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Borden: Mini greeting cards on upcoming show

Information on protecting children from bullying and making easy and fun miniature greeting cards will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon.

Author Peter Goodman has written a children’s book and will discuss the steps parents and teachers can take to protect children from bullying and self-blame, while building resilience and self-confidence. His business is DreamBIG and he lives in Washington D.C.

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Marisa Pawelko is a licensed designer for Sizzix, and she’ll show how to create easy and fun miniature greeting cards and envelopes using the shape cutters from her collection. She’ll be making a miniature bustier card with a coordinating envelope using a variety of materials. She lives in San Miguel Allende, Mexico.

Information on making designer pillows, “appli-felting,” and new cleaning products will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday 2 p.m.

Pat de Santis will show how to make different versions of designer pillows for about a third of the cost of purchased pillows. She’s with Wrights in West Warren, Massachusetts.

Sewing expert Barbara Crawford, Crawford Designs, will show a technique called “appli-felting” to change one fabric color into multiple colors in order to create an appliquéd dimensional design. She lives in Amarillo.

Cleaning expert Laura Dellutri is going to show us some of her favorite items for cleaning and for food preparation. Her company is Healthy Housekeeper, Inc,. and she’s from Overland Park, Kansas.

“Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the U.S., Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink.