Happy Mother's Day--Soon!

It doesn't seem possible that Mother's Day is just a few days away! Easter's over---time is flying. And still it isn't spring here yet! I'm sooo tired of rain and wind.

I've been making Mother's Day cards to put in my Etsy shop. Here are the last three I did. I could do more, but I'm running out of time and let's face it-----they aren't selling like hotcakes! LOL! But I enjoy making them. And I love working with vintage images. There are others in the shop if you want to take a peek.

I use photocopies of vintage postcards, cards, misc. images that can be found all over the internet. Just be sure they're copyright free! This is the inside of the floral one above. These little girls are probably all dressed up for a special occasion------like Mother's Day! Altho, I think Mother's Day is a relatively new holiday, in the overall scheme of things. I'll have to do some research on that.

Inside: I love this sentiment.This image cracks me up! The little girl here looks a tad demented! LOL! I'm sure she's thinking "Hands off---they're mine, ALL MINE!"
Inside

Now---back to that research on Mother's Day. This is what I found. Some may already know this, but some may not:

Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, suggested the idea of an International Mother's day to celebrate peace and motherhood in 1872. There were many other women who were active with local groups holding annual Mother's Day remembrances, but most were more religious gatherings and not the holiday that we know today.
Julia Ward Howe first championed a day to celebrate peace and motherhood in 1872.

One of the women, who was working on establishing Mother's Day as a national celebration was the mother of Anna Jarvis. Mrs. Jarvis held an annual gathering, Mother’s Friendship Day, to heal the pain of the Civil War. After she died in 1905, Anna campaigned for the establishment of an official Mother’s Day to commemorate her mother.

"Miss Anna Jarvis was as good as her word. She devoted her entire life to the struggle to have Mother's Day declared a national holiday. In the spring of 1908, Anna wrote to the Superintendent of Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, where her mother had taught Sunday School classes for over 20 years. She requested that a Mother's Day service be held in honor of her mother.

Thus, the first official Mother's Day celebration was held at Andrew's Methodist Church on May 10, 1908, with 407 persons in attendance. Anna Jarvis sent 500 white carnations to the church in Grafton. One was to be worn by each son and daughter and two by each mother in attendance.

Another service was held in Philadelphia later that afternoon where Anna resided with her brother. Anna had requested that the first official service be held in Grafton, where the Jarvis family had lived so much of their lives and where her mother had served for so long as a teacher and public servant." ( Mother's Day Shrine.org)

Anna Jarvis' campaign is the reason we have a formal holiday. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared that Mother’s Day should be celebrated as a national holiday on the second Sunday in May.

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Well, that's the history lesson for this post! I hope all you moms out there have a wonderful Mother's Day!