Lemonade Award

This cute award was given to me by my sweet friend Katrina. If you have not stopped by her blog, please do soon here: Simple Life Moments.

Katrina: thank you very much for the award.

This award is called the Lemonade Award and it is for blogs which have great attitude and/or gratitude. I hope I can always live up to this :)

I would like to pass on this award to some of my favorite blogs that have these qualities...

It has been really hard to choose because there are many blogs with great attitude and gratitude, and I've noticed a few have already received this award :) Besides this there are many friends of whom I'd love to tag, but they never write on their blogs, nevertheless they are very encouraging. Here are my tagged buddies.

Klazane

Everyday Elegance

Our Crazy Farm

More God = Less Me

Noelle

If you wish, pass this on to whomever (up to 10 people) and let them know you've done so! Enjoy your day!

Word Filled Wednesday

Jesus, after he dismissed Judas and was in the upper room with the 11, had comforted these men before he was to be crucified! How amazing that he comforted instead of being comforted. What serving love!



The purpose of Word filled Wednesday is to share God’s word (no famous quotes or other literature — only the beautiful word of our Father) through photo’s & a Bible verse!

Word Filled Wednesday

FYI: These are my girls when they were about 2 & 9, it was taken 5 years ago. The picture brings back sweet memories.



The purpose of Word filled Wednesday is to share God’s word (no famous quotes or other literature — only the beautiful word of our Father) through photo’s & a Bible verse!

Sister's Birthday Washclothes

This batch of washcloths were fun to crochet. I made a few new designs and hope they work in my sister's kitchen. Here is the chevron pattern (top center), and here is the simplest pattern (bottom left & right).

Squirrel Stamp

Yay! I had time to carve my first stamp on rubber! I cut lil too much on his front leg, but it still looks like a squirrel. If you are interested in making a stamp, visit Craft Pudding.
My daughter made a stamp out of a scrap, literally! It was 1/4" x 3/4". Hers turned out beautiful! I can't imagine what she will do with a regular piece of rubber :) Klazane's stamp is here.

Apron -- Gift for Sister

I am so thrilled with how this vintage apron came out! My girls modeled it for me b/c my sis is little :)

There is a huge pocket as you can see! You can fit alot in there if you need to :)

I love the high waist band! It give the apron a clean dressed up look! Even the back is cute!

Thanks for calling today sis! It was great to hear your voice, I miss you like crazy and I am glad you like your little gifts! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Teaching Aid - Food Pyramid for Kids

Today I was looking for a food pyramid for kids and found a cute teaching aid with printable worksheets. You can find it at MyPyramid.

Word Filled Wednesday

Luke 18:11-13
11"The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

12'I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.'

13"But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'

To understand the tax collector a little better, I added this from my study bible: The tax collector's humility is notable in everything about his posture and behavior. Here was a man who had been made to face the reality of his own sin, and his only response was abject humility and repentance. He contrasts with the Pharisee in virtually every detail. He had no hope but the mercy of God. This is the point to which the law aims to bring every sinner.

The purpose of Word filled Wednesday is to share God’s word (no famous quotes or other literature — only the beautiful word of our Father) through photo’s & a Bible verse!

Message Board

Serving trays serve as message boards with some chalkboard paint(I used Crayola brand), wire, 2 rivets, and 4 clear 3/8" vinyl bumpers for the back. When adding the rivets for the hanger, I also added a black washer to the front on one side so that I could add ribbon & chalk.
To personalize you can either paint or decal the edge. These make great gifts.
Serving trays can be purchased for change at thrift stores and yard sales. Certain steps of this project can be done with children as long as they are supervised.

Valentine Box

When my oldest was in Elementary School she had to make a box for her Valentine cards. I think I may have gotten this idea from a magazine.
We used a shoe box and cut a little hole at the top for her cards. We then covered it with yellow paper. The front is foamie decorated with markers. We added a grossgrain bow which was topped with a red foamie heart with my daughters name on it. For the back we cut out the shape of the tail and the legs, which cannot be seen, but this added a really cute touch to the project.