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Taking a Leap of Faith into 2013
By Karen Hendricks Famous cliff jumpers: Thelma & Louise “The fiscal cliff” is the hot topic in the news today, and it makes me think about the expression “jumping off a cliff.” Blogging is a bit...
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Recycling Christmas Cards
Popcorn tins make great storage containers for treasured Christmas cards By Karen Hendricks Sending and receiving Christmas cards is one of my favorite things about the holiday season. From glossy,...
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Priceless Treasure: Tips for Great Family Photos
By Karen Hendricks Photographs are some of our most treasured possessions as parents, right? From sweet baby pictures to fun vacations photos; photos of Christmas celebrations and special holidays, to...
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Celebrating Mothers
“A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.” -Honore de Balzac In the spirit of this quote, we gathered some of our...
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First Day… Hurray?
By Karen Hendricks Here comes the bus… Source: Wikimedia Commons ‘Tis the season… The back-to-school season! Do you cheer with a “Hurray” or reach for the tissues? Are your kids excited or scared–or...
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Summer Memories
By Karen Hendricks Ok, I know it’s officially fall on the calendar now. However, I feel as though fall was forced upon us this year. Candy corn started appearing in the grocery store in mid-August,...
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The Cure for Anything is Salt Water…
By Karen Hendricks I’m convinced that scrapbooking is a disease. I absolutely love to scrapbook, but I never seem to have enough time to keep up with it. That guilty feeling of always being “behind” is...
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Girls’ Getaway: Scrapbooking
This scrapbook page by my friend Paula is a slam dunk! By Karen Hendricks Photos have a wonderful way of reconnecting us to treasured moments, past events and important people in our lives. But as a...
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Preserving Old Scrapbooks: Taking your grandmother’s baby pictures into their...
By Chris Little My great-grandmother Ethel was an intermittently devoted scrapbooker—in high school she clipped and saved newspaper articles detailing school activities and local events she’d...
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Summer 2014: Through the Lens
“Making Memories” – Isn’t that what summer is all about? Here at Off the Merry-Go-Round, we’ve been busy making memories, enjoying summer, with our families. We’ve gathered some of our favorite summer...
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