For My Dad…A Father’s Day Remembrance

Dear friends…

Welcome to Leisure Lane, as we celebrate Father’s Day.

I didn’t have lazy parents…I rarely saw my parents lounging around doing nothing, except on occasion or late at night.  They were always busy doing something, so I don’t really know where I inherited my laziness.  But that’s a subject for another session…I mean post.

Not all things come up roses all the time, and my dear father battled with a troubled emotional past for most of his life.  But he worked hard to provide for all of us, and he didn’t always have an easy time of it.  He also put aside most of who he really was and what he really had a passion for in order to accomplish this.  But we always had plenty to eat, good clothes to wear, and a good education. And he did it all from Love.

My father loved cardinals, so the following is dedicated to him…a poem I wrote some years ago with him in mind.  An altered picture of one of  the cardinals from my Knittington Fairies collection accompanies it.  Using Photoscape, I’ve added a little Forget-Me-Not flower as a reminder to remember the man who brought me into the world, gave his all, and did his best to sustain me..  I’d like to think the spirit of the cardinal is taking it to him with love from me.

The Cardinal

The cardinal perched upon the limb
And chirped his song most gaily;
Welcoming a new sunrise
As was his custom daily.

 I too, urged by his bright song
Woke to tender recollection;
Thoughts of my two fathers dear
Whom for the cardinal share affection.

 The one, he fondly loved the bird
For its demeanor royal;
The Other, for creating him
Would He remain most loyal.

 And then I thought how both they still
With loving dedication,
Attend the cardinal’s every need
From each one’s heavenly station.

 

 copyright©2004 Marianne Coyne

Happy Father’s Day!  Until next time, may happy days abound!

Marianne

Joining Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound.

Handmade Thursday ~ Suitcase Card

Hello Friends,

Today I’m joining Handmade Thursday.  This is a card that I made for my son’s dad this Father’s Day…he really liked it.  This was posted already this month, but I revised it for Handmade Thursday, until I can gather up some other of the handmade items.  For those of you who have already seen it, my apologies, and for those of you who haven’t, I hope you enjoy it and can take some ideas from it.

I’ve been getting home late from work lately, so that leaves little time for eating and resting, let alone crafting anything.  But at work I had a good idea for a father’s day card that I just had to do.  So I gathered together some objects,  and created this ‘suitcase’ card.

Isn’t it wonderful about creating that during the process an idea will begin to change or evolve with each step?  I’m always amazed by that.

Remember how vintage suitcases were stamped with all the different places traveled?  I love the muted green color of the scrapbook paper I glued to the card stock.  It already had a variegated aged look which was perfect.  The handle I made with a pipe cleaner with cloth binding glued around it.

I happened to have an aged looking coin which has an elephant imprinted on it and the word Somalia on the front.  On the back is printed ’1950 Roma 1 centecimo’.  It is a coin minted in Rome when Somalia was an Italian Protectorate. The coin I have happens to be ‘marred’ with two holes in it…but perfect to hang from the handle.  I wanted to make a tag also.  Maybe I’ll have time before heading out to work today.

My son’s dad is a very talented musician, so inside the card I wrote: “Happy Father’s Day to the world’s most talented Dad!” I had lots of different sayings that were really good, but this one seemed to work best for the moment.  Then I stamped gold and black musical notes around the inside.

I had so much fun doing this.  It brought back lots of crafting memories…I only wish that I didn’t have to do it ’til one in the morning, that I had better lighting and my extra glasses because I couldn’t see what the heck I was doing!!!

Anyway, this is the result.  Thank you for visiting Leisure Lane, and until next time, may happy days abound!

Marianne

In Celebration of Father’s Day

Hello Friends,

I’d like to wish all the dads out there a Happy Father’s Day!

I’ve been getting home late from work the past few weeks, so that leaves little time for eating and resting, let alone crafting anything.  But at work I had a good idea for a father’s day card that I just had to do.  So last night I gathered together some objects,  and created this ‘suitcase’ card.

Isn’t it wonderful about creating that during the process an idea will begin to change or evolve with each step?  I’m always amazed by that.

Remember how vintage suitcases were stamped with all the different places traveled?  I love the muted green color of the scrapbook paper I glued to the card stock.  It already had a variegated aged look which was perfect.  The handle I made with a pipe cleaner with cloth binding glued around it.

I happened to have an aged looking coin which has an elephant imprinted on it and the word Somalia on the front.  On the back is printed ’1950 Roma 1 centecimo’.  It is a coin minted in Rome when Somalia was an Italian Protectorate. The coin I have happens to be ‘marred’ with two holes in it…but perfect to hang from the handle.  I wanted to make a tag also.  Maybe I’ll have time before heading out to work today.

My son’s dad is a very talented musician, so inside the card I wrote: “Happy Father’s Day to the world’s most talented Dad!” I had lots of different sayings that were really good, but this one seemed to work best for the moment.  Then I stamped gold and black musical notes around the inside.

I had so much fun doing this.  It brought back lots of crafting memories…I only wish that I didn’t have to do it ’til one in the morning, and that I had better lighting and my extra glasses because I couldn’t see what the heck I was doing!!!

Anyway, this is the result, and I think he’ll like it.  Thank you for visiting Leisure Lane…stay tuned, I’ll be featuring two more schmoems with a give-away very soon.

Until next time, may happy days abound!

Marianne