Posts Tagged ‘handmade gift’

Write Personal Poems For Mother On Mother’s Day

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

by Simon Darby

One common thing to do on Mother’s Day is to send poems to our mothers. Have you considered writing a personal one for your mother? If you don’t think you can do it, you have come to the right place. Here’s a simple method to write your own poem for your mother.

The first step is to decide what to write about. Think of something you love or admire about your mother. This may be some aspect of her character such as her love, patience, grace or a combination of those. Another good theme to write about is your past, present and future relationship with your mother. You could also make what you want to say to your mother but never got around to saying it as a theme.

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Earth Day Kid’s Craft: Recycling Crayons Into New, Fun Shapes

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Happy Earth Day to you!!

I love using recycled craft materials whenever possible. If you are looking for an easy kid’s craft, try recycling crayons into brand new ones.  All you need to do is:

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Free Craft Software: Fix Photos with “InPaint” – Great for Scrapbooking!

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

FOR TODAY ONLY!!!

You can install “InPaint” on your computer today…for FREE.  But this offer is for today only.   This is a small, simple program.  I will be downloading it for myself because I like the idea of being able to EASILY erase parts of a photo without having to use the effective but time-consuming clone tool.   This is ideal for scrapbooking, paper crafting with your digital photos, other photo crafts, etc.

Here is what this software can do:

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