It is that time again. Not Halloween but our Annual Family Gathering. I love to surprise the grandchildren with unexpected challenges and so, they will take a crack at being PIRATES ! I have a bushel basket for the boys and one for the girls. Almost everything has been thrifted …
journal entry: Thrifted bird cages. Quite difficult to find. Most are very ordinary cages but I continue to hope I will find an unusual cage along the way. The cage on the left was already this color when I found it at Deseret Industries. It was $5 dollars. I used …
Just a quick post to say that anyone can make a perfect Christmas garland. Punch out shapes (circles, stars, trees) or draw shapes and cut them out (little people) and sew them in a straight line on the sewing machine. Glitter paper is wonderful for stars. Glue two stars together …
It isn’t Christmas without the beauty of Handel’s Messiah. Handel’s pen wrote the music but these words come from Isaiah. King of Kings. Lord of Lords. The Mighty God. The Everlasting Father. The Prince of Peace. I have collected a few “crowns” from thrift stores. Most were once …
Time to decorate for Christmas again. Old things in new places. One year it is a village of bird houses. The next year it is a globe collection with a Joy to the World plaque. Bottle brush trees and ornaments and tea light candles can be strewn about in so …
I think that Paper Whites are wonderful during the Christmas season. Grandpa started calling them “stinky bulbs” years ago and so my children call them by the same name. He says that he is just teasing, but I’m not so sure. When they all see that I have planted some, …
I loved this idea when I saw it. Glitter polish is only one dollar at the you-know-what-store. The image is an iphone wallpaper and the gold border is from a ink pad. Perfect little gift when you need many and quickly and don’t have a lot to …
Here are the little beardless gnomes who live in their own playset. I made the hats on my sewing machine and they were easy and fast. I did have to sew on the bell by hand. I could have been very fussy about the painting but I wasn’t because they …
I remembered these images because it was Christmas. They are all images of charity and thoughtfulness. I found them and added the sayings some time ago when I was asked to make some magnets for the Relief Society. As it turned out, they were not used but I tucked them …
Our family is full of Super Heroes and Wonder People. Not that other families don’t have their share, but I don’t know much about other families. It was clear to me, after several days of our Annual Family Gathering, that most of the Super Heroes in the Universe were right …
