Handmade in Israel: in-laws

Wednesday, 19 May 2021

The In-Laws

A customer asked me to make a birthday card for her mother-in-law. The lady in question is clearly a lot of fun! Her daughter-in-law sent me a photo of her wearing pink sparkly Mickey Mouse ears and plastic glasses. She wanted me to recreate it in paper.
I carefully cut out the plastic glasses and pink ears. I added the buttons on mum-in-law's top and included the mirror on the wall and the Shabbat candlesticks on the sideboard that I could see in the photo.

"Great card. Brilliant likeness." my customer wrote to me when she saw the card.

The same customer needed a card for her father-in-law too. He loves to watch tennis on the television, particularly when players like Nadal and Federer are playing, she told me. He plays Patience, or Solitaire, at the table and enjoys Rummikub too.

I have shown the gentleman sitting at a table, playing cards which are spread out in front of him. A television is on in the background and it looks like Federer and Nadal have just finished a match. A Rummikub tile tray is in front of the television.

The greeting on the card says Happy Birthday Dad - Zeida. Zeida is the Yiddish title for "grandfather".

"I have no doubt that we will love the card... yep, we do!" my customer wrote to me once again.

I celebrated my own birthday just a couple of days ago. Last year, the year I turned 50, my birthday was right in the middle of lockdown and though I had a really nice day, I could not celebrate it as I would have liked. Never mind, everyone said, you can party next year.
Well, one year one and Israel is recovering nicely from Covid-19. We just have the not so small problem of rockets flying over our heads at the moment! There was to be no party again but I had a lovely, lovely day all the same. Mister Handmade in Israel treated me to these gorgeous flowers and a good friend brought the balloons. Who wants a party anyway?