Hop along with us…
We’re celebrating America’s richness of customs and culture in a blog hop! The very nature of the United States and its size provides the perfect atmosphere for diversity, music and design elements to weave a unique spectrum, making our Society interesting and flavorful!
Each Sparkle Team designer will be sharing how their card fits into the scheme of this blog hop.
A reminder that through the end of the month, the Sparkle Team presents Design Elements, Asian, Medallions and Andrea Roberts stamps on special – 15% off! To view all our specials, including stamps, glitters, EPs, and other fine SNS products, just click here.
Important things first: One lucky Person will win the Grand Prize – Stamp Set of the winner’s choice. As you visit each artist’s blog, there is the possibility of winning one of THREE more prizes! It’s a secret though. No one knows who “Those Three” are, except for me, so be sure to leave a comment on each blog.
Winners will be announced Saturday November 12 between 11AM-3PM (Mountain Time) here on the blog.
We hope you will enjoy viewing our cards as much as we did in creating them. To become eligible to win a Grand Prize, please leave a comment on each blog, and follow the directions on the last blog. Winners of mini prizes are selected when they leave a comment on the mystery designer’s blog AND answer the final question at the SNS Home Blog.
Leaving a heart felt comment inspires, motivates, and brings happiness to each designer! From the last blog, you will be directed to come back here and leave a brief comment about… (you’ll have to go there to see what the comment will be about). For those of you who have “hopped with us” in the past, the heartfelt sharing you left on our blogs, also touched our hearts. Thank you!
HOW TO LEAVE A COMMENT: Are you new to blog hops? To find the comments section on each designer’s blog, scroll down to the bottom of that day’s post. The word COMMENTS possibly will be very tiny. Click on the tiny word COMMENTS. A box will pop up (or you may have to scroll down again). Write your comment (sign your name if leaving an anonymous comment). Perhaps one of those wonky SPAM preventer options will show up. Just type in the shown characters and click enter. That’s all there is to it. You will become an old hand in no time at all. Designers covet sincere comments left on their blogs. They share their artwork and hearts, hoping to inspire others. Visitors who leave comments, in turn, encourage and inspire the designers. (If you absolutely cannot leave a comment for some reason, please e-mail Brenda@sparklensprinkle.com with your comment AND the name of the blog or designer you are commenting about).
Happy Hopping!
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Ready? Set… Get Hopping!
stamping hugs,
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Everyone’s cards are so amazing and unique! I can hardly to see what our customers say about their “cultural” traditions. I’ve been so blessed to have lavishly lived with Asian, Latino, Italian, Jewish, and Cuban influences! How lucky we are here in America. I would also like to say thank you to all our customers who have been so encouraging. This is my last blog hop as a SNS Staff Member. I’m very sad about this, and find the reality hitting me this morning, as tears sting my eyes. I hope to still see you all. You have been a great support, and I have been greatly enriched by your cyber friendships.
This country has such a diverse culture and that’s what makes it great! Influences from all over…….
It’s sad to see some of our designers leaving the team – we’ve been blessed to have them for the last year! At the same time, we’re losing our master blog hostess, Donna and she’s going to be missed. She has big shoes (LOL) to fill! We’ve got 9 brand spankin’ new designers this year ready to knock your socks off! They and our remaining designers from last year are ready to continue leading our customers onward on their creative journeys……….. Some have made their debut on this blog hop and some you won’t see until next time, but in the meantime – you’ll be seeing their gorgeous creations in the SNS gallery! Check it out & Sparkle ON!!! Brenda
Having been in the Navy many years ago, I was lucky enough to be stationed at some very culturally rich countries. I soon embraced what each had to offer, and learned that we’re really not that different. We may all speak different languages, wear different styles of clothing, eat different foods, but with our diversified backgrounds, it’s a lot of fun to see where some of our traditions come from. Today’s blog hop has definately spanned the cultural bridge. Congratulations to the “It’s A Cultural Thing” blog hop team. Great job!
What a talented group of designers!
WOW,
Everyone of you is very talented. I have loved this Hop. it was fun seeing all the projects and getting so many Ideas and Techniques to use. I love your hops. thanks for sharing and for the chance to win some very cool prizes. you are all Awesome. thanks
abbraddock@msn.com
Love what all the designers did with their various ‘culture’ cards and gifts. All the great traditions and cultures from so many different backgrounds come together to makes America what it is and I love that thought !
Wow! What a fun blog hop. All the cards were beautiful and there was inspiration to be found on each one of them.
To answer the question left on Donna’s blog, I am a huge fan of most things Asian. I love the clean lines of their furniture and the beautiful accessories they create. And of course, our American version of Chinese and Japanese food! A woman’s gotta eat!
Thank you so much for putting this blog hop together.
Wonderful inspiration from the whole team! Tradition brought over — while my family tree is Irish on both sides, my mother grew up next door to a German family. They always celebrated a tradition of a “pickle’ ornament carefully hidden on their Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. The first child to find it on Christmas morning was given a coin to spend. I remember from my own childhood, my mother adopted that and kept it going. Somewhere she found a beautifully rendered glass pickle ornament, dark green in color, and about 2 1/2 inches long. I have no idea what happened to that ornament after years of use, but I remember how much fun it was to hunt for the pickle first thing on Christmas morning. That came before opening presents, even!
Christmas trees from Germany … Fireworks from China…these are a couple of my favorites that come to mind. And of course all the yummy foods and we have adopted and/ or adapted from all over the world.
Since my husband is 1/2 cuban. We usually have cuban food on New Years day and Sometimes christmas. Its great to get together with his Family and listen to the accents.
Thank you to the “blog”. This is only my second one I have done. For some reason I was not able to leave “comments” but everyone’s cards were FABULOUS!! My favorite tradition brought over has been the lighting of the Christmas tree. In Germany they use to put actual candles in the tree. That would be dangerous, so we now put lights. Love the tradition regardless of how you light up a tree. We still go out day after Thanksgiving to buy our tree as a family ( all kids are in college and insist we wait for them) and decorations begin. Happy Holidays to ALL!! Donna Levine.
Once again your designers have done a fantastic job with their creations for this blog hop. I so enjoyed all of them.
My grandparents brought over their cooking traditions of eastern European/Jewish foods. Althought I never knew them, I still cook and eat what they did. Unfortunately, most of this food is not what you would call healthy, so I save it for special occasions.
As far as other cultures are concerned, I seem to gravitate toward most Asian things–food, of course, but also my home furnishings, my gardening, and my paper crafting are all heavily influenced by the Japanese culture.
What is your favorite tradition which was “brought over” by another culture? I grew up in a jewish home living next door to a rabbi and learning all the traditions from both levels of the religion. The traditions and history behind them grew on me, not just during my youth but now, that I am growing older and wanting to know more about my roots. The tradition I like, but do not take the time to do most often is going to weekly Friday night services. These are, traditionally, not for the celebration, but to welcome in the sabbath. The prayers and reading remind me of where i came from and where i am going. In my youth I went on a regular basis, lost the time to go for over 30 eyars, and recently have started going, to different houses of worship to see how they celebrate the sabbath. Why??? My parents and brother started going back on a regularb asis when I stopped ( go figure) and I know they got a lot out of it and now i know why.
So the Tradition is going to religious services every Friday night. Why— it gives me a feeling about my past and future and to share something with my deceased parents.
Love this blog hop – all the creations were very beautiful! The thing that is special about American culture is that it is so unique and different no matter where you look or go. That is what makes it great to live here and for the most part we all get along! Love all the blogs!
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As a second genersation Portuguese American, I grew up with a lot of “Old World” traditions, especially during Christmas and Easter. But I like how we mingled them with other cultures too…ex. Christmas trees came from Germany. All the different carols we sing from different countries.
Best of all, I love the everyday influence of food! Such a variety of colors, tastes and smells. Love it!
I have two favorite traditions and that is of course the Christmas tree from Germany. I can remember my grandmother lighting real candles on the tree on Christmas Eve. We don’t celebrate lighting real candles but we do celebrate the “light” of Christmas. Second is my mom always made blueberry kuchen which is a German coffee cake.
What a lot of hard work eveybody did on their projects.
I terms of cultural traditions, my family does a short version of the Passover sedar. This allows us to partake of the holiday, while maintaining peace at the table!
My husband’s family is Canadian and now we have two Thanksgiving celebrations!
Native American culture has always interested me. I especially like their art of storytelling. I am a storyteller. I wish there were some good Native American rubber stamps. What I like about American culture is that I can be myself & wear what makes me feel comfortable.
I really enjoyed all of the cards featured in this blog hop. I really like our American holiday of Thanksgiving.
I spent Thanksgiving one year away on vacation and really missed having dinner with my family. I also have to admit that I love the black Friday sales. I have for the past two years gone shopping in the madness.
Thank you for hosting these blog hops!
Denise B.
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