December is just around the corner which brings the culmination of the holiday season into focus. Store windows are decked with Christmas decorations, pastry shops fill the air with scents of seasonal sweets, the weather seems to catch up to its norm (in Athens/Greece the weather was uncharacteristically mild for November), radio stations have Christmas songs on a loop and full-force preparations are being made in every home.
Read MoreAli, as in AliMarie, a twitter-buddy turned friend (I have Tina to thank for that!) who through reading and writing, endless conversations and support became another of my very very dear to me friends. Ali is from England --unfortunately never been there but it's in my plans so brace yourself Ali, I will come! lol-- and the first thing that comes to mind when I think of England is tea!
Read MoreIt doesn't look like it with the first glance, maybe not even with the second but when a classy lady needs a somewhat classy pen-holder a vase-like form comes to my mind. And when this classy lady is my friend (through love of the same book/movie characters and twitter), as always for my friends, I wanna do the best I possibly can!
Read MoreOne of my first projects as a birthday gift for a very special woman in my life was a three tier birthday cake box that is essentially a tower of three circular boxes with their lids glued to the above box' bottom. All three boxes open and they measure from about 4 inches for the smallest, upper box to around 8 inches for the bottom box.
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