Summercrafter

Jar lids come in all shapes, sizes. They are found on jars from spaghetti sauce, pimentos, pickles, salsa etc. Since they are so perfectly round, I thought they would be great for ornaments and crafts; so I started keeping them instead of throwing them away. I even have my students bringing them in for a seasonal craft. It started when I decided to piggy back on a magazine idea for "repurposing" Christmas Card photos to give as mementos back to the families. But the possibilities are really endless; once I started working with them, new ideas keep coming and I haven't preserved any Christmas Card photos yet. And I guess great minds think alike because I also saw them used on the ornament girl blog, if you google it, ornament jar lids, you will get hers and a ton more! I just did it! See no idea is really new!!  DISCLAIMER: I generally like to come up with my own crafts and use my own brain and devices. I  prefer not to copy and don't use Pinter...

Merriam-Webster.com says this: 1 a : the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : delight   check   b : the expression or exhibition of such emotion : gaiety   (no witnesses) 2 : a state of happiness or felicity : bliss   check 3 : a source or cause of delight check   Yea, yea, yea, that's all fine and dandy.   Today, JOY is staying home from work, (even if it's a sick day) and crafting or sitting out in the yard, on what feels like the first day of fall, reading a new Christmas Craft Magazine. Oh! And listening to Josh Groban sing "I'll be Home for Christmas." And I did a little blogging. ; )   And making this almost entirely before lunchtime!     1930s prints cut into 2 1/2 inch squares It always happens that when I start assembling the squares, I just don't like the patterns or colors or the combination of square ...