Delight in your family

friends

loved ones

even if they live broken...

Delight in them.

We all live broken.

Some haven't started letting Him

put their hearts back together.

God of Compassion,

When I hesitate to  be with another, strengthen me.

When I question the quality of my presence, assure me.

When I want to show my worth through action, humble me.

When I miss the needs of the one who suffers, awaken me.

When I forget the beauty of a loving presence, remind me.

When I run away from the call to be there, bring me back.

Joyce Rupp

"Prayer is not a question of altering things externally, but of working wonders in a man's disposition. When you pray, things remain the same, but you begin to be different."

Oswald Chambers

Hebrews 12:28 The Message:

"Do you see what we've got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander. He's actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won't quit until its all cleansed. God Himself is fire!"

I never thought of it that way. I mean I always thought it was because I prayed that an answer would come. I thought that if I prayed correctly and enough then that would 'make' God answer my prayer. But it's not for me to 'get' God to answer. Prayer is for me to change and listen to God show me His way in waiting for the answer... therefore, living God's will. So it's really not in doing per se. It's in being. The more I pray the more I know God. The more I pray the more I trust God. The more I pray the easier it is to 'be' in God's will, not 'do' God's will. More living it, breathing it. No formulas, no schedules, no knowledge collecting. Genuine being. Prayer is being close to God and getting burned. (in a good way)"

My Momma passed away this month, September 10th 2010.
I miss you!
:O(

On Creative Catalysts today...

From Behind the Camera: Words of Caution

My words of caution are: don't be cautious.
This was brought home to me while attending a recent memorial service.

Each of us has only so much time on this earth.

Especially in art,
any time we spend being afraid of our own inner voice is a waste of a limited resource.

Oscar Wilde said it best, "Be yourself, everyone else is taken!"

Inspiration Boards...

So, I just learned that what I have been doing just about most of my life is called making an inspiration board. I put a bunch of ideas together and then I create my own piece from it. I just haven't figured out how to get all the photos together like this yet. Cool, inspiration boards... Here's one I saw at colormegreenanew.blogspot.com

I was looking for ideas for table decor and found this really cool website...

Easter terrariums...

Making snowmen at my "studio" corner...

Working on Altered Wedding Anniversary book here...

Lining up my next creation!

My New Puppies

Shaggy



Scooby

Snowmen I am finally finishing from last year!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

My hydrangeas... not real dry yet...

something new i'm trying...

Collages from my trip...

drying Hydrangeas... will have to try with mine!

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/10/made-with-love-drying-hydrangeas.html

With the most primitive means the artist creates something which the most ingenious and efficient technology will never be able to create.
::: Kasimir Malevich :::

"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as if everything is. "

~ Albert Einstein

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.

Konrad Adenaur