Something pretty...

to look at! found on pinterest. A very cool website!

I would love to have the chair and mirror in my master suite...that is, ehem, if I had a master suite...

Planting the Seeds of Servanthood

FMSC.org


Yesterday, The Girl went with her cousins and some friends to volunteer at one of the packing centers for Feed My Starving Children. They packed thousands of bags. Those bags contained a mixture of rice and other nutritious items that could be mixed with boiling water. One bag contained enough for 6 meals.

She came home last night full of information about starving children and how this organization is feeding them all around the world. The bags they packed yesterday were scheduled to be delivered to children in Haiti. It was all she could talk about. And this morning we spent some time looking at their website and looking for more opportunities to volunteer.

The seeds of servanthood, planted so many years ago, have been watered and nurtured once again. And the fruits of this labor of love will bring hope to all the children of the world. Can we ask for anything more?

Inspiration Station: Upcycled TP Tubes

found on flickr

Isn't this amazing?! Who would have thought that the lowly, empty toilet-paper tube could be turned into something so lovely? I think I might start saving those cardboard tubes and have a little fun :)

Inspiration Station: Embroidery

I am so in love! Not only is it Queen Elizabeth I, but it's embroidery! The dress, the fencing, those trees! So amazing! This is definitely going on my "to-craft" list!

tutorial here

Here's a close up look at one of those trees:
Truely amazing work!

On the hunt for...

THE PERFECT BEACH TOWEL!!!

Find the tutorial here
Because I want to make this! A couple years ago I had a lovely pink striped beach towel. But it joined the group going to the water park one fine day and became lost in lounger land. Sadly, it's never been replaced. But now the hunt is on. I need a nice big, thin pile beach towel to turn into this amazing swimsuit cover-up dress. I figure if I make my beach towel into a dress, it's unlikely anyone in my family will want to borrow it! *crossing my fingers!*

Photo Shoot with R2-D2

R2-D2 was in the neighborhood and wanted to take a look around. I always thought the grass was cut a little short, but for R2 it's a jungle out there!

We didn't get far when he stopped to smell some flowers.

It was getting warm and the kids were in the pool, so we stopped by to see what was going on. R2 decided to get some sun and see what he could do about his pasty exterior.

While lounging around R2 decided he wanted to get a look at things from a new vantage point. Choosing a new perspective is always a good thing. Just don't fall, okay? We don't have any spare parts.

The day was slipping by and R2 was a little tired. He called Chewie for a pick up, but he chose the wrong place to wait. No parking here my friend.

Inspiration Station: The Kitchen Plates

Look at these pretties! I found this on DesignSponge. Which was inpired by

Lisa Congdon's clever kitchen post on Design Sponge. I like this idea and fully intend to copy it when I finally have a house again :)  Especially since I loooooove collecting interesting old plates and things. What a fun collection!

I Won! I Won! I Won!

Isn't it cute?

I won this very pretty pink daisy ring from Pieces of Me on etsy. I left a comment at Craft Gossip in one of their giveaways - and I actually won! What a great little treat to find in the mail :)

Bathing Beauty

I love this get-up! Talk about stylin'. This is beachwear :)

Now that the weather is warmer we'll be spending some time by the pool. I wish today's swimwear had a bit more swagger, character and class. Four triangles of fabric just doesn't cut it. Where's the creativity? Where's the mystery? Where's the modesty?!

And I'm not just saying this because I'm not a size 2. I believe there is something to be said for maintaining some modesty in our attire, whether it be swimwear or everyday wear. We need to have more respect for ourselves and for those around us. We need to understand that we are more than a pretty face and hot body. We should treat ourselves as more than a commodity on the exchange.

We are more than meets the eye! :)

Boating Fun

There has been a lot of rain the last couple days. We have huge puddles everywhere.

Every little boys dream.

Making paper boats and racing them in the puddles!

J and his friends decided to make paper boats so they had an excuse to play in the water. They each came up with a different design and put it together themselves. I thought I'd join in so I made a simple, folded-paper style boat. I ended up making 2 of them because one of the boys broke his boat before it even made it into the water.

The heaviest looking boat was the one that actually won the race. He was smart enough to put some kind of sail on his boat to help catch the wind!

I took the opportunity to play around with my camera. I chose a very small puddle to play in. I don't like ruining my shoes anymore.  Now, if I had a pair of galoshes....

INSPIRATION OVERLOAD!

Everytime I get my new Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine my fingers just start itching to create something,

anything. I just need to get out the paper, the pencils, the markers, the glue. I dig out the paints and the brushes. I find my inks and my stamps. I go through the stash, looking for anything I might want to work with. And then I remember...I have no place to work. If it doesn't fit on the kitchen table-ette and it can't be done while perched on my end of the couch, then it's not gonna happen! So I have all these ideas, bubbling around in my head and they're just stuck there. They tool around, sticking themselves into my conversations. They poke their heads out when I try to read a book. They wag their tongues when I start smaller craft projects, screeching with indignation that I chose to do something else. It really does get noisy and crowded up there.

I suppose it's a good thing this whole full-time RV life is coming to an end soon. Just not quite soon enough for my creative self. (She gets a little crabby when I take away the scissors.) So, until that day comes, I'll stick to knitting on the couch and putting pictures into my Project 365 scrapbook.

Shamrocks in my garden

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

These tiny little clovers began peeking out from under my cacti a few days ago. Aren't they pretty?

Little Yellow Bicycle Love!

I was tooling around the internet, looking for some inspiration, and I decided to pop in to 2peas and see what was going on, take a peek at the new hot products, get some fresh ideas for scrapbook pages. I was NOT disappointed! Check out some of these great finds from Little Yellow Bicycle!

Clothesline Fabric Flowers

Clothesline 10 Things Pocket

Clothesline Fabric Embellishments

Generation Z Clear Cut Film Strips

Generation Z Fabric Tags

Generation Z Metal Gears

I am so in love! The Clothesline products are so beautiful. I could easily use several of those products! And the Generation Z?! Those are totally rad, man! hehe...ehem... in fact, they are quite popular, as every item I looked at was already SOLD OUT! I'm so putting these on my wish list! So, any family/friends reading my blog can hop on over to 2 Peas in a Bucket and pick up a few of these for my stocking!

Fun and Free Ephemera

mosaic maker at BigHugeLabs

All of these images were found on *The Graphics Fairy*. She has found some of the most amazing ephemera and taken the time to scan it all in, sometimes even doing some editing work! Talk about a treasure trove of goodies! These are just some of the lovelies I saved. And there are many, many more. Go check it out :)

I LOVE COLOR!!!

COLOURlovers is an awesome website. I find so much inspiration when I cruise through the palettes of color. Here are a couple of my current favorites. The "Understanding" palette is the one I chose to use for my Project 365 journaling cards.

Where R U Spring

Understanding

Art Noveau Bright

I could easily spend hours looking at all the pretty colors, and making some palettes of my own!

Zentangles!

This is my first Zentangle. It's the opening page of my "scribble book". I read an article about Zentangles in the December issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors. And then a few weeks later I saw some new Zentangle postings on Craftster. And of course, I felt like I needed to try this out. I used to make these types of doodles all the time when I was younger, and I remember doing something similar for an art class in college. I have so many projects going at once I don't know how often I'll be doodling, but when the urge strikes I'm already set up to go!

Fashion Find

A guy who's not afraid of color and wears it well

found on The Sartorialist

love, love

This picture has been making its way around the net. And I'm not one bit surprised. Someday, I'll have a studio and this photo will be part of my inspiration. Join in the love, won't you?

source: weheartit.com