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Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Gin & Tonic and Solitaire

A customer asked me to make a birthday card for her friend. She needs to have a gin and tonic in her hand, she said. She also asked me to show her friend dancing and surrounded by music notes.
She sent me a couple of photos of the lady in question and in one of them she was wearing a red dress. I decided to show her wearing that dress on the card.
This Safta (the Hebrew word for Grandmother), below, has received my cards before. I have previously shown her making her famous chicken soup and outside her new holiday apartment in the Mediterranean resort city of Netanya. This time her daughter-in-law told me that Safta plays the card game Solitaire on her iPad every evening. I have shown her busy with her iPad and added some cushions and a few scattered playing cards in the background.
I am told that Safta loved the card.
Friday evening marks the start of Pesach, or Passover, and my family and I will celebrate the Passover Seder. You can read more about it in two of my previous posts here and here. 'Chag Pesach Sameach', a happy Passover festival, to all celebrating.

* This post has been shared on Wordless Wednesday Link Up, Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop, Wednesdays Around the World, Little Things Thursday and Creatively Crafty.

14 comments:

  1. Great cards. I can't think why but I'm suddenly craving Hendricks! xx

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  2. Love them both! Have a great Pesach (:

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  3. Such a pretty card! I think that would be an unusual request! :)

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  4. You have done a great job representing her best friend, she looks happy and wonderful! The birthday card for Safta is great, I can easily imagine her playing Solitaire in her living room.

    -Soma

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  5. Such a lovely card Lisa. I love red dresses too :) Thanks for sharing at The Wednesday Blog Hop :)

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  6. Happy Passover! I have a friend who would love a card like your lady in red, that's really fabulous. So is the Safta card, captured perfectly.
    #mmbc

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  7. I'm so behind with my blog reading that I didn't get here in time to wish you Happy Passover. Hope you're having a lovely holiday and getting out and about now that the weather is nice and warm.
    Amalia
    xo

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  8. More beautiful cards Lisa, I love how personal you make these.

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  9. Love the details in the ice!

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