Category Archives: LIfestyle

A Larger Card

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I have been wanting to make some cards using a full piece of cardstock.  I think special occasions, like weddings for instance, call for a card that is larger than the usual 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″.  Here are two photos of my first attempt.  The measurements of this pocket-card are 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″.  You will notice that I didn’t stamp a sentiment… Read more »

Bzzzzzz….

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Yesterday Erica and I experimented with fondant for the very first time. It wasn’t too terribly difficult. We had a great time! We even added bumble-bees (to hide the boo-boos…shhhh!) Tomorrow night she is going to lead her Beehive class in decorating a couple more of these cute cakes. Instead of using fondant, she is just going to dye some… Read more »

Le Train de Nulle Part

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Interesting trivia fact of the day: Le Train de Nulle Part (The Train from Nowhere) is a 233-page French novel, written in 2004 by a French doctor of letters, Michel Dansel, under the pen-name Michel Thaler. The entire novel is written without a single verb. Here is a little sample: Fool’s luck! A vacant seat, almost, in that compartment. A… Read more »