I can crawl!

A gift for a friend, the picture will be added later! The critters are all cut from various Cricut cartridges.

Pockets of Love

I have a dear friend who has been diagnosed with leukemia. She has taught the Bible to literally thousands of women and through all the challenges in her life, has been a godly example of trusting behavior, humility and faithful service.
We sent out emails, phone calls...everything but Facebook since she is there and asked ladies whose lives have been touched to send her a note to slide into a pocket. Less than 3 weeks later
the quilt is on its way, to be hand delivered by one of her former class members.
The quilting contains several Bible verses 2 Cor 1:6, Psalm 116:5, Proverbs 3:5, Psalm 46. You see the word compassion above. The backing was another gift from God...though purchased, I could not have found fabric that was more appropriate.
An extra blessing was 2 Saturdays that up to 7 ladies, all former students of hers, were able to spend in a "quilting bee", prayer and memories. the time spent was truly a blessing.
This is the finished quilt, filled with the notes. To God be the glory and we give thanks for all the blessings from our Lord Jesus Christ, given to us through Dawn.

Dayton and his doggy

Blessed to be Gram

Our newest addition, Dayton!
Fun in the annual "Greatest Leaf Pile" (though a bit scarce this year!) with Timmy, Lucy and Cooper!

Great thought

"I have been driven many times to my knees
by the overwhelming conviction that
I had nowhere to go.
My own wisdom, and that of all about me,
seemed insufficient for the day."

Abraham Lincoln

I posted this a week ago and now ... I know my wisdom is never sufficient and need to begin each and every day on my knees asking for the Lord's wisdom to guide my day and that, when the crisis hits during the day, realize that He already has it covered in His sovereign power. As far as the quote... "better late than never" and it is a great day when we realize we need to turn to our Lord Jesus Christ for guidance.

Simple Summer Pleasures

Practical Scrappers had a "recipe challenge" where you had to include 12 specific items in your layout. Here's mine...and the grkids are bonus features!

A Baby's Coming Soon!

Room for 4 pictures and journaling on the tulips!
Room for 3 pictures. Random stars are popped up with foam dots.

Lots of fun embellishments on these pages including flowers and gems from Creative Charms.

One Very Prepared Princess

Lucy loves to dress up and when she does, she dons everything that she is fond of at the moment. This often means layers of clothes and jewelry. She does know how to have fun!
Papers are from Luxe, Paper Studio and DCWV. Brads - Making Memories, Buttons - Walmart. Beads are from my stash.
This medallion flower is made using a Fiskars border punch. Paper is folded at about 1/4 inch.
This medallion flower is cut from a Martha Stewart border punch and folded at about 1/2 inch. I found it interesting how much difference the size of the fold makes. I determined the size of the fold by the points on the strip.

Welcome Spring

I stamped the initial images onto cardstock and on the stems, traced over it with my "Easy Sew" tool.
Using various shades of green embroidery floss, I covered the stems and then moved onto the actual flower heads. These were made with a combination of stitching and tying, leaving ends loose,

Practical Scrappers has a call out for projects with handmade flowers and another for creative use of stamps. I was trying to use my stamps in a unique way and ended up filling the requirements for both. Though its hard to see, some of the stamping is still there, making background flowers.