AMANDA'S BASKETS: Round and Round

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Round and Round

I go...

Yep, I feel like those circles...round and round and round...

I've begun to sort boxes and boxes of school papers and pictures. Things collected over the last...oh...say forty years or so!!! Right...that's me sighing.

Actually, it's been fun. Not at all depressing. More wonder at all those experiences and adventures. A good time to reflect on the past and the present and consider options for new experiences and adventures in the future.

Wish me luck...I'm wading in knee deep...

Thanks for stopping by...

See you tomorrow...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I decided to play with box making. (That was one of the demonstrations this past weekend but they included fabric.). So I first made a box shape out of a flyer that was card stock weight. I used my grid that makes fold marks - one size for the bottom and the same size plus one grid mark for the top. After folding, I cut the fold marks at both ends, overlapped them and glued using my stick glue. I then used scrap decorative paper to cover the entire box, inside and out. The top and bottom were loose before adding the scrap paper but after adding it, they fit nicely. It was an easy, fun and fast craft. And the result was really cute.

MAGAZINE IDEAS

(New). 'Happy Hinges' is another article that is in this magazine. Hinges being your joints. The actual way joints work is explained and how they can be injured. But the article also points out the need for movement and exercise to keep mobile well into your sunset years. Five points include adding some weight training during the week; don't do the same exercises all the time; move for ten minutes every morning; keep your weight healthy and watch what you eat. Very sensible suggestions which we hear all the time but which many of us fail to do. What we need to do is create some healthy habits - right?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Habits...are they rigid and demanding or do they help with with the everyday life? We probably all know someone who has a habit and sticks to it without any deviation no matter the circumstances. As I said, habits can be a good thing but not when adhered to so inflexibly. The definition of habit is 'a settled or regular tendency or practice'. One thing to consider is why you have established or fallen into a habit. Is the habit something that is of help to you; or is it something you do...'out of habit' only? Consider that when you list your habits?

AMANDA'S BASKETS

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Round and Round

Dream Box

Dream Box Before Adding Decorative Paper

Dream Box After Adding Decorative Paper

CRAFTING IDEAS

TODAY ORGANIZE

Building Better Habits

MAGAZINE IDEAS