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Dec 11 2012

Project 52:18

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Isn’t that funny?!

I found her doing this one day.

She has a heart that enjoys worship.

I do too.

I think worship can take SO many different forms – service, sacrifice, prayer, study, being still, pushing on when it is tough, giving thanks…but I can definitely say that my favorite form of worship is song.

There is something about music that moves me.

My favorite time of the week is probably Sunday mornings at church. I know that sounds totally cheesy, but I love being surrounded by other believers, loud guitar and drum, praise filled lyrics, and lifted voices. My soul literally longs for this each week.

We are all made for worship. We will find something, or someone, to worship. Most often, we worship things and people, versus our Creator. I am far from perfect, and I definitely go days where there is no praise in my heart. I think a great way to gain understanding of what I worship is to look at my priorities, or rather, what do I spend my time and money on? It’s a daily pull, a conscious effort to worship God. But the reward is so great!

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Sep 28 2012

Fall Wreath

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I finally finished my new fall wreath and I LOVE it!

I started this project on Sunday, and just finished it last night, Thursday. I am the slowest crafter in the world.

It was a simple and fun process, even though it took me forever.

First I wrapped the entire wreath in gold colored yarn.

Then I picked out some coordinating fabric and made ruffled flowers. I started ruffling by hand, but found that too slow, so I pulled out my sewing machine and it went much faster. Here is a tutorial on how to ruffle fabric - Ruffling Fabric. I simply cut long strips of fabric, sewed a straight stitch along one edge, using a long stitch setting, and then gathered the fabric. After I had ruffled each strip, I just wound them around into a flower shape, and then hand stitched through the middle and added some glue to hold it together. I had never done this before so it took a few times until I got the hang of it, but it was not hard to figure out. The burlap flowers I made using the very simple rolled flower technique. Then I just hot glued them all on the wreath.

I was considering making a little hanger for the top out a strip of burlap. What do you think?

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sara - BE STILL MY STARS I WOULD PAY 50 bucks FOR THAT! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!! LIKE SOOOOOOO much!!!! I want you to live next door. I would pay you to craft this for me! I LOVE IT! McLain..>GREAT job! colors, textures….UH MAZING!September 28, 2012 – 3:53 pm

Sep 23 2012

Project 52:17

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Peace is probably one of the things I pray about the most often.

“Lord, please fill our house with peace.”

“Lord, please fill my heart with peace.”

“Lord, please fill my husband’s heart with peace.”

“Lord, please fill my kids hearts with peace.”

“Lord, please help my kids to be peace-makeers.”

“Lord, please let this trip be peaceful.”

Today was a day in which I expected just a bit of turmoil, but it was actually a very peaceful afternoon. We went to two stores(they behaved – gasp!), we bought fabric, we looked at Halloween costumes, we came home and spent the rest of the day crafting, playing dress up (them, not me), and listening to worship music on Pandora. There was one incidence of a head being smacked a few times, but it was over quickly and didn’t ruin our day. I really love to think that the Lord just wanted to bless me a little bit today and I am so thankful to Him.

I love our table filled with the evidence of crafting – seashells, yarn, fabric, beads, paint splattered on the table…

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Sep 07 2012

Butterfly Craft

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I really enjoy crafts, and so do the kids, but we just don’t seem to do them often enough. So one of my goals this school year is to do at least one craft a week!

I found this super cute butterfly craft here and the girls and I had a lot of fun doing it. I just followed her directions! Meg Duerksen’s blog has some other beautiful and fun looking crafts as well, so definitely check it out if you have a chance!

I forgot how much my kids love to paint.

First, I had them each paint a canvas one solid color. We used 12×12 canvases, and they came out really cute, though I kind of wish I had used bigger!

Next, I had them watercolor all over a piece of white paper. I told them to use lots of different colors and to cover the entire page.

It’s always fun to see how differently art will come out, even when given the same directions…

Then, we used a butterfly punch to punch butterflies out from the watercolored pages. I bough a Martha Stewart punch at Michael’s (per Meg’s suggestion), using my 40% off coupon. Finally, I hot glued the butterflies onto the canvases. The girls didn’t do this of course, but they did stand next to me and hand me the butterflies.

The finished product in their room

I think they came out pretty, and were really simple too! Now to figure out our next craft.

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