May 5

I write every single day, so I guess I qualify as an artist of one sort, but I rarely get to exercise my other creative muscles. So I was happy to put this together for Isaac's teacher.

It's your run-of-the-mill gift card tree (though I guess it's more of a plant), and there are hundreds of them on Pinterest. But there was something so satisfying about picking out the supplies and cutting those free-hand flowers and using the tiny (and totally adorable), brightly colored clothes pins to fasten the cards to the blooms. It made me feel productive. And being productive in a tangible way is a huge blessing to someone who spends most of her time doing work that goes largely unnoticed.