Useful stocking stuffers for moms that aren’t skincare, makeup, jewelry, haircare, perfume, candles, or tchotchkes. Nothing wrong with those, but I’m picky when it comes to those. Here are some other ideas to consider. ;-)
Since my kids are my mother-in-law’s only grandkids, I get the pleasure of creating a holiday card for her that she sends to family and friends each year. It’s been wonderful to see how quickly my kids have grown taller than her!
April’s holiday card from 2022 was a blast to work on where she sent me photos of her son posed like John McClane from Die Hard and I went to work in Photoshop to create this awesome card.
Over the last five years, I had the privilege of being on the PTO for the school my kids attended. They are a public charter school that offers kindergarten through 8th grade and my kids attended for the last eight years.
Catching up on a post that I never finished a few years ago. Our holiday card from 2022 perfectly summarized the biggest milestones from our year; whether they were travel, taekwondo or track. I was even able to forego doing a typed blurb on the back of the card.
In pulling myself out of a year-long painting slump, I painted my beloved Lone Peak shrouded in clouds from a photo I took back in May when Utah’s spring weather was acting especially drunk. She’s the peak I see from my street and a favorite of mine.
This was my 4th year having a booth at a local art show put on by the Draper Visual Arts Foundation and it was my most successful year yet! I sold 3 original paintings along with a handful of giclee prints and vinyl stickers.
I competed in poomsae and board breaking at the USA Taekwondo National Championships this summer and it such a fun experience. I won a gold medal in board breaking and learned a ton about competition sport poomsae.
