Both my girls have their birthdays in August (along with my husband, mom, cousin, nephew, father in law and there are name days and anniversaries too in August! It's a celebration packed month!) but we're usually away for vacation during that time.
Read MoreThe best friend of my little daughter (and when I say best friend I mean they are joined by the hip!) celebrated her 13th birthday. I made her a word-art card using my Cameo and a cupcake box from Svgcuts' Happy Birthday kit.
Read MoreTo round up summer and start the new school year off good (and cos both my girls have name days in September) I baked 6 dozen cupcakes and made with the help of the girls as many not-so-little milk carton treat-holders to house the cupcakes (we needed so many because except schoolmates they treated the teachers and the dance-class too).
Read MoreSibling love is a tricky thing. Mystical to those who are an only child; raging with jealousy/rivalry or kind and comforting and everything in between for the siblings themselves; a "playfield" for psychologists. Sibling love is incomprehensible because it's different for every "pair" of sibling but it's also an unquestionable fact because we FEEL it throughout our lives. Through time, it changes and evolves like we as individuals do. (Thank heavens cos otherwise my brother would be still pulling my hair and I'd be still jealous of him! )
Read MoreIn my family music always played an important role. I went to a music-oriented school from the very beginning till graduation; played the piano and was singing in the school's choir. I got to see half of Europe with that choir and loved every second of singing with others together whether it was in a church, by a camp-fire or a concert-hall! My older daughter falling in my footsteps also plays the piano and is singing in the Children's Choir of Kodaly Conservatory in Athens, Greece
Read MoreNo, I'm not going to nor coming back from Paris but I loved the Eiffel-tower box file from SVGCuts Amelie's accessories so much I wanted to make it for someone. I hope my cousin, Stella (who will get the box filled with goodies for her birthday), will get to go someday and see the real Eiffel tower for herself!
Read MoreWhen a common/mutual cause (fandom, goal, love for something) brings new people into your life you nurture the new-found relationship and you find yourself after a while calling those people FRIENDS. The last three years I've "met" brilliant people -authors, mainly through reading their stories and fellow readers- and connected with them through twitter and other social media etc. I've come to cherish and love them despite the possibility of never having the chance to meet them in person!
Read MoreMay is a busy month what with Summer so near, school-year close to the finish line, exams, recitals, concerts, you name it we've done it this month! In addition, on the very last day of May it's my Father's birthday. He likes to read, listen to music and collects postal stamps so I've combined all these things and made him a matchbox style book
Read MoreOne of my first projects as a birthday gift for a very special woman in my life was a three tier birthday cake box that is essentially a tower of three circular boxes with their lids glued to the above box' bottom. All three boxes open and they measure from about 4 inches for the smallest, upper box to around 8 inches for the bottom box.
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