Welcome to the Festive Friday Blog Hop hosted by Terri Sproul! You should have arrived here from:  Brenda’s blog For this week’s cards,  I worked in collaboration with my daughter Samantha.  The main materials used in these “cards” is felt.  They are designed to fit perfectly into a business size envelope for easy mailing but [...]

Here’s what’s on my work table – part of my inspiration for my Steampunk Valentine swap creation.  You still have time to join in!  There’s one week left until it needs to be mailed out.  Check out this post for the details:  http://cynchronicity.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/steampunk-valentines-day-swap/ Remember you can work with any materials or techniques you’d like – [...]

Sugarplum:  “If you don’t pick me up, I’m just going to climb right up your leg!”

Here’s an idea of a Valentine’s Day pendant made in the Steampunk style.  I made this last year on one of my shows using metal tape (found at a hardware store, used for duct work), metal washers, a styrofoam heart as the base, heart and key themed stamps, Staz On ink, wire, a Tim Holtz [...]

Welcome to the Festive Friday Blog Hop hosted by Terri Sproul! You should have arrived here from:  Brenda’s blog I’m really excited to have joined the Festive Friday blog hop for 2012.  I get so busy around the holidays that I never seem to find the time to get my Christmas cards finished.  I was [...]

Ok so remember last year when I was in a heart swap and I ended up creating a Steampunk Valentine necklace for it?  No?  Well, above is a picture of it to remind you.  At the time, I had said that I really wanted to do a full blown Steampunk Valentine’s Day swap this year [...]

From Smuckers:  http://www.simplyfrugal.ca/2012/01/free-printable-recipe-booklets-from-smuckers/ Vegan holiday recipes: http://www.simplyfrugal.ca/2011/12/free-vegan-holiday-recipe-book-download/

Happy Epiphany!  This is the day we commemorate the arrival of the Magi in Bethlehem to present the Lord Jesus with gifts.  As we all know, these gifts consisted of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. (Matthew 2:11) Gold is one of the most ancient of treasures.  It is mentioned in scripture as far back as in [...]

Some people have already put away their Christmas decorations but that job for me doesn’t occur until after tomorrow as we reach the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas.  The word Epiphany means manifestation.  It celebrates the arrival of the Magi to meet the newborn Christ Child and their presentation of gifts to Him.  [...]

We’ve had a big dumping of snow here in London, Ontario – about 17 inches in a 24 hour period.  Now, I’m not really a fan of snow (why yes, that is a HUGE understatement) but our dog Trinity LOVES the stuff.  It really does help on those bleak snowy days to see her galloping [...]