This year was the first that I decide to embark on making Christmas sugar cookies. I tend to stick to pain free, simple Christmas baking. I not overly skilled in the kitchen.. as most of you probably know, so I waited till my wonderful hubby was home so he could help me NOT screw up the recipe. I used Sally's recipe, and they taste delicious. For icing we just made a very simple icing sugar...
My sister in law was creating a box of encouragements for a friend the other day and asked if I have ever designed "promise cards". I had never heard of such cards, so I quickly did some research and figured out what she was talking about. A few posts ago I mentioned the memory verse cards that I was creating for myself, to help me memorize scripture, well these are a lot like that. They...
I am super excited for my sister in law, Cheryl & her mom, Ruth over at Peck Cloths. They will be having an open house on December 6th (which Kelsi and I will be attending of course!). Check out this fun little announcement I was able to make up for them to advertise the date :) If you'd like to see more of their selection of cloths and others goods, make sure to check out...
My friend Nicole came over the other day and was sharing with me an idea of felt books made for children (find examples here), they are SO NEAT! Nicole inspired me to make a board book for Emma, one which I was going to buy here. But WHY NOT create it myself. Its no gorgeous felt book, but its really great for her age right now. I'll work on the felt when she might appreciate...
I've been thinking about what to do with my Christmas greeting this year. Since we are on a new budget (as I recently resigned from Compassion to stay home full time with Emma - yay!) I decided that getting cards printed, even though I design them, is a bit more then I would like to spend this year, so I am trying to get resourceful. I decided to do a fun little "year in review"...
Emma has ben busy getting her eye teeth in all week... so if you're a mom I am sure you can imagine what my week has been like. Here are some wonderful links I'd love to share this week. I really enjoyed reading Kristi's post Reading the Bible vs. Studying the Bible: What’s the Difference? over on And Babies Don't Keep (off topic: her blog title comes from a poem that pulls at my heart strings) Anyways,...
The Gospel Centered Woman website. This is a new site created to supplying great resources for discipling women with the gospel as a central focus. When reading Wendy Alsup's post about the site coming out she mentions the site authors being "burdened that each of us understand the depth and breadth of what Jesus' has done for us. And, like me, they are particularly burdened for women to understand these things." What a blessing!! To have sisters and brothers...
While I don't ever aspire to have a "pinterest home" or ever be able to make "bunny butt" cupcakes (yep, they're real). I'm thankful to find my value in the Lord rather then in my own "abilities" as a homemaker. (Read a great post by Laura Leonard, "Why Women Are Obsessed with Pinterest" here) I do however like to keep pinterest on hand for easy no bake recipes, free prinatbles, great fonts, and a bit of inspiration for those winter days...
I took this picture at sunset on a fall day in Port Elgin. Andrew and I were sharing a few days at a cute little cottage with my parents. We were celebrating my Moms victory in surviving breast cancer that year. It felt so sweet to walk with her and Dad through the harbour, savouring God's goodness and beautiful creation. I will always cherish this time, full of beach walks with Mom, warm hot chocolate...
These 9 Festive Fall Drinks from Craftberry Bush, especially the Nutella Hazelnut Hot Chocolate - umm, yum. This is an easy pumpkin Krispies treat recipe.. its so simple even I can make them. Oh my, this "citron" chunky knit scarf by Peony Knits, gorgeous. I bought a scarf from Josie last fall, all of her scarves are handmade and beautiful. ANDDD.. it was fun learning even more about our Canadian Thanksgiving from Mrs. Oatmeal. ...
My mom recently got me into this book after borrowing it from a friend. Its been such an intense and interesting read. I was able to find the book at my local library and couldn't put it down. The book has some great insight into the FLDS community and why it's so hard for women to leave it. I will be praying for those that are still involved in this lifestyle and religion (especially those located in...
From my family to yours - we are wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving. I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ...
Lisa-Jo Bakers wrote an amazing post 10 Things To Do Differently *Before* You Lose Your Temper on her blog Surprised by Motherhood. This is a great resource for a mom with one or many children running around her home. Jen Wilkins wrote a wonderful post about cherishing all of the personalities and gifts that God blesses a child with in her post when your child's personality annoys you. This adorable wrap is a MUST BUY...
Here are some fun Memory Verse Cards I designed to keep on my nightstand and in my bible. ...
His birthday was at the end of September, but I think he might have this card hanging around for quite some time on his desk ;) Photo cred: Sarah-Bear Van Kruistum (snapped up North on Labour Day holidays) ...
This year I decided to create my autumn door wreath myself (mostly because there was a huge sale on at Michael's and I didn't want to pay 40+ for a door wreath). Here are the supplies I started with: And here is the result: I was quite happy with how it turned out.. but of course, being the silly women that I am, I decided to take a look at what I pinned as wreath...
As autumn and thanksgiving are my favourite time of year, of course I have designed some pieces for fall in my etsy shop. Check the left sidebar to see more or if you are interested in purchasing the digital files to these fun new pieces. Happy Fall!!! Xo ...
Since we moved Emma into a new bigger room I've been trying to fill up the space and make it cozy. Have you heard of creative market? It's an amazing market place of creative work by designers where you can buy their beautiful work (for great prices) for personal and non-profit use. I purchased a couple adorable pieces. One was a farm animal set that I have even more exciting plans for and a beautiful...
I've finally opened up a little Etsy shop to start selling digital copies of various designs that I have created in the present and over the years. I was struggling with opening up a shop for quite some time because I work full time as a designer and couldn't see how I would be able to fit in the grunt work of orders into my current schedule. But then I realized that Etsy was offering...
I will admit, with Emma being 14 months, I am more busy running after her than reading books. But occasionally when I get to sit down and absorb a few pages these are the two books I've been able to enjoy - Jen Wilkins Book Women of The Word, and Aimee Bryds Book Housewife Theologian. Lately, more then ever, I've felt called to sincerely be in God's Word, studying it and really getting to KNOW it. Both books are great...
Everything is growing so well in the garden this year. Here are some update photos: ...
While it's really hard to maintain the large gardens around our home (the weeds are my official summer enemy). I have to admit that seeing all of the flowers blooming this year makes all of the hard work and maintenance worth it!! Here's a preview of the goods in our flower gardens this year. These pictures don't do the flowers justice, but they will have to do. (only really have time to take quick iPhone...
Andrew loves a good, hearty vegetable garden. This year we has two garden boxes that will be full of a great variety of fresh veggies for us to eat! Andrew build a really neat fence system around our main garden (the fence lifts right off and on to allow easy access to all sides) to keep out bunnies or unwanted critters from digging up seeds etc. He also made some fancy potato boxes. In the...
