How Many Days 'till Relay for Life?!

WOW! I certainly hope I can get all my stuff done before April 8. If not I guess there's always special orders:) Anyway, I actually have the house to myself tonight, well, except for Archie. I dropped the girls off at their friend's house for a slumber party and then met up with my great friend Renee for pedicures and dinner. I think Archie and I will work on hair accessories and watch Netflix ... ahhhh I get the remote all to myself tonight.*sigh*

A Little Gift for a Special Boy

Drum roll please ... Luke. Yes, Luke is the name my sister and my brother-in-law finally decided on and I think it is WONDERFUL! I never liked it when Amanda would ask me about names because after teaching pre-k for almost 10yrs. it was hard not to cringe at the memories some of the names brought back. However, Luke is one among others that I could give a thumbs-up on. We aren't sure about the middle name yet but that's okay, maybe they will choose Anthony, poor guy can't get any of my sisters to name their kids after him.
We may not have a full name yet but little Luke sure will look cute in this onesie I finished for him.






Like I said, I think I'm addicted to this stuff. I was so excited when we went to visit my Nana this weekend because she let me have some needles, a thimble and some old transfers that she had kept for years. I'm going to try and work on some jewelry today and some t-shirts. I found cute cross-over purses and some adorable diaper covers that I plan on embellishing soon. If anyone has an old picture they would like me to make into a necklace or bracelet you can scan the image and email it to me at www.jessifer26@yahoo.com !

Check This Out

These are just SOME of the things that I have been working on. The shorter man in the picture above is Anthony's Pappy. I thought this would make an awesome necklace or ring. The shirt is one that I just finished for Belle. I'm working on a onesie for my nephew that will be arriving in June, he has a nautical theme in his nursery so he will be sporting a cute octopus on the front and an anchor on the rear with the words, "Anchors Away". I will post a pic of that when I'm done.
I am heading to Winnie for their Trade Day, hopefully I will find some awesome antique beaded necklaces I can disassemble to make more bracelets and necklaces.

Words to live by.

Anthony and I were part of Disciple Now this weekend. We had 12 teenage girls in our house and our own two little princesses LOVED IT! We kept up as much as we could and sometimes failed miserably but we had fun none the less. Our dear dear dear friend Curtis was here with the band he performs in from time to time and it was great to watch him help lead worship. The joy in his face when he sings always touches my heart. Our special speaker was Wes Springer,, he was at one time the drummer for a Christian band called Thalon. They all went their separate ways but since then he has become a public speaker and he was just awesome. He shared a little bit about what his brother has been called to do and that is helping young girls get off the streets of Honduras after they have been made sex slaves in horrible human sex trafficking. This of course touches my heart because I have two sweet little girls of my own and some of the former slaves aren't much older than my Belle. You can find out more by going to the link www.shedances.org. Take a look and see how you can help.
Anyway, the words that I learned this weekend, or the phrase really, was this, "because God created us for relationship and we have been made "Little Jesus'" when we accepted him as our Saviour every where we go is holy ground. There is no place that we can go that we choose to bring God with us. He is there all the time, our job is to make people aware that God is already there." Kind of makes you look at things differently huh? Amazing weekend. Let me tell you, if you haven't worshiped in a while and you feel like you just need to "meet God" please volunteer at your church's next youth rally. You will be glad you did.

She'll be comin' around the mountain when she comes...

Yep, even though we have no mountains to speak of around here, I am on my way to starting my new business. LaylaBelle will be debuting at Relay for Life this year. I will start posting pictures of my eclectic collection so that you may waller in anticipation. That is total positive thinking on my part.
So get ready and I hope you enjoy going on this new adventure with me. Oh! By the way, the women's retreat was PHENOMONAL!!! Proverbs 14:1 "A wise woman builds her house but a foolish one tears it down with her two hands."