I get it from my Mom

My Mom has collected seashells and rocks for as long as I can remember.  She can "hunt" for those little treasures for hours and hours.  Seriously, hours.  When I was young my family always went off-roading with our neighbors at the river.  If the Jeeps stopped moving my mom hopped out with her bucket and shovel and went off looking for rocks.  Being kids we were always curious about what she was looking for so occasionally we would help her.  One trip the kids were all helping Mom and the Jeeps left us... like drove away and didn't know we weren't there...  {I guess my Dad thought we all hopped in different Jeeps}  No one noticed we were missing until their next stop... we are talking hours.  We were in the Arizona desert... no jackets, no water, no food... nothing but a bucket, shovel, and some rocks.  We were a little worried but Mom kept us in whatever shade we could find as we looked for more rocks and waited for someone to realize we were missing.  {obviously, Dad was in big trouble when he came back}

Anyway let me get back on track here... Mom finally used some of her collection and made this beauty.  Amazing, right?  She even hung it up on the wall by herself.  {big pat on the back Mom!}  I love that I share the love of crafting with her... I am sure that she is the reason why I craft.  

Here is a close up... talk about meticulous and time consuming!

Now if we could get her to use some of those rocks she has been saving...