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Encouraging and Equipping Women through Biblical Discipleship

3 ways to stop flying by the seat of your pants – Part 1

  This is a 3-part series.  If you are so inclined you can read the rest of this article here (Part 2) and here.  I hope you do, because these are just little tips that helped me along life’s way.   See I’m a wife and a mom to 4 daughters, 3 son-in-loves, 2 nieces, and 9 grands.   I’ve also held […]

Leaving my day job and working from home.

I recently went to Christie Wright’s Business Boutique in Phoenix.  It was A W E S O M E.  I learned some stuff,  other stuff was confirmed and I feel I have a focus now, I think!   I’ve shared before about how my mind starts running all over.    My first order of business […]

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I’ve been busy putting together little gift bags for the Pea Patch Ministry.  (We’ve been affectionately dubbed the “letter ladies”)  You can read about the ministry here.It’s my turn to host this Saturday.  I always pick February so I can get crafty with Valentines! This is simple really, but it looks great, if I do […]

Craft side of the Room – Done!

Warning this post has a lot of pictures!  I hope I don’t bore you with it all.  I am just so proud of my new, clean, organized crafting space that I just want to show it off, oops, I meant show you! This is what it looked like before!  What a sight.  It was no […]

Random Ramblings from Me!

 Pretty things can happen when you are organized!  The more I work on my craft room, the more I want to Craft!  I took time yesterday from sorting and organizing to make these beautiful (If I do say so myself!) lavender heart sachets.  I made them using pillow shams I bought at a thrift store!  Really. […]

One step back, three steps forward!

Soooo…….I know I said I would be waiting for a new desk to replace my humungo one, and when that happened I would be painting my room.   Wellllll,  the desk I wanted was on sale and I casually mentioned it to my DH (Dear Husband, for those who don’t know.) Old L-shaped desk with […]

Craft Room/Home Office Organization Continues

Making Progress.  Still a lot of sorting and decluttering going on.   This is half of the fabric.  I’m sorting by color, which can be challenging because I have a lot of prints.  I’m not sure this is going to fit in the cabinet and drawer I have designated for it.   I’ve got to figure […]

Dinners, Plays & Parties

Just a quick post to let you know I haven’t totally disappeared!  November started with a Craft Fair and it just got really really crazy after that.   I didn’t sell one thing at the craft fair, but my girl did.   You can see her post here.   I just didn’t have my “stuff” […]

Fall Banner swap

 Fall Banner Swap I participated in a FALL Banner Swap hosted by Deb at Garage Sale Gal.    My partner was Dianne from Utah.    She stuffed a box full of great fall items and made the awesome banner that is now hanging on my fireplace mantel     It is so wonderful.   (I’m afraid […]

Tea Time Tuesday

We did have snow on the ground this morning. It was cold and blowing off of the roof and it really looked like a blizzard. This afternoon the sun is shining and the wind has calmed down. I can even see the peak – covered with snowIt’s a typical January day in Colorado Springs. While […]