Archive for October, 2008
Birthday Gift Ideas
Posted by: | CommentsIt is a very fun and rewarding task if you decide to create your own homemade greeting card for someone special in your life. Imagine the surprise the recipient will get when he or she opens the envelope to find a beautiful card, so painstakingly made in your own home created just for them alone! First, you need to find what their interests are. Who is the recipient to you?
The next step to making a greeting card is to decide if you want it to be funny or sentimental. A funny card can be created using cartoons and to be frank – you will be spoilt for choice. Whereas a sentimental theme might require you to prepare cut out flowers and some dazzling rhinestones. If you can draw your own graphics, that’s even better but of course not everyone is an artist!
Don’t forget you have to have a reason for sending the greeting card. Is it a birthday, anniversary or maybe because you just care? For instance, if it is a birthday, a picture of a cake is usually acceptable! If it is to commemorate Independence Day, then use the American flag.
The next thing you have to do is write the copy for your greeting card. You can choose a poem you like or one that you know the person getting the card will appreciate or for true individuality, you could write your own poem. When another person’s poetry is used, the items cannot be sold. For personal purposes, they are permissible, providing you aren’t selling the card.
Now that you know who the recipient is, the occasion and the interests of the recipient, you can go ahead and start making the greeting card. You can now start collecting the necessary materials you need to make the card, plus of course – some inspiration. Try adding some lace and ribbons and see the effects for yourself.
In essence, when making a greeting card, there are no limits to what you can create! The only limit to what you can do is your own imagination. Now is the time to let go of your limits, and leave no space for fear as you explore new ways to decorate the card. This little act of kindness will be more meaningful when both of you look back and see the card being kept safely by the recipient as a memory of the occasion.
Some great games for halloween
Posted by: | CommentsTHE FOUR SAUCERS
Place four saucers on table in line. Into first put dirt; into second,
water; into third, a ring; into fourth, a rag. Guests are blindfolded
and led around table twice; then told to go alone and put fingers into
saucer. If they put into dirt, it means divorce; into water, a trip
across ocean; where ring is, to marry; where rag is, never to marry.
FEATHER TESTS
To foretell complexion of future mate, select three soft, fluffy
feathers. (If none is handy, ask for a pillow and rip open and take
out feathers.) On bottom end of each feather fasten a small piece of
paper; a drop of paste or mucilage will hold all three in place. Write
“blonde” on one paper; “brunette,” on another, and “medium” on the
third. Label papers before gluing them on feathers. Hold up feather by
its top and send it flying with a puff of breath. Do same with the
other two; the feather landing nearest you denotes complexion of your
true love. To make test sure, try three times, not using too much
force in blowing feathers, which should land on table, not on floor.
BOWLS
One bowl is filled with clear water, another with wine, a third with
vinegar, a fourth is empty. All are placed in line on table. Each
person in turn is blindfolded, turned about three times, and led to
table. A hand is put out and prophecy made by bowl touched. Water
shows happy, peaceful life; wine promises rich, eventful, noble
career; vinegar, misery and poverty; an empty bowl is a symbol of
bachelor or spinster life.