…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 […]
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Papercrafting for sewists
…or sew-ers—oh, you know, people who sew. How about stamps that make it look as though you ran your scrapbook layout (or card, or wall art) through your sewing machine (actually, you could do that, too, but you don’t have to)? Or how about dies for cutting shapes that give you “stitched” ovals, hearts, and circles? And then […]
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 […]
Subscribe To Art
Layouts don’t always have to be in a binder…they can be displayed on a tabletop or on a wall like the art that they often are: If scrapbooking is what you love, Close To My Heart has a new subscription program to make it easy for you. Check out the details here.
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.