Time flies. Make homemade clothes while you can. I have taken a lot of heat from my daughters for the “itchy” jackets I made for them when they were small. I was simply doing the best I could on a limited budget and so, instead of lining the quilted …
WHAT IS A KEEPSAKE? It is one thing to one person and another thing to another. We all hope that when we make something for someone, they will like it. In this crafty world, it is easy to make things we like which horrify other people. (Stop me if …
Family Group Photographs . . . otherwise known as “herding cats”. Considered one of life’s most stressful events. Ask anyone. Anyone who has tried to get a large group together knows what I mean. Our family group for the day included twenty-two people. Twelve grandchildren. WHAT TO WEAR? I …
Storytelling with photographs is really fun. Something as simple as eating fresh peas from the garden can become a delightful, preserved memory. This is Afton and she loves peas. Of the several photos I took at the time of the “pea snack” I chose three which looked sequential. The …
I don’t know why people use the phrase “easy as pie” because baking a “good” pie isn’t particularly easy. Perhaps in generations past,when homemade pies were the only kind, women learned how to make yummy pies in their sleep (so-to-speak . . . which is another odd phrase) from doing it …
