Saturday, December 20, 2008

delayed holiday traveler boarding pass paper chain

delayed holiday traveler paper chain

not much of a craft, but i thought i'd share...

our flight was canceled in minneapolis on thursday (the best part being that the flight just disappeared from the screen without explanation, and no one even came to talk to us for 20 minutes. stay classy, northwest airlines.) (okay, the other best part was that i was sick, larry had zero sleep since we had to get up at 4 a.m., and we had two kids along for the ride.)

throughout the day, as we waited standby on various flights for 8 hours before finally making it on board, we were handed more and more sets of boarding passes. my ticket envelope ultimately held quite a thick stack of papers -- so i decided to turn a holiday inconvenience into holiday cheer! it's now a lovely paper chain adorning our doorway.

and to VPI student amanda who was attempting to make her way to glendive, MT... i hope you found your way eventually. i felt so sad for you as my family boarded off the standby list, leaving you and 27 others to yet another round of waiting.

delayed holiday traveler paper chain, detail

2 comments:

Casey said...

I'm glad you finally made it to your destination! That sounds like quite a miserable day.

Thanks for sharing your paper advent calendar- my husband and I made one too and love how it turned out!

Laura said...

This is possibly the coolest paper chain I've ever seen, even if it did arise from trying circumstances!