Today is my mother's birthday and she is quite the firecracker. She loves to dance and strut her stuff so I decided the peacock (from
Magenta) was the ideal image for this year's birthday card. I stamped and embossed the image in gold (
Judikins) on watercolor cardstock (
Marco's Paper) and then painted it with
watercolor paints (USArtQuest). I matted the finished image with two colors of Stardream cardstock (
Marco's Paper).
Lately, mom's been a bit frustrated because she's "off the grid" and everything she wants to do seems to require internet access and/or an email address. My siblings and I decided to help her get connected and we bought her a laptop. To say she was surprised is an understatement.
It isn't often we can pull one over on my mother but with a little planning and some fancy footwork, we managed to really get her good this time. We started her off slow - teaching her how to play solitaire and do some basic stuff in Word. We're working on getting her on email and maybe even Skype so she can virtually visit her out of town family and friends. Oh, the possibilities are endless and, while she admits to feeling a bit overwhelmed, she is really excited to be learning all kinds of new things.
If you're interested, you can leave her a quick birthday message via a comment on my blog because, of course, I know it will be one of the first places she'll want to visit wants she begins surfing the net!
Happy birthday, mom!
