As I have mentioned before, I am into crafts. I really like working with beads, papers, cross-stitching etc..the more tedious the craft the better. That was before i had kids. I still have some unfinished patterns with me ever since i got married. Whew, anyone would understand a day in the life of a mother. Anyways, there are a few perks being into crafts and having kids, especially toddlers and pre-schoolers. First, baby clothes and cloth diapers can be personalized with embroidery and embelishments. I embroidered MJ's name in all of her cloth diapers, and now have added Ysa's name. Second, baptisms and birthdays are a real treat; from invitations to souvenirs creative minds and hands are put to a challenge. I so love planning and preparing baptisms and birthdays. I was able to make nice invites, diaper cake (for baptism) and cute swimming pool birthday cake (inspired by the cake we found from Kraft magazine), decorated shoebox (for school) for MJ. We had a blast decorating the pool cake, actually it was my hubby and I who were arguing where to put what. As for Ysa, I've made nice baptismal candles and souvenirs using scrapbooking materials. And now I'm planning what to do for her first birthday. Uhmm exciting! Lastly, no matter what the craft looks like (of course best efforts are applied), anything made are greatly appreciated with a big embrace and lots of kisses. Since pre-schoolers still doesn't have a clear understanding what looks good or not, anything I made were greeted with a response "Nice" (with a wide grin) or "Thanks mom" followed by a kiss. Who wouldn't be inspired to make more crafts for the kids? I only do hope they'll appreciate these things when they get older ;).
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