Dear Liza,
You know that your cousin Kestrel has always been interested in arts and crafts.
Since she was young, she has been designing costumes and clothes for dolls (and herself).
She’s always had a creative bent and a fine eye for drawing. And since she enrolled in da Vinci Arts Middle School, her talents have grown! This year, she made her jellyfish hat for SOAK.
She has had a table at Auntie Katie’s Books with Pictures ComicCon, where she gave people temporary tattoos.
And to share her love of arts and crafts, she had a booth at this years’ SOAK festival called Craft Soup, where she dished out all sorts of crafty supplies and helped people be creative!
This year she had been learning ceramics and yesterday, at her 13th birthday party, she gave ME her latest ceramic creation. It is a dish with a map of my favorite place in Portland, Laurelhurst Park!! It even has a duck swimming in Firwood Lake.
Can you believe it? It’s about 9 inches wide and 5 inches high, and will easily hold cookies, grapes, and other yummy things. It also looks good just sitting on the table.
I am astonished at her skill and humbled by her generosity.
As I tell you all the time, I am one lucky Grandma.
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 