Today was the day I was supposed to announce the winner of the $25.00 Gift Certificate to Pottery Barn, but as I was getting ready to decipher the corresponding follower number from random.org……… My follower list has disappeared!!! I have looked at other blogs and I can’t see their follower list either, so I’m hoping (praying) that it’s not just…
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Mason Blue Glass Canning Jar DIY
These jars take their name from John Landis Mason. Mason was a young inventor who came up with the concept of a metal screw-on lid in 1858. The threaded neck on glass jars that we take for granted today was once a major innovation. Mason’s developments made preserving food at home much easier and made the jars reusable. Despite the…
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Slow down…
It’s raining outside today. It’s gloomy and cold making me feel lazy and a little blue, but mostly…. It makes me miss summer. But as I look out of the window and see the rain drops fall to the ground, I see God taking care of our earth; even as we fight and kill each other; even as we pollute the oceans; even as we…
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Making Spring with paper…
Current giveaway-Follower appreciation – $25.00 Gift Card to Pottery Barn ————————————————————————————————- Splendid, beautiful flower, you grace us with your beauty and then you’re gone in the wind… Here is the cherry blossom tutorial I prepared for you earlier this week. Some of you have asked how I colour the blue jars, so I hope have the tutorial for you on Monday…I hope you come back to take a look….
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Welcoming Spring…
“Every character has an inward spring; let Christ be that spring. Every action has a keynote; let Christ be that note, to which your whole life is attuned.”— Henry Drummond I am preparing our little nest to welcome spring… After observing this picture, I realized it had a significance. I think of the protection of God over his children…
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