This Works for Me!
“Joy” for Bubbles. Dishwashing liquid makes the best bubbles! Add glycerin (from drugstore) for even better bubbles. (Marian Honig) Counting sleeps. When young children are driving you crazy asking how many days till their birthday, try counting sleeps. A child understands that they have to go to bed and wake up a certain number of times before their special day. (186 sleeps till Christmas!) (Kathy … Continue reading This Works for Me!
Family Fun Night!
Pick a movie with your eyes closed! Watch it, then each person answer the following questions: What was your favorite part of the movie? What was your least favorite part of the movie? Who was your favorite character and why? Pick 6 movies and number 1 through 6. Roll a die to choose which movie to watch. Watch it, then each person answer the questions … Continue reading Family Fun Night!
Are your creative? Are you unfocused? Read on…
Do you appear to be unfocused?Do you start projects and not finish them?Do you have many varied interests?Are you easily bored?Do you have a hard time settling on one focus for your energies?Do you freeze when given a choice of many options? If you answered “yes” to several of the questions above, chances are, you’re a “scanner.” The term was coined by Barbara Sher, author … Continue reading Are your creative? Are you unfocused? Read on…
This Works for Me: Food!
Soda? Replace sodapop with a healthier substitute. Kids love bubbly drinks so mix flavored seltzer water with juice or other non sugary beverage. Smorgasbord. Make something different each night for dinner. At the end of the week, to make dinner fun, put all the leftovers out adding a few other favorites and have a smorgasbord. Everyone takes what they want and has variety. (Rose DiCicco is … Continue reading This Works for Me: Food!
5 Photo Tips for Product Photos
Do you struggle with taking photos good enough to represent your products online? Without good photos, you are doing yourself and your products a great disservice. Through several months of adjustments, here’s what I’ve learned: Lighting is the single most important aspect of photography. Choose natural light whenever possible. Figure out what time of day the sunlight streams into your house and set up a … Continue reading 5 Photo Tips for Product Photos
Book Review: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Marc Weissbluth does a great job explaining why infants, children and adults need sleep. He describes the importance of sleep and how to establish good sleep patterns from birth. He talks about how to calm all types of fussy infants and children. He goes into detail about how to establish sleep patterns from infants to toddlers and brings in practical tips to help with the out of the … Continue reading Book Review: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
5 Things I’ve learned from selling online
I’ve been on a huge learning curve since beginning my online business in October 2010. It was so frustrating in the beginning to have to learn so much. I felt like I need to rush in order to catch up! Here’s a few insights I’ve learned in the past few months: Building a business is like building a house. It has to be done one … Continue reading 5 Things I’ve learned from selling online
Women Friendships
Gail Signor shares her feelings: For me, friendships with other women have always been virtually important. Ironically, I feel I have deprived myself of having a close female friend most of my married years. When I ask myself why, I come up with a few possible reasons. For one, we’ve moved several times to different states. The challenges of maintaining a relationship are obvious. Secondly, … Continue reading Women Friendships
Tips learned from my First Official Craft Fair
My first official craft fair was last weekend! I must admit that it was not as successful as my Open House, however, part of marketing is getting ourselves out there and letting people know what we have to offer! So here’s my display: Looks good, right? I am wondering if I had too many options, though. I brought button jewelry, the green shirt that my daughter … Continue reading Tips learned from my First Official Craft Fair
This Works for Me: Recycling!
RECYCLING: Save those baby wipe containers. They’re great to store markers and crayons in After soap and water, styrofoam trays from package meats make great paint trays when stenciling or for various children’s crafts. Also good for kiddies’ snacks. Keep baby food jars and lids until you’re inspired to make potpourri gifts. Fill jar with potpourri and cover lid with pretty cloth. Tie a ribbon on and … Continue reading This Works for Me: Recycling!
ART with Angela DiCicco, The Italian Grandmama's Guide 