Category: Holidays
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1989 Christmas ornaments
For several years I collected angel figurines, so it seemed appropriate that I make angel ornaments for my own two little angels. That year I had been making things out of twisted paper. It was an inexpensive craft material that you could use to make baskets, wreaths, dolls, and all sorts of other items. I…
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1988 Christmas ornaments
During this time period, pretty much the only craft I did was cross stitch. It was small, portable, and easy to stitch for just a few minutes if that’s all I had. The girls loved to help pull the needle through. I can’t tell you how many times I had to rethread the needle when…
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1987 Christmas ornaments
In 1987, with two toddlers underfoot, I didn’t get much accomplished. I do remember decorating grapevine wreaths as Christmas presents that year. While collecting supplies, I found these two small heart wreaths and decided to use them as ornaments. I didn’t have many art supplies available to me, so I used some markers to color…
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1986 Christmas ornaments
Christmas 1986, DD#1 was nearly 23 months old, and DD#2 was 3-1/2 months old. They must have been napping because somehow I made two ornaments for each of them that year. The first set was made from some pretty baby booties that they each wore. The second set was made from some baby blocks. I…
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Christmas memories
I’ve always enjoyed Christmas. I love the reason behind it, and I loved sharing the excitement with my kids as they grew up. Each year I made an ornament for them. Sometimes it was something that related to their experiences that year, sometimes it was something I was interested in or experimenting with, sometimes it…
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Black Friday 2010
My favorite fabric store, Fabric Shack in Waynesville, Ohio, thoughtfully had a Black Friday sale yesterday. Since I missed out on the little netbook I wanted to buy, I decided to console myself by making the thirty minute drive to see what they had on sale. I was hoping to beef up some of the…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Hope your turkey was yummy 🙂 We had several friends over to share our meal. We ended up with ten people in all. Our dining room isn’t quite that big, so we re-arranged the house and moved the dining room table into the living room, and we moved the chairs from…
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My baby turns 24
Today DD#2 turned 24. She’s nearly the same age as me now! It was a perfect day! We had a wonderful church picnic after church. The weather cooperated beautifully. After everyone left and we finished cleaning up, we overdyed two pairs of her faced blue jeans and did some minor alterations on some blouses for…
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The “Merry Yacht”
My sweet hubby and I just got back from three wonderfully relaxing days camping at a nearby state park. Several years ago we were tremendously blessed when my father decided he wanted to give away his RV. As soon as he offered it to us, we jumped at the offer! My husband loves camping. Me…not…
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Memorial Day & My Dad
Today I want to honor my dad. Thankfully, he is still alive (he’s 80 years old) and living happily with my brother in California but, sadly, Alzheimer’s is silencing many of his memories. My dad served in the US Air Force for 31-1/2 years. He was only 18 when he enlisted. He wanted to be…