Polly

Polly celebrated her birthday whilst under lockdown. Her husband contacted me with a request for several cards. He was keen for his card to have a portrait of his wife on it. I have made cards for most of the family over the years and, though I can't always promise to create an exact likeness, some of them have been pretty close! This was one favourite and this another.
We discussed what should be on Polly's card and decided to show her making challah, a special bread in Jewish cuisine, usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat and major Jewish holidays. Polly is a wonderful baker and cook. I added the logo of the school where she is Dean of Students and a couple of balloons too.
It was a pretty good representation of Polly, if I say so myself!

Polly's mum lives in the UK but she had a peek in my Etsy shop to find a card for her daughter. She chose this design, which I first created back in 2012. My rather girly card was originally created for a friend's birthday and I thoroughly enjoyed going a little overboard crafting a sweet little bird, flowers and balloons in a pretty colour scheme of pinks, yellows and blues.

This card is available in my shop and if you would like me to customise it with a particular name or greeting, simply let me know by email or Etsy message.

I also made a couple of cards from Polly's sons. I know that she is keen on my papercut designs, so decided that one had to be a papercut design with the word "Ima" on it. Ima (pronounced Ee-Ma) means mother in Hebrew.

You can see the whole collection, above. Polly loved them.

* This post has been shared on Thinking Out Loud Thursday, Little Things Thursday, Encouraging Hearts & Home, Creatively Crafty and All Seasons.