It’s a new year and time to prepare a new planner. Planning ahead and preparing for the new year can seem overwhelming as we extend our Covid safeguards. Some days it helps to have planners that include positive quotes dispersed throughout the pages to help us remember to slow down and enjoy each day.This is …
This year our Christmas celebration was a bit different from past celebrations. We accepted package deliveries outside, made more trips to the post office and made plans for on-line gatherings. We delayed our gift opening to the 26th due to schedule changes. With grown kids that have kids of their own at home and other …
As mentioned in my previous post, I have various old Christmas cards to reuse. This year I found another use for the various Christmas card fronts that I have been saving. I made a template as a guide for folding the cards. Though not all the cards are the same size I shifted the template …
I love snail mail! Receiving a card or letter in the mail lifts my day. I will read and reread the message and then I file it away and go back to it at a later date. It is fun to read again about what was happening in my friends’ lives through the years. The …
Felted Christmas decorations are lightweight, sturdy and easy to make. For these I used small cookie cutters for the basic shape. After filing the cookie cutter with wool roving I used the multi-needle tool to felt the shape and added more roving as needed to make the pieces thicker and dense. I do need to …
We had a wonderful small Thanksgiving celebration. It was a relaxed day of minimal cooking, lots of eating, some games and very good conversations over desserts. I love to celebrate being able to enjoy our family time. Earlier this week we took a break to enjoy a bit of nature time. The red and orange …
Last year I used this technique to decorate small gift pouches and cards. This year the coffee sleeve leaves are back to add a festive touch to the Thanksgiving table setting. Besides punching the leaf shapes from the painted coffee sleeves, I also punched leaves from old magazine pages and some leftover decorative paper that …
Do you have old business cards or blank tags to get rid of? I decided to upcycle some of my old business cards, they are the perfect size to use as greeting card toppers. I enjoy squishing paint between two cards and seeing the various unplanned patterns that emerge when the cards are pulled apart. …
I like this quote because it reminds me of the double happiness of gardening. first there is the enjoyment of the planting, digging in the dirt, of preparing seed pots and being in the sunshine while looking forward to the “fruits” of our labor. Then there is the enjoyment of the harvest. Whether vegetables or …
It is interesting to see the different patterns made by a pine tree’s trunk and branches. They twist, turn, bend, yet still stand strong, sturdy and vibrant becoming more interesting as they grow and age. This tree has multiple contrasts in color and texture. There is the contrast of the vivid green compared to the …
