Creative Treasures

Sunday, June 21

Extravagant Worship

For Christians, worship expresses reverence, awe and praise to God. Because true worship is personal, it has unlimited styles of expression and can stir up strong emotions. What is your worship style? Is it quiet and dignified or extravagant and spontaneous?

Some people may be embarrassed by your worship style or criticize you. God’s honor is the issue here – not your own honor or the honor of those around you. At times, your praise or worship of God may even be offensive or embarrassing to others. But what people think of you or your mode of worship is irrelevant. Don’t let fear of others rob you of the wonder that comes from joyful abandonment to God. (Proverbs 29:25)

Worship style is not the real issue here; heart attitude is. True worship is a spirit-to-spirit encounter with God. Do you lift your hands in praise? Do you bow with your face to the floor? Do you dance? Whisper? Clap? Shout? Think about your most comfortable style of worship. Now take a deep breath spiritually and try something new. if you tend to have a quiet and reflective worship style, put on praise music, in the privacy of your home, and dance before the Lord. If you usually sing and shout to the Lord in praise, slow down, to experience the peace of contemplative worship. Whatever your style, whatever your circumstance, whatever your condition – praise him!

I created this with PSE7 printed on HP presentation paper and glued to a 4x4 coaster. I used Black stickles to make the guitar stand out. Digi kit from The Sweet Shoppe - Pop Rocks.

EnJOY!

Friday, June 19

Fresh Berries

My Rockstar chick called me today and said she left a bunch of strawberries on my front step for me. I stopped at the store on my way home from work and bought a few supplies. I quickly did a little house cleaning and laundry them made these yummy jars of delight. Strawberry freezer jam! YUMMO!

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Monday, June 15

Coming Together

Its amazing how long it takes to get some things done. I’ve been working on putting together and organizing my craft room since… Hmmmm.. January?? It just takes time to find furniture… etc… and I’m still not done. I ordered a new desk. It took two weeks to get here. When My Handyman opened the box. The Desk top was broke! Luckily we were able to return to a local store and get a refund. It was a nice large desk too. It had shelves on each end for storage. No drawers. Room for two people to sit at. Oh well!! I decided not to order another like it. I looked on line for a writing desk. Basically I just want a big table to spread out on. I found one at Overstock. com and it was only $98 with shipping. It arrived today and only took me a few minutes to put together. I may order one more… I haven’t decided on that yet…

(BEHIND CLOSET DOORS)

I keep all of my CTMH stamp sets in these drawers. They fit perfectly. And my nestabilities, too.

I painted my InkStak white a couple of weeks ago. I bought it from Stamper storage. AKA Erin at Inky Smiles. All the wood trim in my house is white. The walls in my room are a champagne yellow. My Handyman hung that for me tonight, also..

Things are starting to come together. I’m feeling a little more organized. Maybe I’ll have more time to create!

EnJOY!

Sunday, June 14

Catching Up

Today I’m trying to catch up on my Scripture Challenge cards and the His Holy Name Challenge. I made 8 - 4x4 digital pages for the scripture challenge and 2 - 6x6 pages for the His Holy Name challenge.

I’ve had a headache since last Wednesday and haven’t felt real well. During our yard sale yesterday I had several bloody noses; and again today. Two years ago I had to have my nose cauterized, which was an awful horrible experience and I don’t want to have it done again. Basically a vein in my nose cracks because of dryness. I use a humidifier, saline spray in my nose, moisturizing gel.. etc… Its been raining for weeks now and the air is pretty humid. I can’t believe this is happening! Its not just a simple nose bleed. It gushes and in a split second my shirt is covered with blood. It takes about 20 minutes to stop…

I decided to take it easy today… basically not doing much but be creative. ( I did do two batches of laundry) . I haven’t had a bleed for about 4 hours. I’m crossing my fingers and toes.. It I have to have it cauterized again… I’m getting anesthetic! My nose was packed for a week last time! Nothing like having a big ole tampon hanging out the nose!

Anyway… I printed out my projects. Now I need to cut them out. Glue to the 4x4 coasters and 6x6 scrap pages and add a little extra bling. I hope to share them with you this week!

OH! and I made a new blog header.. Did you notice? All using Photoshop elements 7

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Saturday, June 13

The Weekend

My Grandson spent the night Thursday.. We played and read every book that he could find about 100 times. We had a lot of fun! He’s such a silly boy! During his nap I gathered a few things for our neighborhood annual yard sale. I found more than I planned. So….. This is what I’m doing today!!! Hopefully making a little moolah!!

I haven’t been a very good blogger lately. It seems with the nicer weather I’m out and about more and not at my computer. I ordered a new desk for my craft room and when I finally received it, it was damaged so I had to return it. I don’t have a table set up to make any cards.. and I have several I need to make next week. I’ll have to bring in one of my folding tables for awhile.