Another day... lotsa days later than the last day

Whoa, it has been way too long since we last posted. CAUTION:  excuse to follow.  the busy Resurrection Sunday weekend. Hmmm.  Lame. Our 365 plan was to do something everyday that is creative. Well.  We did. sort of.  I worked on taking in and re-working a wool coat and making a black lace prom dress. Does that count?  Mother has been painting clay pots and has just finished re-potting the african violets into them.  Does that count? On Sunday-- for dinner table "place cards" we boiled eggs, used a white crayon on the dry, hard-boiled surface to write each person's initals and then dipped them in blue food color added to a bit of H20 and vinegar. That seems rather creative. All of these are what sorts of things have intervened since we picked our frame: "verse" and had charming Daughter add her bit to it by giving us a theme we had to use.  Since the day of the selection of our frame was her birthday, she said:  "the theme of your verse should be 'birth' " So here are the results:
Mom has been learning and practicing the uncial alphabet.  She wants to re-do this piece (un-happy with spacing, etc.) I think it is great!!

My piece is very plain.  It is practice of the basic italic alphabet I am learning in a 5 week class taught by the amazing calligrapher, Bridget Smith. (see and buy her work at Pottery Place Plus, downtown Spokane in Auntie's Bookstore.)
Looking at this I know there is a long way to go until I have mastered italic!