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mid may is the best

 

       one of the Lord's best creations.... Peonies.
 

and they are all gone.
it goes so fast.

i can't wait for mid May next year.

craft weekend 16 begins today!
we are prepping and cleaning and chopping and stirring and folding and photographing everything to get ready.
it's always so much fun.
we can't wait for everyone to get here already.

have a fabulous weekend everybody!

 

the monday after....

Craft Weekend #14 

this was a pretty awesome group of women.
and they are late nighters!

:)

my kids just got on the bus and i am headed back to bed to sleep the rest of the day.
i will tell you all about our weekend soon.
but right now i can barely keep my eyes open.

 

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i wanted to share with you a beautiful piece of art that Lori Danelle made for me.



it is cut paper!

every detail is so delicate and perfect.
i love seeing how each line is connected... SO creative.

she hand cuts all of this!!

she made this for me based on this post i wrote back in september.
i had had a very bad day related to parenting and this verse was the hope i was clinging to.

isn't Lori's work absolutely stunning?
can you even imagine how long this would take her?!
it is AMAZING.

 
Love never fails.

Go see Lori's great talent at her shop and read her blog.

i really think that i need this print at my house.
and the craft house.
who doesn't need that cheerful reminder daily?

thank you Lori for blessing me with such an awesome reminder of the gift God gave me... LOVE.

 

 

 

 

so pretty.

i have a fabric addiction.
i bet this is not news to you.
i am so thankful that i have found a way to be able to feed my addiction through my job.  :)

i can use it for craft weekend.
i can use it for my shop.

although i order a lot online (hawthorne threads and fabric.com) my favorite way to buy it is in person.
there is something about seeing the colors with my own eyes... feeling how soft it is... putting it together with other patterns... it gets my creativity going.

i thought maybe you would like to see what i chose last week at Sarah's.

my love runs deep.

:)

craig and i had a discussion about "art" last week.
we discussed what inspires us... art or not.
he and i are very different and that is totally fine.
the things that inspire him, do not inspire me and the things that inspire me, do not inspire him.
it was interesting to talk with him and learn more about him.

because in my brain... color and pattern and texture is supreme.

i can barely read books or concentrate sometimes on certain things because i am thinking about creating.

i see these patterns and i want to draw.

i see these colors and i want to paint.

i feel this fabric and i want to sew. 

i am at a restaurant and i notice the shape of the light fixtures or the tile on the floor.

i see a sunset and i notice what colors are in it and where they meet and blend.

i LOVE these things.
i thrive on these things.
i get antsy when i am not able to find it... like gray winter days stuck in the house.

and it's fascinating to learn that other people do not think this way... and then what does make them tick?

where do they find that inspiration?  what makes them happy or brings joy or satisfaction? 

isn't it amazing how we are all so different and unique?

i love that God did not make us the same.

and that He gives us people in our worlds who understand us.
or that may not understand but can appreciate the gifts we each were given for our own life.
such a blessing.

Thanks God for color and pattern and ART!

what are you thankful for?  

where does your inspiration meet joy in your heart?