“Jewelry takes people’s minds off of your wrinkles.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: This is scrapbook jewelry. It just keeps getting better and better. Keeping it in sight is another matter. At first I used tiny, individual, see-through plastic jars for each type of “embellishment”. When it became apparent that I …
“I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.” -Henry David Thoreau- journal entry: It used to be that scrapbooks were bound books with pages of blank, black paper. People scooted little adhesive corners onto each photograph and stuck …
“It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: If you are in one, quit digging.” -Denis Healy- “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” -Napoleon Bonaparte- journal entry: These holes are different. They are good holes. I love ribbon and …
“When I learned how to sew, I forgot how to cook.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: Scrapbooking borders have always driven me crazy. They are hard to store and thus hard to find when I need them. Everyone comes up with a different system for storing and finding things. So far, …
“Some people like shoes. I like stamps. Some of the older stamps seem kind of goofy now but I’m keeping them. Everything weird comes back.” -Grandma- journal entry: First, let’s get this out of the way. Yes, it is true. I have too many stamps. BUT, I don’t just look …
“Order is the shape on which beauty depends.” -Pearl S. Buck- journal entry: I love organizing things almost as much as I enjoy using things. I have a special place in my heart for jars. They always catch my eye. These jars turned out to be perfect for my foam …
“Be Yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde- journal entry: Zane. Grandson. Dog lover. Cat lover. People lover. New “old” car owner. Hard worker. Musician. Scholar. Son. Grandson. Brother. Friend. Time is flying away with this one in its clutches. Seems like yesterday he was six with a new …
“Time is the coin of life. It is the only coin you have and only you can determine how you spend it. Be careful, lest you let other people spend it for you.” -Carl Sandburg- journal entry: Ivy. What a pretty name. What a pretty girl. First she was a …
“I’d rather be at my home than be emperor of the world.” -George Washington- journal entry: This is Grandpa’s clubhouse. To the little granddaughters it is a playhouse. To the boys a clubhouse. Grandpa kindly built it with the help of several grandchildren. He shared his drill and hammer and …
“I’d give up dessert but I’m no quitter.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: Fast and easy are the buzz words. Ten minutes is good but five is better. Free is good but ‘not too expensive’ is okay. That’s what we have here. Easy, easy, easy and pretty, pretty pretty. Do this: …
