a fun art project to do with your kids. the unfinished birdhouses can be found at craft stores. if you have beautiful paper you’ve been saving for ‘something’ this is a great way to use it. these birdhouses can be nailed to a tree, or you can use a drill with a long bit, to…
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am i brave enough?
Words can pack a punch. Words can deliver a soft, sweet blow. Words can be a weapon or a gift. Sometimes we give someone words delivered from the heart…it can be difficult to put your heart & pride on the line with your words. I feel words delivered with emotion & then ignored hurt. That…
the children’s (Passover) table
My children’s table for ages 4-9. I decorate with frogs, but no water in the finger bowls (they would become ponds for said frogs in which to swim). I put inexpensive wine glasses for their grape juice. A Seder can last hours. But not when you have young children. The Passover Seder is a…
flowers for me
See? I bought tickets. These flowers are from my gardens
make rainbows from your windows
I found these polar bear Christmas ornaments at TJmaxx for $5. I haven’t taken the rings out of them yet. I will keep them in the kitchen window all winter. If you were in the kitchen from 10 until noon, the room is full of rainbows. . I found another Christmas ornament…an angel made…
old earrings as pushpins….upcycle!
what if you had a daughter that shopped at Claire’s for her earrings & then she outgrew them…up cycle! The possibilities are endless. Thrift store gaudy earring now can be used as art! This is all I have for now. I think I’m going to buy huge glass diamond studs at Claire’s or Walmart, so…
it’s true
designing something…i may use later for delivering to preschools for art classes. Just playing for now.
free antidepressant
I grew up in Vermont. My parents will tell you it was six months of winter. I remember it as, “this is life & what else is there?” My parents had lived in other places & disliked the length of Vermont winters. When my mother was feeling blue from winter, she would take us to…
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