Hi and good morning. I'm having a wee break today but I thought I would tell you a funny story from my Mother's Day experience.
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Once upon a time, a long time ago, I made a card using my Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit CD. I was delighted with my card and thought it was the cutest wee image that would be perfect for Mother's Day. Here is the said card. It was created in 2010 so the photography wasn't too hot - it still isn't brilliant but it's a bit better these days!
My daughter picked up a few cards to take into her workplace and when she saw this one she said, and I quote "She looks as though she's strangling him!"
Not once whilst working with this image - and I had made more than one card with it - did it ever occur to me to think that!!!!! I haven't been able to look at it since without thinking about it. Grrr!!!
Anyhow, back to the present day. We went out for our afternoon tea - dainty sandwiches, scones and scrummy pastries with lashings of tea or coffee. Doesn't sound like a lot until you try to eat it - we were stuffed!
The restaurant had a little gift shop attached and of course it would have been rude not to have a wee look around. It was packed full of quirky little ornaments, teddy bears and the like. My eyes fell immediately onto the Beatrix Potter corner.
Well, not literally, I should have said my gaze.
Let's move on.
Well, not literally, I should have said my gaze.
Let's move on.
Having just worked with the lovely images from the new CD etc I was very taken by the 3D versions. I ooohed and aaahed totally oblivious to the frantic windmilling arm action that Janette was using to attract Karen's attention. I picked up the wee Mrs Rabbit and Peter ornament and laughed at the memory of Janette's remark. I drew her attention to it and couldn't understand that she didn't seem all that bothered. Mmm!
Apparently, as I was still totally unaware, Janette was now having apoplexy in the background. Karen gently but firmly steered me to another corner of the shop and eventually we left to set up the late afternoon DVD entertainment bit of the day.
We arrived at Janette's and I got all organised to open my M's Day gifts. The girls had bought me a copy of Breaking Dawn 1 (yeh!!!) and also another gift. I thought it was moisturiser or some such, as they are more particular about my leather hide that passes for skin than I am, and they kindly keep me going with my super-charged, turbo-activated Oil of Ulay etc. but no - guess what it was..... you're way ahead of me aren't you?
Yes, it was my figurine. I laughed until the tears rolled down my cheeks. Janette said that when she saw it earlier in the week she just had to buy it as she knew I would just crack up at the memory.
Now I have my very own little bit of Beatrix Potter memorabilia with even more fun memories attached to it.
Thank you for joining me today and if you got this far thanks for reading my daft tale. Ms Potter I'm not!!! LOL
See you tomorrow with the second D'Arcy Challenge. Have a great day!