More on our adventures around Western New York.
Author Archives: Tracy Marisa
Holiday Craft Fairs… can Christmas be far behind?
A fine time was had by all at the Fall Craft and Vendor Fair at Maranatha Bible Chapel in Horseheads. Wild Goose Crafts was there…could that inflatable have been any bigger? (answer: no–it wouldn’t have fit in the gym!) Now it’s on to getting ready for Thanksgiving guests. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
A Material Difference: Paper Quilts
by Vanessa Lyman One of my earliest quilt mentors would say, “Add a lot of starch. You want the fabric to be just like paper.” By “just like paper,” she meant that it should hold a nice crease, won’t fray, and won’t slither away just when you needed it to stay put. (Totally unmerited, by the […]
Snail mail is really a good thing
…who knew? Well, snail mail of the handwritten variety is good for both the sender and the recipient, as we paper aficionados know. I have several of Margaret Shepherd’s calligraphy instruction books on my shelf, so this jumped out at me from a column in the New York Times: “My husband sends handwritten notes scratched […]
Fall Birthday Card
Here is a Fall birthday card for a family member. Like it? I can show you how to make it…
Christmas Is Coming
And so it Halloween… and Thanksgiving… Oh, and here’s a great Advent calendar project for Christmastime: There’s a kit to help you with the Advent calendar available here. Visit my Close To My Heart shop for these lovely papers, stamps, and tools, and feel free to contact me with any questions.
You’ve Got Class
Kids are heading back to school, so this Close To My heart kit, which you can use to create a scrapbook-page-cum-folder-for-mementos for each year of school, is great for memory-keeping for kids or grandkids. Here’s my start at getting these assembled:
Psst! Are you a millennial?
Yes? Then you *need* greeting cards! To get them and to send them. It’s true. Really. It’s in How Millennials Can Save the Postal Service: It’s that desire for the physical that the post office needs to capitalize on, says Amanda Stafford, who co-wrote the OIG report. While Millennials like paying bills online, they prefer giving […]
Paper Hugs
Lots of ways to send paper hugs. I can show you how to make your own. This is a collection of celebration-themed cards—birthday, retirement, new baby, and so forth—made from CTMH’s “Central Park” collection, along with a folder for holding them all.