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I love making charm bracelets, and I love Christmas, so if you put the two together, you get Christmas-y charm bracelet fun! I make my charm bracelets using either 8 mm rings and 4 mm rings to join them or 10 mm rings and 5 mm rings to join them. You’ll want to get at...
These Christmas snowflake forms are a lovely way to make ornaments for your tree, and at $4.00 for eight, they’re also inexpensive. I suggest using acrylic beads for this project – they’re inexpensive, weigh less than glass or wooden beads, and come in tons of pretty colours! For these projects I used 4 mm clear...
It snowed last night! Not enough to call it a snow day and stay home all curled up with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate, but enough to make it look very pretty! Have I mentioned how much I love Christmas? It’s the most wonderful time of the year! So I present...
My Christmas was outstanding! It was white and snowy, then the day grew sunny and a bit warmer. Wanda cooked our Christmas dinner (turkey with stuffing, Brussel sprouts – for my mom & Cameron – broccoli salad, homemade perogies, and cabbage rolls!) and it was delicious. Cameron bought her ABBA Singstar, so we tried a...
Merry Christmas! It’s finally here. All the shopping, the fretting, the making of lists, the creating of gifts — it all comes down to this…it’s C-Day. Like little kids, Raymond and I have been up since about 4:30 waiting to see what Santa delivered under the tree. We’re quietly drinking our tea, waiting patiently for...