CLOTHES MAKE A STATEMENT. COSTUMES TELL A STORY. journal entry: Our family gathering is over for this year but the dress-up fun remains in photographs. Thrifted over many months, everything was goofy, bright and funky. Our grandchildren spent hours choosing their clothes, embellishing, prancing around and looking in the mirror. If you want to see unexpected personalities give …
journal entry: Our row of poplars needed to be thinned. As I saw the long branches fall to the ground, I had a thought. It was the kind of thought that Grandpa wishes I wouldn’t have. It was the kind of thought that often means work for him. “Whatever you …
journal entry: Sometimes I see fabric that is kind of unusual. I imagine that BIG companies can have their own fabric designed and that is why I love to thrift Pajama Pants for some projects. At Deseret Industries they are $2 and I happen to know that it takes quite …
journal entry: Everyone is coming. Tied them on the kitchen table and bound them by hand. Started months ago since I am not as productive as I would like to be and need more time than I used to. Ended up with 20 finished quilts, designed for evening snuggle …
journal entry: I could not believe my eyes. This beautiful ARK was tucked into the corner of the bottom shelf in the collectible’s case at Deseret Industries. I tried to discipline myself and not look any closer because I just knew it would be too expensive for my “thrifting” habit and I would feel …
journal entry: Oli and I went for a long walk. We were looking for special treasures and little fairy things. It is fortunate that we both had empty pockets because the ingredients for Fairy Soup were everywhere. Oli found nut shells to make into boats and green moss and …
journal entry: We know a family whose Mommy is passing away. She has colon cancer. Three little children are being pulled along in the flow and only they and our Heavenly Father know what is in their little hearts. My daughter asked me if I would make three little …
journal entry: Betty is a Baboon. It is very clear that she is not ordinary. She is life-sized and I thrifted her. I found her face down behind lots of other big animals and I clearly heard her ask me for help. She is so life-like that she actually startled …
journal entry: Tim’s delightful caricatures and whimsical drawings have blessed our family for as long as he has been able to hold a pencil, or chalk, or a rock, or a piece of charcoal, or a discarded piece of drywall or broken crayons or an almost-dry Sharpie. He was always …
journal entry: Best to get these gobbling turkeys into my journal before Thanksgiving. They won’t do much gobbling after that. Using the wood from our recently thinned poplar trees, Grandpa cut some “little name holders” out of one long branch followed by a slit in the top of each one to hold …
