April's birthday!

Once again we celebrate a birthday, this time it is April's.  Between the 5 of us it seems as though we are always celebrating one birthday or another.  We met at Karen's and had fun watching April open her gifts.

 Sorry April!  this picture doesn't show the delight she takes in receiving these gifts, but she is like a little kid, opening her presents so gleefully.

 Some fun things from Pinky.  We all know how much April enjoys pens, can't have too many!

 Gifts from Jan including a silly card she made without benefit of Photoshop.

 A gorgeous watercolor painting made by Gwen.

 Pinky brought a pie from the pie shop.  It was peanut butter and oh so rich and delicious!  No candles so April had to fake blowing them out.

 These are gifts from Karen.  Lots of paper crafting items.
It was another fun get together.  We were all painfully aware of the absence of Mary, who passed away a year ago.  Next week we plan to meet at Pinky's.

Foxy Baby Shower Invitations

April's daughter Amber is expecting a baby boy around the first of June.  So guess who is giving Amber a baby shower?  Yep, you guessed it, April is!

Amber and April in Unalaska, where Amber lives and teaches school.

 Jan helped April create 30 invitations this week. 

Not a finished invitation, but close!

 Many tiny pieces were involved.  Jan set up an assembly line while April punched out the paper shapes with a specially designed paper punch from Stampin' Up company.

Rubber stamped images helped complete the design.  Turning out so cute!  
We were tired at the end of this session!  Next week we will celebrate April's birthday, but today, April 13th is her actual birthday so Happy Birthday, April!!

 

Paper Mache beginning

Met at April's to work on our first attempts at paper mache.

 Gwen used aluminum foil and wire to create her human like figure, and some little birds.

 April started with an empty plastic jug, wire and cardboard armature, then filling out with aluminum foil and tape.  She intends to make this into a coin bank for her soon to be born grandchild.

Jan made a dog shape out of paper and tape.

Pinky declined to work on this project and instead made some envelopes out of old magazine pages and calendars and then began work on a small mandala.

 

April had laid out a delectable array of enticing snacks of fruits and nuts and toppings.  Delicious and decadent!
Next week we plan to apply the paper/glue to our figures.  I'll post the results then.