Day 4 of the "12 Days of Home for the Holidays"

Let’s talk extraordinary. My guest for the 4th day of 12 Days of Home for the Holidays is Ms. Lisa Pace.

As a crafter and artist she has influenced and inspired me. When you read her posts on Facebook you know of her gentle nature. Her website In The Details just screams inspiration. As I “got around” the internet I would often bump into her at Wendy Vecchi’s blog, Studio 490. Wendy’s first stamp set was released and everyone went crazy with all the different things we could make with her new stamps. Here comes Lisa stamping a poinsettia on fabric, layering it and sewing on it.  That came out of left field for me. I’ve been inspired every since. I followed Wendy over to Maya Road’s blog to find Lisa quite at home. She is truly a creative soul.

Oh, yes I just discovered Lisa and I are BOTH Fiskateers!

Lisa is a multi media artist and has her first book “Delight In the Details” scheduled for publication in late January. (Maybe in time for CHA?) She loves creating items for the holidays as well as projects for everyday dome décor. On her blog “It’s In The Details” you can find lots of easy to follow step by step project tutorials. You can follower her on Facbook and Twitter

Lisa will be posting the instruction to her project on her blog “In The Details.”

Ms. Lisa M. Pace

The one family holiday tradition handed down in our family has to be creativity. Each year for as long as I can remember my mom and I have created holiday gifts and decorations for friends and family. I truly believe a handmade gift means more than anything store bought. It is a gift that comes straight from the heart. To this day Mom and I still enjoy talking about all the crazy things we have created over the years and we love pulling out all our handmade ornaments each holiday season. Some of the years reflected upon we still try to figure out what we were things. Oh, the laugh we have had at our own expense. But these are holiday memories I would never change nor want to forget.

The way I have preserved this tradition with my girls is pretty simple…we make something fun together each holiday season. When the girls were really young I would not let them purchase their gifts to give. They had to make theirs right down to the wrapping paper. I gave them cookie cutters to dip in paint and place onto cut up paper bugs then once the paint dried they used this to wrap their gifts. They loved making their own wrapping paper and talked about it for years.

When Ansley was around 5 years old she decided she would make fudge for everyone. So we filled aluminum cookie cutters with homemade chocolate fudge and wrapped each one in baggies tied with curling ribbon. That year Ansley licked so many bowls of chocolate fudge she couldn’t eat fudge for years without feeling sick. And yes we still get laughs from that one. When Terri was little she loved to paint so we poured plaster into candy molds and she created ornaments to give each family member. Now that they are older we make either an ornament or some small holiday decoration together.

It is always fun to sit and talk about tall the things we have created and each year we know we will continue adding to our handmade holiday collection just as we did this year with this Snowman ornament.

Wishing you all the very best this holiday season.

Hugs,
Lisa

Merry Christmas Lisa and to your Family.


Tomorrow's Guest Blogger is Ms. Margot Potter.

Debby’s Dream Studio, are you catching the daily specials that are totally outrageous?!!

Tim Holtz you are killing me! One of my tags from the 12 Days of Tags.

Are you doing a December Daily? Some form or another is around the interent where you take a photo everyday of December documenting the holidays, doing holiday things, etc. I decided to just make sure I take at least one photo a day. It was nearly midnight yesterday when I remembered I did not take the photo of the day. The only one awake was Bailey Bailey. LOL Poor babe, he was asleep too but he loves me dearly.

Gratitude List

1. inspiration

2. traditions

3. even on the internet the spirit of giving is wonderfully addictive

4. God who continues to give to me unending

5. My Grandmother’s advice to me many years ago