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More Fried Green Tomatoes, Baseball, a Dragon's Eye, and Some Art

Hello friends! Happy T-day if you celebrate it!


This weekend, my youngest daughter turned 28 and she wanted to do a girls brunch.  She picked KimberLia's in downtown Prattville.  This is a picture of her sister's fried green tomato BLT and our waters.  We also had Mimosas and coffee, but, of course, I forgot to take a picture.  The jazz band they had playing was super loud and there was a party next to us of very loud people so it was hard to talk or think.  The service was very slow, but the food was good.  We ended up having coffee across the street just to catch up and relax. These waters are my ticket to T-day over at Elizabeth's blog. 

Baseball tournaments are in full swing this week - we have 1-2 games every night this week except Wednesday.  This is the banner for our oldest Grandson's team.
One of the mothers is a photographer and very good at making banners. 

I squeezed in some art this week too - here a a few of the cards I made.

This one was inspired by THIS  notebook.  I sent it to my dragon loving grandson. 

This was my daughter's birthday card.  She loves vintage, flowers, and Harry Potter, so I wrapped the flowers in Harry Potter newspaper. 

This one was done for two watercolor challenges on Splitcoasterstampers.com - one was funky butterflies and one was loose backgrounds. 
Hope you have a fabulous rest of the week!  

Hugz,

Nancy






Comments

  1. Happy birthday to your daughter! Sounds like a good birthday party despite the slow service.
    best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  2. I so would like to try green fried tomatoes!
    Sad about the loud place, though. I´d go nuts....
    1-2 games every night?! That sounds like stress ;-)
    Beautiful, both, the book and your work.
    And the card, very beautiful.
    "Enjoy Today" and happy T-Day, hugz

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  3. Glad you had a great celebration for your 'baby' daughter, even if it was loud. Hope the games all go well for your grandson's team. Love your cards, and especilaly the idea of Harry Potter newspaper, lovely! Have a great week, stay well and happy, hugs, Valerie

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  4. Happy birthday to your daughter Nancy. Love your cards, that red dragon one especially. And I do love a bit of baseball. Happy T Day! Elle/EOTC xx

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  5. I've never eaten fried green tomatoes, you don't get them in our country. Hopefully I'll come to the USA again, then I'll try it... Your cards are lovely! Happy birthday to your youngest daughter!
    All the best and happy T-day 🌻🌼🌻!
    Traude
    https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2023/06/costa-rica-12-kapitel-nationalpark.html

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  6. I don't like it when a place is so loud that you can't talk with each other.
    The card you made for your daughter's birthday is truly beautiful as are the others, but this one stood out for me. Just beautiful.

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  7. Sorry the birthday girl had to put up with a noisy crowd but the BLT sounds good, even to this vegetarian.

    LOVE the cards you made, especially the one for your daughter. I almost missed the key I was so caught up in that newspaper. I loved the butterflies, too.

    What a week. You will be glad when baseball season is over, but I sure like the banner the lady made.

    Thanks for sharing your cards, your grandson's banner, and your food and water with us for T this Tuesday, dear Nancy.

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  8. Nancy always beautiful cards... I had Mimosas after a Hot Air Balloon ride in Albuquerque , NM, and my parents and grandparents LOVED fried green tomatoes but not this girl...lol Happy T day! Hugs! deb

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  9. I do love a BLT but never had fried green tomatoes, I will try one if I ever see it on a menu.
    Love your cards, gorgeous flower card and butterflies
    Thanks for your visit earlier. Jan S

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  10. What a wonderful grandparent to attend all your grandchildren's games. They will remember and appreciate that!
    Love all your cards. They are so creative and I love how unique they are to the recipient.
    Happy Belated Tea Day,
    Kate

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  11. So many great cards, the dragons eye is amazing and so is your little bouquet of flowers :). Wonderful colours with the loose watercolouring and the butterflies. xx

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  12. Happy birthday to your daughter! Your cards turned out amazing Nancy! I love that fun dragon eye for your grandson! You're so creative my friend!

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