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Looks like 3-4 inserts in our area, Smart source, Red Plum/Unilever and P & G !! So lets look and see whats instore for all you coupon clipping divas!
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Bounty Save $.25/1 towels or napkins
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Our fine feathered friends deserve a tea party in the yard, here is how to use some vintage tea cups for
bird feeders. This idea can also be used for luminaries at weddings or a fantastic little girl tea party!! I am going to make one just to put outside my dining room window and watch my friends have a feast.
3 feet of 1/2 inch copper plumbing pipe per bird feeder (I paid $4 for three feet at a hardware store) try and recycle if you can with left overs found in the garage
copper cap
sand paper or sanding block
teacup (check out the goodwill, re- habitat stores, discount shops) recycle here!
epoxy
(I used 5 minute epoxy. If you are making a bunch of these go for the slower drying epoxy.)
mixing tray and bamboo stick
Q-tip
birdseed
Gather your vintage teacups. you can do more that one at a time if you want to make many for an event or even bridesmaids gifts, mothers day presents for moms and grandmoms.
The Epoxy needs to be fast dry- 5 min. , for china, metal. ( don't know what that is, ask the guy at the hardware or crafting store to help you, epoxy is usually in the same area as most glues). It is a 2 step process with 2 separate channels in the plunger that don't mix until you are ready.
Sand bottom of copper cap
Sand bottom of cup, inside of saucer and bottom of saucer. This will help to make them adhere better.
Don't skip this step, sanding is very important, or it will not stick well.
Mix Epoxy next, taking care to read the instructions, mix with a bamboo stick or paint stirrer. Use the Q-tip then to apply the epoxy. Wear gloves and take care of your hands. This is not the time to let the kids help.
Place epoxy on rim of cup and inside of saucer.
Set cup on top of saucer and hold in place for a few seconds.
Let sit for half an hour. After it has set, turn it over and place a dab of epoxy on copper cap and back of saucer. Go make yourself a nice cup of hot tea while you are letting the epoxy set up, don't mind if I do.
Let sit for half an hour. Meantime, sand copper pipe to bring out its sheen.
When set, place copper pipe inside the cap and poke into ground.
The copper pipe will turn a cool patina green color with age and add to the vintage look
You can use these as a bird bath, if you do place feed in the cup, make sure to keep clean and dry often, with no drainage in the cup if it gets wet, you will have a messy mess of slimy yuck and your feathered friends don't want to eat that
This is the time of year when we all want to start over, to make things better, to move forward into a brighter future.
Perfectly understandable. As humans, we have the intelligence and forethought to choose goals and work toward them.
But I think for most of us, myself included, our underlying desire is to
create a positive, permanent state that will eliminate discomfort and
uncertainty forever. We want our lives to be perfect, and then to stay
that way. We want to solve our problems once and for all.
Also perfectly understandable. But not the way life works. As the Greek
philosopher Heraclitus said, change is the only constant. So as we
resolve to attempt some big changes in our lives, perhaps one of our
goals could be to make friends with change itself, to acknowledge
whatever the tides bring and to figure out how to take full advantage of
it, even if it seems "bad."
Pema Chodron, in her book When Things Fall Apart, talks about this approach to life's uncertainties:
Quote:
Things
falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think
that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the
truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and
they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again.
It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for
all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.
When we think that something is going to bring us pleasure, we don't
know what's really going to happen. When we think something is going to
give us misery, we don't know. Letting there be room for not knowing is
the most important thing of all. We try to do what we think is going to
help. But we don't know. We never know if we're going to fall flat or
sit up tall. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's
the end of the story. It may be just the beginning of a great adventure.
So let's make goals, envision a better future, and move bravely in that
direction. But as we go, let's know that curve balls happen, winds
shift, the tide will come in and go out. Let's be ready for whatever the
future brings, open to its gifts and its challenges. Let's breathe
through change, that dear friend who is always present.
A wonderful post by a CFM member Elena (our breastfeeding moderator and Spirituality forum coordinator on the TMN National forum)
Snowflake Tea Party~ Tuesday January 24th 11a-1pm , Come out and bring your
litte snowflakes to have fun, make crafts, have a tea party, snacks, meet friends!!
Centralfoothillsmommies awaits your arrival~~
Collecting coats also for our coat drive at this event~
