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For Quacker Factory, Jeanne, myself & our entire team, the power of the written word is very important in our world.  In fact one of the very first sweatshirts that Jeanne created, many moons ago, had the word “Believe” in the design.  As many of your know Jeanne knew the power of positive words and placed them all over her home.  There were plaques, signs and even post-it notes with words she felt she needed to see all over her office.  When she passed, many of us brought these signs home with us, so that we could share in the power of words.

For me personally, I remember my mother being an avid reader—there were always books in our home.  I would come home from school & she would be reading- her favorite—science fiction.  I too love to read, although I do not make the time as I should.  But my office is full of wonderful books I have collected over the years. 

Words are so powerful—labels have become such a negative part of our society.  That is why I think it is very important to put GOOD, HEALTHY, JOYFUL words where I can see them every day!  The world can be a very negative place, so you have to put good things in to your brain!!!

Knowing our love or words got our team thinking…. How can we share our love of words with our Quackers, and how can we share this love in a fun way??  We then decided to create a craft that would share this Power of Words.

Ever since I was a little girl, I remember my Mom, her sister Joan Marie & my grandmother crafting.  They would paint ceramics for Halloween & Christmas, crochet blankets & scarves, basically whatever they could imagine, they would create.  I still have some pieces that my mother painted for me & a blanket she crocheted is one of my prized possessions.  I guess this is where I caught my crafting bug!! 

So I asked my Aunt Joan Marie, a long time Quacker, to join me & Kristy from our team for a crafting day at my home.  We decided that we would use words & personalize some of Valerie Parr Hill’s beautiful Christmas ornaments that we will use for Christmas gifts.

Now I can do many things… but free handing some words onto a 3-D ornament is not one of my talents,  (Hehe) so I chose to use precut glitter letters to create my ornaments.  Aunt Joan Marie & Kristy chose to create theirs using glitter paint & free handing the letters.  They also used some stencils.  It is very easy & you can purchase all of these supplies at your local craft store!! 

I just love what we created during our craft day!  And everyone got some gifts to take home too.  Speaking of gifts, look what Aunt Joan Marie painted just for me!!!

We all had so much fun crafting and spending time together.  Why not schedule a craft (or baking) day with someone you love today!

Visit my toGather page to see all of the great my Words To Live By toGather Collection

Aunt Joan Marie and I are wearing our New Believe t-shirt…   Get your Believe t-shirt here.

Until next time—Quack, Quack.                      

Angel

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