National Bird Feeding Month

Its National Bird Feeding Month! This month was established as such in 1994 in an effort to encourage individuals to help feed, water and shelter wild birds through the winter. Food stores are typically low and a little extra helps go a long way. The benefit to you is what you may get the opportunity to appreciate in your own backyard! You might be surprised by what you would find just putting out some heated water! So dig out those sunflower heads that I told you to stash in the garage and don't cut down the flower seed heads quite yet as there is still some forage value left for our feathered friends.

In the Mood for Love

THIS IS A VALENTINE SPOILER!

IF YOU WANT TO WAIT

FOR IT TO COME IN THE MAIL,

DON'T LOOK!

I put these together the other day. I hope they make the recipients as happy as I was designing and making them! A little embossing, a little vintage lace and of course just the right amount of red to say you are truly in my heart! We all need a little bit of something to get us through these winter days!

Valentine Prep

Preschool Valentine party is Friday. Despite being under the weather, it was time to get cracking! I am already uneasy about the quality of food served at school so I was definitely not going to contribute to the sugar overload that is sure to ensue. I thought about bags of carrots tied with pink bows but have probably found a happier medium here:

I die cut the hearts and let A decorate with stickers to her hearts content. After picking a few pencils to keep for herself, we taped the rest to the hearts. Daddy helped her pick out the dandy felt bag and stickers for carrying them to school and bringing her loot home. We had fun and only spent $3.00 on pencils! The rest, we had!