Handmade Thoughtfulness

 The other day my friend Alyssa gave an old crafting book that belonged to her grandmother. I riffled through it, and some papers fell out. Most of them were old magazine articles from the 70s' with various craft tutorials. But there was a letter  I came across. It was a hand-written letter addressed to my Alyssa's grandmother. It appeared to be an old friend catching up talking about the weather.

I thought is was clever to cut up pieces of curved ribbon to look like little birdies. Just think, when was the last time you received a hand-written letter? And it's  heart-warming knowing  that someone put the time and effort to decorate the letter just to show you that they care.

 Alyssa also brought over an extremely thoughtful gift for my daughter Rocky. She fabricated a copper mobile.

She twisted the wire...

...added beads...

... She soldered and hand stamped the metal.

Check out the detail.

 I think the dragonfly is my favorite part.




Such sweet sentiments don't you think? Handmade items say so much more than store-bought ever could.  

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