Delight

I have been busy doing a lot of paper crafting , this banner is a distressed look with vintage book pages for the folded flowers. Spelling out DELIGHT , I love that word ! Hanging it would be a wonderful reminder of what a delight it is to have such a blessed life, or as a reminder we should be a delight in others lives! I will be listing this banner in my Etsy shop hopefully this evening when I get time !

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalms 37:4

I have been gathering up some books to read and study . I have already started on Psalms 91 , an awesome book for anyone to read ! I do have to admit that I am a "bookaholic" . But these I hope to get through in Jan and Feb .

And in my quest to eat better I also have some "food" books to pour over ! Last year I tried my hardest to buy organic foods & I also had a garden, in order to eat healthy.... I said .... I tried. I still have room for improvement , but I am determined to be more responsible even when I purchase things to think twice as to where it came from , I would rather buy handmade and support someone in there efforts than a big corporation or shipped here from who knows where . Hope your week is fabulous and blessed ! Leave you with some cards I also created.

Altered Art Dolls

We will be having a very white Christmas !! We got a ton more of snow , ten inches !! So we now have piles of the white stuff ! I managed to check my mail , didn't think the mail man would of been able to even deliver mail , but he did ! Guess it's true the rain , snow , sleet thing !!! I was pleasantly surprised that my issue of Somerset Studio Gallery ( winter 2011 ) arrived ! Mine was a little late as the first one they mailed out never arrived ........someone else must be enjoying that issue !! So I paged through it and there were my little Altered Art Dolls I had created ! I had used copies of some vintage photo's I had of my dad , aunt and uncle so it was very special for me to see them in the magazine !

Well , I am off to shovel a path so I can get out and about for the day ! Thank you for stopping by ! I still have some things I still need to take care of for Christmas yet too, I always do and I still have not learned my lesson on doing things ahead !

Holiday !

I have been trying to get some of my Christmas decorations up ! I am scaling back from what I use to do , and this year my hope is to focus even more on what Christmas is really about ...the birth of our Lord & Savior ! This is from TruthMedia , a women's daily devotional , "Many are unfamiliar with the fact that our word "holiday" comes from an old English word whose original meaning was Holy Day . Though our secular society seeks to drain all that is holy from Christmas leaving little more than tinsel and toys, eggnog and elves, we can bring back a sense of sacredness to the holiday. You can click here to read the devotional entirely !

Hope everyone is having a creative and warm day !!!

Vintage glass Christmas balls , bell shaped ! Are they not adorable ? Blessings to you !!

My Town

Just thought I would post this little news clip from CNN News , about my town , Williston, North Dakota ! Yes it has been crazy here for awhile ! It can be a good thing or a bad thing , depending on how you look at it !! I have to say it's been a benefit for my family, so has been good. I feel bad for those that do have trouble with finding a place to live or stay , has to be very hard , especially families . But I am also thankful for the jobs it has provided for many that have also moved here !
I am not able to post the actual movie on my blog...bummer , I have no idea how to embed something , tried several things & to no avail , nothing worked ! So if you want you can click here and it will take you to it ! Sorry !

And yes ... I do live in a small town with nothing in it ! As far as shopping goes all I can say I am so glad for the Internet !

Taste and See

Thanksgiving week is here .... I have been super busy getting things ready for guests to come , but now because of our weather , it's not going to happen ! So now on with plan B ! Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving , we have many things to be thankful for ! Today I am thankful to have a warm home , and simple things in life such as food , family and friends and lots of craft supplies :) !!

Will close with this:

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.

Psalms 34:8

KJV

Just A Reminder !!

Just a little reminder for anyone who forgot !! Just in a bling style !!!!

Little Night Owl

My sister mailed me an adorable punch ! She loves to quilt and paper crafts also , she got this punch & loved it so much she sent one to me !!! So I had to make a family of them !! Some are a bit off , but I was just "playing" !! Punch is by Stampin Up , and so easy to use !

On another note ................................ woke up this morning to a whole new world ! Winter Wonderland ! Opened my garage door , big big giant drift ! And I still have all of my pots outside yet to put away and my patio furniture is still out ! I guess I was living in denial , thinking if I left everything as is the bad weather wouldn't come !! ha ha , was I wrong ! Super windy also , so that is why there are fall leaves intermingled with the snow ! This is really early for us to get snow , just hope it is not a preview of the up-coming winter !!!

I know what I will be doing today !!! Shoveling !!!