Feb
29
Flannel, Scissors, Love.
Filed Under Live-Again-Crafts
I love arts, crafts and doing things with my hands and so I though I would share a little something-something that I made for my daughter-in-law, Amanda’s shower this weekend.
I have to say the idea was not my own, it was my creative mom’s idea. I have since found that women have been making these little diaper-nut/candy dish favors for years and can’t believe I have never seen them before. I think that for a large part, my generation skipped the “handmade” chapter of life, although I am so happy to say that I think handcrafts are very much on the come back! Art is being expressed in so many different modes now and so many of us are finding outlets for our creativity. I think creating things with our own hands leads us to finding passions, ourselves, friendships, joys, and peace.
Thankfully I have very creative parents, who by want and at times in their lives, by need, created with love, many beautiful things. I am thankful for a mom who not only taught herself, but taught me to crochet, knit, sew, make all kinds of things and cook. I am thankful for a dad who taught me to paint, hang wallpaper, use a power saw and always let me hang out in the workshop. I am thankful that I grew up in a home where creativity was fostered and expected. Now I think I would shiver up and wither away if I could not have something in my hands to create what is going on in my heart and soul. Thank you mom and dad!
These little diaper-candy dishes were made by cutting a cute piece of pink gingham flannel into about 9 inch squares, and then folding the squares into a triangle shapes, gathering the points together and fastening them together with a shinny gold pin. I then dipped each diaper into melted paraffin and sat them on the kitchen counter to cool a bit. While the diapers were cooling, I shaped them. Once the wax cooled enough that the diapers could “stand” on their own, I left them to cool completely and the picture above in the final outcome. I think they are adorable!
Making the diaper-candy dishes took me back in time, reminding me of being pregnant and getting things in order for all my four sons’ births. The feeling of the flannel squares in my hand reminded me of wrapping my babes up in their flannel receiving blankets, nice and tight, and rocking them to sleep. Yes, those times were Live-Again-Times, and through a simple craft of cutting and folding a piece of flannel I was able to live that time all over again.
What do scissors remind you of? Do they remind you of your mother loving you enough to teach you how to carry them safely? A teacher showing you how to make that curved cut on a folded piece of paper to create the perfect valentine? Or perhaps they remind you of making a snowflake and hanging in a window, admiring it every time you saw it, knowing that you made it yourself, there were no others like it and you were its creator. You knew you were an artist and it felt good!
Pick up a pair of scissors today and make something for yourself or someone else. Make a heart or a snowflake and hang it from your rear view mirror or in a window and see if it doesn’t make your remember a Live-Again-Day. Now make another one and give it away and see if it helps create a Live-Again-Day for someone else and for you!
Cut away and have a Live-Again-Day!
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That is so cute!!!! Sorry I missed my shower but I was a little busy bringing your grandaughter into the world. Thanks so much for being there for me everytime I need you…I love ya