I have been receiving emails, comments, and notes from my customers for many years. They are becoming more and more frequent now. They mean so much to me touching my heart and my life in ways I cannot explain – inspiring me to do more, teach more, and film more to help you reach your life goals and dreams. Many of you say that I am an inspiration to you, but, it is just the opposite! YOU are an inspiration to me
Here is the link to the video below as my second Christmas gift to you. I certainly hope you enjoy it. I am going to share with you my husband’s mother’s famous Caramel Cake recipe. She has quite a name as an amazing baker, and everyone on town wants to purchase or be gifted with some of her special cookies, cakes, and banana breads.
I wanted to do something very special for YOU, my faithful friends and customers during this holiday season…so, yesterday I filmed this video. In it, I show you how you can make an absolutely beautiful wreath with very little money and time invested! Actually, you can go to your local hobby store, just as I did for this wreath, to buy your supplies! Have lots of fun making your wreath and decorating your home. Enjoy your family as we celebrate this most wonderful season!
We have been blessed with many wonderful Christmas decorations that I just had to bring home from my shop each year. Many are unique and one-of-a-kind. There is only one problem! As special and unique as they all are, it is a MAJOR ordeal to bring them down from upstairs each year. I have so many, that we never put them all out, but we still have to bring them down anyway as we decide which to display, and which to pack back up. Okay dear children of ours…lol…now is a very good time to take a few of these special “treasures” off our hands!
I say over and over that my goal is to make a difference in the lives of others as I teach them a hobby that has made such a difference in my life. We are SO BLESSED! And… “We Will Sing Until The Whole World Hears…”
These thoughts came flooding back as I stood in the middle of this huge warehouse talking to my friend, Kim. I was grateful that she reminded me that day of where I had been only a few short years ago. And, Oh God… as I am feeling SO grateful that I am not there today, I feel so unworthy that His healing grace made such a difference in me that I no longer have to use that chair.
So many of you lately have been sending me requests for pictures of our home at Christmastime! I have had one special request for the wreath I made out of my Grandmother’s old ornaments and lights which I hang inside my kitchen window every year. This one is not as fancy and pretty as those we make and sell online, but it fills and warms my heart with so many fond memories with each glance.
I really LOVE filling up my kitchen window at Christmas! I change it every year! But, there are two things that always stay the same…first, I ALWAYS use my favorite antique stained glass windows which are propped up on my window ledge.
Hope When You’re Physically Down…Pain was the main focus of my life for so many years. It colored the way I thought and felt, and reacted to the world around me. I had to learn this the hard way. I used to beg and plead with God; “Please show me what I need to do, Please show me what I need to change, I will do anything to only get better.” God, in His wisdon knew that the lessons I needed to learn came only with time. As always, He sees “Eternity” and we see “right now.
How to Make a Wreath, Find Your Own Style I am always thinking about how to help my customers learn to “how to make a wreath” as easily as
This country and now their “new” orphanage, El Amor de Patricia need help! We have not known exactly how God wanted us to help until now. We feel very strongly that God is leading us to increase awareness, and to raise money for “El Amor de Patricia”, an orphanage which is run and operated from donations of others.
I have had troubles, have felt pain, exhaustion, sorrow, and hopelesness. But this verse tells me that God has used this to comfort me, therefore giving me a heart to comfort those who are going through the same thing by sharing God’s comfort I received.
2 Corinthians 1
…and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
