Important Life Lessons - The Christmas Edition

Important life lessons I've learned from

watching Hallmark Christmas movies:

1. Dreams jobs appear just when you need them the most

2. There are a lot of handsome royals walking among us

3. The more pastries you eat - the slimmer you are

4. It is always the guy in the sweater, not the one in the suit

5. And, a small town over a city every time

6. If you have a fireplace, it is always lit when you come home,

as are at least forty candles

7. And, there is no need to turn off the lights. Ever

8. Some of us are amazing bakers, the rest are either 

event planners or own a bookshop

9. If you don't fall in love during the holidays, your best

friend/cousin/colleague is letting you down

10. Be nice to that lady booth seller, she is probably

a fairy godmother.

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: Trees recycled from an old magazine. 

Happy Holidays!

For the Love of Colors

Pink says to Yellow:

you're a cheery cup of Jell-O;

Yellow answers Pink:

you're my fuzzy, happy drink.

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Featured: lavender sachets.

A New Friend

I went out camping

In the wood,

I was in the mood

for solitude.

I built the fire,

I set up the tent,

then I felt like a walk

and off I went.

I came back tired,

ready for grub,

and found by my fire

… a little lion cub.

He looked so cold

in the fading light

that I invited him to stay 

and spend the night.

We had a nice chat

and in the end

I gave up solitude

for a brand new friend.

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: a little fun.

The Fight

I was playing a game

with my brother Finn.

He said he didn't cheat,

just "helped himself win."

He looked so smug

as he finished the game,

I got mad and called him

a very bad name.

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Featured: a cereal box

upgraded into a game of

snakes & ladders

(played in great harmony).

A Kind-Hearted Guest

It’d been a long day

but the bear felt fine, 

the nursery was tidy

and he was in bed by nine.

But then a small noise

filled him with dread -

was something hiding

under the bed?

It took all his courage

to look down and find

a tiny tooth fairy,

looking tired but kind.

The fairy looked up

and gently confessed:

“I have many deliveries,

I’m just taking a rest.”

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Featured: my father made

these little wooden beds,

I made the soft furnishing

and kind-hearted bear.

The Snail Mail

 

In our post office

works a snail,

who takes forever

to deliver the mail.

He crawls around

at an awful pace,

says slow and steady

wins the race.

We try to be patient

whenever he’s late -

when snail mail comes,

It is well worth the wait.

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: crafting with my

nephews. We turned

cereal boxes, old magazines

 and odd bits of paper 

into cards for the new year

and a  mail box to

put them in.

The Book Club

Ollie and Gus

were sitting in the pub,

talking about starting

their own book club.

Ollie had milk,

Gus only water,

and it was he who suggested

reading Beatrix Potter.

Ollie said they should 

order some grub,

and invite Peter Rabbit

to join their club.

Gus wrote the letter

and sent it with pride,

but oh, the sorrow,

Peter never replied.

They might still be waiting,

it’s a shame indeed,

that nobody told them -

rabbits can't read.

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: two 

literary friends.