Ellen's Bachelorette

So, my lovely friend Ellen is getting married in less than two weeks and I am going to be in her wedding. A couple weeks ago, my co-matron-of-honor, EB and I threw her a Bachelorette Party at Dave & Buster's. Ellen is a little Freaky Friday over games. I am too -- especially board games, but I digress. Here are the invitations I made for her party. I was trying to go with the video game theme. If it had been a shower, I would have made her a bride cake that looks like the pixel bride, but it wasn't so, oh well.







I also designed her wedding invitations, but I'll let her post them on her blog first. I also made here Save the Dates, that you can see at the following link. Ellen's Save the Dates

I would really like to start doing this on the side. I was a Printmaker in college, so this is right up my alley. It sort of bridges the gap between art student and sorority girl, both of which I was and both of which left me feeling conflicted.

mom

I miss my mom today. Everyday I miss my mom, but today there is a familiar ache and longing that accompanies my normal everyday wistfulness. I have a picture of her pinned to the board above my monitor and I’ve probably looked at it 30 times and it’s only 10:50. Because I’m missing her so much today, I’m allowing myself to indulge in remembering her details. I normally don’t do this because it’s comforting and painful at the same time – comforting when I first remember the way her hair grows at the nape of her neck, or how her pores looked on her cheeks and her nose, but then painful when I realize that the only place this is recorded is in my memory. So then I stop thinking about her. I also worry that thinking about her details too much will damage them. Sort of like handling a piece of silver adds tarnished fingerprints that change its composition. I should probably stop now and concentrate on my work. Maybe this is what it's like to get old or to know that you have alzheimers. I wonder if everyone is afraid of losing memories.