One chapter closes

Today is Jack's last day of school and, for me, it feels like the closing of his first little chapter on schooling. He has come so far from the bad experience at the first school we tried to really enjoying the program he is in now. (Even if he still tells me every Wednesday morning that he "doesn't need to go to school today.") I am sure he is going to miss it for the next 7 weeks until the summer session begins.

I ended up going with notes and gift cards for his teachers. Target has nifty gift cards right now that come with wildflower paper that you can plant, so to continue the flower theme I made each teacher a little vintage button flower pin. It was all I had time for, and to me it honors who Jack is right now, because he still adores those buttons.
I also squeezed in a little applique on one of my tee shirts. The bird doesn't look it, but it is pink, cut out from Simply Shabby sheets from Target, but found at Goodwill (of course). My sewing machine is having some issues with keeping the presser foot attached. I have no idea what that is about, but it was frustrating to deal with while trying to sew on a complicated applique. That'll teach me to try and squeeze in a project!
I thrifted this chandelier this week, also from Target but found at Goodwill. I was a little iffy about it because I am not sure where to put it, but Jack convinced me. "Put that in the cart mama! Put it in there! Right there!" Really he wanted to play with the beads, but who I am to argue with that kind of demand?

The crystals on the bottom are pink, but clearly my camera is not feeling pink today. I really liked it under that big tree and if my, ahem, "neighbors" didn't steal everything I owned, I would have probably made myself a little sitting area with a nice chair and a chandelier under one of our trees.

Oh well, a girl can dream.