Archives for November 2015

Hey everyone!  Hope your Thanksgiving was a blast.  Just checking in today to remind you it’s Small Business Saturday and I’ve got a major sale going on HERE.  Everything is priced to go from buntings and BURP CLOTHS…I know you want a burp cloth…to small and large canvases plus everything in between.  I need it all gone asap because we have zero room in our house for all this 🙂  So go shop and feel free to share with your friends.

Thanks everyone.

Happy Saturday!

So many random fun things to tell you today.  First off, you don’t want to miss out on next week.  I am so flippin’ excited I can barely stand it.  So all my free Noonday Collection arrived from my recent party where you guys went nutso crazy and purchased with great purpose.  Seriously amazing.  And now it’s time to celebrate with giveaways.  Soooooo many awesome things just for you guys.  I cannot wait to start mailing these beauties out just in time for Christmas.  I’m going to do some giveaways over on Instagram too so find me @pitterpatterart and follow along.

I’m having a big sale this Saturday.  It’s support small business Saturday and I have leftovers from the Made South Market that need to go.  There will be big & small canvases, buntings, a few prints & key fobs, some word towels and BURP CLOTHS!!!!  Oh my, will there ever be burp cloths.  So many burp cloths you guys.  They will be $15 and I can personalize them with one letter of your choice.  They need to go.  Don’t you want to buy all of them?!?!?!

I cleaned out my office yesterday and today.  It was INSANE!!!!  I have some orders to get completed and I couldn’t even work in there anymore so it was high time.  I cleaned out so much stuff.  In an effort to make sure all my parties have a twinge of weird, I’m going to have a huge free pile at the Timbali party next Thursday December 3rd.  So not only can you Christmas shop from a company who is empowering women and changing the world plus devour some yummy food and drinks, but now you can also leave with free random things.  I told you I like to keep things fun and weird.  Plus I have some fun door prizes.  Come anytime between 5:30-8:30 and get your shop on.  Message me HERE if you need more details and bring your friends.

In my great clean out I decided to sell my whole metal stamping set:  2 different heart stamps, 1 bird, 4 different alphabets, 1 number set, mallet, metal block, cleaning pads, shine brite, metal clamp for making two different sized holes in metal, lots of round blanks, rings for attaching , string and random silverware. $200 for local pick-up.  I don’t mind shipping it either, but will add shipping costs.

Today we got down to major kindness advent prep work.  It is crazy this will be our 5th year doing this.  You can read about our first year HERE.  This post is a good one to read too with past links and ideas.  It is so much fun and we all just love it to pieces.  Today the kids sat down and made all their choices and we made it official by marking our calendar with each kindness act.  I’m still thinking about how to display our envelopes this year.  Here’s our list if you want to join in with us:
Donuts for school staff, handmade mail, encouraging notes on cars, share sonic happy hour, surprise chalk art, handmade ornament delivery, purchase school supplies for classrooms, make bookmarks and leave at library, baked goods for fire/police station, snack and coffee for salvation army bell ringer, help with Christmas for a family, red box rental bucket, handout children’s books at store, giveaway candy canes, treat for trashman, treat for mailman, leave notes & gift cards in shopping carts, treats to pediatrician’s office, paint rocks and leave at the playground, return grocery carts, gift person in line behind us at grocery store with gift card, surprise yard inflatable, buy someone’s lunch, sticky notes on mirrors in public bathrooms and give someone flowers.  It was so fun listening to the kids decide what to do this year all on their own.  Crazy cute.

 And now I’m off to bake for Thanksgiving.  This year I’m making cheesecake, chocolate chip cookies and rice krispy treats.  Yes, 3 desserts.  It’s Thanksgiving people.  And I will be thankful for all those tasty treats indeed.  If you’re still debating on what to make you can never, ever, ever go wrong with THIS CHEESECAKE.  Just do it!

Happy Wednesday!

The world is so heavy right now.  So much heartache and hatred and conditions for other human beings I could never imagine living in with our family.  There is death and fear.  The world feels far too heavy right now.  Like far too much to fathom or even think about.

I read two articles about syrian refugees this week…HERE and HERE.  I found myself absolutely bawling.  I mean, can you even imagine…my mind can’t physically even go to these places and situations and the actual things these people and children are enduring.

Our week has felt heavy with all that is going on in our world and news reports.  My sweet Uncle Harold passed after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.  We also found out yesterday our littlest will be going home very soon.  On one hand we are so thrilled for her and her parents and on the other hand she has been with us for 314 days and we are all so very sad to see her go.  Harper immediately broke down into tears when I told her…we shared a good cry together in the Walgreens drive-thru pharmacy line.  Later last night, after Harper went to bed, I discovered her crying her little eyes out again.  I sat with her for quite some time talking about why our family does what it does and how we’re all so happy and sad at the same time.  We talked about all the reasons we chose to be a foster family.  We talked about how Jesus says so clearly in scripture we are to first love Him and second love others.  We talked about how much we love our littlest and her parents and how if we reversed the rolls, how desperately our family would want to be reunited as well.  She gets it and I love that she gets it, but the sadness is still real and part of the reality.

One of the greatest things God has ever urged me to do is to read His word.  Bible journaling…the actual act of studying what God says in scripture has been a game changer.  If you want to know how Jesus would handle a situation all you need is scripture.  The more we know Christ, the more we learn how to imitate Him in our own everyday lives.  When I feel so unsure of all which is going on around us and in our world, God Himself is consistent and faithful…His word stands firm and is a guiding light to how we as believers are to act and love in His name.

I sat down last night to Bible journal after my talk with Harper.  I’ve been dreading Hebrews a bit, but after I actually made it through all of chapter one I was a sobbing mess by the end of it.  In the mess of the world…in the sadness and heartbreak…in the uncertainty and fear…God’s word stands true.

Hebrews 1:3 “He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.”

Hebrews 1:8-12  “You’re God, and on the throne for good; your rule makes everything right.  You love it when things are right; you hate it when things are wrong…You, Master, started it all, laid earth’s foundations, then crafted the stars in the sky.  Earth and sky will wear out, but not you; they become threadbare like an old coat; you’ll fold them up like a worn-out cloak, and lay them away on the shelf, but you’ll stay the same year after year; you’ll never fade, you’ll never wear out.”

God is absolutely still in control.  He is still on His thrown, He reigns supreme and none of the things taking place in our world surprise Him.  I think all that is going on absolutely breaks His heart and He commands us to love and to love in a manner which brings His name glory and points us all back to Him.  What my heart hopes in is Him, in His coming again and the fact that He remains the same year after year…He will not ever fade away.  So in the darkness, the chaos, the heartache, the fear, the sadness, the injustice, in the uncertainty, in the mess He is still God and He upholds it all.