Grandparents can be hard to find gifts for. My parents love photo gifts but they only have so much wall and table space for frames and calendars and books. I found an idea HERE  and I thought it would make a perfect grandparent Christmas gift since my parents have the type of tree with all the ornaments accumulated over a lifetime. I already had most of the necessary supplies. I made ornaments in 2019 for my parents and a set in 2020 for my in-laws. First I gathered photos of my parents/in-laws as children and young adults and their parents as youth and young adults. I raided family history websites and solicited other relatives I knew had images. The first set of ornaments I made I used an app on my phone to erase the backgrounds but it was a bit tedious. I learned from the experience and for my in-laws I educated myself on how to do the same thing in Photoshop. I also digitally drew outlines about 1" around each image to make sure each image had enough room for a boarder/seam al...

 I've wanted to make reusable produce bags for a long time. I just find the flimsy plastic ones annoying and I like to find ways of eliminating single use items in my life. We already regularly use reusable grocery bags so it won't be a stretch to grab these bags too. I decided to make my bags out of mosquito netting because it's super cheap and super light. Mosquito netting may not hold up to heavy use, but we typically buy only a week's worth of produce at a time so we're hardly ever buying lots of one thing. I think they will hold up just fine with a few apples or potatoes at a time.  I wanted a strong but light and washable drawstring so I used a very thin ribbon I had as the drawstring and used two types of closure: ribbon with a bead for a toggle and two ribbons that draw from opposite ends. The weight difference is undistinguishable.  The biggest bag came to 0.4 oz when measured with my mail scale. When I did the math, the weight of that bag would add only 2-...