tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post7588549217556218477..comments2024-03-27T17:31:58.315-07:00Comments on Home Living: Friendship Letter BookLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-86111171543113021392008-08-28T14:34:00.000-07:002008-08-28T14:34:00.000-07:00Oh my! I can't wait to make one of these!! Thank y...Oh my! I can't wait to make one of these!! Thank you for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-10808559693037188552008-08-27T08:55:00.000-07:002008-08-27T08:55:00.000-07:00You can click on the pages for a larger view. This...You can click on the pages for a larger view. This little book is so lightweight. It seems even more so than printing paper. I am always challenged to use clip art and things that will lie flat and not create a problem for mailing, but it could be mailed in a padded envelope, which you can also get at Dollar Tree.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-29171399845781707502008-08-27T08:47:00.000-07:002008-08-27T08:47:00.000-07:00What an absolute blessing that would be for the re...What an absolute blessing that would be for the recipient!! And what a blessing YOU are for sharing this amazing little idea!<BR/><BR/>Thank you so very much,<BR/><BR/>TraceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-51208892608532650352008-08-26T14:38:00.000-07:002008-08-26T14:38:00.000-07:00What a delightful idea. I think I'll make up a fe...What a delightful idea. I think I'll make up a few of these to have ready to write and embellish in. I have friends spread out over the country and this will be a fun way to keep everyone up on our doings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-80116922896292373692008-08-26T05:49:00.000-07:002008-08-26T05:49:00.000-07:00Wouldn't a gal feel special to receive something l...Wouldn't a gal feel special to receive something like this? Once upon a time I traded little books like these with my girl-friends. We would spend the school holidays making these for each other. They were always fun to give AND receive. luAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-15086640259092554582008-08-25T15:32:00.000-07:002008-08-25T15:32:00.000-07:00Absolutely adorable! I can't wait to use this idea...Absolutely adorable! I can't wait to use this idea to bless someone with! You made it look so beautiful! <BR/>Blessings, LadyDomestically Inclinedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635837597177109819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-90163033756552060862008-08-25T03:56:00.000-07:002008-08-25T03:56:00.000-07:00What a wonderful idea! Thank you so much for shari...What a wonderful idea! Thank you so much for sharing it. It was such a delight to look at your example!<BR/><BR/>~ ChristinaHsKubeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573406924326142245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-79240078876044016722008-08-24T14:01:00.000-07:002008-08-24T14:01:00.000-07:00This is a lovely idea! I can't wait to try this.This is a lovely idea! I can't wait to try this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-34068904962070734532008-08-24T04:12:00.000-07:002008-08-24T04:12:00.000-07:00Thank you, this is indeed quite lovely! It's also ...Thank you, this is indeed quite lovely! It's also a wonderful thing to do, I think, for those dear to you, on their birthday!! Lord willing, I will try this for both my husband's and my son's next birthday! I am sure they will love it. I can bless them by telling them of my love for them and of the good things that I see God has put in them! Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Mrs. PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-56256832413251065842008-08-24T00:49:00.000-07:002008-08-24T00:49:00.000-07:00What a sweet, simple, creative gift. Thank you for...What a sweet, simple, creative gift. Thank you for sharing this idea.Mrs. Anna Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377583333000789903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-66825719735355288442008-08-23T21:13:00.000-07:002008-08-23T21:13:00.000-07:00This is pretty! My second daughter has a genuine ...This is pretty! My second daughter has a genuine fondness for paper crafts, & would love doing this.<BR/><BR/>BrendaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-69777254059118591382008-08-23T20:23:00.000-07:002008-08-23T20:23:00.000-07:00Dear Lady Lydia,This is such a beautiful idea! I l...Dear Lady Lydia,<BR/><BR/>This is such a beautiful idea! I love all the thought and creativity that you put into things. This is just the thing for a sick friend I have been wondering how to cheer up.<BR/><BR/>Many Blessings :)<BR/>AceAcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115714120919795927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-86216726023929288942008-08-23T16:03:00.000-07:002008-08-23T16:03:00.000-07:00That is such a sweet idea! That's the kind of "let...That is such a sweet idea! That's the kind of "letter" that moms and grandmothers would love to receive!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591387295768935118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-54666337187277027162008-08-23T12:57:00.000-07:002008-08-23T12:57:00.000-07:00How lovely!I'll have to keep an eye out for the pi...How lovely!<BR/><BR/>I'll have to keep an eye out for the pink tea bags!☺Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-91058537403573524882008-08-23T09:11:00.000-07:002008-08-23T09:11:00.000-07:00I really love this!! Anyone would love to receive ...I really love this!! Anyone would love to receive a letter like this one!! I have also been thinking about making mini scrapbooks for different events, like one for a Disneyland trip, one for a baby's baptism, etc, instead of having all my pictures in huge albums. I never thought of sewing the pages with my machine, and these little books would be really cute as little photo albums, too. I am Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-73009293677368319142008-08-23T08:31:00.000-07:002008-08-23T08:31:00.000-07:00I would enjoying seeing a picture of these booklet...I would enjoying seeing a picture of these booklets, if people would be so kind as to put them on their blogs when they make them. Certainly, they can be embellished much more than this. I was using up old scrap materials and trying not to buy anything. I was happy to see what all could be found just around the house, from the lart on a kleenex box to the print on a paper towel. This would be a Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-60616071545897122992008-08-23T08:24:00.000-07:002008-08-23T08:24:00.000-07:00This is so neat! I am going to do something like t...This is so neat! I am going to do something like this for my dear sister who lives in Hawaii.xoxo, Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363423174318036836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-54569967701429884742008-08-23T06:58:00.000-07:002008-08-23T06:58:00.000-07:00I will try to post a cake card template and a cott...I will try to post a cake card template and a cottage template for the next craft article.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-68108634568104848142008-08-23T06:52:00.000-07:002008-08-23T06:52:00.000-07:00I have never seen anything so wonderful and beauti...I have never seen anything so wonderful and beautiful! This is great! This is a such a wonderful counter to the quickie email notes that I have become accustomed to sending. I used to regularly correspond with about 4 people each week, sending each a little handwritten note. I hope to return to doing that again soon, and this will make a wonderful way to reinstate that practice! Thank you!Katrinkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12809805272432812002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-24548240406770785372008-08-23T06:36:00.000-07:002008-08-23T06:36:00.000-07:00I love your creativty. I'll have to think of this...I love your creativty. I'll have to think of this when we do our projects. <BR/>We are doing Mysteries of History series w/a time line notebook and this would be a nice addion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-24320328425267714972008-08-22T22:12:00.000-07:002008-08-22T22:12:00.000-07:00Dear Lydia,I absolutely LOVE this idea!!!!I am enj...Dear Lydia,<BR/>I absolutely LOVE this idea!!!!<BR/>I am enjoying these crafts so much!<BR/>I made one of the paper dolls as you know. I also made a cake card for my Mother & Father in-loves Anniversary.. like the one I recieved in the mail :):) and I printed of the last card templates with the tea cup etc and plan to make those cards soon. And...I am going to save this template and make onecandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788894816760003783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-846703699027298752008-08-22T19:49:00.000-07:002008-08-22T19:49:00.000-07:00Thank you all for your kind comments. We also made...Thank you all for your kind comments. We also made books like this for projects, when I was homeschooling my children. If we were researching a subject matter, such as nature, or history, we would put samples inside the book of cotton which we picked growing by the side of the road, and clippings from brochures about cotton, and the finished product, etc. or some other subject. <BR/><BR/>I Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-17706287922961818122008-08-22T19:40:00.000-07:002008-08-22T19:40:00.000-07:00This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much fo...This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13573589482128669479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-92230021109664288002008-08-22T19:25:00.000-07:002008-08-22T19:25:00.000-07:00How fun ~ to give and to receive!!!How fun ~ to give and to receive!!!BessieJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121291074222997123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-40588729387534557542008-08-22T18:58:00.000-07:002008-08-22T18:58:00.000-07:00I absolutely adore this idea! Thank you so much fo...I absolutely adore this idea! Thank you so much for sharing this. My daughter is leaving for college next week, and I can't wait to make one of these to send to her. She and I love to have tea and knit together. Just this morning while we were knitting, she told me how much she would miss me. Now I can send her a little piece of home (and her favorite tea tucked inside)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com