I asked my Dad what he'd like for Father's Day, and he asked me to write him a poem on the topic of 'Coming Home' or 'Going Home', and to write it out on nice paper, suitable for framing.
The thing is, I'm not good at writing poems unless the idea strikes me, and ideas for poems don't strike me often. I've tried brainstorming for this, but I didn't come up with anything.

I know this isn't terribly "crafty," but I figured you all would be the best people to ask.

My friend Brendan is in love with Disney movies, especially the fairy tale ones, and he also loves acting. He's a senior in high school this year, and tonight is his final performance in the Drama Club. They're doing Cinderella, and he's Prince Charming. (He was also the Beast/Prince in Beauty and the Beast, the senior play a few months ago.)
I was a senior last year, and Brendan made Drama Club such an absolutely wonderful experience for me, and on the last night of our last play, he gave me a bouquet of flowers with the sweetest note attached - and the note is still on my night table.
So this morning, I made him this card:


(Also, he calls me Tink, because I'm in love with faeries and I'm a Tinkerbell addict. Thus, the drawing on the bottom is a self-portrait.)
All the drawing and text was done by hand (which is probably pretty obvious XD) - the only thing that wasn't is the faery sticker. Though, I added a little extra purple to her dress, too.

I have no idea what to give my boyfriend's mother for Mother's Day. I don't feel terribly close to her, but she gave me lots of really sweet, thoughtful (and expensive!) gifts for Christmas, so I don't want to give her nothing, or something I haven't put any thought into.

Here's what I know about her:
She really likes beer.
Blue is her favorite color.
I think she loves flowers, but I have no idea if she'd want some. (I'd been thinking of buying her a little pot of flowers.)
She's got really good luck with scratch tickets (she refers to playing them as her 'second job').
She's going to Las Vegas in the beginning of June, and she's been looking forward to it all year.

(This is my first time posting a project on Craftster. Woo!)

I had a little trouble finding a piece to use for this. With the exception of an impressively trippy and hideous cross-stich turtle, all the framed art at Savers was actually very nice. And nothing inspired me. Then, I found this:

I see these sorts of things around my town all the time - wooden cut-outs of colonial girls in bonnets. (Why?)
So, I took off the arm and bonnet pieces off, scraped away as much of the dried glue as I could, painted the girl's face and hair and the baby's face and a bit of swaddling clothes. And then, I decoupaged for the first time and created a motherhood-themed collage using pictures and articles from old issues of Parents, and a clip from an old American Girl magazine.

And here's the result:


Details:

The text says "I love you the minute I saw you." I outlined it in black sharpie to make it stand out more.


These are some of my favorite pictures in the collage.

The only problem is - what do I do with it now?

I've been friends with CJ for 7 years now, and every summer her family goes on vacation to someplace amazing (Paris, Rome, etc.), and every year she sends me a postcard.

I don't want to throw any of them away, but I also don't want to just stick them in a drawer somewhere. I'd love to have some way to display them all so that I can see both sides easily, but I haven't come up with a single idea for it.

Any suggestions?