Stamping
Marie-Hélène has
reached that point in her life when hobby replaces hubby as the focus of
attention (and we feel obliged to note at this point that Ian
is not a whiner. Nor is he a chronic complainer. Certainly not!)
Her chosen hobby is referred to as stamping, and encompasses making
scrapbooks, cards and other decorative marvels.
To celebrate Daphné's
graduation from Harbor High School, her
mother spent months composing a scrapbook of her
childhood and coming of age, an exquisite
collage of photographs and decor organized around several themes.
One of two facing pages covering the theme of our times at
Disneyland is on the left here. (The other is at the
bottom of this web page.) One of the photos on this scrapbook page appears
here.
Marie-Hélène then completed a comparable scrapbook
for Alban, given to him for his birthday following
his High School graduation in
2007.
But her
principal stamping activity is the cards that she makes for birthdays and other
occasions. Each Christmas, for example, we send
her cards to the extended family. Stamping is a hobby which gives free
rein to Marie-Hélène's obsession with color and decoration, and we may be biased but are
very impressed with the results. And this despite their enormous cost!
It's true that we no longer need to buy manufactured greetings cards, but
estimate that each that she makes costs at least $10, some up to $20!
