For anyone who intended to register for the March Bible Journaling Workshop but didn’t do that yet, I am sorry to announce that it is sold out already! This is the second time in a row and so now it is time to get serious about looking at a change. This is exciting because it will mean more seats for more people! Please stay tuned for an announcement to come soon!       They are important in journaling. How do we create eye-catching, even beautiful, or just plain fun looking words on our journal pages without spending money on hand-lettering classes or having perfectRead More →

Like the banner over a castle, military squadron, or tribe is its identification, God’s banner flying over me is love. What an amazing thought! His banner over you and I, His beloved bride the church, IS love. How amazing is that. Thursday was a discouraging and overwhelming day at my new job. But Friday is a brand new day. It was time to get my mind off the job and my discouraged heart for the weekend. I was supposed to be preparing for dinner guests and didn’t really have time to play but I sat in my little corner at my art table just enjoyingRead More →

What’s Up With Washi? Tuesday, February 20, 2018 6 – 7:30 PM at LifeWay Chambersburg, PA Cost: $5 per person REGISTER HERE Preregistration is required. Registration will close 24 hours before the workshop. Have you discovered the versatility of washi tape? Are you addicted to washi? You think, “just one more roll,” and suddenly you have 50 rolls! And every roll lasts what seems like forever. Really! At $1 to $1.50 a roll, it’s an economical crafty purchase. So What’s Up With Washi? In this brand new workshop, we’ll look at some fun ways to use this relatively inexpensive and simple little roll of fancy maskingRead More →

  A little more than a month ago I took on a task that was way bigger than I expected. I decided that writing one Advent devotional and creating one to two pages of art as a printable per week was something I could manage. Ha! It was a lot more work than I imagined! Phew! But I’m so glad that I did it. I look at the ten pages of original artwork and can’t imagine that it was me who actually did it. It was covered in so much prayer and I know without a doubt that my prayers were answered. God has doneRead More →

Three Kings Day… have you ever heard of it? Do you celebrate it or at least make note of it when it comes around every January 6th? Also called Epiphany by some liturgical church traditions, it is also the twelfth day of Christmas. I learned about Three Kings Day many years ago from friends who came from Puerto Rico. Part of their family’s celebration of ‘El Día De Los Reyes’ included setting grass out for the camels just as we might put milk and cookies out for Santa on Christmas Eve. Along the way I read of another family’s tradition of sewing a special button on each child’sRead More →