Sunday, May 17, 2009

Little Altars Everywhere



I spent a lot of time yesterday making a little altar for my daughter. I made it in a glass plant thing that I got a long time ago. During Christmas I have little Christmas stuff that goes in there. There has been candles and some other odds and ends I put in there from time to time. I recently rearranged stuff and moved it into the kitchen. It had nothing in it. I asked my friend Ashley if I should put actual plants in it. She said I'd kill them and that was not only irresponsible but mean. She had a point. While I was running around like a Micken with my head cut off on Saturday to baseball games and picture days and friends and prom taking pictures and pizza runs and everything else Ashley was at my house. She made a little altar on a table in my living room. I have about a million things to do this with. Yesterday I decided to do one in the glass plant thing.

It's all about Saige. There is the picture of her in her princess costume from years ago. I surrounded it with angels and pictures of my mother and Saige's great grandmothers. There are symbols of love and happiness and success and friends. There are all sorts of things in it. I love it and no plants died for it.

8 comments:

Meredith said...

I love it. It's sweet and strangely mystical (except for the picture of me). And a bonus that no plants were sacrificed.
Love, Mom

Christy said...

That is SUCH a beautiful idea--I love it! I'm sure she will treasure that--you did it especially for her. :)

Lula! said...

That is GORGEOUS, Amy. It has a dreamlike quality...I love it...

Kathy said...

Okay, I love this. It is beautiful in both appearance and sentiment. But please tell me that the only similarity between this wonderfully transformed glass plant thingy and Rebbecca Wells' first novel is the title.

twist said...

So, to be clear, this is all stuff you had in the basement, right?

Simple Answer said...

Ha!! Love what Twist said. What a neat idea.

Sue Jacquette said...

So sweet, honey!

twist said...

Dude, this really is tres fantastic. It is so beautiful and magical! I'd love to do something like this for Zadie, but everytime I try to shoot an angel, it flies off. And even if I do manage to bag one, how do I stuff it? Will you help me?