{~*~Gift Ideas~*~}

Give to Charities, Buy a Gift for a Toy Drive, Give Food to the Food Banks, Give your time as a Volunteer, Buy a Gift Card to a place like a resturant or grocery store that you see the homeless people hanging around a lot and give it to a homeless person, look up online in your area for places that help the homeless and print off the infor- mation and make into booklets and along with the gift card give them that too. You can buy or make bags and fill them with things the homeless might use, There are websites online that give you information on what to put inside them. Remember the People in Retirement Homes, Hospitals, Children Hospitals, Neighbors or Anyone in Need. Please Remember these People All Year Round!!! Remember to always be Kind to People. You never know what they have been through or are going through. That includes Being Kind to Yourself and Your Family too! Thank You For Caring and Being so Generous in Giv-ing!!! My Prayer is that Your Lives Will Be Filled with the Lord's Overflowing Abundance of Love & Blessing's that come from the Father in Heaven! Happy Holiday's To You and a Very Merry Christmas Too!!! Enjoy!

{~*~Montessori By Hand~*~}

I was trying to put up her recycled bath mat tutorial but it I can't get the link to work, so you can find it at her site dated Friday, Novemeber 2, 2007. She also has a really cute apron she has sewn. I don't think there is a tutorial of that though. You will find some cute paper clip ice stake ornaments you can make. I think if you look at them you can figure out how to make them. They look simple enough.The date that you will find them at her blog is Thursday, November 15, 2007. Enjoy Yourself! http://montessoribyhand.blogspot.com/

{~*~Acorns~*~}

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/clay79.html I've been collecting a lot of the acorns on my walks. You can learn something's about them at this site. You can also use them in crafts. I can't remember where I seen some ornaments made out of acorns on a blog. I did watch part of Martha Stewart today and seen a pendent and a pin made from the top of an acorn. You'll have to check her site to see what else was used to make them. She is on my list at the right. Have a Blessed Month!

{~*~Smile of a Child~*~}

Check out http://www.smileofachild.org/

{~*~Cloth Baseball~*~}

I was looking for a ball tuturial for the flaxseed poc- ket warmers. I found this cloth baseball tutorial. I made round ones but not ball shaped ones. I will make a smaller version of this baseball to fit inside the pockets of jackets/coats. I think I will make a baseball size for a gift as a toy for dgrnph by re- cycling some of my worn out jeans. I might make dgrd one with flowered jeans material. Gift idea: http://www.wikihow.com/Sew-a-Cloth-Baseball

{~*~The Real Me~*~}

Check out Lani Kent's post on The Real Me on Friday, November 23, 2007! She posted a Natilie Grant Video that really touches the heart!!! So does Lani's art. http://artistlanikent.blogspot.com/

{~*~Teary Eyed~*~}

Walking tonight, seen Christmas lights, memories fill my mind, tearing up just thinking about those times, miss my Dad, coming home through the park, wipe my tears off my cheeks, just want to sit down and cry, but I don't, I continue toward home, holding back tears best I can, don't want anyone to ask me the reason for the tears, because I just might not be able to hold onto them any- more, if they do, I just woudn't be able to tell them any- way the reason why, The only thing I'd be able to do is break down, let it all out and cry. ~Flassie