Happy Mothers Day!

I hope it is spent with your loved ones and you feel special and appreciated...Today not only is it Mother's Day, but it is my husbands birthday so we are having a big backyard bbq celebration...I have been cooking all morning and having fun putting it all together...The weather is gorgeous and I am so happy!Everyone will be here at 5, but I wanted to post first....I participated in the Mothers Day Bottle Swap hostessed by Miss Molly...Click on the button on the sidebar to see other participants...She has lost her mom too and found a unique way to honor them today anyway. We were assigned a partner and we filled up a bottle with things that represented our moms and told about them....My partner is Christina......She included a note telling me about her special Mom...
She read Harlequins and watched her soaps" at the same time....She had safety pins all over the house. She has always been very supportive of Christina's art and she encouraged her when she was ill at 17 to paint...It helped her get thru her illness...She was a homemaker and loved to sew and garden.....Here is a picture of the things that Christina sent me.....





you can see the letter in the background and she also included some beautiful atc's that she made me...The one of the lady in the green is a portrait of her mother...She also sent me a package of Cosmo seeds which made me smile because my own mom loved them.........The other thing that made me smile is in one of the necklaces, there are safety pins...how cute is that? Thank you so much Christina for letting me get to know your wonderful mom through you!
Here is what I mailed Christina......









Lots of little goodies that made me think of my beloved mother! I also made a bra postcard in pink to symbolize her fight against breast cancer....














And from me, just cause I like making them, a set of criss cross coasters.......









I love you mom....I cant wait to see you again!!!!! your Mindy....