I have tried since…to make every pleasure into a channel of adoration. I don’t mean simply by giving thanks for it. One must of course give thanks, but I meant something different…Gratitude exclaims, very properly, “How good of God to give me this. One’s mind runs back up the sunbeam to the sun.” ~ C.S. […]
Cuddle Up Cozy Teatime Giveaway
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper kettle and warm woolen mittens……………….” I uploaded these pictures and this song started playing in my head. BECAUSE………….while we don’t have raindrops or roses in this post and you won’t find even the slightest hint of a whisker of a kitten and while I WISH […]
Love You Always Giveaway
Happy new week!!!! Did you have a good weekend? Guess what??? We’re starting the week off with this fun book! And a giveaway for a copy! Love You Always I’m quite seriously smitten with this book. Children’s books are a favorite of mine and this one is one of the cutest I’ve paged through in […]
The Beauty of the Rose’s Bloom
I’m willing to brave the pain of the thorns, to capture the beauty of the roses. ~ DJF I pour my heartbreak in your hands, My Father. Lord. And here I stand. Amidst these pieces, Shattered wide. Scattered. Shards, shreds inside. Hopes long dashed. Battles lost. Failures felt. Dreams in dust. Tried and tried […]
Three of My Favorite Items to Gift Right Now
I’ve posted quite a few Three Things posts in the past. Today I’m linking up with Carole for a new link-up entitled……………. Three on Thursday! Yay! Fun! My category for today is Three of My Favorite Items to Gift Right now. Let’s hop right to it! Euroscrubby!!! I love these scrubbies and have one […]
Pages and Projects {So Close to Amazing Party}
Do you like books and parties? I, for one, certainly do! This led to my hosting a So Close to Amazing party! Here’s a few pictures of the book and the food and some prizes we had! {Before I forget, you can link up YOUR #SoClosetoAmazing posts for a couple more days right over here […]
Ten Fave Flexis For Fall
For today’s Ten on Tuesday………..I briiiiiiiiiiiiing you……………… Ten Fave Flexis For Fall!!! Woo-hoo!!!! This will be fun. I love these kind of lists. Let’s get started! 1. Maple ~ our September flexi! 2. Bow in Black Nickel I think this bow design is so fun and the black nickel seems like a great […]
Who Can Tilt The Water Jars of Heaven?
~Job 38:36-38 ~ Who put wisdom in the heart or gave the mind understanding? Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven when the dust hardens like cast metal and the clods of dirt stick together? Who hears my prayers? My fervent request for wisdom and […]
God Our Maker Board Book Review
We have two adorable baby board books joining us today. We get to take a quick peek at them and then you can enter the giveaway for a chance to win a set of your own! UPDATE: Giveaway over……..but you still get to take a peek inside these fun books! 🙂 These two books are […]
Leaf Design Apple Pie
This pie has been one of my very favorites! I really liked making the leaves and I really liked how they turned out. Scattering the roses with them made and extra-fun design. I have a leaf shape cutter I cut the leaves with and then I added the embossing with the edges of some […]
How Are You Today?
How are you doing today, my friend? The text message asks me. The pixellated black letters, typed by the fingers of my friend, and whirled into who-knows-where, by the tapping of the send button and arriving moments later on my phone. It’s enough to make my head spin. It’s a simple everyday thing I take […]
Hello September! {And September Flexi}
Hello September! I’m a tad late in my greeting, but that’s because you months always arrive before I’m expecting it. Yep. Second verse, same as the first. Same ole, same ole refrain. The weeks and days flow away! Spring and summer are my favorite, but oh September all the fun fallish things you begin […]
Pages and Projects {Maverick and Me}
Isn’t this such an adorable picture? I love children’s books and I love great illustrations. I’m helping spread the word about this new children’s book, Maverick and Me. The muddy paw prints are such a fun touch inside the cover! 🙂 Poor, little Maverick is lost, lonely and cold. He needs a helping hand and […]
Do You Understand How the Clouds Float?
Job 37:16 ~ Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge? Beautiful, wonderful, wonderful works!!! How God must delight in creating masterpiece skies and sunrises and sunsets and placing puffball clouds here and wisping a line of them over there. Then does He give this earth we […]
It’s a Giveaway For Canvas Factory!
It’s the last weekend in August! Which is sort of the same as saying SUMMER IS SLIPPING AWAY. I know quite a few schools are back in session. Renae started back at the schoolbooks last week. {See yesterday’s post.} We’ve had windows open this week and cool air breezing in. We have a giveaway […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 57}
Did you read this post called Of Dreams and Truck Driving back at harvest time? Or there’s this post about seven and fourteen…… And then there’s today…….and these pictures……….and this dearie daughter of mine who is officially a Senior. She flipped open the school books last week and pushed play on her final year of […]