’t really have one. I used Yellow as the base, and added pink. I wanted it to be splotchy because I like that effect, so it’s not that there wasn’t enough paint ;) In some parts the pink and yellow went together and made orange but I like it. I also used epsom salts right down the middle and you can see the effect it had in the closer shots. I’m pretty happy with the colours. The reason I chose those particular ones is because:
Yellow means hope and happiness
Pink means universal love
Orange means vitality with endurance
All great things to resonate with at the moment don’t you think? :)
I also got a book I ordered in from the book club, it’s an Asian Cook Book, it has 500 pages and details cuisine from Japan, China, India, and Thailand. It has entrees, starters, mains, meat, poultry, snacks, desserts, sauces, pastes, breads etc etc, it is so thorough! I can’t wait to try out some of the recipes. :) Plus the book is normally $89.95 but buying through the book club I got it for $25. Hows that for a bargain!
Yep, so I had a pretty good day today! :)
