The grown children of an about-to-be-85-years-old mom decided to surprise her for her July birthday, with a family silhouette. They had been silhouetted as children somewhere in the late 1960's, and she has treasured it for 50+ years... it's framed proudly in her office where she can see it every day. Her children asked if I could recreate it in the same format, but as ADULTS!
I accepted the challenge with much enjoyment!
The 2025 version:
The 1969 version:
She was VERY HAPPY (and bemused that she hadn't noticed one of her sons had stolen it from her office to bring it to the party!) Here she is with her four sons and one daughter:
So that was their gift to her.
MY gift to her (as she is a family friend) was a very patriotic sign-in caricature:
Happy birthday Carol!
