Wednesday Words

My friend always says "Tidy Room Tidy Mind"

And it's so true, I can stay on track better when I know things are in their place. Hubby would sometimes say different. He claims I have lots of piles of stuff, but hey creative minds are messy. I walk a tight rope of tidy and messy. I prefer tidy! When the going gets tough raising kids, being creative things get messy!

A sure way to keep things tidy:

Make your bed everyday
Put away clothes
10 minute pick up everyday
dust
vacuum
clean glass
fresh scent

When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Luke 11:25

DIY Polaroid Picture

Um… Yea, this paper cutter is really old. I'd say 15 years old. So it's grown up with both my kids which have left me nice little markings. Even signed my name on it. How nice! Cute memories…

Last year, I actually looked for a new paper cutter. Even purchased one off amazon, but I sent it back. It wasn't cutting it. Ha! I like my old cutter, markings and all!

DIY Polaroid Picture

What you will need:

a paper cutter/scissors 

cardboard

a picture of your choice

mod podge

white paint

I first printed my picture from my computer on a sheet of thick 8.5 x 11 paper. The picture it's self is an 8 x 10. So I cut the edges of white away from the actual picture. This picture of the Statue of Liberty was actually taking by me this summer on our trip to New York. It was such a fun day exploring, view and hanging out with the Statue of Liberty. The weather was really nice which made for a great boat ride over to the island. Only trouble we had was my youngest daughter wasn't feeling well that day. Stomach cramps for half the day, not sure if her breakfast didn't settle well with her or what. 

After I printed the picture, I found a piece of cardboard. Using my paper cutter to trim the edges of the cardboard. Then, I painted the trimmed cardboard white. I used Mod Podge to glue the picture to the cardboard centering it up toward to top section on the piece of cardboard. Measuring is not a big cup of tea of mine. Most of my work is guess work, me gauging with my eye. The main goal is to make sure you have equal amounts of white cardboard on the top, left and right side. The bottom portion should be a larger space.

On the back side of the Polaroid picture, I made a simple hanger using quick grip, my go to glue, and craft lace. Simple! Fun! Easy!

Have you been to New York?

Have you seen the Statue of Liberty?

Do you like Polaroid Pictures?

What I found on my walk today

 

Man, did I not want to wake up this morning. Mondays can be so hard sometimes. Alarm-clocks! I managed to get kicked off. Soon, I noticed my youngest daughter was dragging a little too. Being as she was curled up in a ball the entire ride to school. Cute stuff! Sleepy! Once I made it to my morning walk I couldn't help waking up after seeing the coloful drawings on the side walk, the blue ballon and the purple flowers falling to the ground. It made me think of all the happy children who must have created the little side walk drawings. I wonder was it a birthday party!? Not because of the balloon I found. Rather, because I could tell there were lots of little kids drawing by the amount of drawings. Fun stuff, they were making art! I do wonder if there was a party at some point since I did find the blue ballon. I am seeing the possibilities everywhere. On to the rest of my day… I must make things happen! 

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12

Pedal's Day

Spend the day with Pedal!

Well, not only did I pray to find a turtle like my childhood turtle one day, I also prayed to find another turtle so our Fred wasn't lonely. Almost a year to the date later my youngest daughter and I were out riding bikes. On the ride back almost home I saw something in the street. When I got closer looking down it was another turtle. This is where he gained his name, Pedal. Since we were on a bike with pedals, Pedal it was. We can pick him out from the slight little pedal looking mark on his under side on the lower left. See picture above. 

(the moment we found Pedal on our bike ride)

(meeting Fred for the first time)

Fred liked having a new friend once they settled in better together.

This little guy is knocking on 2 inches. He wasn't this big when we found him, but has grown a little.  

Look at his little feet trying to push away. 

Those eyes…

and nose…

Below are the pictures I posted to instagram the day we found him. 

Read more about the turtles:

Meet the Turtles

Fred's Day

Can you tell Pedal is a baby compared to Fred?

How long should we keep them?

Do you like the turtle series?

Wednesday Words

Have Faith above ALL…

let your faith be bigger than your fear

FEAR NOT

don't let bad soil or weeds discourage your faith

Mark 4:40

Let Him stand with you & strengthen you. 

2 Timothy 4:17

We all tend to let things stand in our way from time to time, day to day, but we are called to stand firm holding tightly to His truth. Even when the broken break us we must still stand firm letting Him handle the broken. Joel 2:25

This is a page from my journal from this year. I was in prayer for someone who was fearful about a situation. Once getting deep in the word as I prayed these are the words laid on my heart. I simply wrote with a black pen and a black sharpie. Later I came back in pulling my colored pencils out. May you be encourage not only to have faith, stand firm and have no fear. I also encourage you to grab some color when you journal. It doesn't have to be fancy!

Do you journal?

Do you stand firm?