Party Report

Our Valentine's Day Card Making Party on Wednesday was a hit. Nearly everyone was able to come. We had a potluck dinner and an evening of making cards.

Ellie and I set up three tables and we made card kits for all. The card kits were housed in gift bags that we adorned with pink and red curling ribbon as well as a heart with the receipent's names on it. Inside we placed four sets of blank cards with their envelopes, ten sheets of decorative paper (each one different, of course), a variety of cut paper shapes, candy and a fun color-changing pencil.

Two tables were the card making centers. I have a love of small bowls which we put to good use. Each table had a variety of embellishments. There were bowls of buttons of several colors and sizes, there were several sets of prima flower combinations. Others help heart shaped seqines or tiny paper cut outs. Still others held adhesive - a double sided tape dispenser, glue sticks, glue dots and stickly sided foam shapes. Then there were scissors of all kinds - straight edge and a bunch of decorative edge sorts. Finally there were many sets of markers.

All of the younger crowd were porlific and completed their cards with time to spare playing sardines. (One person hides. The others look and hide when they find the person. It can be quite funn, so many people stuffed into a closet!) We women folk were a bit more varied. Laura cut herself off at four, even though I offered her more. The others made two or three. I think everyone had a blast.


The food was wonderful, too. We had salad, pizza, chips, dips, Shirley Temple drinks and a special dessert. Janet made this decadent concotion - three layers of meraigne, each topped with crushed raspberries and whipped cream. It was heavenly!

At the end Ethan was gracious and decided to share a few of his truffles. He loves those truffles, so it was hard to share. His spirit was lifted when he saw that others loved them as well.

And in the spirit of the holiday, one of my friends gave me flowers. I make a deal of celebrating this holiday with my girlfriends because it is an important time to show them that I love them. One of my single friends turned me on to this idea. She always used to feel bad when Valentine's day rolled around since she did not have a beau. She decided that she would show her love for others. Being a person who was part of that, I thought it was wonderful and have continued the tradition ever since. In this age of short relationships and divorce, we can all use a little extra love. Don't you agree?