a shop update & a birthday cake ... ♥

happy new week everyone ♥

i spent some time today in the studio 

working on a new mason jar garland 

and there's a coupon code good now through sunday! (5-26)

SUMMERTIME20 

for 20% off your purchase

can be applied to any items in the shop

and thanks so much for supporting my little handmade business

i appreciate you all

:)

my littlest little also had a birthday last week

got this cute cake bunting from here

we all had fun taking a little quiz about some of her favorite things

big sister got the most right :)

i also want to be more intentional about sending out birthday and special occasion cards

as in ... i want to send them out... uh ... on time

and to have the kids write thank you notes ... i hope it will help teach appreciation & thankfulness

i hate that it's a thing of the past

these cute kiddie thank you's are from here

well that's all for now!

happy shopping ♥

ten things for thursday ... summer time ideas ♥

so i'm a tad late with this
but technically it's not midnight yet
so it's still thursday
:)

here are 10 projects i'm dying to do with or for my girls this summer!
these and many more fun ideas can be found on my "girl" board on Pinterest

oh, and guys! 
if you want to pin these projects 
please do so from the original site
thanks. you all are the best.

♥ 

spray painted chairs
i'm in love with this chair. in love. love ♥

make tic tac toe kits!!
out of any fun things! ... my youngest said mini my little ponies :)

horse pillows
i think this would be a great project if you're teaching your kids to sew

lampshade turned pretty room decoration thingy!

sweet embroidery project with felt flowers

make cardboard houses :)

we need to pass more gifts out on a regular basis ... for no reason at all ... cause it's fun

yes these will do nicely
my girls love perler beads during the summer months

rainbow & sunshine garland ♥
cause you can never have too many rainbows or too much sunshine

fairy gardens!! a must do this summer.

diy money jars 
this is a long overdue - much needed project!

hope these ideas get your crafty brains turning... summer here we come!
 much love and gladness in my heart ♥

free summer print ... ♥

lately i've been worrying a lot about waste.

wasted time.

wasted energy.

wasted words.

waste.

it comes back to the fact that most days if my attitude could speak for it self, it would say

"i got this"

"i'll figure it out"

"i can do this on my own"

that stinks.

cause realistically nothing can be done on my own

i can't be the kind of wife my husband needs - on my own

i can't be the kind of mom my kids need - on my own

i can't even be nice on my own

really 

and some days it just feels better to be nasty. doesn't it?

well for a while it does. then it comes crashing down later

but last time i checked

yup.

just checked...

i'm not asked to do it on my own

i'm not called to be perfect

i'm just called to be faithful

My grace is sufficient for you

 for my power is made perfect in weakness

second corinthians twelve.nine

and because i try to do it all by myself

it gets messed up

and it feels like waste

but nothing is waste

Psalm 139 says that God is before us & behind us

He is sovereign

to Him

nothing is wasted

in the hands of the One who redeemed my soul

there is no waste

click here to download

then go and listen to this song from Jason Gray

go. do it. ♥