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
Building Shimo-san
Well, it looks like we are deep into the Christmas season now so I thought I would share an ornament that I made. I love making tree ornaments most, even though they don't serve much purpose but to help decorate an already over decorated tree. This one is made from the Sister Stamp image of the snowman (Shimo-san). I had these plastic ornaments lying around from last year and finally had use for one of them. I just reduced the image I had already colored and fit it into th