Try something new. Change your routine. Challenge yourself to find different ways to help others. #1 – Helping Others Looking for a way to make a difference? Here’s a link to VolunteerMatch. The description on the site reads, “VolunteerMatch strengthens communities by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. The organization [...]
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (1/15/10)
Posted in Community, Handcrafted Cards, Health, Helping Others, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Style and fashion, tagged beauty tips, blog, Helping Others, inspirational, nutrition on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Kids Are Gone Again Blues
Posted in About me, Gift Ideas, Handcrafted Cards, In The Kitchen, Parenting, Recipes, tagged blog, children, family, hot chocolate, mocha, my life, Parenting, Recipes, relationships on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting in front of the fireplace with my furry little dog at my feet, I warm my hands on a mug of hot cocoa and savor the rich chocolate flavor. Ah, the good life. You’d never guess that just a few short hours ago I packed up my kids and sent them on their merry [...]
Tea for Two – Recycling Teacups
Posted in Art and Crafts, Creativity, Gift Ideas, Handcrafted Cards, Jewelry, Recycling, tagged birdfeeders, blog, candles, Gift Ideas, projects, Recycling, tea, tea bags, teacups on November 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Some things are too pretty to throw out. Cracked or chipped teacups fall into that category for me. Recycling or reusing them in different ways seems to be the best compromise and for years I have looked for ways to do this. After much thought and research, I have compiled this list of ways to [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five (11/6/09)
Posted in Art and Crafts, Community, Creativity, Handcrafted Cards, Helping Others, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Kids, tagged blog, family, food, Helping Others, humor, inspiration, people, photos, pop culture on November 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
#1 – Making Peace, Cards That Is Being a flower child of the ’70s, I decided to make birthday cards for my sister-in-law and for a friend utilizing paper punches and scraps again, but this time designing them to be in the shape of peace signs. The heart-shaped peace sign was made by stacking large [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five (10/23/09)
Posted in Art and Crafts, Creativity, Handcrafted Cards, In The Kitchen, Style and fashion, tagged birthday cards, blog, color, cooking, food, meat on October 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
#1 – Can You Guess Which Birthday My Husband Just Celebrated? Using paper punches and glue, I made this simple birthday card for my husband. I layered the hearts on top of the circles to create the symbol of five as they appear on dice. It’s an easy design that could be used with other [...]
Crafty Cards For Cool Nieces
Posted in Art and Crafts, Creativity, Gift Ideas, Handcrafted Cards, Photography, Recycling, tagged art, birthday cards, cards, design, family, mosaic, photos, pictures on October 5, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Fall is in the air. Hooray! I love the cooler weather. I guess I should finally take down the heart-shaped Valentine’s Day wreath that’s on my front door and put up an autumn one! Four of my nieces have fall birthdays and the family recently had a collective celebration for them. I decided to carry [...]
Recycling Blooms!
Posted in Art and Crafts, Creativity, Gift Ideas, Handcrafted Cards, Photography, Recycling, tagged blooms, crafts, Creativity, gift cards, gifts, Photography, Recycling on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is a door off of my family room that always remains shut to guests and is opened very cautiously by family members. It’s only a wooden barrier, but it separates chaos from order. Behind the door is my craft closet. I’m a crafter in pursuit of finding my craft and along the way I [...]
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