Last year, my daughter-in-law brought me some figs from the store where she works. We are far enough out in the boonies that I have never seen fresh figs for sale in any grocery store in the area. Sad, isn’t it? This year, I asked her to get figs for me again. They were on […]
A few years ago, I made these cookie cutter ornaments for the Christmas Notebook ornament exchange. They were pretty easy to make. I found a cookie cutter collection at Wal-Mart that had twenty cookie cutters for only $5. What you’ll need: Metal cookie cutters Mod Podge decoupage medium Scissors Background paper Paint brush X-Acto knife […]
In 2005, I was perusing the book Mary Engelbreit’s Christmas Companion and saw a picture on page 68 of a little tree that the author called a “collage tree.” I knew right then that I was going to make one. The hardest part of this project is assembling the bits and pieces to cover the […]
The grands have been here quite a bit lately. When their Great-Ma passed away, they and their daddy stayed here for four days. Our son from Seattle was here, as well, and our daughter who spends her summers in New York came home for the funeral. Our youngest daughter still lives at home and the […]