I am always looking for a place to put those pesky little things that are necessary but always seem to add to clutter, especially on my desktop. It seems that if I have a pile of paper clips or rubber bands that come in those little baggies that don’t reseal, Read on…
A Place for My Stuff
September 3rd, 2010Outside the Box
September 1st, 2010
This is really thinking outside the box. I have a birthday gift to mail and hate to have just a plain box. I may have gone just a little overboard, but the recipient is just like that, so I guess it will be ok. Read on…
“…and it grew and it grew an it grew behind the barn.”
August 27th, 2010
That quote is from a children’s book and for some reason I think it was about a turnip. Well, this ain’t no turnip. Read on…
Repurposed CD Tin
August 25th, 2010
A decorated cd tin with notepad inside makes a wonderful gift for any occasion. The tin is slim enough to slip in a purse and protects the note paper pages.
Dressing up a gift card
August 23rd, 2010
We have had a rash of weddings and babies in our circle of friends lately, and it seems to get harder and harder to select gifts. Even with gift registries I am torn between the practical and the pretty, the traditional and the latest craze. Recently, we had a shower for a new bride and groom at our church which was a gift card shower. Read on…
Selecting Colors
August 20th, 2010
Do you ever have trouble selecting colors for a layout? I usually have a problem narrowing down the list, but my choices for any layouts this weekend have to be simple. I will be doing any crafting with one hand because I had rotator cuff surgery yesterday. Luckily, it’s my left shoulder, but hunting and pecking with my right hand alone makes Read on…
Where in the world did I put that ATC?
August 18th, 2010
I love artist trading cards (ATCs) almost as much as I love making large art. ATCs are limited to 2 1/2″ X 3 1/2″, and the rules are that they cannot be sold, only traded, thus the title, Artist TRADING Cards. In the past few years, I have seen artists sell these in galleries and can only assume that they and the gallery owners are ignorant of the rules. Enough of my soapbox. Read on…
“The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.” – Robert Benchley
August 13th, 2010
Thank goodness we don’t have to worry about typewriter ribbons anymore. The younger generation doesn’t even know what they are, but I remember the days of having a ribbon with black on the top and red on the bottom and when you had to change the darn thing, you wound up with hands so covered in ink that it looked as though they had been in a massacre. Read on…
Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters…
August 11th, 2010
I love that old Bing Crosby-Rosemary Clooney musical. I heard my mother and her three sisters refer to it often throughout their lives and thought how it applied to most all sisters, no matter what the age difference.
I’ve had the idea in the back of my mind for a long time to make a handmade book about Read on…
Treasured Moments
August 9th, 2010
I have been doing a lot of reflecting lately, mostly because I hit a big birthday (at this point, they’re ALL big). and I have had some downtime in which to think about what I want to do with the rest of my life. Read on…
