Scrapbooking is a wonderful hobby! Besides being relaxing and fun, it also allows you to be creative and to spend quality time with your family and friends. Plus, it results in a storybook of lifelong memories.
One very important element of scrapbooking is getting it all organized. This includes, but is not limited to:
storing all of […]
Who would have thought that your scrapbooking and card making had a connection to the Maya Indians? Rubber Stamping is certainly one of the fastest growing hobbies today, and for good reason. With its inexpensive materials and creative versatility, rubber stamping provides millions with hours of fun and creativity. How did it all start?
• Spanish explorers […]
Retired professor of Microbiology, Harry Gilleland certainly has a wide variety of experiences and thought-provoking insights to share in his latest poetry book, Gilleland Poetry – Storoems and Poems. Harry’s poetry has appeared at numerous establishments over the years and he has authored three books to date. His dedication to and love of poetry is […]
JOINED
Heart beat of man
pounding - yet
unheard
joined
becomes the
beat of a nation.
Words of man
written - yet
unread
joined
becomes a
proclamation.
Sounds of man
spoken - yet
unheard
joined
becomes a
production .
Lines of man
drawn - yet
unrecognized
joined
becomes an
illustration.
Beings of man
humming - yet
forgotten
joined
becomes a
celebration.
Patterns of man
created - yet
invisible
joined
becomes a
new universe.
Joined
we become
recognized.
Susan “Sue” Bacon Trumpfheller is an author, teacher, researcher and coach. Sue works with her clients to […]
Spring
Watching the birds fly,
My mind wanders to the sky,
Searching for beauty.
Summer
Practicing under
The shady sycamore tree -
The sun still finds me.
Fall
I read by streetlight -
Solemnly the silent owl
Watches me walking.
Winter
Wintry tree limbs hang
Upside down and touch the clouds -
Wooden icicles.
June
[…]
As the use of cell phones becomes increasingly popular, so does the use of cell phone lanyards to keep them from being misplaced. The cell phone lanyard is also a great way to keep a cell phone readily available without having to physically carry it. The lanyards are typically made of cord, rope […]
Creating a collage journal is a unique and fun way to personalize and enrich your journal. Making a collage journal is something that everyone can enjoy. If you are a visual artist, photographer, writer or just someone who wants to enhance your written journal, then creating a collage journal can be quite an adventure.
CHOOSE A […]
Millions of people have made a hobby of collecting items of
one sort or another, but some take it to a higher level.
These collectors view their collections as more than just
an accumulation of trinkets that they happen to enjoy; to
them, it’s a business, and they’re not in it to lose money.
For those who collect diecast models, […]
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness—
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
The quatrain above comes from Edward Fitzgerald’s second edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1868. Fitzgerald’s treatments of Omar Khayyam’s poems brought the Persian poet to […]
Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad,
Moved in down the street
Cautious watched them, from her window,
Wondering, which one should I meet?
Confused came in with overwhelmed and said,
“The Panics have come to town”
Then Hopeful called the carefulls,
And said that Happy was a clown.
Anxious came in with the news,
Confident had called a town meeting
To take a vote for Mayor,
And […]