Here's one for the holidays. Hope it helps! Candy Gram The RIESEN for this greeting, is to wish you a CAREFREE holiday season. Don't go NUTS while you are fighting the MOUNDS of people all shopping at the last minute. Take some time to enjoy the SYMPHONY of voices from the carolers, or enjoy a SWEET ESCAPE on me. Don't worry about getting CHUNKY on all those holiday treats either. There will be GOOD and PLENTY time to worry about that after the holidays. Even though the road leading to Christmas may be a ROCKY ROAD.....just think of all the ALMOND JOY you will receive when your friends/family see how well they SKORed with all those gifts. Don't be a BUTTERFINGER unwrapping all of them. And get that BIG HUNK of yours to be a LIFESAVER and make you a cup of TEA. Sit back, relax and may your PEANUT BUTTER CUP overflow with SPECIAL TREASURES of holiday memories. ©Paulette, 1998, TLC Creations

'Twas the night before Christmas in a crafters' house. Not a creature was stirring, except me & my mouse. I click & I surf & I find a good site. I grab my supplies & I craft through the night. I make all the Santas & snowmen I find, I doll up some angels; leaving nothing behind. A gift for my boy & one for my girl, I craft & I work 'till my head starts to swirl. My hubby gets up to see what's the matter. He surprisingly finds me dangling from a ladder! He just shakes his head as he goes back to slumber; Am I crazy, or what; I begin to wonder? Have I forgotten anyone? I begin to ask. As I start to wind down from this feverish task. I'll reap the rewards when the morning is new. My plot will be finished. Merry Christmas to you!

Have you ever seen those Russian nesting dolls? Most of them have 5 or so different dolls that nest inside each other. If you are handy with wood crafting, you could create your own. If you don't have enough time before Mother's Day or if, like me, you are not allowed to remain alone in a room with anything sharp that uses electricity (!), you could buy a set already made and re-paint them with the right hair color, glasses, etc., such that you have a doll that represents each generation. What a joy to have five living generations of women! Rain (with one mother, three sisters, two nieces and a pregnant niece-in-law) Here is a link that might be useful: matryoshka dolls

I wrote a Christmas poem and put it on here several Christmases ago. It was intitled A Crafter's Night Before Christmas. I lost it!!! I would sure love to see it again if anyone has it. TIA.