Chill out!

A friend of mine has a lot of stress at her

office (who doesn't, right?!) and is experiencing

some family sadness, so I decided to make this

for her before Christmas. I saw it on pinterest

and thought it was just the perfect thing.

Thanks to my brother in law, Larry, for the blue

ball jar. I was having trouble finding the right

size jar and didn't want to buy an entire package.

I think she's going to get a big kick

out of it. It has both dark chocolate and caramel

M&M's. That alone is worth it, right?!

I saw something else I'd

like to make for her, but I don't know

if I can, since it requires sewing. I'll

see if I can hand sew it, but, well,

I don't hold out high hopes for it!

 

 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine

and puts them into practice is like a wise man

who built his house on the rock.

Happy Thursday!

Gorjuss Christmas

I just love these gorjuss dolls and have made

quite a few in the last weeks. So I decided to

use one on a Christmas card-which I have

not even gotten close to mailing out. I don't

even know if I have enough. I'm not sending

as many this year, though. Too much work.

 

I didn't get it quite lined up in the center,

but that's part of the charm, right? My story.

  My dad and I are meeting my cousin and her

husband for brunch then they are going to see

my mother. She lost both of her parents just

a few months ago-within days of each other.

With all that she's going through, it means

a lot to me that she is being so supportive

of my parents.

Jeremiah 33:3

‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell

you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ 

Happy Wednesday! 

Let it snow! (not really)

A group that I belong to asked for Christmas

cards for a little boy who won't live much

longer. It's all he wants and they are hoping

to get as many as possible. This card didn't

come out exactly how I wanted it to, but

I think he will like it anyway. The glitter dots

will dry flat, but I wanted to get the picture

taken, and they didn't have time to dry.

It's really sad that we have to lose

children to cancer and other diseases,

but I hope this little boy will enjoy his

cards and that it will bring a measure

of comfort to his family that so

many people care.

We talked to the hospice nurses and dad

signed the rest of the papers.  She doesn't know

that the "extra people" are hospice workers,

we just told her they are people who come

around and give extra care .  She has pressure

sores that won't ever heal because she's not eating

properly and one has "tunneled".  So they have

to do their best to keep her comfortable.

  I worry about sepsis.    

Isn't this a pleasant post?

Psalm 100:5

 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
    his faithfulness continues through all generations.


Happy Tuesday!

Winter wonderland

Yesterday it was raining. I woke up this

morning to lots of snow and more coming.

The roads are lousy and it's not pretty.

If you have to stay home and you have a

view where there's no roads I guess it

would be pretty. Maybe.

Anyway, I made some cards for a friend

for Christmas and I wanted to make a

box to put them in. I used a tool called

an envelope punch board and came up

with this cute box.

 

The cards inside are just regular cards

but I wanted something that looked

like Christmas since it is a Christmas gift.

Does that even make sense??? LOL

  My dad and I have an appointment in just

a little while with the hospice team to find

out what their plan is and ask questions.

My sister will conference in. My mother

hasn't been told that hospice is involved.

She's not actively dying, but it will be

close. It's a hard time for us.

Psalm 119:76

 May your unfailing love be my comfort,
    according to your promise to your servant.

Happy Monday!

Age is just a number

I saw this card on pinterest, I think, and just

loved it! So I text my daughter in law, Pam,

and said, “how old are you going to be this

year, 31 or 32?” I got an indignant reply,

“31. Don't age me another year!” I probably

should have just figured it out, LOL! Oops!

The card came out really cool, though!

I put my Christmas bears up yesterday.  I

think I'm going to have to stop collecting

them because I don't have any more room.

I had to pull up the ones behind the front

ones so you could see them-and I'm missing

probably 5 years here and there!

I have to practice one of my songs,

so I'd better get to it.

Deuteronomy 31:7-8
"Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. 

Happy Sunday! 

A horse of a rainbow colour

I wasn't sure how this horse pattern would

come out and at first I didn't think I liked it,

but when it was finished I decided it was OK!

It is raining this morning. Thankfully

the temperature is high enough that it's

only rain. It just seems weird. Snow way

before Thanksgiving-and Thanksgiving

was early this year! Now November is almost over

and it's raining. The weather is very confused.

  I hate how the blog shows a huge picture and you

only see a tiny bit of it so I'm trying my friend's

approach which is to post the link and a picture

on facebook, then you can go to it. We'll see

how that goes.

Jeremiah 1:5

 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Happy Saturday!

Pink Christmas

I've heard of having a blue Christmas, but

never a pink one. There are at least

half a dozen pink Christmas projects in the

group that I joined. So far I've picked two:

a pink ATC and a pink Christmas card.

The ATC is a pattern I've shown before,

I'm sure. But it actually looks pretty cool in pink!

 I was super excited at how the Christmas card

came out! The snowman I just got recently,

and is a die with lots of teeny tiny pieces

including the eyes, mouth and buttons,

all of which I free handed because it's next

to impossible to find those things once you

cut them! Behind the snowman (or snow woman

in this case) is a fibre called Angelina fibre. It

bonds to itself when ironed and becomes so

strong that you can use it for appliques and

things like that and run it through the washer

and dryer! It actually becomes a fabric. It's so cool!

Ephesians 2:8-9

 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—

and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—  

not by works, so that no one can boast.

Happy Friday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I know it's been a long time. My sister in law,

Laurel, died in September and it's been hard

getting going on this again. Then a friend,

(thank you, Judy) said she missed seeing my

blog so I thought I'd better get to it again.

I joined a group recently that does tons of

different swaps. I joined one that is called

a flip bag. I've never made one before, so

it was a learning experience, but it turned out well.

This first picture is the bag itself.  I used a regular 

white lunch bag, but I think most people

use craft bags that are more sturdy than your

regular lunch bags.  I didn't have any on hand.

You fold up the bottom and adhere to make a 

pocket and now you have two pockets to stuff

with goodies.  here are the ones that will be

stuffed in mine:

 I hope everyone has a really great Thanksgiving!