Hand Made Christmas

First Installment in the HandMade Christmas.

We finally got the tree up Sunday night. We put a few of the already handmade ornaments on the tree so it didn't look so bare.



Today we finally got stared working on them.

Our supplies:



Just some simple copies I had made, construction paper for backing, water colors and crayons for decorating.



Pumpkin ~ Hard at work



Bug ~ Hard at work




Somehow I missed Buddy

Some of the finished products.



Tomorrow's plan involves pipe cleaners and beads.........

Christmas Goodies

I am working on some crochet creations for sale for the holidays. Some are for sale in my Etsy Shop. However, when I add Avon products to these creations I can't sell them at Etsy. So I am bringing them here before I take them to Ebay. My first selection I call "Pretty in Pink"  
In the bag you have these products:
 


contents left to right. 
Bath Time Body Paints ~ Bubble Gum scent 
Disney Princess Snow White Pink Lip Balm 
Mini Bubble Bath ~ Soft Pink  


The bag is made with 100% acrylic yarn and measures approximately five inches across and five inches deep. I closes with a pink drawstring.  
Pretty In Pink sells for $ $9.00 The Second Selection is "Little Drummer Boy"


 
The contents include: 
 
from left to right  
Bath Time Body Paints ~ Coconut Custard Scent 
Lip Balm ~ Candy Cane flavor 
Shower Gel ~ Black Cherry and Nutmeg Scent
Moisture Therapy Intensive Hand Cream ~  


The bag is made with 100% acrylic yarn and measures approximately five inches across and five inches deep. I closes with a pink drawstring.


 


Little Drummer Boy sells for $11.00


If you want either comment, and we will work out shipping and payment!

Morning Prasies

God is good!!  

All the Time!!

 

I am going to start this day right.  I know that emotions follow words. So I am starting with what I firmly believe, even if I don't act like it at times.  I can only affect change in myself, I can't even affect it in my children no matter how hard I try.  It must be their choice.  I mean I can force a change in their actions, by use of behavior modifications, but I can't force a change in attitude or emotion in anyone except myself.  So that is where I am starting.  I am going back to the One who made me, and who loves me more than any one else.  Leaning on Him for support.  Leaning on His love.  Leaning on His provision.  I can see a tiny glimpse of His provision this morning as I look over our state of affairs,  something I waited on for longer than I'd hoped to came in yesterday,  but it was JUST IN TIME for something else.  We still suffer a bit of hardship because of some bad choices, however, it is getting better and I choose to remain faithful to His word and believing that HE supplies our every need.  

I am going to rely on His change in me to do what He needs it to do. I am going to lift others up to Him in prayer as I go along.  I am going to Praise Him in the midst of the storm, in the calm, and in the blessings because that is what He requires.  He is Faithful.  

Okay I have been in the dumps most of the day, but I read K-Love's Encouraging Word 

But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me. ~ Psalm 13:5-6, NLT

I am slowly starting to feel better.

Advent

Today is the first day of Advent.  I grew up celebrating the season and have done so every year, at church.  However, I have never done it with my family, at home.  This year I plan on doing just that.  We will start our daily study and devotions tomorrow with school.  


Our first service today was on the announcement.  Luke 1:30-31 

But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus."

Short, sweet, and to the point.  Easy to hurry over and go on to the next part of the story, the preparation, the anxiety, the visit with Elizabeth, the journey to Bethlehem, etc.  

However, we were urged this morning to stop and savor the moment, the anticipation, the longing.  Being pregnant at the moment, I can somewhat sympathize with Mary, there is a lot of anticipation there, waiting for this child to come, wondering what is he is to be like.  And my child is just a 'normal' child, conceived in the usual way, not announced by any super natural being or in any super natural way.  Yet, her child was different from the very beginning and she knew it.  Imagine Mary's anticipation.  We know she pondered other moments in her heart, Scripture tells us so.  I don't think that is to far to stretch to think she pondered this announcement through out her life as well, savoring, to use my pastor's term.  

How many moments in your life do you savor?  Take a moment and read those words of the announcement once again, imagine what it would be like, take time and savor them, and anticipate their impact on life both then and now.

Be still and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations,  I will be exalted in the earth"  Psalm 46:10

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Thanksgiving

I sit here with family all around, a family that has adopted me as one of their own. I feel very privileged to be a part of a family that loves so inclusively.  Three of my husband's siblings are here.  With families included there are 18 of us, which is actually less than half of us.  When my family gets together, there are only 11 (soon to be 12) of us and that is BIG for us.  To say large families mystify me is an understatement.  But I am happy to be here and to be included.  It is hard to believe that 15 years ago, when I celebrated my first Thanksgiving with this family that we'd be the picture that we are now.  I wonder what the picture will look like in 15 more years.