The Summer Holidays have arrived!

Hello Lovelies! 

I can't quite believe that the Summer has arrived! It only seems like yesterday that my eldest was starting at Secondary School and here we are at the end of the first year already! I know I have been busy, but time does seem to have flown by!

I always seem to find it rather tricky  to fit creativity into the Summer break as there are lots of things to do, and 3 kids to keep occupied, but I have set myself a mini challenge this time round to see if it helps me to continue with my creative process as well as enjoying the kids being at home.

So! I have decided to try and keep a sketchbook of face designs over the break-exploring and developing my whimsy faces. The sketchbook is fairly small so I am not giving myself a huge task to achieve each time, but I am going to try and carve a bit of time every week to keep my creativity flowing.

Funnily enough, it seems to have already helped me to keep my focus!  Because I haven't 'written off' being creative in my head I have taken quite a few photos of things that have inspired me over the last few days, which has also been lovely! 

So there's my plan! I have finished my first face, so that's a good start! Let's see how many faces I can create in the next six weeks! You are very welcome to join me on this challenge too! Would be fantastic to see how you get on! :-)

Hope you all have a joy filled summer break!
Xxx

challenge no.1 18.7.15

Here and now Joy

Hello Lovelies!

Today's devotional reading in Ann Voskamp's book 'One Thousand Gifts' struck a chord with me.

It reads "As long as thanks is possible then joy is possible." 

I find it so easy to get tossed about by things which alter my state of joy. I find I can move from being satisfied and happy with life one minute to being frustrated and fed up the next-all in a matter of minutes-just because something has shifted the perception of my world from feeling 'all is well' to 'nothing is right and it's all a mess!' 

But if what Ann says is true, then when I thank-when I choose to thank, then I can experience and live in joy, because joy is always possible when I thank. If I slow down to see it; to search high and low for it if I have to, it can be found, in the here and now.

What a challenge this is! But a fruitful challenge which will result in a renewed sense of wonder and thankfulness for the celebration of our daily lives; for the celebration of Today!

So I will remind myself: Be thankful, and celebrate Today.

Have a lovely weekend.

xxx

Adorned in beauty

I Choose Joy.

Hello Lovelies!

It feels like I am letting life pass me by so quickly these days and I am forgetting to be thankful for the little things.

So today I choose joy, in naming the things I am thankful to my Maker for:

*  Today
*  Strawberry slices and rocket leaves
*  Squirty cream into open mouths
*  A growing boy!
*  Beads and wool in the hands of a creative girl
*  The pre teen in his uniform
*  Coming together in prayer
*  Hubby eating breakfast
*  Togetherness in the morning
*  The little one still needing hugs
*  Turning round to wave goodbye at the school gate
*  Brother and sister walking into school together

So small and yet so Big! And my heart is fuller because of them!

Have a beautiful day all.

xxx