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Hi! I haven't had much creative time lately so I haven't had much to share. I'm sitting here watching The Bachelor which is one of my guilty pleasures. It's so bad it's good! Since I haven't posted in a while I figured I could show you a couple things I made before Christmas.

First up is a collage I made for my dad. I was inspired by one of Mary Green's lessons from the Collage Club last year.

That's a picture of my dad when he was in the Navy. I also used a copy of a letter he wrote to his grandparents while he was at sea. When I was a teenager I was cleaning and found a pile of old letters in the trash. They were all the letters he wrote to his grandparents and aunts while he was in the Navy. I tucked them away for safe keeping. I told him at some later point in time and he was glad I had them.

Then I added some old Navy buttons, a little bit of map and ribbon and used a book cover as the base.

The letter was written at Christmas time too. I can't remember what year off hand but around 1953.
He is going to turn 80 next week. I'm sure he'd be thrilled with me for saying that.

Next is some ornaments I made for my mom. I used pictures of me and my siblings. Guess which one is me!

I used Tim Holtz crystally things (can't remember what they're called) and Ranger's Glossy Accents.

Then I covered the backs with some paper from an old Christmas book.

Then I added some beads and they were finished.

 That's me, sucking my thumb.