Some of my best and sometimes over the top ideas come to me in the middle of the night. It’s almost like a light goes off in my head and there it is…the craftberry, ready to be picked. Last night, not only did a light go off in my head but the entire sky lit up followed by a loud…
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Oooey gooey glue be gone….(removing glue off jars)
One of the prettiest displays for flowers are old jars. Just peel away the label and you’re good to go. Good to go? Yeah right! I’m in the process of helping my friend plan her young son’s birthday party (it’s a Toy Story theme) and one of the games we are planning is lasso toss over glass jars filled with candy….
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Apple print wreath….
I am always amazed at the manner in which nature displays its beauty for us. As we drove by an apple orchard this weekend, I saw how every apple had been placed upon the trees. Each placed there one by one ever so delicately, like beautiful shiny ornaments on a Christmas tree. God is a great decorator ! It was a coincidence that my sister had…
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The sound of silence….
Silence spoke to me this morning as everything was so very still. It spoke to me through the sound of my heart as it beat the name of my loved ones. It spoke to me through the wind as it skillfully played a beautiful melody with the leaves. It spoke to me through the birds who busily whistled a morning song. It…
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Before the pumpkin patch….
Each fall, we visit our local pumpkin farm. We jump on giant bales of hay, go through a corn maze, feed chickens and cows, and of course…pick the perfect pumpkin. We pick five actually – one for each of us to decorate. As it’s still early in the season and we have yet to go, we made some pumpkins of our own…
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