Just wanted to share some North Texas snow with you! My daughter & I got up in the middle of the night to snap these.
My Daughter!
Excuse the photo quality – it was so cold!
Also excuse our trash bags! I guess the weather was too bad for garbage pickup yesterday!?!
The schools have been out for 4 days in a row! It’s been a 6-day weekend! Stay warm and go create something while you’re stuck inside!
Until next time, Happy Crafting,
Today my dear Mother is 91 years young! She stills lives by herself - not that any of her 4 kids are happy about that but she loves her independence. And even though she has been through many tough times during her life she still maintains an upbeat, happy and positive attitude. She has fought through a heart attack, open heart surgery, diabetes, double leg amputation, and many more physical problems but even in a wheelchair she gets around and tries to make it to church whenever she can. My Mom has had a tough road through life to make it this far but she taught all of us kids how to live a Christian life and becomes productive citizens. She and my Dad had 2 sons (born in 1939 & 1942) and then a surprise daughter – me – almost 20 years later! Then they adopted my little sister in 1967! So my siblings range in age from 71 to 43! Mom has11 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and 2 great-great grandchildren! I’m so proud of her and love her so much and I am so blessed to still have her in my life!
Here is a scrapbook layout that I made in her honor. It’s called “A Warrior’s Lessons of Love”.
This layout shows photos of my Mom at different stages of her life and the lessons I learned. I printed a beautiful poem on a transparency and placed it over a photo of my Mom after her amputation. Here is the poem:
This morning my thoughts traveled along
To a place in my life where days have long since gone.
Beholding an image of what I use to be
As visions were stirred, and God spoke to me.
He showed me a warrior, a soldier in place,
Positioned by Heaven, yet I saw not the face.
I watched as the warrior fought enemies
They came from the darkness with destruction for me.
I saw as the warrior would dry away tears
As all of Heaven’s angels hovered so near.
I saw many wounds on the warriors face,
Yet weapons if warfare were firmly in place.
I felt my heart weeping, my eyes held so much,
As God let me feel the warrior’s prayer touched.
I thought, “How familiar”, the words that were prayed,
The prayers were like lightening that never would fade.
I said to God, “Please, the warrior’s name.”
He gave me no reply, He choose to refrain.
I asked, “Lord, who is so broken that they need so much prayer?”
He showed me an image of myself standing there.
Bound by confusion, lost and alone,
I felt prayers of the warrior carry me home.
I asked, “Please show me Lord, this Warrior so true”
I watched and I wept, For Mother, the warrior was you!
Journaling:
My mom has always stood by my side, stood up for me, and many, many times she has stood behind me and held me up. I’d like to think of her as a “Gentle Warrior” ~ a woman who has always remained strong and determined through the many trials in her long and sometimes difficult life (trials whose weight a lot of today’s young women, including myself, would buckle under) but also showing her very kind, gentle, and compassionate side while dishing out infinite amounts of affection, life lessons, and good moral values along with loving discipline.
Now that I am an adult and married with children of my own, I realize just how many of these lessons she taught me not only verbally but by example. As I watched her experience many hard times, make numerous life decisions that were sometimes difficult, and make many personal sacrifices for her family, I learned many lessons that have expanded my heart and have allowed me to love my family and my life more deeply and profoundly. I love my mom so much… she is my hero… and I hope to be just like her when I finally grow up!
With each experience that my mom has gone through in the past, and continues to go through, she teaches me a new Lesson of Love!
Sorry about the poor picture quality! It’s much nicer IRL! It actually won first place at the Great American Scrapbook Convention! Thanks for looking and helping me celebrate my Moms special day!
Happy Birthday, Mom!
Until next time, Happy Crafting,
Hey everyone! Sorry I haven’t been around in a while. I’ve been feeling a little ill lately and I have been trying to take care of myself and concentrate on getting well. But in the last few days, thanks to some good meds, I have started feeling like myself for the first time in weeks. So I wanted to start blogging again and sharing things with you, my friends.
The Cricut is 5 years old and they are celebrating in a BIG WAY!
The first big news from Provo Craft is about their brand new machine – the Cricut Expression 2! It’s a sleek looking Cricut that has a touch screen and works with both the regular Cricut cartridges and the Imagine cartridges. It will debut on HSN in April and the anniversary model is a limited edition. Go HERE to watch the video and leave comments about what you think!
The second announcement is about their new Cricut CraftRoom Software. It’s a new way to help you design with your Cricut images. It is a web based program so it will be compatible with PC and Mac computers. The Cricut CraftRoom is still in the testing stage but when it’s ready, it will be FREE! Yes, free! Watch the video HERE! I can’t wait for this one!
Last but not least, Cricut has had a facelift for his 5th birthday! Here is Cricuts new look:
Notice the new “eyes”?
Don’t you just love it? Well, I am so happy to be back and I should start posting some new projects soon so stay tuned and thanks for sticking by me – I appreciate it!
Until next time, Happy Crafting,
I am so very excited – I received my very first Blog Award! I want to give a BIG THANKS to Brenda from Creativity is Only a State of Mind for giving me the Stylish Blogger Award! Thank you Brenda, I really appreciate it!
Now that I have this, I need to do 4 things:
1). Thank and link back to the person who awarded me
2). Share 8 things about myself
3). Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that I have recently discovered
4). Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards
Well since she made me feel so special, I will thank Brenda once again! Her blog is full of inspiration for me! Please stop by and visit her blog.
OK, here are 8 things I will share about myself (please don’t fall asleep here, lol!)
I’m going to pay this award forward to some special Bloggers that inspire me every day. This was so hard because there are so many talented people out there but here are some of my favorites:
Shirley at Okieladybugs Scrap N' More
Sheila at She's a Sassy Lady
Tina & Wendy at Two Chics & A Cricut
Michelle at Michelle's Paper Affair
Tammy at So Happy Scrappin'
Diane at Capadia Design
Linda at Nothin' Fancy
Tanya at Time for Scrappin
Thanks to all of these incredible ladies for their creative inspiration and, some cases, their friendship (Michelle is the Happiest person I know!) I’ll be passing this award on and I hope that you can check out all of these blogs to see for yourself why I like them!
Until next time, Happy Crafting,
I found this on another blog and just had to share it with you! I have nothing to do with this company – just thought it was cute.
Enjoy!
Until next time, Happy Crafting,
Well, that thing called life just keeps getting in the way! 
I hope that you all have a happy and safe Thanksgiving today. Today I am thankful for my family, good friends, good health, and good food! I am thankful for all of you, my faithful readers and followers. I am thankful that I am loved and that I can return that love to others. I am thankful that we have a day set aside like today to reflect upon all of the many blessings that God has given us. But why wait for Thanksgiving? Let’s continue to be thankful the other 364 days of the year! If we all tried it, wouldn’t the world be a little bit happier place to live in? And I would be very thankful for that!
Ok, go eat, watch the game (go Cowboys!), and start planning your Black Friday shopping! Remember that some stores will be open TODAY! wow, times are changing! Michaels will be open from 5PM – 9PM and all of their scrapbook storage is 55% off! can you say Jetmax cubes? the more stuff I buy, the more cubes I need to store the stuff in! it’s a vicious papercrafting cycle! Cricut cartridges are on sale also at Michaels today, Friday & Saturday. The $89 carts are on sale for $35.99 and the $69 carts are on sale for $27.99. The $19 scrapbook paper pads are 50% off and the Gypsy is on sale for $99.99!!! All Disney carts will be $24.99 on Saturday. A little birdie told me that Hobby Lobby has ALL Cricut accessories on sale for 50% off on Friday! That means it’s time to stock up on blades and mats plus pick up some of those items that you may not have yet like that spatula or even the tool kit. Now that I’m teaching and have to transport my Cricut, I may look at the Cricut tote that they have! hey, it’s half off! I was told that the sale is not on any of the machines but I’m not sure about the cartridges. JoAnn’s has the Expression on sale for $199.99 and carts are on sale for $27.99. Don’t forget about Wal-Mart. At 12:01AM on Friday morning the Expression bundles in the new cool colors ($185) and the new Cricut Lites ($20) will be available.
I think I’ve covered the highlights! So start making your lists and checking them twice! And only our credit cards and checkbooks will show if we’re naughty or nice!
Until next time, Happy Crafting,
