Birthday Mermaids and Suns

I didn’t just get the one water bottle for my birthday, I mentioned in my last post. I actually got two water bottles. The second one from my daughter was more about the image on the bottle than the bottle itself, which doesn’t have the right top for a water bottle as far as I’m concerned. It will make a good container for cranberry juice, though, and most importantly, sports a beautiful Starbucks two tailed mermaid.

I needed to compose a triptych to show both tails. My daughter said that this one wasn’t for stickers, but I did put on the mermaid gang one my granddaughters had given me from one of their sticker stashes.

Speaking of Starbucks mermaids, I found a new one at a rest area on our girl’s trip – a two tailed mermaid as a constellation!

Our girl’s trip included a “three girl” birthday celebration at my sister’s with my niece and youngest granddaughter, where I received my favorite birthday gift. My niece gave me a “vintage” rubber stamp set with celestial images from artwork in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Almost as soon as I got home, I unpacked it and made a little book for her.

Then, I made a birthday card for my husband using the sun stamps along with some other sun stamps I had been given in the past.

Additions to my collections are the best gifts!