one of the projects i'm working on is a father's day present for my husband. of course, it wouldn't be a father's day present if it wasn't done in collaboration with my two daughters. i won't say anymore on that because i would like it to be a surprise for him.
another project i'm working on is a father's day present for my own father. he just recently became a U.S. citizen and so he just got his new passport and is planning to go back to his home for a visit. so i thought it would be nice to make a protective sleeve for his passport and maybe a bright luggage tag to make finding his luggage at the airport much easier. i am embroidering a little drawing C made on the passport sleeve and i'm letting M decorate the luggage tag with fabric markers. i think i may also embroider over the decorations M makes, but i'm still not sure. and i also plan on embroidering my dad's initials on his luggage tag. i'm guessing that he would probably need more than one, but i'm not sure if i'll be able to make more than one, so for now that will have to make do. maybe i'll make more for him for his birthday when it comes up in sept.
i was also going to do the same for my FIL but i decided against it because i'm pressed for time. he is also planning on making a trip to his homeland and he will probably be staying there for about 6 months, so i decided to just make him a little gift set of a box of homemade green tea cookies with a box of tea and a flat canvas painting from each of his granddaughters. i also plan on letting the girls make paintings for their dad and for my father.
all in all, i feel better about what i decided to make for the fathers in our lives. and i feel confident that i will get them done on time and that they will be appreciated. so it makes me feel good knowing that; and it makes me look forward to completing the gifts and presenting them.
the picture i added has nothing to do with my post, other than showing how much M loves to be with her daddy. it's a picture of M with her daddy on her birthday. in most of the pictures of her birthday party she was not smiling, but in the ones with her daddy, she was. i guess she was happiest that day being with her dad.just seeing how much my girls love their dad makes me love him even more. and because he's currently having a stressful time, i really want to help make him feel better, more appreciated and loved. so i'm also trying to do more for him any way that i can to make his days a bit more cheerful. i think sometimes we forget that we should celebrate each other and celebrate life in everyday, rather than just on the days that we're told to. so i'm gonna try to do that with my husband and my children more often. hopefully that will help us deal with our stress and depression.
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