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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Homemade Gifts—Taking the Money Stress Out of the Holidays

What are your favorite homemade gift tips?

As you look over the list of gifts you need this holiday season, an unsettling feeling starts. How will I pay for all these gifts? Gift-giving is meant to be a time for sharing how much you appreciate others, but rising prices and tight budgets take the feel-good vibes right out of gift-giving traditions. This year, take the money stress out of the holidays by turning to homemade gifts. Homemade gifts are a great way to show you appreciate someone while also adding a personal touch. Gifts don’t need to be expensive to be special. Get the family involved in the fun and you will be creating memories while making unique gifts for those who mean the most in your life. Let’s explore the homemade holidays in hopes that you will find something to…

Monday, March 19, 2012

Pys-What? Pysanky!

Armatage resident Jennifer Noice shows off a Ukranian folk art she picked up...in Denver, CO.

Even without the bright afternoon sun streaming in through Jennifer Noice's living room window, it would be hard to miss the basket of brightly-colored eggs sitting on her coffee table. Such is the detail that the intricate patterns almost seem embroidered.  These definitely aren't the Easter eggs from your childhood. Called "pysanky," the decorated eggs are traditional Easter and good-luck gifts in the Ukraine, and use designs and motifs possibly dating back to pre-Christian times. Even the individual colors can tell a story Noice, an Armatage resident, first picked up the art from a friend obsessed with all things Eastern European when she lived in Colorado. Now, she and her family make them year-round—some even have little notes painted…

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