My friend Sally's birthday

Yesterday was my friend Sally's birthday.  Since Sally loves basketball as much as I, I decided to give her the book I made over the NBA All-Star Weekend. 

It's painfully obvious I don't make cards, and this one was a bust from the very beginning.  I had no idea how to keep the twill tape from fraying, and I feared if I tried to wrap it around the back of the card front, it would cause an even bigger mess.  At least Sally won't notice because she doesn't notice those things.  And even if I explain how painfully BAD this card is, she won't remember in a few days.
 
You can see I finally added a title to the front, and one to the back of the book.  The book I'm proud of.  The card, not at all!

I'm also making Sally a holder for her badge, but I learned when I tried to get an idea of the size, each badge is different sized.  Can you imagine how many photos I had to take to get my OTT light to shine on her last name to obliterate it?  And yes, she travels all over the world to these conferences.  The next one begins in April and it's in Jamaica (sorry, that was two years ago, this year it's) Costa Rica.  Also, it's not with Crime Stoppers, but another group she belongs to.  I had to revise this after seeing Sally yesterday.

After borrowing one for the dimensions (I'm not much of a measure kind of gal), I took the size of the largest badge I could find, and turned it both directions, then marked the back of the fabric I hand painted last summer.  I kept hoping I would get a better idea of the badge size once she received her latest one in the mail, because my scheme was not working.
 

True to form, Sally forgot to bring the new badge, although she said she laid it next to her purse.  But it didn't matter, because we had a wonderful lunch that started with dessert.  BTW, she loved the fabric I chose to encase her badge.

Happy Birthday, dear friend.