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New Year

Book Review time :

 Book Review: 

A Catered New Year’s Eve

Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons are reunited with a distant relative who wants them to cater a New Year’s Eve event—and help find a guilty party . . .
 
It’s been years since Bernie and Libby’s parents became estranged from Ada Sinclair’s side of the family—though the reasons for the rift are lost to history. The sisters, however, are intrigued when Ada makes contact and tells them about the long-ago deaths of her father and his business partner—both of which were ruled accidental.
 
Ada thinks otherwise—and has a plan. On New Year’s Eve, she’ll gather a group of guests and read from a diary she’s found in her mother’s attic that she thinks will expose the culprit. The Simmons sisters agree to provide refreshments for the bash, but when the night arrives, a guest drops dead. In the tumult, the diary disappears. When Ada is arrested for murder, she’ll have to hope that Bernie and Libby can provide a resolution before the clock runs out.
 
Includes Original Recipes for You to Try!

Book Review: ( from Library collection) 

Love the rapport with the sisters and their father. Very different and unique. Enjoyed reading this and look forward to many more books just like it.

Have a great New Year!

Craft Time : Tuesday

 Today its tiny Plastic Perler beads : 

Despite the buzzy attention Perler beads have gained from the pixel artist faction, Ms. Derr stresses that kids remain the core users of Perler beads, with Perler products found in the kids’ crafts aisle of major mass market retailers. Millennial parents who first crafted with Perler beads as kids are now introducing them to their own children, and the parenting website Romper recently included Perler beads in a list of top rainy day activities for kids.

“Creating with Perler beads gets kids away from screens and forces them to focus on making something,” Ms. Derr explained. “They can practice self-expression through bead art at a very young age, but they don’t have to stop doing it just because they’ve gotten older. It’s the type of creative activity that adapts to their age and talent level through adulthood.”

Perler beads were first introduced in 1981 in Cloverdale, CA. Perler products, ranging from beads to pegboards, activity kits, tools and more, are sold on Perler.com and in stores nationwide.

My Heart project: 

Directions https://www.shelbytwp.org/home/showpublisheddocument/5247/637691988546670000

Pattern: 

Need more patterns: https://www.itsalwaysautumn.com/the-giant-list-of-perler-bead-patterns-fuse-beads-melty-beads.html

New Year ATC

 New Year ATC 

iam using blue cards with layered stickers  of Snow. Winter and New Year trio. 

So what are Artist Trading Cards all about then?

The artist trading card is said to have been born in 1997 in Switzerland when M. Vänçi Stirnemann of Zurich hosted the first swap at “INK. art & text”. Since then this small art form has grown very large in popularity and many artists and crafters are embracing the concept.

What are Artist Trading Cards?

Each ATC should be exactly 3.5 inches tall and 2.5 inches wide. This is the same size as a standard trading card such as a baseball card  and many playing cards. Lots of collectable and gaming cards such as Pokémon cards are this size too.

Most are rectangular but some artists do experiment with arched tops, folding flaps and pockets etc.

The ATC is supposed to be a trading card and so should have a little thickness to it. Even the fabric ones are not too flimsy.

Let it Sneaux

This or That Tuesday!  And it's all about snow. Something that we don't see a lot here.. . 

My bottle snowman ⛄️ 

This cute little guy is made from an empty bottle painted white with a paper mache head. I added the hat ,scarf and buttons.  

Snowflake ❄️ 

My blue foam snowman and Snowflake ❄️ ornament from DG craft kits. Grab these while on clearance.  

It's Snowman gift bag

I love making gift bags and tags for all occasions with bits and pieces of left over craft supplies.  

Yes we do get snow this is from 2021 ..my front yard. 

Tuesday Tag : Snow Fun

 

Let it Snow! 

We want get any Snow in Louisiana this week but I can enjoy some hot chocolate any time. In the cute Snow Fun  tag.  Made with cute (3)  small pictures, snowflake brad  and knitted yarn. 

If you are a knitter : Free mittens here https://www.handylittleme.com/easy-mittens-knitting-pattern. I am going to try it out.   Lisa