I am a retired teacher who is loving being retired almost as much as I loved teaching and loved the kids in my classes. I enjoyed every day that my students learned something new and that lightbulb turned on in their eyes.

There is no greater fulfillment than knowing them now, as adults, some young, a few great grandparents, and knowing the wonderful people they have become. Although what I write, I write for my own pleasure, I also write to honor them.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

butterflies

Anyone who knows my embroidery design and my embellishing of clothing knows that the butterfly is one of my very favorite design motifs, reminding us of our "New Life."

Look at this beautiful butterfly that Judy stitched onto the simple tee. It is open work and thus is light enough not to weigh down a lightweight tee shirt. Perfect.

But she thought that it needed something more and she was right.

She brought the Swarovski crystals over and we added them around the butterfly. What a difference! Be sure to click on the picture to enlarge it (actually, you can click on the symbol on the bottom of the enlarged picture to make it even larger) so that you can see the details of the design and the crystals at work.

The addition of the scattered crystals in no particular pattern gave the butterfly its own shimmer of new life.
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