A surprise craft day for Judy

Our visit to Karen's doll house was such a magical time.

The weather cooperated and was ideal, lots of sparkling sunlight. While blizzards blew at home in Kansas!

Here I am with Sherry and Karen on the porch of the Kozy Kottage.  This is Karen's get away in Mt. Dora, and is as girlified as any retreat can be. Pinks, whites, roses, pretties, all twinkling and sparkling in a joyous petite doll house.

Guncle Randy and I had a bit of trouble finding it, because the GPS took us to another pink and white house a block or so away.  (who knew there would be so many pink houses with white picket fences on one street??)

No one answered the door there, so we got out, walked around, and called Karen to leave a message and say we'd be back soon.  Then, left my piles of craft supplies and kits on the porch to save bringing it back later.

As we drove off and around the corner, I spied another pink and white house.

hmmmm...

I told Randy that I thought just maybe, we should turn around and go get my stuff off of the other home's porch!

No one had opened my boxes and created bird cages while we were gone, so all was fine.

I'd brought tons of goodies for the ladies to go through and make as many fairies as they wanted and cloche/cage for the little sprites to live in when done.

We spent the afternoon at Karen's dining table twisting wire and gluing away as we chatted.

It was a fun group, we had the birthday girl, Judy, and her daughter-in-law who was part of the big surprise Karen had planned for Judy.

One of my best friends, Sherry had driven down from Georgia, and Casandra was there from a nearby Florida town. I've always wanted to meet her. And she is every bit as nice as you'd expect her to be.

Guncle Randy met up with me in Orlando, where I flew in. He was there to receive yet another, Top Sales Director of the Year award from Hilton. I was very proud of him!

Karen scooped me up at the airport for a day of junking, while Randy was busy accepting his trophy. She showed me some good places to shop in Orlando and was lucky enough to find a few florally hats to tear apart that night at the Hilton while I waited for Randy.

We all made these fairy cloche/bird cages, and I think they turned out sweet.

We will be doing a version of this again at Birdsong. Karen and Sherry will both be coming to visit me in June for that, so looks like they will be starting a collection, huh?

After we were done, we walked downtown to dinner.  And then, weren't quite ready for the party to end, so we kept working till after midnight on projects. 

My only regret (besides the fact that I probably passed my awful cold onto everyone) is that I didn't get to jump out of a giant cake for the surprise.  I was hoping for strawberry. 

 

 

 

Comments

[Louise Oakes]

I love the bird cages. I'm sure I have some copper wire somewhere, I'll have to look for it and have a go at making one myself.
The angel wings on Karen's wall are absolutely beautiful too.

[jeanie]

I can't even imagine someone surprising me with something so wonderful! Talk about "a good time was had by all!" The bird cages are wonderful but with the fairies even more so!

[Grace]

What awesome friends and daughter-in-law! How fun and what a beautiful project. Grace xoox PS I wish you could have jumped out of a cake! lol

[Andrea Villarreal]

Oh my gosh Karla it looked fabulous! Love the bases for the wire cage. Adorable!

[teri]

What a fun day with girlfriends!

[kadee]

Such pretty ladies (and one handsome man)! You girls always have the best time together and I'm so glad you shared that... love the project!

[Linda P.]

I am loving seeing more photos of this event. It is just the sweetest surprise EVER!

Eek! If someone had accidentally left such beautiful supplies on MY porch, I would have snatched them up, thinking they were a gift and that someone must love me awfully much to leave me such a wondrous surprise. I would have cried inconsolably if someone had come back to claim them, saying it was a mistake! Whew! Just be glad they were still there when you went to reclaim them and that you didn't have to break someone's heart!!! Ha! : )

Karla, you can jump out of a giant cake for us at Birdsong! With all those attendees present, it's bound to be close to SOMEBODY'S birthday!!! And . . . and . . . and you could be wearing a giant chicken suit to fit in with the birdie theme!

[Nancy Thompson]

Looks like everyone had a wonderful time! I love your beautiful blouse...where ever did you find it?

[Laurie]

drooling over all the pretty things!!