My eldest daughter is engaged to the most wonderful, gorgeous, man…and next April, we get to transform our backyard into a wedding wonderland!! The challenge is to do it all on a tight budget, and make the day breathtakingly beautiful for our princess bride. I have been collecting great pictures of wedding ideas for ages, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘INSPIRATION’
June 10, 2009
INSPIRATION COMES IN MANY FORMS
The issues youth face today are so complex, so many issues that were not around 5 years ago, let alone 10 or 20 when we were teens. So how do we reach them with a message of hope? With a word of encouragement, a knowing that they are not alone in their journey. The way [...]
March 29, 2009
STUDIO SNIPPETS
I am so excited to show you the studio in place in our garden! As I mentioned earlier, it’s been nearly 20 years of marriage that I have longed for a place of my own to craft. I have made do in pantry cupboards, dining tables, the corner of a room with a foldup card [...]
December 17, 2008
THE BIRTH OF A PROMISE
Christmas means so much…but more than anything else, it is the birth of a promise from God. And the promise can only be fulfilled in a relationship with His son Jesus.
Has anyone ever promised you something then never followed through? “I promise I will be there to pick you up at 6.30, I promise I [...]
December 2, 2008
MEMO FROM GOD
To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: THE BOSS
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE – I am God.
Today I will be handling all of your problems.
Please remember that I do not need your help.
If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not
attempt to resolve it.
Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to [...]
November 12, 2008
THE NARROW GATE
Matthew 7:13-14″Don’t look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don’t fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention. (The Message Bible)
November 11, 2008
BOOKS THAT CHANGE YOUR LIFE
I am writing this with a full heart, and eyes filled with tears…why? I have just finished one of the most powerful books I have ever read. If you have ever suffered loss, tragedy, betrayal or are hurting at the state of the world and do not understand it, then you have to read this [...]
October 16, 2008
KNOWING…AND DOING
“The greatest gap in life is the one between knowing, and doing.”
I can ‘get it ‘- know what to do and how to behave, to forgive, to respond in love when you’ve been mistreated, not to react, etc, but it’s the doing that’s hard!
Same with a passion or dream you have. You can have all [...]
October 7, 2008
HOPE FLOATS
“Beginnings can be hard, endings are usually sad…but it’s the middle that counts….Just give hope a chance to float up.” (Hope Floats movie)
Best way to cure ‘the blues’? Find some people to love…to nurture and cherish. If you don’t have any family of your own, adopt someone else’s! If your a grandma and your grandbabies [...]
September 18, 2008
CREATIVITY IS BACK!!!! yahooooo
I’m baaaccckkkkk! Yippeeee, I’ve figured out what numbs the creative side of the brain cells —-> it’s all work and no play babY! Yup that’s right, take me to a clearing sale, yard sale, flea market/garage sale, and the creative juices start flowing! My mind has been working overtime thinking up great things to do [...]
