Category: personal
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Fun Friday Five
Here is what I am into this week: DIY Traveler’s Notebook This is one of my projects to make for my summer break and I can hardly wait to get all the supplies to make one. No, I am not going to use it for a traveling notebook. I have several Moleskine journals that I…
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Searching the Inner Me…Who Am I?
Photo by Stuart Miles at freeditigitalphotos.net Do you ever get burnt out? If you are a woman, you probably can say a resounding YES! What is it about life these days that makes us weary and ready to crash? It’s busy. I get that, but surely there is a balance to be had in our…
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I’m Doing Documented Life 2016
I totally failed in my attempt to do the Documented Life Project last year. In my quest in being brave and opening up an Etsy shop, I was busy with keeping stock in the shop while working a full time job, which left little time for play. This year I’m making time for things that…
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31 Years With John
Today is my 31st Anniversary. I know it’s rather cliche to say, but I always feel like I am the most blessed of women to have nabbed John. He’s kind, handsome, funny, hard-working, giving, and best of all, a man who follow the Lord with his whole being. That is what makes our marriage so…
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My Mamaw: Maggie Mae Smith 1916-2015
I attended the funeral of my Mamaw today. She would have been 100 years old next month. We had a small visitation before a small graveside service in McKinney and it was a beautiful tribute to a life of faith lived well. My cousin, Curtis, said the eulogy, my husband John said the prayer, and…
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My One Word for 2016
Photo by markuso at freedigitalphotos.net My word for 2015 was Brave and it was by far the best word I’ve ever chosen. I couldn’t say no to anything last year. I had to face my fears and just do it. And it was liberating. I achieved far more than I ever thought possible I re-opened…
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Whimsical Faces and Identity Crisis
I checked out the book, Drawing and Painting Whimsical Faces by Jane Davenport and tried out a little whimsical face for myself. It was so hard, but fun to try something new. When I was finished, I decided to write something around her head and hair and this is what I wrote: Though she be…