better late than never

[entelein]

The cold I had recently really screwed things up, time-wise. I have so much laundry to do, and I am still feeling sort of exhausted from being ill (even on Thursday, my friend Sam asked me if I was getting a cold, but apparently this one is still lingering, and he could hear it in my voice), so Mother's Day was sort of a wash, as I was not able to shop properly for something for my mom.

Anyway, I am always getting her little things throughout the year, but I've been working on this, and I think she'll like it:

I dunno. It sort of feels like one of those things where I am giving her a crude crayoned drawing to put on the fridge door, but I think it turned out a lot better than I expected, since my printer's pretty old, and I am not exactly a digital-to-print expert. They're little pieces of Chicago, close to my heart.

Comments

[thunderclap8.livejournal.com]

that is so very awesome!

Where did you find a frame like that?

[entelein.livejournal.com]

Thank you; that makes me feel better about gifting it to her.

I actually got this frame + another one in the same style but a single larger pane from a stepsister for birthday or Christmas some years back. Not sure where she got them, but they're neat. I have to use my metric allen wrench set to get the screws out so I can adjust the struts and glass pieces.

Yes, I'm peekin' at your shelves.

[rand-mod-6.livejournal.com]

I agree, it looks great - after factoring in the close to your heart sentiment, I have to say - you rock.

Say, that book one over from the left - is that where you got the pic you used with this post?

Re: Yes, I'm peekin' at your shelves.

[entelein.livejournal.com]

Nope. The illustration in my icon is drawn by Brett Helquist, who does the illustrations for the Lemony Snicket books. That image was on his portfolio website for a while, so I snagged it cropped it down to icon size. I love his stuff.

[ariock.livejournal.com]

very beautiful. She is a lucky mom.

Make sure to sign the backs in crayon:

"KRYSTYN AGE (ahem)" with the R and N backwards.

[entelein.livejournal.com]

Heee! I did initial them, and give the locations of the photos. The first is Diversey Ave at Kimball, and then the second one is from when I was at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, doing favors for Lucky. :) There were simply piles of leaves everywhere, in a thick, goldeny orangey yellow carpet.

[vectorb.livejournal.com]

That is very cool! im sure she'll love it.

[entelein.livejournal.com]

She did!

[clayfoot.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding me? Mom's love this stuff, and you did a beautiful job. You should do this every year.

[entelein.livejournal.com]

It might be a really nice tradition, I think. It would encourage me to take more photographs, too.

also with the shelf-peeking

[omnie.livejournal.com]

It's lovely. So pretty.

Funny - I'm rereading Life of Pi right now. What a wonderful book.

[amiev.livejournal.com]

That is lovely, I love both of those photos, especially the top one.

[lakilika.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's really nice! And the frame is cool, too.

[dasrokast.livejournal.com]

I think that's a fantastic gift.