World Cardmaking Day

World Cardmaking day 

My Book: 

YOU DON’T NEED TO BE AN ARTIST TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE CARDS.

Have you ever seen a handmade greeting card and thought, “I wish I could make something like that”—only to feel overwhelmed by all the tools, papers, techniques, and complicated-looking designs?

Card Making For Beginners 2026–2027 gives you a clear place to start.

Instead of throwing you straight into complicated projects, this practical guide teaches the fundamental skills that make handmade cards look clean, intentional, and polished. You’ll learn how to choose cardstock, use essential tools, measure accurately, score crisp folds, cut straight edges, position layers evenly, and choose the right adhesive for different materials.

Then you’ll put those skills to work with guided projects that gradually build your confidence.

Inside, you’ll discover how to:

• Build a practical beginner card-making toolkit without buying everything in the craft store

• Choose cardstock by weight, finish, and paper grain

• Measure, score, fold, and cut with greater accuracy

• Create your first layered handmade card

• Make a simple pop-up card using an easy internal tab

• Improve color combinations and card-front composition

• Add simple hand-lettering and stamping

• Work with patterned paper without making your designs look cluttered

• Create shaped card fronts and interactive folds

• Explore heat embossing and dimensional elements

• Personalize projects for different occasions and recipients

• Diagnose common problems such as crooked folds, uneven cuts, lifting layers, adhesive mistakes, and misaligned designs

• Move from following instructions to creating your own original cards

• Finish, present, store, and prepare handmade cards with greater confidence

The real goal isn’t simply to complete a few projects.

It’s to develop the skills that allow you to look at a blank sheet of cardstock and know what to do next.

With deliberate practice, you’ll progress from basic construction to more ambitious projects and eventually create original handmade cards without relying completely on a template.

Whether you want to make thoughtful birthday cards, thank-you cards, celebration cards, personal greetings, or simply enjoy a rewarding paper craft, this book gives you a structured path from “I’ve never made a card before” to “I made this myself.”

Start with the basics. Practice the right skills. Build your confidence. Then create cards that feel genuinely your own.

 My Thank You card : 

Welcome to my Home : 

  My Mom was famous for her note writings : she wrote notes to family and friends and of course Thank you notes all the time. Since her passing I have tried to keep up the practice in her honor.

 But yes sometime : a simple text or email is so easy and No stamp needed. But then I couldn't make a card... 

Today card features a simple yellow rose ( Mom favorite) on a Navy swiss dotted  background. With  yellow trim . And a simple message of Thanks. And inside empty to write my  note. Lisa 

Fall at the Library

 

It's Pumpkin time at the library ! 

As we get reading for another busy Fall day at the Library ... 

Its Circle time : 

Fall on the Farm. Pumpkins. Crisp Leaves

Take a brisk fall journey around the Little Farm from dawn until dusk.
A delightful fall story with nostalgic small farm life and all your favorite fall activities.
It truly is pumpkin time on the Little Farm!

Order your copy today!

Pick up It's Pumpkin Time Little Farm if you are looking for:

• A classic read for children ages 2 to 8 years old.
• Back to school books, ideal for your classroom, homeschool curriculum, and more!
• Seasonal and educational books about the changing seasons, fall on the farm, autumn activities, etc.
• Fall Calendar Units or Farm Units and so much more!

Book Review : 

This is a sweet little book for young readers. It combines what we all love about fall in such a cute way. This book does a good job conveying the "feeling" of fall with all of the sights, smells, tastes and sounds of this wonderful time of year. It made me want to go pick some apples off of my tree, make some pumpkin pancakes and gaze out at the harvest moon! I would recommend this book to add to your fall book collection and to get your child excited about the season with all the fun things to come!

My Pumpkin Craft 

Paper plate, orange tissue paper torn, green construction paper for stem and glue 

 What teens are checking out? 

Halloween arrives in Brookville. The fall festival is in full swing and this year’s corn maze promises to be one no one will ever forget, especially for CLANCY DENTON and his friends as they will battle an evil force that has called Brookville home for over 400 years.

Book Review : 

 The author  provides a sharp, quick read set during Brookville's Fall Festival. Despite being only 75 pages, we get a good development of the lead characters as well as the mysterious entity pulling Clancy Denton to the eponymous maze. Without giving away too many spoilers, there are several stand out scenes including a dream sequence and the climatic journey into the Maze. Field excels when he's writing cinematic-like scenes balancing character development and strong visuals.

While The Corn Maze is a great read during all parts of the year, its perfectly appropriately for the Fall spooky season. I've been a fan of Field's work and I look forward the next release, Katie Kennedy, previewed in this novella.

October Happy Planner

October Happy Planner 

With all the special and not so special days marked with stickers and fonts. 

Today is World Teacher Day! And tomorrow Walk to school Day. 

Traditional planner 

Here's a fun large planner ( 12x12) I made with pictures and stickers....

This one with hand drawn images.

: Pumpkin Spice Cookies

 

 Pumpkin Spice Cookies 

• 2&1/2 cups AP flour
• 1 tsp  baking soda
• 1 tsp  ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp  ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp  salt
• 1/2 cup  unsalted butter, softened
• 1&1/4 cups Sugar
• 1/2 cup  canned pumpkin puree
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp  vanilla extract

cinnamon sugar

• 1/4 cup  granulated sugar
• 1 tsp (5ml) ground cinnamon

Let’s Bake :

Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.

• In a medium bowl, toss together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
• Using an electric mixer and in a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until well blended. Mix in the pumpkin puree, egg and vanilla until smooth. Slowly mix in the flour mixture until just combined. Cover and chill in the fridge for 1 hour or until the dough is firm enough to roll in your hands.
• Using a medium cookie scoop or tablespoon, roll out rounded cookie dough and generously coat in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottoms. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Diy Pumpkin Spice candles

Fall is perfect time for candle 

Glass container ,wick glue dot

Soy wax

Orange crayon 

1 tsp Pumpkin spices, nutmeg, cinnamon 

Use a clean class container, fix wick with glue dot. Make sure it is straight.  Melt wax ,add color and spices.  Pour in container and let set up. 

At home with Dot

It's the end of  September and Dot is passing the post to Blue 💙 

Blue is our mixed blue heeler we adopted from our local no kill shelter. They do a wonderful job and has adoption events all the time. Please donate to your local shelter or volunteer. 

September event ....

This has been a great event and ending soon. Sponsored by Bissell this is the largest funded pet adoption event. . Please help empty the shelters with reduced or free adoption fees. 

Some September dog holiday 

It's Service dog month : check local laws. 

Pet Pain Awerness months 

Concern Pet owner month

Adopt a dog day

Scooby Doo day

Rabies shot day schedule your appointment today. 

Pet care for September.....

Dog treats ... For Blue

Coming in October it's all about cats....

Diy Coffee crafts and recipe

Coffee candle 

Made with a clean jar, wick , soy wax , whole coffee beans and coffee essentials fragrance. 

Melt soy wax in microwave. Then pour into clean jar with wix. As it cools add coffee fragrance and whole beans. Let harden up 

Chocolate coffee spoons 

You will need

Spoons 

Chocolate 

Extra to add to coffee 

Melt chocolate and pipe it into spoon and extracts . Let harden.

DIY Coffee Creamer 

Ingredients

  

Base Vanilla Creamer

• 1 Cup Cream
• 1 Cup Whole Milk
• ¼-½ Cup Maple Syrup
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Pumpkin Spice

• 2 TBS Pumpkin Puree
• 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Caramel Creamer

• 1 tsp Caramel Flavor or 2 TBS Homemade Caramel

Peppermint Mocha

• 3/4 tsp Peppermint Extract
• 1-1½ TBS Cocoa Powder

Instructions

 

• All of the recipes start with the base vanilla creamer. To make other flavors just add the additional ingredients listed.

  For the Pumpkin Spice and the Peppermint Mocha a blender is ideal for mixing.

  The Vanilla and Caramel can just be shaken in the jar to mix.