tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post7383529332447127531..comments2024-02-13T14:31:01.475+00:00Comments on Linda Kemshall: Mother's on her soapbox again!Linda Kemshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575184486327210185noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-19928536610885378732012-03-30T09:41:48.604+01:002012-03-30T09:41:48.604+01:00Love the story and the pieces I made a little shel...Love the story and the pieces I made a little shell just like those for my C&G classwork :)<br />YvonneYvonne Moxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140473611443854165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-304481426584447202012-01-02T21:07:52.623+00:002012-01-02T21:07:52.623+00:00Your story reminded me of the Rainy Day Box I kept...Your story reminded me of the Rainy Day Box I kept for my children when they were small. A large cardboard carton full of egg boxes, tissue paper, bits of string, old buttons and anything else useful, lived behind the sofa. The children were kept amused for hours glueing, painting and getting into a lovely creative mess.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-72532170271001128722011-12-21T10:55:50.389+00:002011-12-21T10:55:50.389+00:00Thanks for the memories. The big Sears-Roebuck cat...Thanks for the memories. The big Sears-Roebuck catalog here in the U.S. was a favorite. Paper dolls and imaginary house furnishings--all at our fingertips!P.D. Crumbakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849204362695431537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-68281305978813987242011-12-20T06:03:32.769+00:002011-12-20T06:03:32.769+00:00Marvellous!! Reading your blogpost, Linda and then...Marvellous!! Reading your blogpost, Linda and then the comments by the lovely ladies above takes me back too! I also had a creative mother whose motto was always "there's no such word as 'can't'" and I remeber it all with a warm fuzzy feeling. Papier maché, flour paste, poster paint, the lot!! Thanks everyone! - oh, and Linda, having met you at the Festival of Quilts and watching you on DMTV, you'll NEVER be one of those doddery old curmudgeons!!!!<br />Merry Christmas - and THANK YOU for a fantastic DM year!!!Jacqueline Holmgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864408045936345313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-85437281272503330132011-12-19T21:52:00.597+00:002011-12-19T21:52:00.597+00:00Ah, the memories, I too remember the flour paste g...Ah, the memories, I too remember the flour paste glue my mother used to make for me as a child back in England. I would glue together match boxes into different objects then cover them with paper mâché, boats were always a favourite and little chests of drawers, with the box part sliding out as a drawer.<br />Have a wonderful Christmas and thanks to you and Laura for all of the inspiration over the past year. Looking forward to seeing what you create in 2012.Ro Bruhnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08766616012470244040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-89791815931419193762011-12-19T20:15:36.445+00:002011-12-19T20:15:36.445+00:00I was also a child of the 50's and my siblings...I was also a child of the 50's and my siblings and I made our gifts for relatives every year. We also made our own thank you notes, that went out before the New Year. Your post made me giggle. Not only did we create our gifts, but created on Christmas day. My Great Gram was from Warwickshire and she and my Gram would have the four of us at the table after we washed the dishes. One year there was watercolors, another year acrylics on boards. We learned to knit and crochet. They both believed in teaching hand arts and idle hands were the Devil's workshop. I look back on those Christmas evenings with much longing to have them both with me now. I cannot even imagine the fun we would have. Wishing you the Merriest of holidays.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367949314724875797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-86084225414776481902011-12-19T16:09:48.776+00:002011-12-19T16:09:48.776+00:00Hi Chloe - I'd love to see what you're mak...Hi Chloe - I'd love to see what you're making! <br /><br />Hi Beth - apart from the braids bit I'm pretty much the same nowadays as then. Always up to my elbows in one vat or another!Linda Kemshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575184486327210185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-77056816204709819042011-12-19T15:49:18.080+00:002011-12-19T15:49:18.080+00:00Thanks for that dickens of a tale. It was lovely i...Thanks for that dickens of a tale. It was lovely imagining a little Linda in braids with scissors and a paste pot. I too have many fond memories of making things with paper, tape and crayons.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095809082494749979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-75954303228629357992011-12-19T15:44:37.834+00:002011-12-19T15:44:37.834+00:00Love these, especially the first plate! I love a b...Love these, especially the first plate! I love a bit of papier mache, I'm currently working on a couple of things made with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com