I like that Idea Carolyn since you never know how the person will choose to decorate. I think that the worst thing in the world to happen would be to a gift like this put in a closet due to the fact that the frame did not go with the new carpet, sofa, husband, dog..... you get the idea. On the topic of the Dear Mother in Law, if you are not really sure how to best handle the issue with her, IMHO... cop out. Go to the Dear Hubbie and chat with him, explain that you would love to do this for his mother as a gift, but you have not gotten a yea or a nay on the idea, and you are just kinda flapping in the wind. In light of everything else that is going on, if she is still interested in having the piece done, one if two ideas. 1) Have somebody do up a nice announcement that the piece has been selected as a gift for them and is being hand crafted with loving care, or. 2) Since I know of a few wonderful ladies who have done wedding samplers only to have them for not due to divorce, suggest that due to the time that the piece be done as an anniversary gift. Say a benchmark for surviving the first year?
Have a good one,
Rusty... who agrees, the piece is not right unless it has some cat hair in it.
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