Happy Sunday

You know how I love those vintage girls! Dress patterns and old magazines are my favorite place to get their sleek sophistication. I made this card today. This lovely lady has also inspired me with an ATC idea I just may try out, using an old French for Travelers book I found this weekend. The kids and I went to a huge, annual used book sale on Friday night. We had a blast. I found lots of old vintage books that were just itching for a project I had in mind...journals!

I tackled two this weekend - Nancy being my favorite. It was hard to pull her apart, I'll admit. But once I got started, I realized the countless projects I could do with her now loose pages. I also tackled this old spelling book, he was bigger and abit more fragile than the Nancy Drew.

Susanna

by Anne Porter

Nobody in the hospital

Could tell the age

Of the old woman who

Was called Susanna

I knew she spoke some English

And that she was an immigrant

Out of a little country

Trampled by armies

Because she had no visitors

I would stop by to see her

But she was always sleeping

All I could do

Was to get out her comb

And carefully untangle

The tangles in her hair

One day I was beside her

When she woke up

Opening small dark eyes

Of a surprising clearness

She looked at me and said

You want to know the truth?

I answered Yes

She said it's something that

My mother told me

There's not a single inch

Of our whole body

That the Lord does not love

She then went back to sleep.