The Best Discovery

Many of you may already know this.  I just had never thought of it before today.  Why?  I honestly don't know.  Maybe I was always concerned with what I needed to do, with what was required from me.  Maybe?  But I made a very comforting discovery today.  Have you ever thought that JESUS PRAYS FOR YOU? He does, Jesus prays for you and me and everyone who loves him. Many of you may be going DUH!  But in truth I honestly had not thought about Jesus saying a prayer for me.  I was raised that I should pray, I just never even thought of the concept before. I always feel so very blessed when my friends and family pray for me.  I am overwhelmed when I think of Jesus praying for me.  I am so excited! 


In John 17, Jesus is praying for his disciples and he says in verse 20, "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message"


I have thought of Jesus going before God and interceding for me before.  I imagined him standing with His Father and saying, "I have got this friend, Amber and she needs some help."  I never had the imagine of Jesus, kneeling on my behalf or laying a hand on my shoulder and bowing his head.  I love it!  It makes me feel so comforted and joyful! 


Take some time and make a prayer request to your best friend Jesus. Can you think of anything better right now?

Now I would like you to meet our new wee friend. 

He makes ya smile doesn't he? 

He is super easy, a very welcome guest.

First of all, I enlisted the help of the barbwired boys. 

They cut me the end of a fence post, took some molding and cut a tiny piece off

 and cut a square and strip from some bead board we had. 

This is what the boys gave to me,

Now it was up to me to work a bit o' Irish magic.  I painted the boards,

bead board went black and the fence post wood 

and molding went flesh colored.  Just like this,

Now for a nose job!  I just hot glued that lil' ol' piece of molding

on to the fence board

and wa lah!

Then I glued the strip of bead board on to the square and we got us a hat! 

I took some green plaid ribbon and well... a hat band is born....

I made a shamrock out of my polymer clay. 

This is my choice for clay, Sculpey Iii Polymer Clay 2 Ounces - Leaf Green. 

Super simple, just flatten a piece of green clay and use a cookie cutter.

Here is the one I used Wilton Green Metal Shamrock Cookie Cutter. 

I rolled a snake of clay and applied it around the outside edge of the clay. 

I baked it and hot glued it on.

Now our little buddy just needs some eyes and some hair. 

 I thought for quite a while about his hair and beard. 

Finally I came up with some flowers from Dollar Tree. 

I took them apart and cut the flower in to two pieces.

I painted him on some eyes, roseied his cheeks with a little pink

and began gluing on his "hair and beard".  Like this...

Glue on his hat and you are through with your new friend!

I think he is a cute fellar!

What do you think?





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Do Overs

First of all let me give you a little peek at what we have captured.... Shhh....

Now aren't we lucky??? Our special leprechaun trap has worked!!  We are so excited to have our little visitor.  You have to be very sneaky when going after the wee people.  We made a rather enticing hot tub for our fairy friend.  I will show you more of him in a minute.

Do Overs

Do you believe the we choose our own lives, do we manifest our destiny?  Do we actually control where we are today and how we got here?  What if your life has not turned out the way you had intended?  If you had made the right choices, wouldn't you be exactly where you had the desire to be right now?  Or do you begin to question if you ever really had a choice or not?  What if this is just the way it was meant to be?  Just how much of our situations in life can we direct and how much is just the way it is or who we are? 

Sorry for all the questions!  Whew!! 

If we do not feel like we have any control over where our lives are or where they are headed, isn't that a hopeless feeling?  We always have choice.  Sure sometimes we may tell ourselves that there simply is no choice, but in truth there is a choice for every situation.  That choice may not be the path of least resistance or the most attractive option, but we have to set our hearts on driving our passions toward OUR life. 

So right now, maybe your life is not where you want it to be.  Maybe you got off the path to those dreams.  It's ok, if you are breathing there is still time.  Decide what your passions are and go for them.  God allows for DO OVERS.  What else is His mercy and grace all about?  Every morning we can awake with a new chance.  It is our choice... but it is also our life!  What a beautiful life!! 

So now on to our wee friend! 

I won't do a full tutorial here, in truth that would take a long time.  To begin with, I used Maureen Carlson's book, "How to Make Clay Characters" to get the instructions for the leprechaun.  This is an amazing book that I have had for quite some time.  Here are a few pics of the process -

Hands and head

Leprechaun in teacup supported by foil

 I used Sculpey clay for all parts of the leprechaun, clothes, sign and flowers. 



Once I completed all the steps in the book, I went on to our 'staging'.  I used a terra cotta pot that I already had available and painted it green.  I then stuffed the pot with newspaper.

Next, I covered the newspaper with green felt. 

The hubs purchased me some Styrofoam rocks covered with fake carpet moss and hot glued them on top of the felt and had my son find me some small stones for a path to the hot tub.  My lil' guy also found me a stick for the sign.  It is great to have all that help!

I used some sticks we had and made a ladder (the leprechaun has to have a way to get up in the pot right?) 

He must have appreciated the help, he left his cane at the bottom and a little present for us!

He seems very content in his little hot tub!

He left his shoes and socks along the way...

He even left his pants lying around!

He did manage to hang up his shirt, coat and hat on the tea cup handle.

Here he is with his rubber duckie.  Always a necessity for any good hot tub!

And a view from the top...

We are enjoying our wee friend. I hope you do too!!

A very special thank you to my daughter for the mucho better looking pics of our little friend!  She is so talented!


Have a blessed weekend!!!!!

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