For those of us in the United States it's Thanksgiving Day, and for most of us that means turkey, potatoes, and pies at the very least. Tracy's family has a pretty set menu: turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, squash, Waldorf salad, and pies. The pies are my assignment, and this year I made two, but as I was finishing up I realized that neither pie was vegan. My sister-in-law is vegan, but luckily Tracy managed to snag an apple berry pie from a local orchard while I put my pies in the oven. My first pie was the mandatory pumpkin pie and the second was a new recipe from The New York Times -- Bourbon Pecan pie. The pecan pie was a huge hit, and I must admit, the best pecan pie I've ever had. That recipe is definitely a keeper.
After dinner at Tracy's mom's with his family, we joined Betsy's family to celebrate Ella's 8th birthday. They had a huge crowd for Thanksgiving dinner--good friends and parents of the friends, and so. much. food. Fortunately, I was too full from our meal to even consider eating more there. I even skipped the birthday cake.
Ella got a coordinated gift and card this year. It's funny, though, when I showed up with the gift both Skylar and Ella commented that I had used the same wrapping paper for Skylar's gifts in September. I'm not surprised. I love the paper, and now there's just enough left to wrap a few small gifts.
Last year I made an Out of the Box card for Maddy, and earlier this year, one for Skylar, so it was definitely Ella's turn. She loves unicorns so the theme was an easy choice. The wrapping paper has sparkly silver stars all over it. I die cut the sky for Ella's card from the wrapping paper.
In addition to the unicorns and the rainbow from My Favorite Things "Fairy Tale Friends" I die cut a cake and some presents from two other My Favorite Thing sets. All were colored with Copic markers and then die cut. I attached all the unicorns to the box with strips of clear acetate so the movement of the unicorns wasn't lost. The sentiment is also from My Favorite Things.
Here you can see the box from the other side as well as the decorated envelope.
The stars from Simon Says "Be Joyful" were stamped in navy blue and embossed on a silver envelope. I added three tiny rhinestone stars as well. Ella is my "sparkly" granddaughter.
And, finally, you can see that the card fits into a standard A2 envelope--and the metallic sheen of the silver envelope can be seen as well.
I'm entering this in the Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies challenge. With the exception of the sentiment, everything was die cut.
If you celebrated Thanksgiving today, I hope your day was blessed with family, friends, and good food.
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