Soon, I will be leaving on a jet plane. No, not to Italy. I'm taking a break from Italy. I've also taken a break from London, another one of the most wonderful place on the planet. It isn't for any protest or political reason. It is just that I really thought that with the recent spate of movies on Italy, a TV series and even TV commercials for tours of Italy, that 1) it was going to be even more crowded than it has been and 2) as I'm not eating bread and pasta (for the most part), I would have no resistance to homemade ravioli, cream-filled cornetti or a host of other Italian food. And, as I have now lost 36 pounds and still have a bit more to go, I don't want to get off track. So, I chose another country. A country not known for its cuisine nor food that I like. Norway. A beautiful country full of fjords. A country obsessed with outdoor sports. So, not only will I be not tempted by food, I will be out and about in the outdoors, hiking, kayaking and glacier walking. An exercise vacation! Oh, and in marked difference to other vacations I have planned, I also have checked out local gyms where I can work out!
I've got my reading material picked out, Kristin Lavransdatter by Nobel Prize winning Norwegian author Sigrid Undset (Tina Nunnally translation) and plan to read a few novels by Karin Fossum before I go. I checked out a couple of Norwegain quilting blogs and stores and have a list of quilt stores in Norway, in case of a rainy day. And, yesterday, I went out and scouted fabric stores in my area (I don't want to buy something there that I could have bought here, although, I'm sure a lot of fabrics there are made in China, with better quality fabrics from Korea and Japan, I'm hoping for a Norwegian design influence). I've always wanted to do a a quilt in browns and I'm thinking that I will do one with medieval influences. So, I can't wait to see the cultural and historical museums in Oslo and Trondheim will have.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
My Thirteen Weight Loss Tips
How can this be? After years of trying and trying, I have finally lost 14 pounds! That is not all of the weight I am trying to lose but it has finally begun! It seems that every time that I have tried to lose weight in the past, I have gained weight. Just thinking about losing weight would make me gain weight. I walked 1/2 hour each day for years and years and slowly, inexorably, put on the pounds and I thought it didn't matter. But, I found out that all of the walking kept some of it at bay. This was borne out by the fact that when it rained for a couple of weeks one year, I didn't walk and gained 5 pounds!
I can recall many, many times making losing weight my number one priority, the one thing that would make me happiest in the world. I would sit down and make a detailed plan to lose weight. Eat healthier, eat vegetables, quit drinking sugared drinks, drink water, give up junk food, exercise (more). Then I would eat something to give me the strength to start, only, I wouldn't start.
This was so mystifying to me. Why would I eat (usually something I shouldn't) right after I had all this desire to lose weight? I read books and began to wonder what deeply psychological problem must be lurking about in my psyche to exhibit such contradictory behavior. Surely, someone could explain this to me so I could stop.
Truly, did I need psychoanalysis? Did I mention I even got hypnotised? (No help, either). I went to Weight Watchers and lost a few pounds but I don't do very well on diets and I refuse to count calories. I complained to my doctor and he referred me to a nutrition class where I learned that there is a real disconnect between what the US of A calls a portion size and what everyone else does. We had all of this lovely plastic food in class and I distinctly remember the nutritionist pointing to a plastic orange and saying, "have a baseball-sized portion of fruit". Maybe she didn't play sports because it looked more like a tennis ball to me than a baseball. I wasn't sure you could buy oranges that small. I didn't lose any weight.
Then I went to a different doctor, the Ob/Gyn and complained about not being able to lose weight and she said, "when you get to be a certain age, weight loss is almost impossible". Wonderful. I was finding that to be so true. So, we (I have an exercise partner)refused to accept that and upped our walking time to about 100 miles a month. I lost 6 pounds from May to November. Six months, 600 miles and 6 pounds. That would work out to be weight loss of one pound a month. Then no more even though, I was diligently working out at the gym.
We contented ourselves with the realization that we knew we would eventually lose weight but in the meantime, we had all sorts of other benefits. Increased strength, stability, lowered blood pressures, a feeling of accomplishment that we walked whether it was 100 degrees in the summer or raining on us in winter. The trainers were working with me on my "diet" but I was not making much headway even though they all told me that diet is 80% of weight loss with all sorts of helpful tips.
Then recently, I received an e-mail from one of the commercial blogs I subscribe to, to take a test to determine why I am overweight. Eureka! Free analysis. I was sure that my disorder could be pinpointed. So, I took the test. My results? I am overweight because, get this, I am an over eater! SERIOUSLY!!!
So, I was complaining to the trainers that I hadn't lost any weight since coming to gym even though I had really been eating less and better food (and I hadn't been to Jack in the Box for awhile and had given up root beer floats as well as thrown all the ice cream and chips into the trash). But I had been working out pretty diligently in the gym and still walking about 18 miles a week. So, the trainer really put me through a good workout and told me to not rest between sets to keep the intensity. I work out pretty hard but not as hard as when the trainer puts me through a workout. So right after all of my whining about not having lost any weight, I weighted myself at the gym and I lost 4 pounds but, I didn't believe it. I figured someone had monkeyed with the scale balance. So the next week I told this to the trainer and he told me that I could check out the scale by zeroing it out and to see if the balance arm was in the middle. And, it was. So that meant really I lost that 4 pounds. Only now, I had lost another 4 pounds.
So now I am on the Paleo or caveman diet which isn't really a diet but more of a lifestyle. I don't eat wheat, grains, potatoes, corn or legumes. For the most part. Mostly, I eat protein of fish, lean red meat, turkey and boneless, skinless chicken breast. For carbs I eat fruits and vegetables. I still have raw sugar with my tea. And, no, no high fructose corn syrup which is like the crack cocaine of food! For fats, I have lowfat cheese, 2% milk, nuts and oil for salad dressing and my consumption of butter is way down. I don't really restrict or measure what I eat except, I try to keep to this one cardinal rule which is, I STOP EATING WHEN I AM FULL.
Yes, I confess. I am not perfect and I fall off the food wagon, on occasion, and sometimes I know I am going to eat stuff not eaten by a caveman but it is a conscious decision and see Tip #10 & #11 below.
So, these are my weight loss tips:
1. Keep food preparation simple during weight loss.
2. Don't go on a "diet". Make healthier eating a lifestyle.
3. If you fall "off the wagon", it's okay. Just get back on. Accept that we are not perfect. We are human. Only our Heavenly Father is perfect. (I only wish Heidi Montag knew this.)
4. Make a grocery list and don't spend too much time in there. I find that after a certain amount of time, my willpower weakens and DORITOS! COOKIES! ICE CREAM! scream out at me as I pass their aisles on the way to the checkout stand.
5. Don't have conversations about food that you want to avoid eating. I was in Zumba class the other day and these 2 gals WOULD NOT SHUT UP! They were going on and on about all this decadent food as we were waiting to sweat our butts off for an hour to attempt to lose weight. The class probably wouldn't have burned off the calories in the dessert they were describing. I finally left the room to go stretch in the hallway after even putting my hands over my ears could not block out their conversation. (They were loud, too!)
6. Talk up good foods like just how yummy steamed broccoli is! Or, ooh, raw carrots! Or, how delicious salad made with arugula fresh from the garden is! Or, what a fabulous meatloaf you can make with lean ground turkey!
7. Don't watch TV cooking shows! Especially Paula Deen!!! Seriously. Unless you want to look like her. In fact, quit watching TV entirely or mute the commercials as 9 out of ten commercials seem to be about eating fast food. Watch TV shows like the one about Ruby Gettinger, whom I adore. At one time, she weighed 716 pounds and now is under 350 lbs. Go Ruby! She inspired us to get personal trainers (even though we are much smaller than she is) and listening to someone elses issues helps you with your own, it's just on a different scale, in our case.
8. Read, learn, try different stuff. Use what works for you.
9. Find a way to deal with stress. (I walk and talk to my workout partner but I think kickboxing would be fun, too!)
10. Eat only good quality food. Savor each bite as you chew it slowly and thoroughly. On a scale of 1 to 10, rate each forkfull. The first bite should be a 10. When it gets to a point that it is not as good because you are getting full, stop eating and save the rest for another meal.
11. STOP EATING WHEN YOU ARE FULL!
12. Listen to your body. It is the best gauge of what is and isn't working for you.
13. Be in it for the long haul.
Here is a link to 52 Ways to Lose a Pound a Week
They are good, but, I have already done most of them.
I can recall many, many times making losing weight my number one priority, the one thing that would make me happiest in the world. I would sit down and make a detailed plan to lose weight. Eat healthier, eat vegetables, quit drinking sugared drinks, drink water, give up junk food, exercise (more). Then I would eat something to give me the strength to start, only, I wouldn't start.
This was so mystifying to me. Why would I eat (usually something I shouldn't) right after I had all this desire to lose weight? I read books and began to wonder what deeply psychological problem must be lurking about in my psyche to exhibit such contradictory behavior. Surely, someone could explain this to me so I could stop.
Truly, did I need psychoanalysis? Did I mention I even got hypnotised? (No help, either). I went to Weight Watchers and lost a few pounds but I don't do very well on diets and I refuse to count calories. I complained to my doctor and he referred me to a nutrition class where I learned that there is a real disconnect between what the US of A calls a portion size and what everyone else does. We had all of this lovely plastic food in class and I distinctly remember the nutritionist pointing to a plastic orange and saying, "have a baseball-sized portion of fruit". Maybe she didn't play sports because it looked more like a tennis ball to me than a baseball. I wasn't sure you could buy oranges that small. I didn't lose any weight.
Then I went to a different doctor, the Ob/Gyn and complained about not being able to lose weight and she said, "when you get to be a certain age, weight loss is almost impossible". Wonderful. I was finding that to be so true. So, we (I have an exercise partner)refused to accept that and upped our walking time to about 100 miles a month. I lost 6 pounds from May to November. Six months, 600 miles and 6 pounds. That would work out to be weight loss of one pound a month. Then no more even though, I was diligently working out at the gym.
We contented ourselves with the realization that we knew we would eventually lose weight but in the meantime, we had all sorts of other benefits. Increased strength, stability, lowered blood pressures, a feeling of accomplishment that we walked whether it was 100 degrees in the summer or raining on us in winter. The trainers were working with me on my "diet" but I was not making much headway even though they all told me that diet is 80% of weight loss with all sorts of helpful tips.
Then recently, I received an e-mail from one of the commercial blogs I subscribe to, to take a test to determine why I am overweight. Eureka! Free analysis. I was sure that my disorder could be pinpointed. So, I took the test. My results? I am overweight because, get this, I am an over eater! SERIOUSLY!!!
So, I was complaining to the trainers that I hadn't lost any weight since coming to gym even though I had really been eating less and better food (and I hadn't been to Jack in the Box for awhile and had given up root beer floats as well as thrown all the ice cream and chips into the trash). But I had been working out pretty diligently in the gym and still walking about 18 miles a week. So, the trainer really put me through a good workout and told me to not rest between sets to keep the intensity. I work out pretty hard but not as hard as when the trainer puts me through a workout. So right after all of my whining about not having lost any weight, I weighted myself at the gym and I lost 4 pounds but, I didn't believe it. I figured someone had monkeyed with the scale balance. So the next week I told this to the trainer and he told me that I could check out the scale by zeroing it out and to see if the balance arm was in the middle. And, it was. So that meant really I lost that 4 pounds. Only now, I had lost another 4 pounds.
So now I am on the Paleo or caveman diet which isn't really a diet but more of a lifestyle. I don't eat wheat, grains, potatoes, corn or legumes. For the most part. Mostly, I eat protein of fish, lean red meat, turkey and boneless, skinless chicken breast. For carbs I eat fruits and vegetables. I still have raw sugar with my tea. And, no, no high fructose corn syrup which is like the crack cocaine of food! For fats, I have lowfat cheese, 2% milk, nuts and oil for salad dressing and my consumption of butter is way down. I don't really restrict or measure what I eat except, I try to keep to this one cardinal rule which is, I STOP EATING WHEN I AM FULL.
Yes, I confess. I am not perfect and I fall off the food wagon, on occasion, and sometimes I know I am going to eat stuff not eaten by a caveman but it is a conscious decision and see Tip #10 & #11 below.
So, these are my weight loss tips:
1. Keep food preparation simple during weight loss.
2. Don't go on a "diet". Make healthier eating a lifestyle.
3. If you fall "off the wagon", it's okay. Just get back on. Accept that we are not perfect. We are human. Only our Heavenly Father is perfect. (I only wish Heidi Montag knew this.)
4. Make a grocery list and don't spend too much time in there. I find that after a certain amount of time, my willpower weakens and DORITOS! COOKIES! ICE CREAM! scream out at me as I pass their aisles on the way to the checkout stand.
5. Don't have conversations about food that you want to avoid eating. I was in Zumba class the other day and these 2 gals WOULD NOT SHUT UP! They were going on and on about all this decadent food as we were waiting to sweat our butts off for an hour to attempt to lose weight. The class probably wouldn't have burned off the calories in the dessert they were describing. I finally left the room to go stretch in the hallway after even putting my hands over my ears could not block out their conversation. (They were loud, too!)
6. Talk up good foods like just how yummy steamed broccoli is! Or, ooh, raw carrots! Or, how delicious salad made with arugula fresh from the garden is! Or, what a fabulous meatloaf you can make with lean ground turkey!
7. Don't watch TV cooking shows! Especially Paula Deen!!! Seriously. Unless you want to look like her. In fact, quit watching TV entirely or mute the commercials as 9 out of ten commercials seem to be about eating fast food. Watch TV shows like the one about Ruby Gettinger, whom I adore. At one time, she weighed 716 pounds and now is under 350 lbs. Go Ruby! She inspired us to get personal trainers (even though we are much smaller than she is) and listening to someone elses issues helps you with your own, it's just on a different scale, in our case.
8. Read, learn, try different stuff. Use what works for you.
9. Find a way to deal with stress. (I walk and talk to my workout partner but I think kickboxing would be fun, too!)
10. Eat only good quality food. Savor each bite as you chew it slowly and thoroughly. On a scale of 1 to 10, rate each forkfull. The first bite should be a 10. When it gets to a point that it is not as good because you are getting full, stop eating and save the rest for another meal.
11. STOP EATING WHEN YOU ARE FULL!
12. Listen to your body. It is the best gauge of what is and isn't working for you.
13. Be in it for the long haul.
Here is a link to 52 Ways to Lose a Pound a Week
They are good, but, I have already done most of them.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Ow, I feel good!
This morning I reached over to scratch my left shoulder and it was hard. My muscles were hard. And, it was hard to reach over there because I can barely move my right arm. I think I worked my trapezious muscles. Now, please excuse me I have to go and clean the bathrooms. If I can.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Reflections on Resolutions
Almost every year since becoming an adult (I wrote it this way instead of saying, err, for the last few decades) I have written down goals and resolutions for the coming year even though I often despaired that they would happen. One year, in particular (I can always tell when I have been watching Jane Austen movies because the word particular becomes more present in my communication). Anyway, one year, I became despondent about my goals/resolutions because they just weren't happening! Here they were, year after year, down on paper but nothing had moved me towards them. So, that year, I refused to make them. But, the next year, none of them happened either, so being a persistent creature, I wrote them down again. Yes, most of them were the same. Boy, am I a sucker. But ever optimistic and without any clue as to how I was going to do it, I wrote down what I wanted on a 3 by 5 index card and stuck the card under my mattress cover.
One of the things that I wrote down on that card was the salary that I wanted to be making. It only happened to be more than twice what I was currently making. Seriously, I sat on the bed staring at this number WITHOUT A CLUE as to how it was going to happen. No breakdown of the mini steps I needed to do to get me to the magical number, where it would be, etc. None of the typical uber-goal setting techniques I had learned and used from the myriad of books and seminars I had read and attended. Nada. Blankness. Empty brain. Just a 3 by 5 index card. I had a nice job and I loved the folks I was working with and the salary I was making was better than a lot of other people's (and did I mention that we were in another one of those recession things?). Oh, I had gone on a few job interviews before my current job but they hadn't panned out.
But within a few months, I received a phone call, out of the blue, from a man who had been on one of the interviews panels. He invited me to apply for a job opening at his company. And, so I did. And guess what? I got the job. And guess again? It paid what I had written down on that card. (In fact my then boss remarked somewhat sheepishly when he saw the salary I was going to make, "Uh, that's more than what I make.")
So this year, feeling once again that my resolutions just weren't happening, I looked at some of my old years resolutions to see what I wanted to write down. Surprisingly, I was, well, surprised at the number of things that had happened. Oh, maybe they had taken more than one year and some had taken hard work but I was amazed at what had gotten done over time. Bought a house, remodelled a house, painted living room, got a new roof, moved woodpile, installed sprinklers, new flooring (okay, I think I lived on plywood sub-flooring for a couple of years before it got done) as well as equally taxing projects like, get organized. I can't think of all of the things that happened because now that I am organized, I'm not quite sure where those lists are. Hmm, maybe in the current projects box in the closet?
Yes, sadly, not all of the things I wrote down on that card have happened. My thoughts on some of those? Some things don't happen because we move on from who we were when we wrote them. Maybe they don't happen because I really don't want them to happen. Shockingly, could this be true? Let's take this small test. Stop now and write down the first 10 things that you want to happen as they come to your mind. If you don't have 10, that's okay. Just write down what you do have. If you have more than 10 just keep writing. A word on this test later.
Some things I have not given up on even though I write them down year after year. I still want to weigh 130 lbs and wear a size 7. I have quite the detailed plan on this with charts (!) and even though I have exercised regularly for a couple of years, I haven't made much progress. I attended nutrition classes for awhile. I upped my walking time. Then I joined a gym and I actually workout 3 times a week. Then, I decided to get help and have a personal trainer. BTW, getting help is not cheating. Sometimes we need a little help. Or a lot help.
Some of my resolutions are less specific like, live more simply, be more gracious (this includes the writing of letters sent by the U.S. postal service on pretty stationery), stop rushing, meet more interesting and genuine people. Some goals are slightly onerous. Sometimes I have to rewrite these goals and give them a more enticing spin. Example? Change "clean out the garage" to "park car in garage" (only possible, if I clean it out) or "convert garage into work studio" so I can take up rug hooking. I got a little more enthusiastic about this before the holidays took over my weekends and spare time, so it's still not done.
Oh, and I still have a few resolutions/goals which are for the future and which I wrote down because even though I don't know how on God's green earth it's going to happen, I still want them to happen. And now for your own list. Look at the order at which you wrote them down. Unconsiously, you wrote the most important first. Sometimes we're smart that way. If what you think is the most important got written down, third or fourth, maybe it's not happening because it really isn't that important to you. Think on that.
One of the things that I wrote down on that card was the salary that I wanted to be making. It only happened to be more than twice what I was currently making. Seriously, I sat on the bed staring at this number WITHOUT A CLUE as to how it was going to happen. No breakdown of the mini steps I needed to do to get me to the magical number, where it would be, etc. None of the typical uber-goal setting techniques I had learned and used from the myriad of books and seminars I had read and attended. Nada. Blankness. Empty brain. Just a 3 by 5 index card. I had a nice job and I loved the folks I was working with and the salary I was making was better than a lot of other people's (and did I mention that we were in another one of those recession things?). Oh, I had gone on a few job interviews before my current job but they hadn't panned out.
But within a few months, I received a phone call, out of the blue, from a man who had been on one of the interviews panels. He invited me to apply for a job opening at his company. And, so I did. And guess what? I got the job. And guess again? It paid what I had written down on that card. (In fact my then boss remarked somewhat sheepishly when he saw the salary I was going to make, "Uh, that's more than what I make.")
So this year, feeling once again that my resolutions just weren't happening, I looked at some of my old years resolutions to see what I wanted to write down. Surprisingly, I was, well, surprised at the number of things that had happened. Oh, maybe they had taken more than one year and some had taken hard work but I was amazed at what had gotten done over time. Bought a house, remodelled a house, painted living room, got a new roof, moved woodpile, installed sprinklers, new flooring (okay, I think I lived on plywood sub-flooring for a couple of years before it got done) as well as equally taxing projects like, get organized. I can't think of all of the things that happened because now that I am organized, I'm not quite sure where those lists are. Hmm, maybe in the current projects box in the closet?
Yes, sadly, not all of the things I wrote down on that card have happened. My thoughts on some of those? Some things don't happen because we move on from who we were when we wrote them. Maybe they don't happen because I really don't want them to happen. Shockingly, could this be true? Let's take this small test. Stop now and write down the first 10 things that you want to happen as they come to your mind. If you don't have 10, that's okay. Just write down what you do have. If you have more than 10 just keep writing. A word on this test later.
Some things I have not given up on even though I write them down year after year. I still want to weigh 130 lbs and wear a size 7. I have quite the detailed plan on this with charts (!) and even though I have exercised regularly for a couple of years, I haven't made much progress. I attended nutrition classes for awhile. I upped my walking time. Then I joined a gym and I actually workout 3 times a week. Then, I decided to get help and have a personal trainer. BTW, getting help is not cheating. Sometimes we need a little help. Or a lot help.
Some of my resolutions are less specific like, live more simply, be more gracious (this includes the writing of letters sent by the U.S. postal service on pretty stationery), stop rushing, meet more interesting and genuine people. Some goals are slightly onerous. Sometimes I have to rewrite these goals and give them a more enticing spin. Example? Change "clean out the garage" to "park car in garage" (only possible, if I clean it out) or "convert garage into work studio" so I can take up rug hooking. I got a little more enthusiastic about this before the holidays took over my weekends and spare time, so it's still not done.
Oh, and I still have a few resolutions/goals which are for the future and which I wrote down because even though I don't know how on God's green earth it's going to happen, I still want them to happen. And now for your own list. Look at the order at which you wrote them down. Unconsiously, you wrote the most important first. Sometimes we're smart that way. If what you think is the most important got written down, third or fourth, maybe it's not happening because it really isn't that important to you. Think on that.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas!
This year, the urge to decorate for Christmas returned to me. Er, I can't believe that I have all of this stuff, but evidently, I do. I decided not to buy a big tree because there really isn't room for one as you can see from the photo of my, very small living room.
But, I have a few, little trees like this mini one. It has the red, painted bowtie pasta ornaments that my niece and nephew made in pre-school. My niece painted hers very meticulously covering the entire pasta. My newphew's was painted with a few broad strokes. I'm sure he tolerated the pasta painting for just a few moments before running off to play with all the other little boys. That's him in the photo probably about the age he painted the pasta.
Here is a trio of trees with some of my favorite ornaments.
The round pottery ornaments were too precious to hang on the tree.
I seem to have a lot of santas.
A lot.
I wanted to have the ornaments out that would have hung on the tree. So I placed them here and there on platters or baskets. It made me feel very festive!
Here is another little western table with barbed wire trees and an overdresed coyote.
And, of course, the Holy Family with a few Magi. I enjoyed Christmas so far this year, so much so that I am really looking forward to next year. And, in between, I wish everyone a very, Merry Christmas and a hopeful next year.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Finished magnets
These are the finished magnets. I think they turned out quite nice considering they are photos from a date book glued onto magnets that came with the phone book.
This is a magnet that I made from a panforte wrapper. Panforte is the Italian version of fruitcake. The wrapper was so pretty but I didn't really have any purpose for it before it got a second life as a frig magnet.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Recycled goods
Last year, I received a beautiful, spiral bound datebook about my favorite love, Italy. The datebook was made of a wonderfully thick cardstock and although, it was lovely, I had my regular, monthly datebook in which I scribble all of the things I am supposed to do and things I have done. Still, I kept the Italy calendar on my desk, opened to the nearest photo page, so when I glanced over, I would see the photo and smile. So, as the year comes to a close, I hated the thought of throwing the datebook away but didn't really want to store last year's calendar for an indefinite amount of time. (Yes, I am one of the millions of viewers who have made A&E's TV show, Hoarders, a hit.) After all, I have my own photos of Italy neatly stored on digital media or in albums. So, I leafed through the calendar, tearing out my favorite photographs thinking that I would make a collage or maybe just put them up on my bulletin board with a stickpin holding them in place.
But then, I found these gentlmen stuck on the refrigerator. They were lovely 4 inch by 4 inch advertising refrigerator magnets that came with last year's phone book.
Last year, I made a bunch of these smaller refrigerator magnets from scrapbooking materials. But the photos from the calendar were much larger and I didn't think that the scale would work for the size of the magnet.
So, I took a piece of scrap paper, put the magnet on the paper and used a exacto blade to cut the area of the magnet from the paper. I could then move this template around the photo to choose what portion of the photo to use for the refrigerator magnet. I guess the size works.
As much as I love the dome, the one below is the one I decided on.
So, carefully mark the limits of the photo from the template and cut it down to size ( I prefer to use a large paper cutter rather than scissors or, ack!, my rotary cutter). You may want to leave the photo just a bit bigger than the magnet and trim off any excess photo after gluing. If you cut your photo short, no problem! Just trim the magnet down. Lay down some newspaper to protect your work surface and spray adhesive on the non-magnetized side of the magnet and press the cut out photo on it. If you get any air between the photo and magnet, try to smoothe them out. Trim any excess photo and voila! Beautiful refrigerator magnets from Italy! (Photos tomorrow!)
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