Valentine Party Friday-Monday

This weekend is the Handmade & Vintage Valentine party over at French Cupboard and I have been working on the I-Heart-Handmade Giveaway

 Come on over, sign up to win AND show off your valentine art!

Friday - Monday

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Linking up today with Vintage Inspiration Friday

Wishes

I don't know about you but I'm ready for Spring!

Taking my 13 year old son to school this morning it was foggy and drizzling and yucky.  And the thick of Winter hit me.  I usually make it to about mid-January each year and begin to wish for Spring... wish I lived someplace where it's warm year round.  Lately, my drafty old farmhouse has seemed a bit dreary.  I have even found myself wishing for a different house or money enough to transform the one I have...  Which, of course, leads me to thoughts of how to build the business and bits of jealousy over who may be doing it better... those more popular, etc.  Wondering once again at how easily this discontentment seeps in.

This morning the dj on K-Love was talking about her theme word for the year.... a word that she felt God had given her to focus on for 2011.  I wondered at what my word should be.  It seemed that maybe it should be something like "transform" or "energetic" or "tireless".  Something to motivate me to do more, be more.  But before the red light could change to green, a word popped in my mind..

(image by: Running In Heels)

con·tent 2 (kn-tnt) adj.

1. Desiring no more than what one has; ease of mind; the act of making oneself satisfied.

Godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Tim 6:6)

Vintage Inspired Handmade

It's SO cold here! 

25 degrees below zero windchill - Perfect weather for staying home and playing with ribbons. 

  Last week when everyone was sick (yes, we are all doing better - finally.  Thank you for your prayers), I started making some stamped muslin brooches but they were kinda plain.

Until I had a little blunder with my cuffs (Thank you, Beth for being the blessing that you are!).  As it turns out, the brooch and the cuff play nicely together.  So today I'm celebrating vintage inspired handmade "accidents"!

And lest I forget to mention it, we are having a Handmade & Vintage Valentine Party over at French Cupboard next week.  You should definitely stop by and show off the pieces that you've been working on!

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Vintage Inspired Friday

First of all, why didn't somebody tell me how much better the new blogger editor is?!  If you're like me and have been wondering how to get larger photos in your posts (without using an outside link like photobucket), here's the how-to...  First of all, update your editor (see the 1 step instructions here).  Then check out the simple photo instructions here.  I'm sure you all have known this for ages.  Geeshh... I'm such a dinosaur!

Ok, now on with Vintage Inspiration Friday... So remember that illness that I said we were recovering from?  Well, the kids seem to have caught it again.  It's starting to feel like a nursing home around here =)

 

So yesterday, here at the Blessing Home for the Infirm, during "craft circle" I made use of some old sugar spoons.  Truthfully, I waned to make some flatware bracelets but these spoons were too short so I drew inspiration from a friend's previous project.  It seemed like an appropriate theme for the week!

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White Wednesday

I have been terribly absent in blogland lately but I promise my thoughts have been here. I hope your holidays were overflowing with blessings! We enjoyed our time together but our entire family is recovering from a virus. Now that we are somewhat on the mend, I had to show you what I awoke to on Christmas morning. Mr. Spoils-Me-Rotten (Mr. Blessing) managed to get one of Rebecca Ersfeld's breathtaking lace shades that I've been drooling over for the past month. It arrived scrumptiously wrapped in a vintage tablecloth with the prettiest bow...

He even got it installed lickty-split despite the fact that it involved changing out sockets and adding gizmos.
Several years ago our pastor said that strong marriages are built when each of the individuals think that they got the better deal. I'm sure it's not a surprise to most of those who know us but I unequivocally got the better deal in this partnership!
Resolution #1 for 2011: to give more than I'm given.

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