therefore I am: Love

Today is my Mom's birthday, and as a gift I embroidered the following:

My Mom is such a loving and amazing woman. I feel so blessed to have her as a role model. So, this gift is just a small token of my gratitude for everything she's done for me and my siblings. Happy Birthday, Mom!

therefore I am: Was

This week, I embroidered the following for my dear friend, V.

I was, therefore I am pays homage to a fad where we were obsessed with existential paradoxes. One evening my husband asked, "If you buy something at IKEA in the 'As-IS' section, do you then go home and tell your wife you bought it 'As-WAS'?" This was like Pandora's box being flung wide open. Fun times!

therefore I am: Sew

Cogito, ergo sum is probably one of the few concepts that I remember from my college philosophy class. I loved Descartes' phrase so much that I made myself a tshirt proudly exclaiming "cogito, ergo sum", and wore it religiously. I probably would still be wearing it now if I hadn't dropped a piece of my eskimo pie on the shirt. (I could never get the chocolate stain out of it.)

Remembering my love for Descartes, I created the following: