a little art project

 I found a doodle/art project that utilized my family’s hand prints and I had to try it.

They were so fun to do!

finally finishing a project…

 A few years ago when we were in London, I found three landscape paintings that I knew would be perfect in our home. I had framed 2 of them but I couldn’t find a reasonable frame for our largest one. I finally decided to use an old frame from a magnet message board and bought glass and a matte to make my own. 

It was a total of $11 and it just makes me so happy!

Mental health

A new favorite hobby:

Doodling to instrumental music, an audible book, or a devotional…

My brain is so happy. It’s funny how something so simple is so fun!

crafting my emotions…

 Life has been so sweet and full recently. The other day I had a chance to get photos printed and got to scrapbook all the fun adventures! It takes over our dining room when I do it.. 

I really and so thankful for how good life is…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️

 In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I pulled out a few decorations I had made:

☘️🌈☘️

St. Patrick’s Prayer

Christ with me,

Christ before me,

Christ behind me,

Christ in me,

Christ beneath me,

Christ above me,

Christ on my right,

Christ on my left,

Christ when I lie down,

Christ when I sit down,

Christ when I arise,

Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,

Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,

Christ in every eye that sees me,

Christ in every ear that hears me.

It’s February ❤️

 With Valentine's day coming, it makes me want to prep for little gatherings with some crafting. I found these extra letter tiles and added magnets to the back to make a message board.

It was really sweet to think ahead of what this month holds!

scrapbooking rhythm

 Every January, I print out my favorite photos from the previous holiday seasons and spend time scrapbooking the memories!

It makes me so happy to look through the books that I make.

fall days…

These days are getting cooler and we are determined to celebrate Fall before Christmas arrives, so here’s what the days are filled with: puzzles, soups and chilis, baking, snuggling with bunnies, scrapbooking and junk journaling with favorite scriptures, quotes, lyrics, and photos…❤️

trying a new craft…

 I tried my first paint by number craft that I found on Etsy. 

The colors were different than I expected but I decided to use it with our fall decor. I think I’ll try it again, but I think I’ll make sure the colors are what I’m wanting.

beads, beads, beads…

 Eden decided to make done charms for a purse that her Mia gave her. She had so much fun and she did such a good job, so wanted to share her hard work and creativity!

Quiet…

On my days off, I absolutely love being home while the kids are at school. I have been characterized as a “social introvert” where I love people but fill my cup by being alone. It feels very accurate! Here are some favorite things I’ve been enjoying:

Scrapbooking:

Crafting:

Drawing:

Arranging milk glass collections with lichen  from the cabin:

Taking walks in our neighborhood:

These moments of quiet are so special to me and I absolutely love them so much!

Morse code message crafting…

 Eden and I have had some fun with jewelry making and so decided to try an idea for bead patterns:using my family’s names I’d create a bead pattern that utilized Morse Code:

It’s super subtle but I absolutely love them!

July First

 I had some fun making banners and pulling out old decorations for upcoming festivities this week.

Excited for all that this month holds! 

it’s therapeutic crafting…

 Eden is still recovering from her concussion. She’s better every day but it has been SLOW! The hardest part was not being able to do focused projects. Her headache would come back pretty quick. Well the other day, she decided to try some crocheting, which she then tried some sewing  and with lots of breaks, she made a small wallet… 

Though she had to do it in small, paced steps, she felt a glimmer of getting back to normal and was SO excited about the finished product!