Category Archives: Presents

A Crafty Holiday: Blog Hop for Handmade Gifts

Angela Flicker from The Artists’ House organized a special Crafty Holiday blog hop.  This hop is designed to promote buying handmade over the holidays.  November 1 – December 16, you can find wonderful gift suggestions on the participating blogs. Yesterday, Linda from a la Mode Stuff listed all sorts of deelicious items that would make wonderful gifts…

A Quilt to Chart Max’s Growth

Dear Max, If I may say so , you are one lucky guy! As the youngest of my niece/nephews, you reap the benefits of your Auntie Candy having learned so much and improved her creative skills! When you were born, she made you and awesome piece of art to adorn your nursery walls, a cute…

Christmas Fun has Begun!

My hubby has some gift certificates for his awesome staff – and thanks to Daisy Janie, I had the perfect way to dress them up! Click here for the free printables Jan so generously shared on the blog Creature Comforts!

Tie Dyed Lab Coat Report!

Remember these from the other day? Well, although I forgot to bring my camera, Sharise did, and we got a few pix of the coats on their recipients! What I can’t wait to see is them being worn in the lab next semester – so FUN! Psst…don’t forget I’m hosting another giveaway at Park City…

Checking my list! Presents Galore!

Phew! I finished off a lot of Christmas presents last night, and had time for a fun photo shoot this AM before I wrap them up and ship them out! I do love that there are several young gals that are on my list who will appreciate their own freshly picked shirt (ruffles or hoodies,…

Christmas Lab Coats

Whee! Look what I’m wrapping up right now – lab coats for the 3 awesome ladies who prep my labs for me ( and many other professors in the Biology & Chemistry Departments of the University of Redlands)! Although I love surprises, these were a a bit too expensive for them to not be what…

Shopping with Scoutie Girl

I know I’ve mentioned Scoutie Girl before – but about 2 months ago, Tara started an auxiliary site – Scoutie Girl Gifts. It’s an “a collaborative, curated guide to buying handmade gifts”. What that means is that Scoutie Girl herself, as well as other folk, put together a group of handmade items with a common…

News Flash: tie dye for babies is loved!

So, not only did a few of you just LOVE the photo of Ciana, my friend Julie’s baby who is wearing her recent gift from me, it turns out that sometimes these tie dye baby gifts turn out to be loved for years! 7 years ago my friend Rachel had a girl, Miriam, and I…

I love babies in Tie Dye!

Don’t you? Here’s a picture of baby Ciana, the daughter of my old college pal Julie in tie dye I made for her – isn’t she a happy baby? And I see that she’s lying on the quilt Julie’s sister made for her to take to college (GULP!) can it be 26 YEARS ago she…

She Loves it!

So, I made her come to my house to pick up her birthday present – what a jerk I am! No matter, she loves it! Phew! Scroll down to the previous post to see the house up close & personal!

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