Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am (Post 1294999)

Mine are going in the mail on Friday. They turned out to be a little more tedious than I originally thought. They have been fun to do though, and have already got me in the holiday spirit! Also, mine have a little bit of glitter, but I do believe it is well and truly stuck! Nevertheless, I will put them in individual baggies.

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am (Post 1294994)

Hi Crafty Peeps,

I'd like to ask for your help. As most of you know, my Mom has moderate-to-severe dementia. I have been trying to think of memory tasks that we can do with her, so that we don't have to try to think of stuff to talk about all the time we're with her. She also needs tasks that will help her feel useful. She doesn't talk much any more. She can't really learn to do anything new, or do anything that requires mental effort (like playing games, even if she knew how to play them in the past). Unfortunately, she doesn't knit or crochet or anything like that, but she does color. Some ideas I have found online and that I have thought of are:

- clipping coupons from the newspaper;
- rolling out dough and cutting out dog cookies (the dog cookie dough is very dry and sturdy, so I can pack the cookies raw into containers and bake them at my sister's house);
- folding sheets and towels, and baby clothes for her great grandson;
- easy puzzles that can be done in one sitting;
- taking her a "sensations" box - a box of things that engage all five senses: cinnamon sticks or other spices in a tin; lotion that smells good; swatches of various fabrics; a prism; candies and fruit cups; an mp3 player with music she likes and podcasts.
- making her a "memory" box - a box of things that will help her remember her life, such as the clutch she took to her senior prom, Christmas ornaments she made with me and my sister, one of my grandmother's small crocheted pieces, her favorite coffee cup, her high school yearbook, pictures of things that won't fit in the box, etc.

Does anyone have any ideas for other memory activities we could do with her? If you have experience with this, or if any ideas come to you, would you please post them here or send me a PM? Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks so much.

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Bumping!

Hoping to get more participants.

Originally Posted by nycfem (Post 1295514)

Nanners what if the project was changed to doing only one vision board for one participant and you gave each person who signed up one person to do the vision board for? It might be less daunting to people and I believe there was a time in the past when we did it that way. Since this is big and requires individualization, it might help.

Originally Posted by nanners (Post 1295542)

*****UPDATED PARAMETERS AND DUE DATES*****

New project! Everyone is welcome, you do NOT need any artistic ability, just be reliable and enthusiastic -that's what we care about!

vi·sion board
noun

a collage of images and words representing a person's wishes or goals, intended to serve as inspiration or motivation.

"on her vision board she put a log cabin, a sailboat, a red car, and a butch femme couple dancing on a white carpet"

This is the first project of 2024, so let’s think about what we want to happen in our lives this year…the project is VISION BOARDS! You will make one vision board, and you will get one in return. So at the end, you will have a piece of art to look at and maybe expand your vision based on someone's ideas/images/thoughts that they used on the Vision board for you.

For examples Google images for “Vision Board”.

Parameters:

• Can be any size between 4 X 6 and 8.5 X 11

• Sign up starts at 2:00 PM CST 01-01-2024 (Monday) and closes at 7:00 PM CST on 01-102024 (Wednesday)

• When you sign up, you must state two or more of your visions for yourself for 2024. You can edit your vision(s) until sign up closes.

• You must make one vision board for each participant based on one or more of their visions. It's easier when you focus on only one or two!

• On the back of your project please list these 3 things: Your name and the person’s name you made the vision board for. EXAMPLE: Made by Nanners for Gemme, Wrangler - Nan, and Vision Boards 2024

• Projects are due to me by January 31st. You have a week grace period but after that, (February 7) or your project is crumpled up and batted around by my cats and you don't get your vision board that someone else made you. You also won't be able to participate again for 4 months.

• Include $7 for the wrangler with your project.

• Please, no glitter that is not sealed and nothing thicker than a puffy sticker.


Sign up:

1. Nanners: Healthy eating habits, self-care, She Shed crafting organization, starting my first garden, read more books, make new friends in the area that I live in, find a part time job where I can work from home.

2. Soft Silver: redefining myself through career change; writing a short story/ essay every month; felting animals; grow more of what I need to eat and eat more of what I grow

3. nycfem: being in bed, on work nights by 10 pm, decluttering our one bedroom apartment, catching up and staying up-to-date on my work paperwork, going back to making jewelry.

4. Clay: Back to my healthy eating habits, more self care habits.

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Originally Posted by nycfem (Post 1295554)

Feel free to share your visions with us for the new year even if you are not signing up for the project. We can all send good vibes for your visions.