Photo Coasters - Singles

I have some photo coasters done for this year.  They are 4x4 and have one of my photos on the front which has been protected with modge podge and spray sealer.  They have fleece on the bottom to protect your furniture.

One Thousand Gift - Between Sessions

I am grateful for gathering the last of Mom's apple and grape harvest this week. 
Farmers are also gathering in the harvest.
God is good all the time.  
 

In ancient times people would place a stack a stones where important events took place as a reminder of the event.  As the people traveled by the parents and grandparents retold the story to the younger ones in an oral history tradition. 

What can we do in our lives to mark the big and small events to allow us to look back and remember God's gifts?










Scrapbooking - digital, paper, Project Life are ways to record our lives.  We need to make those available to remember and recount the stories. Dig those books out regularly and browse through them.

We can use scrapbooking to create a visual reminder in our quiet space that brings us to be calm and reflective.

A digital photo frame can hold photos from a trip, event, or just the great moments of ordinary life.  It is quick and easy.  Make the frame central to life in your home for a constant reminder of the good gifts from God.

Place some images which would trigger a calming response in you so in times when needed you can cast a glance to the frame and find an image to re-center you.




A journal, a blog, a slide show on the computer are all tools to record our big and little events then provide a way to remind us to slow and tell our stories.

Mosaic Monday - Hearts & Green

Valentine's Day is just around the corner so I thought I would include a heart photo. I set up a glass heart dish I received from my parents upon graduation from college.  I placed a couple of paper heart doilies inside and a circle doily on the blue placemat.  The bird is a stuffed wool bird made by my niece as a Christmas Ornament but it adds just the repetition of red I wanted.


Did the ground hog see his shadow?  It's an early spring they say!!! Either way spring is coming.  I decided to add some green living thing to my collage today.  It's a devils ivy that my sister started for me and it's still alive after at least 6 months which is a good record for me.  I placed the yellow pot on a doily, glass plate and one of my large yellow chargers.  The colors coordinate very well.

A collage of stones and shells.  I have a small collection from travels to Florida and Nova Scotia.  Remembrances of warmer weather which will soon return here.

Sharing at Mosaic Monday hosted my Judith at Lavender Cottage.