Thirty Lollipops

Did you think I was turning thirty?

That would make me a very young grammy.

I wanted to do something special for my daughter's 30th birthday.

 I had seen something like this on a blog ~ sorry I don't remember where ~

and started searching Goodwill for the materials.

 Can you believe that I found new skewers in the package

as well as floral foam and a black metal vase?

Next I bought suckers. 

I found the pink starfish, the flip flops, and the ducks at Dollar Tree.

I also bought the giant one that Cate calls a lollipop.

The others came from Big Lots, so this was not 

an expensive gift to make.

I started by putting the suckers on the skewers.

After  about four fourteen I realized there was a dull end and a

sharp end to them. Who knew?

Obviously they would go in better if I used the pointed end.

But then I realized that some of those would be too tall.

I started cutting the skewers in half. 

(Actually I broke the first one in half, but the big splinter scared me.)

Did you know that when you cut skewers in half, one of those halves

will always fall off the opposite side of the table where you're working?

You'll have to walk around the table, pick it up,
come back around to the opposide opposite side of the table,
and do it all over again.
I think opposide could be a new word, don't you?

After I artfully arranged the suckers, I realized the foam showed.
I found pink shred in my craft closet and
discovered it would have been easier to cover the foam
before inserting 30 skewers.

I then made the saying that goes with this gift.
Some of you may already know where this is going,
but I was raised very strictly.
Even today, there are some words I just can't say,
much less put in writing and photograph.

Thirty Sucks!

(Please don't tell my mother I wrote that.)

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