Happy Valentine's Day

As you can see we are getting ready for a party.

Hope you have a great day planned.

Setimental Sunday #11

Hi Lovelies

Hope you are all having a great weekend.

I have been very busy getting some new stuff listed in my shop.

And starting on even more that I hope to list next week.

Thank You all so much for your kinds words and support of my new venture,

you have helped to calm my nerves.

Okay enough about me,

We are here to talk about what we are Sentimental about this week.

This week I have our new Valentine's Day banner to show you.

It is a very simple banner made of yoyos and stuffed hearts.

My grandmother taught my girls how to make yoyos over Christmas break.

So every year when we bring out this banner,

They will remember the time they spend with their great grandmother learning to make them.

And they will also remember their special time with our Ms. Jan and how she helped them make stuffed hearts while Mommy was at Blissdom

I think this banner will hold a special place in our hearts for many years to come.

So what are you Sentimental about?

Grab the button off of my sidebar and link up.



A Peek Into My NOT So Glamorous Life

Perfect I am

Not.

Many of my friends and I have talked about how other peoples lives seem so much more put together-more "perfect" than our own.

Well, I am here to pull the curtain back on my not perfect life.

My house is not clean

My laundry is not done

My dinner is not planned

My kid is not well

Today, got up and started my coffee

Most days this happens between 5:00 and 5:30

I put more wood on the fire,so the house will be warm when everyone else starts getting up.

Then on to my favorite part of my day.

(anyone else love these books?)

There are piles of laundry to be done today

A dishwasher to unload and reload

Projects to work on

A sick kid to snuggle with

A new member of the family to teach not to get onto the furniture and knock over stuff

Crafts to finish

A child to teach

Even now I have some how managed to make it all look some what pretty,

But I want to be real

and to be

REAL

means I will show you what life really looks like

There are lots projects to do

more project waiting there turn

My beautiful school desk is taken over with projects

my family room taken over by a sick kid and my dinning room full of even more projects

This might even be the look I am faced with while I teach her today.

So please NEVER look at my life and think it is all neat and tidy,

Because it is NOT.

There is mess before beauty

and because I like beauty I am willing to live through the mess.

 God is revealing to me that this is also a truth that applies to other areas of my life,

 seldom do growth and beauty come without a little mess.

I hope to learn to embrace the mess as much as I do the beauty.



I am linking up with my friend Tiffini at The House of Belonging

Sentimental Sunday #10

Hi Lovelies,

am I ever glad to be back to a normal routine and to Sentimental Sundays.

Today I am going to share something I have had in my purse or the last 12 years

(hmmm, I wonder how many purses I have had in the last 12 years).

See the pretty silver key chain, my mom bought it for me when I was about 12 weeks pregnant with my first daughter.  I was in the hospital very sick and it was a gift to cheer me up.  I have treasured it and carried it everyday since.

Fast forward to 3 weeks ago and I was in a crazy dash to find them to buy, you see I was determined to give them as gifts to a few people on my Blissdom trip. 

None of the gifts store around my house had them.

So.....

What's a girl to do but sweet talk her dad.

He assured me that he could make them, so off I went to the antique stores to find beautiful silverware.

Not only did he make some but he has taught me how to  make them and helped me to realize a dream that I have had of starting an Etsy shop.

My shop can be found here.

I plan to be adding more key chains to the shop as the day goes on and more gift items over time.

It is so nice when something you love inspires you to do something new and to grow as a person.

What are you Sentimental about?

Grab the button off my sidebar and link up.

FYI

Hi Ya Lovelies,

Just wanted to let you know that Sentimental Sunday will be happening tomorrow so get your post ready.

I plan to have it up and ready some time after church.

Still have some work to do before I can get the post up,

I promise it will all make sense tomorrow.

I can't wait to share and can't wait to see what you are sentimental about this week.



His Banner Over Me Is Love - Year 2

If you follow me on Twitter

then you know this is what I was considering Valentine's Day Decorating yesterday.

(one of my kids did this, I think she needs a new chore)

I knew that would not work so I got busy cleaning and decorating.

Yes, I dusted first.

Then I got out our banner from last year.

You can read about it in this post

His Banner Over Me Is Love

We will be going back over the names of God during the month of February and reminding ourselves where true love comes from.

We are using it in our New School Room

this year.

We added beads for fun

Spray painted some frames and made hearts from scrapbook paper

Reused our Book Page Wreath

And reused the sticks from our Thanksgiving Project

I am very pleased with how our Valentine's Day decorations turned out,

especially since we just reused what we had in new ways.

I love that I can see how my girls handwriting has changed from last year to this year.

I think this banner will be around for years to come ,

I am kind of sentimental about it.

Speaking of sentimental this Sunday we will be starting Sentimental Sunday back up,

thank you for letting me take the last two months off.

I can't wait to see what you lovelies have to show me.