![]() ![]() Amy then describes (at length) how to instruct the maid with regards to the groceries. "If you have a one-employee household and a busy family it will certainly be necessary for you to give your maid some systematic assistance, as well as careful supervision. She can order invites, programs, a guest book, cake topper, whatever.Īnd now a gem from Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette (circa 1952) regarding household management. Notecards basket with a self inking return address stamp Look at your gift list and see who would appreciate a gift of : Find a great family picture and make a mental note to contact me for a personal card. But at some point you have to tackle that job. If you just need cards for your personal family and friends you can tinker away for another month. Chck out this site for some ideas and give me a call. If you are a business or organization you likely have a large Christmas Card mailing in front of you. I hate to ruin a perfectly nice post about fall by bringing up the matter of Christmas. It was a perfect day, perfect weather, and perfect pumpkin brats and cookies. We had Kat's hand dyed wool, my notecards, her little clay pumpkin magnets, all kinds of stuff. Her sister Amy added her pottery to the pleasant mix of stuff. Crafty friend Kat and I had our booth at the New Bremen Pumpkinfest. I would feel a little sorry for Tom being the only man but he's probably okay with it. They now have five little gals and Amy running the house. I was thrilled to print the birth announcements. They were blessed with a beautiful set of baby girls. ![]() Good Luck!Ī special congrats to Tom and Amy Wilker of New Bremen. Don't worry, if you've booked, you're in the drawing. I've been booking 2009 Brides left and right but I've been too busy to organize what I need for the Giveaway. Then it's almost 2009 and I get to present the prizes for the "Free Invite Giveaway". I'm looking forward to sharing some new designs in the next couple month. #22 (was clearly ticked but then later erased.) Pull our finger joints in public, drum our fingers or indulge in any similar irritating little habits that set people's teeth on edge.Īs my friend Laura like to proclaim, "interesting indeed." Are we to assume that some unfit mother was allowing her children to gossip and swear at will? And then, maybe, sometimes allowing them to just plain be annoying? ![]() #13 Swear in a way that is generally considered offensive #12 Speak ill of the dead or repeat damaging gossip. Then they neatly put a tick mark next to 19 of the 22 rules. In a random sentance the previous owner boldly underlined the words elemental and manners. What I found interesting was that the previous owner had the gall and bad manners to make marks in the book. Don't pick your teeth, chew with your mouth open, burp in public, chatter incessantly, etc.įor once I can't fault Ms. All of these seem to be as true now as when the book was written 56 years ago. Amy lists 22 different things children should not doing in "polite society". This section regards manners in children. My humorous "Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette", A cool vintage clip art book from "Crafty Friend Kat", my plant, a nice stack of bills underneath my very frivilous orange stapler (which, by the way, matches my orange chair).Īnd now an interesting tibit from Ms. Shimmery paper, quality ribbon and rounded corners.Ī "still-life" photo of a portion of my desk. I love this invite because it has three of my favorite things. My customer is a friend of a friend and we accomplished this look via email and samples sent the old fashioned way. It's an arieal view of a box of programs.Ī recent project. It's actually a "good" photo with great lighting, etc. Hard to tell but there are subtle swirls of red marblized in the paper. Sadly, we only reaped a handful of the little cherry ones.Ī more earthy looking card. This one was designed awhile back, when I was anticipating a wealth of tomato (tomatoe) from our garden. So I've been goofing around a little, hoping my weak efforts will be rewarded with a newer, much easier to use camera.Ī new Sara Paper Notecard Design. For awhile I've been meaning to "learn" how to use my current camera but never took the time. True the camera I have is a good one (so I'm told). Not anything extravagant, just something that takes action shots and a good close-up without a lot of fancy lighting. Or rather my DH (dear husband) if you frequent wedding planning message boards and use the lingo. Okay, so my birthday is coming up and I'd like to give a blatant hint to my husband. ![]()
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