Yes, times are hard, and will get harder before this is over , I think. Don't get down! Let's put our thinking caps on and go to it! Let's find some one else who has greater needs than our own and help them!
Make something- think of using/repurposing things like shirts and jeans, old towels, fabric, etc. Here are some Handmade Holiday ideas from this great sewing/crafty blog ... The Domestic Diva's Disasters (cute name, no?) She's got, like, a month of ideas... Totally!!
(why is the link thing not working??? scratches head...will work on that)
Make lunch sacks for kids at school with no lunch boxes, shopping bags for greener shopping (old jeans are great for this- use the pocket for a, um, pocket..., blankets for children in need or older folks... aprons for a HeadStart or low income school art class... you keep thinking while I get to linking...
Pattern for bandana shorts/pants.. go here:
http://www.sewmamasew.com/media/blog.SMSBandanaPants.pdf
A thought occurred to me... what if we, here in America, in home ec classes, Sunday schools, and homes, sewed these cute skirts and some of these bandana shorts for children in Africa or Mexico or here... brand new clothes.... I think I need to be on the look out for a cheap- to- free sewing machine!
Maybe you don't sew... that's okay, really, I don't either.. yet. But I dream...
Let's think of what we could do.. free photos for a down-and-out family, extra couponing surplus donated to food pantry, fasting to feed another, knitting hats, etc. Get your kids involved in some sort of a project....
hmmmm.......
1 comment:
Hey Karise,
Great thoughts. You are such a blessing.
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