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String CoveredVaseThis pretty rainbow colored

string-covered vase used to be ahot sauce bottle! What a fun way togive a new, beautiful purpose to anold container.What you'll need:

• Glass bottle• Rainbow colored string• White craft glue• Strip of green felt, measuredto go around top of bottle

• Toothpick• Scissors

How to make it:Be sure glass bottle is clean and

dry. Apply white craft glue all aroundthe bottom part of the bottle, 1 inchhigh.

Start wrapping string around thebottom of the bottle. Continuewrapping, keeping the string closetogether, gently pushing down witha toothpick if needed. Add moreglue and continue wrapping stringuntil you reach the top of the bottle.

Cut a piece of felt wide enoughto cover the lip of the bottle and longenough to wrap around it once.Glue in place. Allow everything todry completely.

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The story of Mother’s Day is along one. It is neither a recent phe-nomenon as many people believe itto be. Nor is it the creation of thecard and gift marketers syndicate asassumed by cynics of Mother’s Dayfestivities. To the surprise of lotmany people, Mother’s Day celebra-tions are first said to have takenplace in the time of ancient Greeksand Romans hundreds of years ago.Even Mothers Day celebrations inUK began much before the traditionsaw the light of the day in the U.S.In the U.S. the efforts of Ms. JuliaWard Howe and Ms. Anna Jarvisare greatly recognized for startingthe tradition of Mother’s Day, butseveral other women also maderemarkable contributions to furtherthe cause of the Mother’s Day holi-day.Today, Mother’s Day is celebrated

in more than 46 countries aroundthe world though at different times inthe month of May and in somecountries it is celebrated in entirelydifferent times of the year. In thepresent time Mothers Day has cometo be internationally recognized asthe day to honor all mothers andthank them for the services theyimpart for the benefit of their individ-ual child and consequently to thedevelopment of mankind.Celebrations in the time ofGreeks and RomansThe tradition of Mother’s Day

started with the ancient Greeks whocelebrated their annual spring festi-val in honor of Rhea, the mother ofmany gods and goddesses in Greekmythology. Ancient Romans too cel-ebrated a spring festival by thename of Hilaria in honor of Cybele,a mother goddess, some 250 yearsbefore Christ was born.

Celebrations in UKIn the UK, Mother’s Day celebra-

tions started by the name ofMothering Sunday, several yearsbefore the tradition found its rootsthe in UK. Mothering Sunday cameto be celebrated following the prac-tice in the UK of 17th centurywherein children of poor familieswere sent to work as apprentice anddomestic servants with the rich.These children were allowed to visittheir “Mother Church” or theCathedral of their hometown annual-ly in the middle of the fasting monthof Lent. Children met their mothersafter visiting the church and pre-sented them with flowers and spe-cial “Mothering Cakes.” The customreceived a set back with the adventof the Industrial Revolution when thelifestyles changes. American sol-diers contributed in the revival of thetradition after World War II.

Genesis of the Festival in U.S.The story of Mother’s Day in the

U.S. began with the efforts of adynamic writer and poetess, JuliaWard Howe in 1872. An activist tothe core, Julia utilized her potentialsto further the cause of Mother’s Day.She wrote a powerful Mother’s DayProclamation in Boston in 1870 anddemanded declaration of the officialholiday and celebrations on

Mother’s Day. Her idea gained popu-larity, but she could not get the ideaimplemented. Julia also is creditedfor penning words for the Civil Warsong, "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Struggle of Anna JarvisA loving daughter from West

Virginia, Anna Jarvis is recognizedas a “Founder of Mother’s Day” and“Mother of Mother,s Day.” Anna keptthe word of her activist mother, Mrs.Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis who onceexpressed a wish that someoneshould strive to provide motherstheir due recognition. After hermother’s death in 1905, Anna'sdetermination became strong andshe, along with several supporters,started lobbying for the official holi-day on Mother’s Day by writing let-ters to the people in power. To cele-brate Mother’s Day, Anna began tosend her mother’s favorite flowers,carnations to her local churchrequesting people wear them inhonor of their mothers. The ideagained immense popularity over theyears and in 1910, West Virginiabecame the first state to recognizeMother’s Day holiday. On May 8,1914, President Woodrow Wilsonsigned a joint resolution designatingthe second Sunday in May asMother's Day.

Celebrating Mother’s Day Around The Worldtradition — the handing down ofstatements, beliefs, legends, cus-toms, etc., from generation to gen-eration