Photos Galore!
Good Afternoon! Giggle and I are getting ready to pour ourselves an iced glass of chocolate mint tea and share some "girl talk". However, the tea isn't quite ready yet. While we wait for it to chill, we're each engaging in some creative pursuits. The project that has me excited today is the sort of thing normally posted on our Abundance blog but for some reason, I'm gabbing about it over here today.
Recently while browsing through a periodical, I saw an idea for photos that was perfect for me FINALLY. After years and years of gently placing pictures inside of boxes, something that works for me, right now. Individual photos placed on recipe card style sheets of cardstock provide the perfect compromise between scrapbooking and short little bursts of time within which to work. Each individual card holds one to three photos, depending on the size of pics, and either a small handwritten label at the bottom OR a bit of journaling on the back of the card. Backs of cards could also hold another photo. That's the great part, each person can place their pictures and journaling in whatever manner works best for them. Cards are then divided with labeled recipe card dividers. Journaling could also be done on the divider. Here is a link to printable recipe card dividers. Seriously, there is no excuse not to organize those photographs now. Place card stock of your choice (I used my favorite patterned paper) in the printer, print out the dividers, and cut them out. That's it! We've started!
That's nice, but what are we going to do with all of these photo cards? This is another one of the fun parts; we can place them in any place we want to. The article displayed them in a shallow wooden tray, ideal. Thing is, I don't happen to have a perfectly aged shallow wooden tray, nor do I desire to throw one together any time soon. For me, right now, they will be displayed someplace wonderful, just not sure where that is yet. All things in time. I haven't gotten any cards completed yet, just the dividers printed out on my favorite cardstock. The cardstock I've been carefullyhoarding saving for a project just like this. The next step will be to convince myself that yes, I really should write my journalling out by hand instead of printing it off of the computer.
Oh yes, photos aren't the only thing that could be placed on recipe cards and divided with perfect dividers. A person could actually put recipes on their recipe cards. Favorite family recipes could be printed (or written) and divided with customized dividers for personalized shower, wedding, graduation, Christmas, just because gifts.
Another option, you didn't actually think I could share only two did you? would be to hole punch the bottom edges of both photo cards and dividers and create miniature scrapbooks by joining with metal rings or ribbons. Holes punched in the bottom corners instead of along the bottom edge could create a fan type album if joined with a brad. Empty cards and dividers could be given as a gift for new mothers to fill with pictures and antecdotes of sweet new babies. Another one of those "the possibilities are limitless" projects.
Visit with you later. Giggle and I have some chocolate mint tea to drink. Here's the recipe: 4 c. boiling water, 2 tea bags, 1 c. sugar, 2 full sprigs of chocolate mint, 4 c. of cool water or ice - Place tea bags, sugar, mint in heat proof pitcher, add boiling water - stir to dissolve sugar - steep 5 min. maximum - remove tea bags and mint - add cool water or ice - time to sip some tea!
For those preferring something fruity, here's a recipe for homemade lemonade concentrate. Unfortunately, with the current price of lemons, this isn't very economical unless you happen to have a fruit bearing lemon tree. Nonetheless, here's the recipe: 1 c. sugar, 1 c. water - place in saucepan heat to boiling, stirring constantly, boil 1 min., remove from heat - stir in 1 1/2 c. fresh lemon juice (approx. 8 lemons). Place in freezer container and freeze. Will keep up to 6 months. To make lemonade from concentrate mix equal parts water and concentrate. To make entire batch at once add 3 c. water to concentrate and stir until completely mixed. Fruit ice cubes, mint, or other tasty additions can be added to create one of a kind summer yumminess.
*A Mother's Rewards has not taste-tested this recipe.
Recently while browsing through a periodical, I saw an idea for photos that was perfect for me FINALLY. After years and years of gently placing pictures inside of boxes, something that works for me, right now. Individual photos placed on recipe card style sheets of cardstock provide the perfect compromise between scrapbooking and short little bursts of time within which to work. Each individual card holds one to three photos, depending on the size of pics, and either a small handwritten label at the bottom OR a bit of journaling on the back of the card. Backs of cards could also hold another photo. That's the great part, each person can place their pictures and journaling in whatever manner works best for them. Cards are then divided with labeled recipe card dividers. Journaling could also be done on the divider. Here is a link to printable recipe card dividers. Seriously, there is no excuse not to organize those photographs now. Place card stock of your choice (I used my favorite patterned paper) in the printer, print out the dividers, and cut them out. That's it! We've started!
That's nice, but what are we going to do with all of these photo cards? This is another one of the fun parts; we can place them in any place we want to. The article displayed them in a shallow wooden tray, ideal. Thing is, I don't happen to have a perfectly aged shallow wooden tray, nor do I desire to throw one together any time soon. For me, right now, they will be displayed someplace wonderful, just not sure where that is yet. All things in time. I haven't gotten any cards completed yet, just the dividers printed out on my favorite cardstock. The cardstock I've been carefully
Oh yes, photos aren't the only thing that could be placed on recipe cards and divided with perfect dividers. A person could actually put recipes on their recipe cards. Favorite family recipes could be printed (or written) and divided with customized dividers for personalized shower, wedding, graduation, Christmas, just because gifts.
Another option, you didn't actually think I could share only two did you? would be to hole punch the bottom edges of both photo cards and dividers and create miniature scrapbooks by joining with metal rings or ribbons. Holes punched in the bottom corners instead of along the bottom edge could create a fan type album if joined with a brad. Empty cards and dividers could be given as a gift for new mothers to fill with pictures and antecdotes of sweet new babies. Another one of those "the possibilities are limitless" projects.
Visit with you later. Giggle and I have some chocolate mint tea to drink. Here's the recipe: 4 c. boiling water, 2 tea bags, 1 c. sugar, 2 full sprigs of chocolate mint, 4 c. of cool water or ice - Place tea bags, sugar, mint in heat proof pitcher, add boiling water - stir to dissolve sugar - steep 5 min. maximum - remove tea bags and mint - add cool water or ice - time to sip some tea!
For those preferring something fruity, here's a recipe for homemade lemonade concentrate. Unfortunately, with the current price of lemons, this isn't very economical unless you happen to have a fruit bearing lemon tree. Nonetheless, here's the recipe: 1 c. sugar, 1 c. water - place in saucepan heat to boiling, stirring constantly, boil 1 min., remove from heat - stir in 1 1/2 c. fresh lemon juice (approx. 8 lemons). Place in freezer container and freeze. Will keep up to 6 months. To make lemonade from concentrate mix equal parts water and concentrate. To make entire batch at once add 3 c. water to concentrate and stir until completely mixed. Fruit ice cubes, mint, or other tasty additions can be added to create one of a kind summer yumminess.
*A Mother's Rewards has not taste-tested this recipe.