I am very blessed and have many reasons to be happy, but today I am particularly happy for 3 reasons…
1. It's our son's 19th birthday… what a BLESSING he is in our lives.. love you Jason! Happy Birthday!
2. My Roses are blooming already!!
3. I found something that I've been looking for for over 3 years!
I pray that you are blessed and happy today as well!
Reason #1 I'm happy today… celebrating Jason's birthday… this is a collage he made of himself for his Digital Art class this semester.. really cool, huh? He wants to go to Denny's today for a free Grand Slam breakfast… so you can find us there! 🙂
Reason #2 I'm happy today… My Roses are already blooming… someone forgot to tell them it's MARCH !
Reason #3 I'm happy today… These belonged to my mom.. I've been looking for them ever since she passed away… and I finally found them about a week ago…. I just love the box and the fun memories of using them with her when I was a young girl.
Have a great day!
The scissors bring back so many memories for me too! My mother had a pair JUST LIKE those and in the same box!!! Unfortunately, I have no idea what happened to them or even if one of my siblings has them.
Wow, Patty, those scissors bring back memories. My Mom had a pair of those scissors, too! She was a seamstress in her home (raising 6 kids). I spent many an hour with those scissors cutting out patterns for her in the summer and after school, too.
Thanks for sharing, I also have my mothers pinking shears, but don’t tell her, she doesn’t know, lol…
Happy Birthday Jason!!! Wow – time flies – and you are a great mom! I have the scallop scissors like that. How cool that you found them. Have a wonderful day today friend!
How sweet your post is today! I love those personal things about you & more pic’s of flowers. If I was your neighbor I’d just sit in your yard 🙂
Happy Birthday Jason!
Congratulations on finding those scissors. I bet that drove you crazy knowing they were somewhere and that they were very special to you.
Karen
P.S. I found the frame where you told me to look at M’s. Thanks!
It looks like several people have the same memories about the scissors. I have my Mom’s also. I think I borrowed them at some point and never gave them back to her. She hasn’t missed them though. LOL I guess I should tell her. She still sews alot as well as I do. Especially with all the neat ideas to use the big shot. Have a great day as it sounds like you are.
So glad that you found joy in so many things today. Thankfulness is the key to joy. Enjoy your special moments today and God bless!
Tell Jason Happy Birthday from a fellow Aries! My grandma had those same pinking shears and I remember begging my cousin not to take them after she died, so I could have them. I’m an 80’s baby and those shears made the coolest cut-offs for the summer. Wow, those bring back some memories.
Patty, that is so amazing…my Mom had the same pinking shears in the same box. I totally remember them always in that box. I don’t think I have them, but I do have lots of other stuff from her sewing stash…like lots of old wooden thread spools. Pinking shears, tablecloths, ancient cook books…what other treasures do we have?
Well, this was bound to bring all us “older women” out of the woodwork to comment! Yep -my mom had those scissors, too!!! Since she taught me to sew as soon as I could hold a needle, it’s really special to have some of her “sewing antiques” to treasure forever. I found a rose blooming this morning, too!! It’s actually one I have to re-plant into the back yard, as a palm is growing much bigger than I thought it would, and “overpowering” the poor rose bush! I’m looking forward so, to seeing your rose photos and Wanda’s hydrangeas!!!
Wow Patty, you brought tears to my eyes reading that you found your mom’s scissors (yes, I have my mom’s and grandmother’s like these — and even my own that are probably 40+ years old). I can just feel the joy you must have felt when you found them, as my mom has been gone 4 years and I still cherish every single item I have of hers. It just makes you feel “close” because you know their hands rested or worked with it for years. I cannot even begin to tell you how happy I am for you!
Love the scissors. I have some that appear the same as does the box except it’s green. My mom is 97 with dementia and they hadn’t been used for years and years but I did take them to have them sharpened. Funny how things like that mean so much. I actually have a bunch of things that truly have no meaning but I just can’t bring myself to part with.
Oh, that old box with the pinking shears, what memories that brings back…being a little girl again..all the many wonderful things that were created with them…thanks for posting the picture!
Happy birthday, Jason.
I am jealous (in a good way) of your blooming roses – mine need to be pruned yet, but I am waiting for frost danger to pass.
Wiss shears – what a great memory to hold of your mom. Wonder where my mom’s are? Happy pinking!
Three good reasons for you to be happy.
It’s our granddaughter’s 16 birthday today too.
Where do you live that your roses are blooming? We’re having 19 degree temps tonight. So glad you found the scissors as know how special they must be to you. Edna
My mom and the scissors; don’t touch them unless she was there to supervise. So beautiful of you to share your happiness. Thanks! Mary Jo
So happy to hear you found your lost scissors. I love having treasures that bring back great memories. I bet you mom was a wonderful mom. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
She must have been very talented too.
Pretty neat collage he did…amazing what we can do now days with all our neat “tools”….love those roses…..I used tohave beautiful roses until they introduced Japanese Beetles here and they eat everything, its a battle every year, but I never give up…great you found your pinking sheers…now what are you going to cut with them???
Happy birthday Jason!
Hi Patty, it’s my son Jon’s 39th birthday today! I keep thinking, “Aren’t I still 39?!” Happy birthday to Jason, thanks for sharing your blessings. You are one to many.
Hi Patty, I really enjoy your Blog. I agree with many other ladies. My mom also had those same pinking shears and in the same box. Brings back memories. I have no idea where they are. Love your roses! What are they called? They are beautiful! And Happy Birthday to Jason! And many, many, many moooooooooore! Jason, that collage is great!
Hi, Patty! Your son is very talented and creative like you! Like mom like son! He has been influenced by you and his exposure to SU! I’m so Happy for You! Regarding your flowers… yup, flowers are also in bloom here in SoCal.. “global warming” fault. 🙁
But I’m happy that you found your pinking scissors. My mom gave me one too and I guard it with my life and it does not leave my craft area..hahaha…meaning, I don’t lend it out..hahah.
I’m a day late, so Happy Belated Birthday to Jason. Your roses are to die for. I especially love the one that is in full bloom, what lovely colors. I have about 10 rose bushes myself, but living in Wisconsin they only bloom for a short while. I have one yellow rose that will bloom clear until it frosts and I can get my climbing rose, which is 21 years old to bloom twice in one season. Oh what a feeling it must have been to find your Mother’s scissors! I can just imagine, I have been looking for things for years and still haven’t found them. Where on earth did you find them? Do you have a sewing room and they were hidden away in there? Or did you find them in a box somewhere? It doesn’t really matter, because now you have them and can cherish them forever. What a great day!
Cyber hugs, Trish in Wisconsin
Wow Patty ~ this picture brought back memories for me!! My mom had a similar pair/box and I distinctly remember her saying that “these scissors are NOT for paper”!!! They were pinking shears. I remember thinking why can’t we use them … now I’ve said the same thing to my kids & customers … “these scissors are for ribbon only”!!! Glad you found them 🙂
Gosh Patty, Jason is really good at the digital stuff….does he ever use SU Digital program? He’d be GREAT!! How wonderful to have your Mom’s scissors, before my Mom passed away she gave me her scissors, they are not pinking shears though the are “scallop” shears. It just dawned on me that I can use those for stamping!! (DUH!) They make perfect small scallops. She used to cut all her seams with them when she made dresses and things.
It’s a treasure!
xxxxShirl
Wow, I can’t believe he’s 19!!! I feel like we all have watched him grow .. right before our eyes!! Happy Birthday Jason!
Blessing to you, Patty. I had to chuckle when I saw the scissors stored in the original box! My grandmother kept everything in it’s original box and seeing that just brought back so many memories. Now, with everything packaged in plastic and so securely packaged that I have to use a garden shears to get to it, I don’t keep original packaging!! Too bad, really. Another little bit of our past is slipping away.
Kay
Well.. Here I am joining many others with the memories of those pinking shears. My mom and my grandma had them. My grandma was an amazing seamstress who made all my coats as I was growing up. She could not come into the country from Mexico without a trade.. so being a seamstress was hers. She was amazing.
So many memories. My mom died when I was 20. I wonder where those pinking shears are? You’ve got me started now…
love you dear friend. It is always a joy to come to your blog…