Happy Anniversary!!!

To my Mom and Dad!!!

Thank you for your wonderful example of loving
commitment in your marriage.
We love you very much!


Love,
Mark and Chari

PS~ See the lamp? Dad is full of bright ideas! Sorry, I couldn't resist! :)

Finished Object Friday

It's Friday! I hope everyone has had a good week. I have, although I've been busy, but that's half the fun! :) I have done so many various and sundry projects recently. (over the past month or so, not just this week.) I never knew that I would become such a "crafty" person! And I probably never could have guessed that I would enjoy sewing as much as I have. But surprise! I've been sewing again this week. Wednesday feels like a sewing day to me for some reason.

Anyway, here is what I did:

The motivation behind this project is that I'm almost out of the Mary Engelbreit napkins I picked up for $1.00 a package several months ago. I thought that we would try the cloth napkins. My grandmother sent me this material for my birthday last year. I'm finally getting around to using it!


They match my crepe myrtle perfectly!

That's my finished object for this Friday. So here's the deal. I thought it would be fun to share our finished objects! Just do a blog post of your craft - it doesn't even have to be finished, maybe you've just finished a big step of your project! It can be any and all crafts: knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, sewing, magnets... the list could go on... It can also be anything you have done at any time - not just from the past week. (Just as long as it's clean. I reserve the right to remove any links at my discretion.)

How to:
1. Write a post on your own blog. (Include pictures, please!) :)
2. Link back to this F. O. F. post in your post. (guess that really goes with #1, anyway, on to 3!)
3. Link to Mr. Linky below, using the permalink - the link for that specific post.
4. Enjoy looking at everyone else's projects! :)

Once Upon a Time...

there were four little Rabbits, and their names were - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter...

Many children have grown up with the adventures of Peter and friends. He has become a household name since his popularity with the first published book in 1901. Gracie, my "adopted niece," really enjoyed Peter for a while, and still does. I think she was always a little afraid of "Mr. Gregor." :) I have collected a few various items relating to Peter and Beatrix Potter.

The dress and the book at the far left were mine as a little girl.

I love this set of books. They are just the right size! They are also very similar in size and setup to those that were originally published by F. Warne & Co. in the early 1900's.


I found these two Peter's at a garage sale and couldn't resist them! :)


I love the movie Miss Potter. I don't own it (yet) but I did find this book at a discount book store. It has a lot of interesting facts about Beatrix's life as well as about the movie.


Renee Zellweger as Beatrix Potter
(Image Source)
Speaking of the movie, I highly recommend it! I have enjoyed it multiple times. It is very beautifully filmed and is mostly accurate. I think it is very true to the person of Beatrix Potter and how her personality might have been.

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Blessings!

Crafts, and other news...

I left a hint in my post on Saturday about projects I was working on. I know you are all anxiously awaiting my next crafty production. Ok, maybe not. :) But just for fun, I'll share!

I have been wanting to make little magnets for a while. I did make these a while ago, but I wanted to make others using this tutorial. (Great tute by the way!) They are fun to make! Here are the ones that I made for myself:

Didn't you know they would be Coke? :) The pictures are from a tear off calender that I had a few years ago. and, yes, I can tend to be a pack rat, but, Hey, it came in handy! :)

The other ones I made were for our friend Bill. He and his wife, April, are our "adopted" grandparents.

Bill turns 80 this week and his daughter planned a surprise party for him Saturday at a local restaurant. We had a fun time. Here is the link to pictures:

Bill's 80th

So, for the craft... Bill is a rock hound. He is the former president of the local Gem and Mineral Society. I wanted to give him something fun, and a little useful, too. Hence the magnets! :)

First the container... I covered a small tin, recycled. (Told you I'm a pack rat.) Here is the top:

And inside:

And put these in it:

In case you can't tell, those are pictures of Mark and I. They didn't have time to dry completely, and thus fell apart. :( Helpful hint, make them the day before! The Coke ones worked great. It's also hard to leave something alone while it dries. I always want to see how it's progressing. :)
But, Bill liked it, and that's what's important!


So, til later!
Blessings!

PS~ Happy Birthday, Bill!

Sunday Blessing

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my yeilded heart to Thee.
Let me know Thee in Thy fullness;
Guide me by Thy mighty hand
Till, transformed in Thine own image
In Thy presence I shall stand.

Come, Thou Fount
by Robert Robinson
3rd stanza alt. 1931

I trust everyone had a nice Sunday. The picture above is of our church steeple. We have been very blessed with a beautiful church building! Our pastor designed it and we have built it bit by bit. The carpet was put in two days before Mark and I got married! :) Three year later, we are still working on it, but it looks great... the Lord has really blessed us!

I hope everyone has a great week!
Blessings!