My daughter turns eighteen this week and I find contemplation and memories and happiness for her all rolled into one big heart-shaped pattern. I could say so many things. Things like, the time really does go so fast. Things like, how unexpectedly you find yourself with children grown. Things like, how calendars keep turning and […]
Love Laid Down in a Manger
L.O.V.E. laid down in a manger. J.O.Y. came to join us today! H.O.P.E. for a world so weary. P.E.A.C.E. promised to you and to me. C.H.E.E.R. to fill hearts He created. F.A.I.T.H. that our Father draws near. B.L.E.S.S.I.N.G. of life everlasting! L.I.G.H.T. For our Savior is here! ………………….. Hallelujahs forevermore! Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2016
Standard Canvas Marriage Vow Decor
I’ve been going to share this canvas on my blog ever since May. I was very excited about it and I still am! I won a giveaway for a canvas from Standard Canvas on Revive Our Hearts Instagram back in May the week of our anniversary. It was such fun timing! Standard Canvas creates […]
Christmas Blessing Cash Giveaway 2017
Three of my favorite things about the Christmas season are the cozy, twinkly lights, pretty packages wrapped in crisp paper, and the shimmery colors and sparkle! All these things speak to sensory appeal for me and add elements of beauty and joy to my life. I love how so many of the Christmas pieces can […]
An Advent Devotional: Unwrapping the Names of Jesus
{Note: Links in this post are affiliate links, and we will be compensated when you make a purchase by clicking through our links. Read our disclosure policy here.} A book just right for Christmas! It’s an Advent Devotional and it’s wrapped in a beautiful cover! 🙂 An Advent Devotional: Unwrapping the Names of Jesus by Asheritah […]
Cheese and Grapes Tray
I put together this cheese and grapes tray at Christmastime last year. I saw a similar idea and it inspired me to do my own. I used green grapes, red grapes, cojack cheese, colby cheese, pepperjack cheese, monterey jack and tucked in some dill for garnish. I used cinnamon sticks at the bottom to create […]
Pretty Ordinary Pictures Because They’re Pretty
Happy Easter! It’s only a bunch of pretty ordinary pictures because they’re pretty. I grow more and more thankful for beauty. And I decided this week that I think I will buy chocolate bunnies for my children until I die! 🙂 {Because chocolate bunnies are important….} Chocolate eggs and flop-eared bunnies are from Winans. I […]
Sanctuary Offered in the Ordinary
I sit with my ratty hair in my old rocking chair, the one I’ve had since before my daughter was born. I push with one foot, causing the chair to react with gentle motion. This double thickness fleece blanket is tucked on my lap, the one with the cute trucks and cars splayed out in printed […]
Valentine Prize Ribbons
About the middle of January I spied a fun idea on Laura from Decor to Adore’s Instagram. She’d made some really cute Valentine prize ribbons. I hopped over to her blog post and I filed the idea away in my head and on Pinterest. The week before last I pulled out the idea, my craft […]
Celebrating the Baby in the Manger
I want to see the baby in the manger, yes, I do, I want to gaze upon him with a child’s eyes and view, I want to see him all wrapped up in his swaddling clothes, I want to gaze upon his little fingers and his toes, I want to smooth his hair, all downy, soft, […]
The Best Story Ever
Carefully crafted and skillfully stacked, Form up the walls, What does it lack? Search through the Legos, Determined to find, That piece that I need ~ the one on my mind…. Walls and a roof and a manger I say, Shape it just right for the baby to lay, A camel, a donkey, some sheep […]
Christmas Gifts with Burlap Name Tags
Remember the Acorn Autumn Burlap Banner I made using the burlap coffee bags from Winans? The banner obviously didn’t take nearly a whole bag and I still had lots of burlap to play with. For my nieces’ birthdays in November, I made tags for their gifts. {I have photos for another Gift Packaging post later!} […]
Shine Light
I gaze upon the manger, I gaze upon the tree, I gaze upon the twinkle lights, they sparkle shine at me, I notice the sweet shadow of the star upon the wall, The light and glitter fuse and gleam and make the stardust fall, Clear glass bulbs reflect and glow and beauty they proclaim, Gold […]
O Come All Ye Faithful Free Printable
I did a little handlettering for Christmastime and then put it into a printable! The link to save and print it is at the bottom of the post for you! O Come All Ye Faithful, Joyful and Triumphant……………. Here’s what I did for […]
The Giving Manger Giveaway
Happy Thanksgiving! Giving of thanks. Always. Always so much to give thanks for. The giving of thanks and thanksgiving living changes us. I’m convinced more all the time. I’m putting up a giveaway for The Giving Manger today. I thought I would post it in October, but I didn’t. We had other giveaways and […]
Yarn Along {A Million Little Ways}
{affiliate links included} Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams ~ These two books have been my current reads. My current dishcloth sits on top. Summer life definitely slows my knitting projects. A Million Little Ways. Oh my! This book tucks me in close and speaks to my soul and offers invitation to dream a little […]