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Candles make wonderful Mother's Day gifts. We can even ship your
order directly to Mom's house!
Upcoming Craft
Show Schedule
None for May
Locally I have candles in a store in Sedro Woolley
called Somwhere in Thyme, on Metcalf St, next to Courier Times
Note about web orders:
If you place an order and your shopping cart comes
up with a cost of over $8.10 to ship, please email me before you place
the order. Most likely, I can fit it into a flat rate priority
mail box and save you some money on that shipping.
Skagit County residents, please email me your
orders and we'll arrange free delivery and payment upon time of
delivery.
Free 8 oz candle Winner
1 Subscriber chosen randomly every month!
April's free winner was Kate Amberg
Consider hosting an online candle party or
book party to earn some free
candles
for yourself! If
you'd like more details on how this works, please email me at:
valerie.garner@joyfuldesignsinsoy.com
Western Wash. residents:
I can do fundraisers for groups. Email me for details if
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Scent of the
Month Sale
Kiwi Guava- Green colored candle, tropical
scent will bring memories of time spent in the tropics. Perfect
for the nice weather coming in May.
Buy 1 candle at regular price, get a candle of
month scent in the equal size for 40% off! (Does not count on the sets
of candles as those are already discounted).
Please email me if you order the special so I
can tabulate the correct total for you.
Seasonal scent
suggestions:
Banana Kiwi
Amish
Friendship Bread
Apple Blossom
Violet & Birch
Aspen Glen
Apricot Freesia
Lilac & Ivy
Baby
Powder
Cherry Vanilla Swirl
Cool
Mountain Air
Cucumber Aloe
Dewberry
Grandma's Cookies
Pina Colada
Heather Countryside
Lily
of the Valley
Special Ways to Celebrate Mother's Day
Mother's Day is a day to honor and thank mothers, grandmothers, and
just-like-a-mom women in your circle of family and friends for all that
they do in raising children. People for centuries have shown
appreciation for mothers in one way or another. The ancient Greeks held
festivities to honor Rhea, the mother of the gods, and the early
Christians gave tribute to Mary, the mother of Christ. In 1914,
President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second of May as a national
holiday in honor of mothers. This Mother's day, treat Mom to breakfast
in bed. Serve her muffins, fresh fruit, coffee, and juice on a tray
along with flowers and small gifts. Or have a tea party. Invite family
as well as friends who are close to your mom. Cover the table with a
festive tablecloth and decorate with our ladybug napkin rings and flower
stick in a flower pot (check out
KidsSoup.com for directions). Fill a fancy teapot with iced tea and
serve tea sandwiches (see recipe below for a simple but delicious
sandwich to make) and cookies. To make the occasion even more fun, put
on outfits from a dress-up box filled with old party clothes, hats, and
costume jewelry or dress up in your "Sunday-go-to-town" clothes.
Cucumber Tea Sandwiches Thinly slice a seedless cucumber.
Spread a thin layer of cream cheese or soft butter on one side of two
slices of white bread. Lay cucumber slices on the buttered side of
bread. Lightly sprinkle with salt, cover with alfalfa sprouts, and top
with the other slice of bread, buttered side down. Carefully remove the
crusts from each sandwich and cut the sandwiches in half diagonally and
then cut in half again, or cut into decorative heart shapes with a
cookie cutter.
Things to Do with Mom With children, make a list of things
that they can do with their moms or other special women in their lives
(bake cookies, collect seashells on the beach, plant a vegetable or
flower garden, play a board game, dance to music, read a favorite book,
watch a funny movie, sing silly songs, pretend to be each other, take a
walk around the block or in the park, snuggle up together, make a memory
album, etc.).
Who's the Mom? Flannel Board Game Collect pictures of
mother and baby animals. For durability, cover each picture with
clear contact paper or laminate. Attach a piece of Velcro® tape to the
back of each picture. Allow children to match the mother animals to the
baby animals using the flannel board.
Mother's Day Concentration Game Using the same pictures as in
the activity above, place mother and baby animal pictures face down on a
table or the floor. Have 2-4 children take turns matching the mothers to
their babies. If a child matches a pair, he/she takes the pictures. If
the match is incorrect, the pictures are turned face down again.
Children continue until all the mothers and babies are paired. The
winner is the person with the most matches.
I Love You This Much Trace child's hands on a piece of paper
and cut out. Attach the two hands with a long piece of yarn or string
(about the length of the child's arms) and put into an envelope with a
note that says, "Mom (or Grandma, etc.), I Love You This Much!"
Small Hand/Big Hand Help show children the difference between
small and big. Have children place their handprint on a piece of paper.
Then, have their mothers put their handprint next to theirs. Finally,
let children draw other little and big things on the paper. Children can
give this to their moms as a little Mother's Day gift.
Mother Says Take turns with your child playing "Mother Says"
(instead of "Simon Says"). Start by giving directions for your child to
follow, such as "Mother says wave your hands. Mother says touch your
nose. Mother says hop on one foot." Explain that whenever you give a
direction without first saying "Mother says," your child should not do
the action. If he/she does, then have him/her trade places with you and
start giving you the directions. Continue the game as long as you wish.
By Jolanda Garcia is a former teacher and educational content
designer. Her goal is to provide parents and teachers with quality
resources to promote their children's development and creativity. Visit
her websites at:
Preschool activities and crafts , and
www.eartwiggles.com
for resources and act
Candle Tips
To extinguish your wick in a truly smoke free way, take a small piece of
wire (end of a coat hanger works well) and use it to push your
burning wick into the burn pool, thus drowning it. Then use that
wire to put the wick back in it's original position.
Be sure to trim your wick to ? or ?” before every
burn and keep the lit candle out of a draft to ensure a clean burn.
Toenail clippers work great to trim the wick as it burns down deeper
into the jar.
Burn your candle 1 hour for every inch of
diameter. For the 12 oz oval hexagon candles, burn a minimum of 3
hours, and the jelly jars and minimum of 2 hours for best results. This
helps to ensure a full melt pool.
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