
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

Getting Ready for the Holidays!
The holiday season is already upon us! Looked out the window the other day and it was snowing, which is a bit earlier than usual this time of year. Anyway, just thought I would get into the holiday mood and share a project that I created which was inspired by all the creativity going on with my sister's blog http://sisterstamps.blogspot.it/. There were a lot of wonderful projects shared regarding this reindeer image I had created for Sister Stamps. I was inspired to use t