Hymn & Scripture Challenge

Hymn Challenge #6: Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Words Attributed to: Dorothy A. Thrupp
b. June 20, 1779; d. Dec. 14, 1847


Music: William B. Bradbury
b. 1816; d. 1868
You can read the devotion for this hymn, HERE

This is another hymn I had not heard of before.  I have  included the video below if you would like to listen to the song.

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Word Art Wednesday

Over at my Photo Blog I participate in a weekly Word Art Wednesday challenge.  They give us a Bible verse or quote to use in a piece of art.  I usually put it on one of my photographs I have taken. 

But this week I wasn't feeling any of my pictures, so I created something in my art journal.  I was thinking HEARTs!  This is what became of all my messiness. 

Spring has Arrived!

You know it is spring WHEN:  My hubby has hit the river! 

Magnolias are bursting at the seams.

Crocuses are in full bloom.

 The frogs are back out in our little pond.

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Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Hymn and Scripture Challenge

The next hymn in the challenge is

 "May the Mind of Christ My Savior"

Text Written by: Kate B. Wilkinson
b. August 27, 1859; d. December 28, 1928

Music Written by: A. Cyril Barham-Gould
b. 1891; d. 1953
You can read the devotion Patter wrote HERE

I had not heard this hymn before so I am including a music video so you can listen to it too!

Scrapbook Life Journal

Here is month two of the Scrapbook Life Journal project.

This month’s theme is SURRENDER.

Below are the pages I completed for this month.

~Surrendering means, self denial.



~Surrendering means, the Lord is in control.


~Surrendering means, acknowledging that everything comes from the Lord.


~Surrendering means, submitting my life to the Lord.


“Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word” Luke 1:38


I found this quote from John Wesley that reads:
“Lord, I am no longer my own, but Yours. Put me to what You will, rank me with whom You will. Let be employed by You or laid aside for You, exalted for You or brought low by You. Let me have all things, let me have nothing, I freely and heartily yield all things to Your pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You are mine and I am Yours. So be it. Amen.”

To see the other months of my journal, look at the SLJ 2012 tab at the top of my blog.

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Wedding Invitations

Well this weekend the wedding invitation shop opened!  Sarah and I gathered our supplies and got to work.  Thanks to her friend Amy who designed the inside of the invitation, they are awsome!!!!  If you need some graphic design work done you can contact her at crowley.amy22@gmail.com She is just starting up her business so I thought I would give her a shout OUT!!!

We took the PDF to staples and they printed them out for 10 cents each.  The girls at the counter were oohing and aahhhing over them.  They thought a carnival theme was so FUN!

Next we cut them out and bordered them with colored cardstock. We scored them in thirds and attached the middle of the invite to the cardstock. (It is less bumpy this way when you fold them)

We added a cute Carnival of LOVE ticket to the front and  tied them with bakers twine.

My hubby made these monogram stickers for the envelopes.  Sarah colored them in to match the invites! 

9.00 copys (brought our own cardstock)

8.00 cardstock (white and colored found on sale)

.50 Bakers Twine (used about that much from a 5.00 spool)

7.00 Envelopes

27.00 Postage

TOTAL: for 60 invitations 52.00

One more thing done.  CHECK it off the list......

PS  if you wondering where the RSVP card is, they are doing that online.  Thanks to technology they have their own WEDDING WEBSITE and everyone is going to RSVP online, (saving us probably around 40 bucks). 

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Wedding Decorations

So here are the things I am working on for the decoration of the barn.  We are make 12 table centerpieces.  Six will be this popcorn container.  It will of course be real candy.  I just made paper ones to get an idea of how it would look before I purchased them.

The other six will be these glass jars.  I like these much better but I am only able to get six.  They will have M&M's in them along with the other candy.  What do you think?  Pretty fun, right!!!  This will not be your typical wedding reception.  The bride and groom want everyone to relax and just have fun.

Here are the rosette/flowers I have been making.  They are going to hang in all the windows around the room.  See below....

Here is my next big project.  I am going to cut all this fabric into traingles to make banners to hang between those wooden poles.  I found a great deal on the ribbon.  Each of the bags holds 100 yards and they only cost 25 CENTS! 

So this is what I am hoping to recreate.  Wish me luck,

Layouts

Working through my pile of pictures. We went to Florida three times last year!  So I am going through a bunch of bright and summery papers. 

 I use Sun Kissed by Bo Bunny for these pages.

 This last one was from a class I taught for a ladies ministry craft day.  The ladies made a little book with the verses.  I just put them onto a page to place in my album.

Thanks for stopping by.................

Hymn & Scripture Challenge 2012

The next hymn in the challenge is Standing on the Promises by Russell Kelso Carter.  You can read Patter's devotion about this hymn at her site, Triple the Scraps

 

It was hard to just pick one verse for my page.  The Lord gives us sooooo many promises in his word.  Patter shared this site called 365 Promises.  You can sign up for a daily promise to be sent to you.  What I love is the verses are placed on beautiful pictures.  Something I like to do too.  I recieve them on my phone every morning.  What a great way to wake each day!  They also have slide shows for each month of the year to watch.  I spent a long time at this site.  It really stired my heart.  Please take some time to visit the site.

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