One day I was on Facebook and someone posted a picture of a gift that her mother had painted for her birthday. The tray was one of my designs so I was excited when I saw it. I always love when people paint my designs, but I really love when they take my design and personalize it. Here is the picture that I saw on Facebook.
Susie had painted her piece on a tray. First she glued her family recipes to the background.
This was a gift for her daughter for her 28th birthday. A daughter she had not seen in over ten years due to a lot of personal issues. She searched her heart for the right gift, asking God for guidance, knowing she was going to see her soon. She like most artists will attest to, speaks through her painting. Now what to paint? At HOOT she saw my pattern and the idea engulfed her. Her sister was with her and agreed to share her recipes.
Heather loved the gift, in fact here is her post on Facebook:
I’m late posting this but, for my birthday (along with several other perfect gifts) my mom made me this tray. It is made up of a collection of recipes from women on both sides of my family. Most of them are the original hand-writing of from grandmothers down to myself (from an elementary school recipe book ha). Such a special, thoughtful, and beautiful gift. Life can take some beautiful and unexpected turns and for that I am grateful.
This is a picture of Heather and Susie with the tray.
I hope you are blessed by this story, I know that I am.
Love,
Jane
PS. The pattern is named “Everything Nice”. I picked the name because of the rhyme of what little girls are made of “sugar and spice and everything nice”. The story now makes the title even more perfect.
The pattern is available on my web site and also from Cupboard Distributors.