A sweet hand-crafted card for Spring

This evening I enjoyed working with these pretty pastels.... it seems that I am drawn to all shades of lavender and purple and pink these days...... and I have also found myself getting that same itch that I get every year around this time, too! It's an itch to plant flowers..... lots and lots of flowers..... as soon as the weather settles a bit, though....... I had bought a pretty tin bucket last year that I am hoping to use as a planter of sorts..... hmmmm..... what do I want to see growing in it? Maybe something Lavender, purple and pink? I don't know yet.... but it is fun imagining what I'll put in there.....

I have caught yet another cold.... **Sigh** and my lungs are filling up yet again.....my Mom and Sister are also suffering from this cold.... when you get the three of us in the same room.... we sound like a family of Seals barking away ..... LOL!

I went with my sister to petsit this weekend, and spent more time just lying around than I usually do..... made it to T.J. Maxx Homegoods, bought a pretty Spring Wreath for our Door.... and then went out to the car and fell asleep while my sister finished up in Ross.... then both of us headed back to the house, coughing up a lung or two.... and just took it easy the rest of the day.... we didn't feel like doing much else!

I hope each of you had a wonderful weekend...... as always, I am rejoicing in my Heavenly Father's Steadfast Love today....I didn't get to make it to the Thursday night Service at our Church, and didn't make the A.M. Sunday service, either.... so I was pretty anxious to get to the Sunday P.M. service.... I knew that if I could just walk through those doors..... and worship God with my brothers and sisters.... and hear those beautiful songs of Praise... and if I could hear the Preached Word of God..... I would feel so much better....... I was just starved for it! Goodness! I detest having to miss Church....... and you know what? Oh My! The service just fed my soul! And it gave me strength to keep on Walking with my Lord! And as I worshipped... I began to feel the joy and peace that only Jesus can give......

A Pretty "Sign" of Spring

I had this nice, thick square of green and white cardboard, and hated to waste it, or throw it away.....

So I thought, hmmm..... what can I make with it???

So I took a trip to Hobby Lobby and Michaels for some pretty scrapping paper, Prima flowers, and ribbons...... and then added a K and Co butterfly, and some lace that I been saving, into my crafty "pile"..... and got to cutting, glueing, and tying....... and I had fun!

This is the first thing I've done like this.... and I see things I should change if I do another one.... but I have gotten lots of ideas for the future, plus had fun crafting away.....

I think it looks Spring-y, and I just LOVE the bird's nest... don't bird's nests make you think Spring??

Hmmm... wouldn't a Valentine's one be pretty?

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs,

Jenni

Meet Delilah Duck

(Delilah is about a foot and a half tall, though you can't tell it from the photo)

Last weekend, I went shopping at T.J. Maxx Homegoods with my sister, and saw this adorable duck. She is made by the Annalee doll company, famous for their mice and elves and bunnies and ducks... and all sorts of critters. I just had to have her! I thought she would be the perfect Spring decoration to place in the room where I teach piano lessons...... I really enjoy doing little things to see my students smile.......

And she is doing what I purchased her for.... you should see the smiles that she has gotten when the kids spy her..... one dear little man named Aiden (I have blogged about him before) named her "Delilah"..... I asked him to choose between some names and he liked Delilah the best, so Delilah it is!

Also: thanks for all of the kind comments and thoughts and prayers for my grandmother...... she is supposed to have surgery in the morning if all goes as planned. She was sleeping very peacefully when I left the hospital a few moments ago, and I prayed for her as she slept, knowing Jesus Christ, Who is the God of the Universe and the ages... is also the Great Physician!!! So there is no better place to be than in His Tender Care...... How I love Him!

Spring in my Heart....

(Click on photo for a closer look, if you'd like)

It's a sunny 66 degrees here today in our part of Texas, and it feels like Spring. I know it will get colder again, but for right now, I am thinking of what kind of flowers I can plant and pot in a few months to brighten our patio and porch.

I was looking through some photos from last year, and came across this picture of the Azalea in our front yard. Isn't it pretty? As I look at it, I am reminded yet again of what an artist God, the Master Creator is! And to think He has given us so many beautiful things here on earth to enjoy.

It's only January, but it is Springtime in my heart today..... God is Real, and He loves us..... that is enough to turn even a dreary day Bright with promise.... Because He has given His children a promise.... The promise that He will never leave us or forsake us....

Praise His Name!