Sometimes we just need to be reminded to…
…shine. Shine! These beads are from a bracelet kit from Gilded Girls. I looked at the pile of beads and wires and felt there was more to it than just a bracelet. Maybe it was the wing that gave me...
View ArticleLove playing with beads
I really ought to stop playing with the beads. But once they become a bracelet, they will never again live an alternate life as Words. Love. The beads are not glued down. One breath or tiny bump to the...
View ArticleEaster Eggs 2012
The egg decorating kit looked spiffy, with pretty colors and cute rub-on decals of chicks, eggs and bunnies. But the decals didn’t stick at all. Not happy there. But we don’t give up easy so we...
View ArticleWord Confetti – U R Going 2 B OK
I’m taking an online class, Soul Restoration 2, by Brave Girls. One of the projects is making a vision board using words cut from magazines. I snipped away at the pages until the table was littered...
View ArticleOffice Chickens
My daughter was having a rotten week in the office. So I drew some comics for her on post-it-notes. Office Chickens
View ArticleDesktop Background – Icon Sorter
My computer desktop is usually littered with an unmanageable mess of icons. I painted a bunch of 4″ x 6″ cards for an e-course I’m taking and decided to photograph the cards to make a Desktop...
View ArticlePlan B
I Figured out Plan B. Isn’t that the best feeling ever… When you come up with a plan B that will actually work? :) Sometimes things are really mixed up and messed up. There’s no order. There is...
View ArticleI hung my old chalkboard in the dining room
The easel is long gone and the drawing scroll must be somewhere in the attic. But I still have the slate chalkboard from my childhood. I’ve been wanting to put it on the wall for many years. Now that...
View ArticleEncouragement for you
The first and third photos were taken at Sunset Beach, NC. The photo in the middle was taken in my backyard. Please feel free to copy, save and print these encouraging cards if you want. Edited to...
View ArticlePsalm 89 8-9
Please feel free to print this 4″x6″ inspirational card. Click on the photo to access a larger image. This photo was taken yesterday at Sunset Beach, NC. I still remember the sound of the waves and...
View ArticleOn my Worktable… continuing teacup cross stitch and embroidery
Cross stitch nearly finished. The words will be embroidered. Then adding more embroidery and seed beads will be the really fun part.
View ArticleDo What is Beautiful
Life is complicated and one day a couple months ago I became extra conflicted. I just didn’t know what to do and was almost paralyzed with insecurity and fear. What should I do? I had trouble figuring...
View ArticleNever Never Never give up
Some days are just plain hard. But God is powerful enough, loving enough and HERE enough to repair even the greatest brokenness. Never give up.
View ArticleThe rest of the hearts
On Instagram this month, I posted a heart a day, #amonthofhearts. AllSparkledUpDesign . Part way through the month, I wondered if I would have the stamina and commitment to finish. Some of these took...
View ArticleJournaling in Coloring Books
I quit journaling daily a while ago. Maybe a couple years. But today I felt like writing some words in a coloring book. I didn’t feel like coloring because I’m still dizzy with vertigo. Day 8. Bah. So...
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