Christmas Family Traditions: Decorating Gingerbread Houses
Sunday, December 25th, 2011With the lebkuchen baked, cut and assembled into a readily waiting village of houses, we were all set for the fun: decorating! A family Christmas Eve tradition with my family growing up was to go to 4pm Mass, then come right home for a quick dinner and then the highlight of the evening–gingerbread house decorating! [...]
Brilliant Brother – Frown Town
Sunday, June 13th, 2010I’ve mentioned my brother Steve quite a few times in previous posts about my artsy and talented family members, and the time has come to elaborate a bit and unveil his most recent work. Steve is an extremely talented painter, but his #1 passion from early in his childhood has been puppets. You can read [...]
Closely Knit and Talented Family
Friday, March 20th, 2009I’m home sick from work today, which means I’ve been spending much of the day sleeping, or curled up in a ball with a good book and a mug of hot tea. Since I am a third grade teacher, I did spend some time grading papers and reading through my students’ work. While sitting at [...]
Creativity Break – And New Listings!
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009Tonight I decided to just take a break from the busy-ness of life and dedicate time to crafting. It has been quite some time since I last sat still to let my creative juices flow (without the nagging thought of school work, cleaning, cooking, or other things distracting me). Tonight, after reading an article in [...]
Presence is the Best Present
Thursday, December 25th, 2008This Christmas, my family is living by the “presence is the best present” motto. We didn’t really do the gift exchange at all, with the exception of a few small things that were either seen as “perfect-can’t do without” gifts, or small handmade tokens of our familial love. Instead, we’re cherishing our time spent together. [...]
