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Madelaine has a suggestion for a Christmas wreath that could also apply to a fall wreath using fall-color bags and embellishments:
"I was very interested in your 'trash' talk. Here's another use for white plastic bags: Cut bags into 1-inch strips and tie the strips around a wire clothes hanger that has been bent into a circle. This makes a great Christmas wreath base. The bonus is that it has a ready-made hanger. Just add some poinsettia picks or bows, and it can be quite attractive."
Faith B. needs our help: "I have two handknit jerseys. A puppy chewed some buttons off these jerseys, leaving holes a little bigger than the missing buttons. The rest of the jerseys are perfect. Do any readers have an idea how to fill the holes and get use from the jerseys? Replacing the buttons would not be a problem, but filling the gaps where the buttons were is my problem."
I'd love to hear your ideas for preserving memories for a future issue of the newsletter. Click here to share your ideas with the rest of us. Though I can't respond to individual feedback, your ideas may be featured in a future Creative Woman newsletter.
Happy creating!
Editor, Creative Woman newsletter
Robin Arnold was introduced to crafts at a young age by her great-grandmother. Though the crafting bug skipped a couple of generations, Robin made up for it through her voracious appetite for learning all types of crafts. Some of the crafts she has enjoyed are: quilting, plastic canvas, sewing, stained glass, painting, punch needle, tatting, crochet, knitting, beading, metal crafting, embroidery, parchment craft, stamping, ribbon embroidery and paper crafting. Her current favorites are parchment craft, beading and paper crafting.
Robin's creative passion extends to her professional life. She joined Annie's Attic's kit sourcing department in 2005. When her colleagues noticed her desk area decorated with beautiful handmade cards, she was transferred into the kit product development team. Soon after, she was named product manager for Creative Woman and CardMaker Kit-of-the-Month Clubs. As a result, most waking hours are spent crafting!
In her free time, Robin instills a love for crafts in children through her work in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and 4-H Club, as well as through summer camps, children's Sunday school and vacation Bible school. She has also taught many adult classes locally and at national conventions. She also enjoys reading, gardening and playing with her toy poodle.
As a married mother of four grown children, she keeps in touch with weekly handmade greeting cards for each.
Two favorite quotes describe Robin's views on creativity:
"There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns." -- Edward de Bono
"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun." -- Mary Lou Cook
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