Beautiful!

A good friend celebrated her birthday on February 11th and I was out of town, 

so her gifts from me are coming in a three-part series.  #1 was a birthday card

mailed in a timely manner (NOT one of my gifts and talents).  #2 was a magazine

entitled "Life:Beautiful" and some pretty tulips.  #3 is yet to be determined.

"Life:Beautiful" is a magazine for Christian women filled with a variety of topics.

The winter issue contained essays from gifted Christian writers, craft ideas,

business success stories, recipes (I think) and lots of scripture.  But how does

one make a magazine a fun gift to receive?  It's all in the presentation:

I wrapped it in two pieces of tissue paper - a piece of light blue over a piece

with a pretty blue pattern.  Then I copied a quote out of a book, taped it on,

and topped it all off with a netting bow.

For a pretty vase for some simple tulips, I covered a clear glass vase with 

part of a sweater's sleeve.  I just cut the sleeve the same length as the vase

and slipped it over.  I hot glued the bottom edge of the sleeve to the vase

to hold it in place.  Then I decided it needed a little something more.

I printed out Ecclesiastes 3:11 on some pretty paper, glued the paper to 

some fun ribbon and tied the whole thing around the vase.  It was fun to 

find a verse to go along with my theme of "Beautiful".  

'God has made everything beautiful in its time'

Happy Birthday, beautiful friend!