Last Christmas I made one of these for Amanda, my work Secret Santa. It was such a fun craft to make, and so appreciated by the soon-to-have-baby-Bryce mama, that I decided to make one for my sister Karla, pregnant with her first, a little boy. I chose a cookie-patterned scrapbook paper that makes me think of my mom and the tradition of baking and cooking that she's passed on to us all. And to the Matchbox car I crafted a teeny tiny wreath which ties to the family tradition of my Dad putting wreaths on the grills of all of our cars on Thanksgiving.
"Our house was not unsentient matter — it had a heart and a soul, and eyes to see with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benedictions. We never came home from an absence that its face did not light up and speak out in eloquent welcome — and we could not enter it unmoved."- Samuel Clemens
I am probably the most content person you'd ever want to meet. I have a decent job working with people I like, a loving family including a swell Old English Sheepdog, a home where nesting and curling up on slipcovered sofas is required, and a life rich in creative crafting and daydreaming. I someday want a cottage at the beach where my grandchildren can bring sandy feet into the house, wet bathing suits can dry on the front porch and everything we need to get to is a bicycle ride away.
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Soooo beautiful!
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