I took my time decorating for Christmas this year.  I wasn’t in a hurry to get it done, I just enjoyed the process.  Rather than a task to check off, I invited it as part of the joy of the season.  The process of decorating is one of my favorite things, and Christmas all the more.  The old pump organ …

As you might imagine, there were a lot of things that surprised me on our four months away on sabbatical.  The first one, was that I didn’t miss home almost at all.  One thing I did miss however, were opportunities to be creative.  I didn’t pine away about it, but when we got home in August, all I wanted to …

It was something I had mused about before our epic summer vacation, something I thought I might do when we got back.  I had been imagining a little furniture shuffle of sorts.  The first on my list was moving the secretary desk from the corner of the dining room to my bedroom, in hopes that I could hideaway to write …

If you’ve been following along the story of my blog journey, this is the concluding episode of this series ( thus far, our stories are always being written, so eventually I will have more to tell).  If you are just joining me now, I encourage you to get caught up here with Part 1 | What’s in Your Hands, Part …

It’s hard to believe, but my husband and I were both born in the 70s, 1978 to be exact.  If you do the math, you know what this year holds for both of us.  While my numbers won’t turn for several more months (I’m remaining in 30s bliss as long as I can), I had the opportunity to plan an …

This is Part 3 of my Journey into blogging.  If you haven’t read the previous posts, I would encourage you to get caught up here with Part 1 – What’s In Your Hands, and here with Part 2 – Believers, Building and Beginnings. After about six months into blogging, I was starting to timidly take flight.  Gaining confidence in my …

This year, Good Friday falls on the Jewish calendar on the first day of Passover.  I really wish our Christian calendar followed heed every year to this Jewish holiday. Because before the foundations of the world were laid, He knew He would offer up His life during Passover.  Everything God does is with purpose.  The intentional hands that drew up …

I think it’s been pretty well established that I have a slight obsession with throw pillows. Especially the unique ones, ones that can’t be bought at stores, ones that are made from glorious fabrics or made from needlepoint or other thrifted things.  I have an abundance of posts regarding these. So when I saw this black and white farmhouse needlepoint …

I had way too much fun this Christmas, creating more gifts than I ever have to date.  I worked my heart and soul out, much to my delight, enjoying the process of creating and imagining how perfect each gift was crafted for each receiver.  It literally made me giddy.  I shared early in January the gift I made for my …

(This is part two of my journey into blogging.  If you missed The Journey – Part 1 | What’s In Your Hands, I invite you to get caught up here.) As with most things in life, my blog didn’t start instantaneously.  There were a lot of little things that started pointing like arrows in one direction. Surprised by the Believers …