Misaki, The Sparrow Girl
Well, it looks like Sister Stamps is releasing another set of images. Yay! I have been peeking in on what my sister has been creating and it's just great! Love her crafts! Just thought I would share a little of what inspired the sparrow image, Misaki, that is part of this set. As I was coming up with images, I remembered when I was a little girl when my parents would take me to the Honolulu zoo. We would go around and see all the animals, which was always fun for us kids
La Befana
It's tradition here in Italy to hang up stockings on the eve of Epiphany (January 6th), much like we do in America in hope that Santa will fill them with treats and presents if we were good. In the same way, Italian children hope that the Befana will come to fill their stockings. La Befana, according to legend, is an old woman that flies on her broom and comes to each house to fill stockings with either treats (if the children were good) or coal (if they were bad). Althoug