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?





Prayers and Blessings


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Romans 12:21

Romans 12:21...overcome evil with good.

How hard is that???  When someone talks bad about you, how do you overcome that evil with good?  When someone treats your child unfairly, how do you overcome evil with good?  Can it be possible for you overcome the evil with good?  It says to in the good book, so surely it is possible.  Easy? Probably not! But whatever we can not do, God can do.  Just say a prayer for that person, then say a prayer for yourself and leave the rest to Him. 

The concept of overcoming evil with good is so contrary to our nature.  We want to repay, we want revenge, we want justice!  Earlier in the same chapter of Romans 12:14, it says, "Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse."  So.. we bless and do good to those who are evil to us?  Yep!  What does that do?  First of all it makes us in line with God's word, but it also gives us peace.  Don't we all claim to want peace?  We can not create peace if we are overcoming evil with evil. Matthew 5:9. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."   Always remember that God takes care of his children.  Deuteronomy 32:35 says, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”

Remember, always remember... I am not preaching to you.  I am preaching to ME!  I just hope that what helps me, may help someone else.

Now today, I want to share with you an Irish blessing. 

Here is an Irish blessing that I have always loved.  I wanted to make sure I used this one for St. Patrick's Day crafting. 

I began with a wooden plaque from Dollar Tree.  I removed the wire from the board and then spray painted it a light green.

I then used the well known blessing and created it and printed it out.  I placed carbon paper on my board and then my printed blessing and traced it onto the board.

Here is a look at it after it was traced onto the board.

After this it was a very simple matter of following the traced lines with a paint pen.  I decided I wanted some embellishments.  I put on some paper flowers and rub ons. Finally, I added back on the wire to hang it by and finished it was some green ribbon. 

I hope you like it!

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

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Thank You Card

Not sure what happened with the last posting.  My pics and tutorial did not post.  So here is the tutorial that should have been on the posting.  

I created a Thank You card for all of those I knew had been praying for us recently.  Most especially those praying for my Rachel.  Here is what it looks like:

I had watercolor paper I purchased at Michael's on the buy one get one free sale.  I cut it into equal fourths. I then put a variation wash with watercolor on the paper.  Once this dried, I lettered it with a paint pen.  It looked like this:



I then took a giveaway magnet and cut small squares and glued them in the space between the lettering.  This will hold on our "Blessed" magnet later.

Then I just painted various hearts, vines and flower pots with the watercolors and waited for them to dry.  Once dry I used a permanent marker to line the different items and then cut them out.  I love the Micron pens. 



I used E6000 glue and placed the heart and vines in the flower pot on the card.  I have found that E6000 can hold anything and everything I have ever wanted it to.  It is my choice, I just wish I could find an fine attachment to go on the end for more precise gluing.  If anyone knows of any...email me or comment please!

Tomorrow, we will work on the refrigerator magnet.  See you then!

Have a blessed day!!!!!!!!!!!!!