Valentine Making 2016 Part 4

The fourth Valentine maker was Grandpa, much assisted by his table-neighbor Mabel. She was the happy one with the generous peace-sign stamp. But Mabel was properly this year more absorbed in her own work too. Grandpa improvised.

Valentine Making 2016 Part 3

This third set of Valentines from the Valentine-making party today are from the hand of Mabel's Grandma, the most meticulous craftsperson at the table.

Valentine Making 2016 Part 2

The 2016 Valentines made by my daughter, twenty-four of them in fact, achieved at a single long sitting with lunch in the middle of it. How extraordinarily pleased all those many potential recipients will certainly be.

Valentine Making 2016 Part 1

Today was the annual Valentine-making and birthday-cake eating party, a splendid late-January festivity. Mabel worked hard and independently and made eleven Valentines. She tried out many ideas and produced beautiful results.