Posted in Sacred Life Sunday, tagged alapacas, life, Sacred Life Sunday on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.
-Cecil Frances Alexander 1818-1895
These are one of the sweetest animals I have ever seen! They are alpacas and are raised at Grapevine Farm Alpacas in Enumclaw, Washington. They brought them into town for the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged handstamped wedding invitation, wedding invitations on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Summer wedding season is here. Since I have been been getting lots of search engine hits related to wedding invitations, I thought I would post my favorite. This invitation, or announcement was made for my daughter and her husband. They were having a very simple exchange of vows and this was to announce their marriage. [...]
Posted in Life at Home, Uncategorized, tagged home, life on June 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The Virtual Tea House has a writing challenge to explore where home is to you. http://virtualteahouse.com/blogs/beth/archive/2008/05/18/where-s-home.aspx Beth writes in her email:”It seems, at first blush, to be a simple writing exercise, but the ‘contest’ is really about helping us to explore the sacred spaces where we feel roots…connections….and the comfort that sustains us to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged crafts, gift ideas, Hand stamped, Stampin Stampin Up on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I wanted to keep the bird theme going for the wrapping of Dort’s prayer shawl that I did with the card. I stamped a plain robe box with Stampin Up’s Carte Postale and used the Birds and Nests tin for the side of this. Our church gives so many shawls that it [...]
Posted in Prayer Shawls and Cards, tagged handmade card, stamped, wedding card on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is so much you can do with this flower and bird stamp from Inkadinkado. I made this card to go with a prayer shawl I was giving, but you could also use it as a wedding invitation and put the names in the open space, or as a birthday or thank you card. [...]
Posted in Life at Home, tagged antique roses, arbors, gardening, roses on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cecile Brunner is an antique variety of roses. They only bloom once a year, but what a show they put on! I planted one on each side of the arbor and as they grew, tied them to the arbor. They are about eight years old now and we aggressively trim them several [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found this lovely old postcard in an antique store. When I saw it I thought of our pastor’s wife, Yvonne who adores roses. They are retiring and I wanted a special card for her from the ladies of the church, but the postcard was not quite big enough. I decided [...]
Posted in Prayer Shawls and Cards, tagged Crochet, Handmade Baby Cards, handstamped card, Prayershawl Ministry, Stampin'Up on June 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This lavender baby blanket was crocheted by the ladies at our church and then blessed in prayer at a service. They are given to babies within our church and by request for sick babies, or a baby who for whatever reason needs to be wrapped in prayer. I make the card to [...]
