SENIOR MOMENT 4 WOMEN

DOVE PEACE ORNAMENT: I love making crafts for each holiday season. The Christmas holiday is my favorite.  Making  crafts depicting  Christmas trees, stockings, bells, wreaths, and snowmen  are included in  some of  my  Christmas DIY projects. However,  I also  include religious  Christmas  crafts  items  too. Christmas gifts to my family and friends  are a DIY gift and a store bought gift. Attending the "After Christmas" sales is done annually. These Christmas items will be used for next year's  Christmas  crafts projects. The shopping list is long. I'm replacing the  Christmas decorations and gift  wrapping items too. My religious Christmas crafts require more time and research. I sit for hours looking  at online Christmas catalogs and videos. I need ideas for a craft that is different from the previous year.  I start shopping  at Dollar Stores and Big Box Stores early so I can find...

   The month of October is usually when I start looking for ideas for my DIY gift s for Christmas.  I love to combine DIY gifts  of love and store  bought gifts for my friends  and family. I was searching online stores and reviewing craft videos. My craft must be pretty,  inexpensive  and require just a few steps.  I find  that d iscount stores have a great selection of seasonal craft making items. However, they must be purchased  as soon as they hit the  shelf. These  items sell out  quickly, so I   buy them before  the Christmas season  arrives.  Some stores don't  replenish seasonal items once they are sold out. I saw cute Christmas crafts  using plain unfinished crafts sticks. I suddenly recalled doing an Easter craft using them 10 years ago. My friends and family still have the mini scripture plaques hanging on their walls. Making Christmas  gifts using the crafts sticks seemed ...