Hey Patti - I just thought of it is all. I don't have a pic of one already made. As suggested, I would (either) print out some family pics you have saved on your computer and/or use some pics you can cut. I would cut them about the size of a large hang tag and then glue them onto some pretty Christmas colored cardstock, punch a hole in the top and tie them onto the wreath with a pretty ribbon. They don't have to be full size pics of a person, just the head and shoulders, etc. If you don't want to cut precious family pics, you could take the pics to a photo store and/or office supply store with a copy machine and make copies of them and also get them downsized or enlarged if needed. I'm glad to hear you like the idea and I think your daughter's would love receiving them. Sal

Thanks for all the compliments, I've been waiting for this to be made for a while :) Robolady,so funny.....I found the little greenhouse we copied from a link on your site(more window ideas) over a year ago( we replaced our windows 2 years ago,so it might have been that long ago!)so of course you may use the picture and instructions. It was the link to HGTV,Decorating Cents.I painted one side of each window green,then DH attached the 2 windows together with L-brackets,then he measured the width of the open ends to decide how big to make the box. He used old 1"x6"'s for the sides and old plywood for the bottom. I thinned down some white paint to "white-wash" it,and painted the inside of the box with thinned down green paint. Then he screwed old porch spindles(they were already white,a great yard sale find) on for legs on the outside of the box,screwing them from the inside,turning it into a table. Then the windows were fastened to the table with hinges on the outside of the windows to the box. I hope this is a better photo. Here is a link that might be useful: window greenhouse

Luvs, really cute items from the 99 cents store. We don't have one of those, we have DT & Dollar Gen. and one other, Family Dollar, but I rarely go in there, it is a very messy store, think I've been in there twice in the past 10 years & never found a thing. There is a .99 cent store in Florida where we stay & one lady at our condo's who lives there, says she goes there all the time & finds really neat things. I never made it there, but the kids went while we were there & grand-daughter bought some bracelets & ankle bracelets. DH & I used to do wood crafts & do craft shows, but we found that Walmart & other places were selling wood crafts so cheap, that it was killing the home-made craft business. Just like those wooden signs you got, no way could you or I make them for .99 with all our work & painting.

Topics I'd like to see addressed in a decorating class would be how to coordinate fabrics...i.e.combining patterns and colors. What to look for in quality furniture. How to arrange accessories. Pitfalls to avoid when selecting paint colors (don't go with gumball pink if you want a pink room, beware of the opaqueness of yellow, understanding how important undertones are,etc). Surely there are some rules to guide the novice, it would be good if those were spelled out to make the process a little easier. Throwing a little Fung Shui in there couldn't hurt. I don't mean all that chi stuff, focus more on the more logical aspect of it like where to place chairs and desks in a room so the person's back isn't facing a door, that sort of thing. How to chose carpeting, what does all that loop and pile jargon mean. I wished my teacher had provided a list of local sources for upholsterers, seamstresses, wholesale to the public suppliers, that have been vetted be her/him...so students can skip the middle-man and go directly to the person who is able to sew bedding, slipcovers or upholster furniture. I have taken several classes through the community center. What I discovered is that many of the instructors use this as a marketing tool to drum up clients. What the interior designer really wanted was for the students to hire her after they saw she was competent enough to teach the class but not so informative that they would think they can do this all themselves. So I never got the sense she was willing to give away all her trade secrets. But maybe she was just trying to keep it at a very beginner level so as not to saturate the students with too much information. I'm not saying we had to sit through a one hour sales pitch but I thought I should have walked away with a lot more information than I did. She did spend some time on proper placement of art, mirrors, etc on the wall..pointing out that most people usually hang them too high. So that part was good.