Holidays and Birthdays
What is your favorite way to decorate eggs for Easter baskets? Do you hard boil them or do you prefer to hollow them out and use the empty shell? Recently I was given some eggs freshly gathered from the chicken coop. (I have a story about fresh-from-the- chicken-eggs also, but will save it for another …
I love flowers! Though as I have mentioned in previous posts, I do not bring them indoors or get too close to them for very long because of my allergies. I have a daughter that seems to be a flower magnet, she finds the most beautiful blooms on her walks. It’s always fun to see …
We always enjoyed watching the pandas at the zoo. Sometimes they would be sleeping in the oddest position in the trees, it’s a wonder that they could sleep like that. Mostly they would sit eating their bamboo. Regardless of what they were doing, the fluffy baby was generally the center of attention. It was a …
Time to celebrate our day!!!!! This rubber stamp in an oldie (so is the card I made) but a goodie. I love the exuberance of the stamp. The carefree invitation to raise our hands, dance and celebrate. Over the years I have used it for many occasions; birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations and various other types of …
I enjoy distributing small red envelopes to friends and co-workers for the Lunar New Year. They are a fun way to add to the celebration. Usually I put chocolate and a scratcher ticket in the envelopes. This year I decided to give handmade tag bookmarks. These give me the opportunity to upcycle my old garment …
This is a great project that children also enjoy making. It is also a recycling project using old magazines and scrap packing cardboard or poster board. I cut 2 heart shapes from the cardboard and tore various strips from colorful magazine pages. The jagged edges work well in the final pattern.Glue the paper strips onto …
I have been having fun making a variety of hearts. Hearts are a truly versatile shape. They can be used for any occasion, sending our love on cards for birthdays, anniversaries, notes of sympathy or congratulations and especially on Valentine’s Day. I like to experiment with colors beyond the traditional red heart and I …
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 …
