‘Ink Re-Cap 155: Random Sketches and Scribbles

‘Ink Re-Cap 155.
Random Sketches and Scribbles
about Temple Grandin, Church Ladies sewing and Sock Snowmen.

 

I got a couple of messages this week that I totally love.

Asking me to design Christmas cards OOAK. The best kind ever.

If you didn’t know we do One Of A Kind, you do now. No extra charge, if it’s something from our repertory of available images and paper.

So I hope you’re privileged to receive one of these cards! They’re always special with other people’s creative input.

And we get to do everything until the SWAK for them. Don’t know what that is? Printing, placing cards in envelopes, addressing the envelopes. Then they Sign and Seal With A Kiss, and mail them out.

If you need this, we’d love to put you on our list.

 

 

 

‘Ink Re-Cap 155: Our Week on the Blog

 

We’re excited to see dried flowers coming back on trend. So I can’t wait till someone puts on a Vintage-Theme Bridal Shower With Dried Flower Bar.  Please, someone do it somewhere and tell me about it?

We all know it’s big news when a baby is coming, so this Newspaper Themed Baby Shower could have just the ideas you’re looking for. Make your party Front Page News.

You know we have a love affair with paper, but who knew freezer paper could help us in our stationery business? Yeah, that gloppy bloody mess you unwrap from thawing beef roast? Only, in our case, grab it before it touches any meat, and make these Monogram Christmas Tea-Towels DIY: Freezer-Paper Stencils. It’s almost magic, how well it works.

Thank my older sister for this Adorable Sock Snowman Family DIY idea. I’ve been wanting to make some ever since she brought them to decorate a family Christmas reunion. My g’littles will love making these.

My family from the Little Farm on the River are at an Autism Conference today (they get to listen to Temple Grandin). Listening to the different speakers (he turned his phone on for me, sweet son of mine) made me realize how so many people walk on water every single day. Walking on Water Miracles: Staying On Top of Struggle are my thoughts on this very real life.

 

 

 

 

 

‘Ink Re-Cap 155 Search Engine Spotlight:

This is the post of the week:

How to Stamp Cork Coasters: Easy Last Minute Gift

If you have events lined up for this Holiday Season, you’ll need hostess gifts, or friendship gifts, or stocking fillers or an unexpected gift opportunity. (I know what mine will be for. DILs, don’t read this. We put little fun gift boxes on everyone’s plate at our family Christmas dinner, and these will fit into two of them perfectly!)

So order your supplies now, so you’re ready when you need a gift.

 

 

 

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Christmas Sale!!!

It is 43 days until Christmas Day 2021!

It’s time for making lists and planning menus and… getting out your Christmas Card addresses.

And so we’ve created our

First Annual/Pre-Black Friday/Holiday Hullabaloo
CHRISTMAS SALE!!!

Yes, we’re excited. Use the golden link to see all the Christmas we are discounting for our special GIFTees. Which is you, if you signed up for our email list!

 

 

 

Inspiring Inklings of Real Life

The World Outside Our Work Window

This week our Church Ladies spent a day making blankets and sewing for others.

I signed up to bring turkey for lunch for our delicious Thanksgiving potluck. Pies and sweet potatoes… Yum!

The husbands and brothers were invited for lunch and quite a few could make it work into their schedules. They played baseball with the schoolchildren after lunch (the students always join us for lunch on sewing days).

I learned a new technique for edging blankets, which I plan to share on the blog one of these weeks. Soooo cute!

Kim came, and enjoyed it. Except for the part where rowdy little boys at her table started throwing things and shouting their glee. A little too much stimulus, and I wondered what she’d do. I was so proud of her. She calmly got up and took the object away from them, sat down again, and went on with lunch. When we got home she had some stress overwhelm. But the public appearance was flawless (successful masking). Children love her, especially the g’littles, although she doesn’t realize this all the time. Her imagination, like most of ours, works too well in the negative direction.

 

 

Book of the week: “Thinking in Pictures, My Life With Autism”*

by Temple Grandin, 2008

Amazon’s blurb:

Originally published in 1995 as an unprecedented look at autism, Grandin writes from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person to give a report from “the country of autism.” Introducing a groundbreaking model which analyzes people based on their patterns of thought, Grandin “charts the differences between her life and the lives of those who think in words” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

For the new edition, Grandin has written a new afterword addressing recent developments in the study of autism, including new diagnostic criteria, advancements in genetic research, updated tips, insights into working with children and young people with autism, and more.

My farmer son said they enjoyed the conference, and “Temple really says it like it is!” They bought some of her books, and got her to autograph them. Color me green.

Sigh. If only we’d known about Temple back in 1995. Although hers and Kim’s first years couldn’t have been more different.

 

A children’s book:

“The Girl Who Thought in Pictures“*

by Julia Finley Mosca, 2017

The earlier in their we teach our children about diverse personalities and abilities, the sooner they’ll accept everyone for who they are. Books can’t do it all, but we all tend to put credence to words from a book. It might make more of an impact if they read or hear these words from a book, rather than mom saying, “Now, Johnny, be nice. They can’t help who they are.” Which is so revealing. Revealing your attitude in capital letters.

It’s even more important for the diverse child to feel they have a place in the universe that helps them feel worthwhile. Get the grooves in the brain going in the right direction before they mold seemingly irreversibly into negative cycles.

There’s no doubt Temple is an inspiration. Thank you, people who gave her a chance and encouraged her move forward.

 

Miscellaneous

Smirk:

Thanks, Carolyn, for this one:

The man who invented the Ferris Wheel never met the man who invented the Merry-go-round.

They traveled in different circles.

 

Random Factoid:

Yesterday’s post yielded man’s obsession (certain humans, that is) of creating the illusion of walking on water. We could talk about the spiritual ramifications of this, but the random factoid is in this article: How they do it. They’ll go to crazy lengths to pretend to do what Jesus did without effort. But the absolute scientific proof is, no human can walk on water. You’d have to be able to run 67 mph so your feet wouldn’t break the surface.

 

Inspiring Quote

Now for the week’s fridge quote.

Corrie Ten Boom.

 

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