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From humble beginnings - discarded, but with hope blooming:She "became"... In each passing season, she emerged more fully... She gained more details, her uniqueness emerged, her true image drawn out of the background... And she wasn't exactly as she was at the beginning of her journey.... She embraced the change (she really didn't want it any other way)... She let her wings unfurl... and

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Tuesday's are the day I try to share my Photoshop learnings with Texture Tuesdays. I am also participating in "Beyond Layers" - a year-long, simple guiding course offered by Kim Klaussen as well... kk - simplicity texture - normal; 100% Color fill - white; soft light; 100% My image - layer masked Text layer - papyrus The challenge, fun exploration this week in "Beyond Layers" is to write your

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Today I am sharing a little pamphlet that I have kept tucked inside my Bible for years!  It is in the public domain, so please feel free to copy and print if it resonates with your spirit!.... Image Credit I liked the image because it reminded me of a window in a monastery; which sort of really speaks to my word for this year of "Contemplate" ...

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  All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.-Sir Winston ChurchillMy single words: fullness.  simplicity.  stretching.  joy.  stillness.  sanctuary.  shelter.  peace.  contentment. Working on painting birds without sketching first,enjoying my 36 days with the Lord,Him calling together the thoughts taking wing,them

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This is a 10" x 10" (finished and printed) image I created this week... a response to all your kind comments of last Friday : )   The bees and thistle greens come from this site: www.centricpropaganda.com. I created the bee hive based on an image I found online. I did a little digital painting to add a hint of color... The image is clickable - I'm giving it to my Sneak Peek friends - *

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Behold, A Son! Today we take a look at the first of the 12 tribes of Israel, Reuben… Leah conceived and bore a son and named him Reuben, for she said, “Because the Lord has seen my affliction…Genesis 29:32 Perhaps it is because time hasn’t slipped very far from the season of Advent, when the ancient prophecy is repeated “…Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his

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I posted this on the ministry website, but thought I would share it here, too... I wish there were a way that the post would automatically publish in both places...maybe if I was more "techy" it would?  But, here is the body of what I wrote as well...no need to "click over" - smiles! ******************************************************************************* This is what He said, what He

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Today I am so grateful that the Lord was telling me - during our homeschooling days of last fall - that we would be finishing up "last fall's goals" at the end of January 2012... He knows...Trust Him...Relax...Have fun... The ultimate goal is to please Him anyway, and He sees our lives, and knows... Hear His Voice... Trust His Vision.. even when it changes from what you thought was true when you

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If I am going to set a goal, if I am going to develop a new habit at the beginning of this new year, my year of "Contemplate"; shouldn't it be a goal that: compliments His leadings for me -  develops a habit that has value beyond what I might see - is something that transcends what I might (in my human frailty) miss because I am focused on a weakness or a need or a want that may loom in

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I've been having fun with Photoshop during our holiday break, AND with my new "Flip Pal Portable Scanner"...to scan backgrounds, photos we have from before the digital age, and my art to make prints from...I've always loved the silhouette images found in old children's books, and got inspired when I found some vector images online...so I opened up Photoshop again to play...the Scripture one above

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http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2011/12/find-your-thing-and-do-that-thing/ The web is full of New Years goals ideas AND I subscribe to several sites, and of course,  goal setting is on everyone's minds!  Here are several places if you would like guidance in your review of 2011 and preparation for 2012: 5 steps to Making New Year's Resolutions... at A Holy Experience Goals for accessing

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We recently went to Amarillo to visit our son who lives there... For some reason, there were so many interesting sights to see on the way home...I started a list just so I could remember!   Some funny:   The Clarendon Outpost - we stopped there for gas, but it also had a full grill + 50s diner, gifts, jewelry, jerky, tiaras (YES there WERE Tiaras - be looking for those lady truck drivers wearing

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"Isn't it awesome that God gave us fingers?!?  Fingers and not some giant thumb...or hooves...and we can pick up ANYTHING!"

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Wounds to Worship Healing worship Worship brings healing Bring your wounds to Him in worship, and let worship heal your wounds...

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The day is winding down, contentment and peace are everywhere, stomachs are full and sweet teeth satisfied... I even have had time to finish this piece!  A vintage bowl filled with ornaments (sans hangars) and glittered pinecones that I used on our breakfast table this year.Christmas was a bit edited at our house this year, and the entire familyembraced the ideas of this word art... I think these

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A couple of treats to help you and your family enjoy and reflect on the meaning of Christmas... A worship song "In the Place of Presents", written and performed by our former music/worship pastor...as he pursues God's full purpose for his life! And who knew Legos could be so meaningful!

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Sweet tweener and I have been having fun doing art together on the computer... So in the spirit of giving and giving and giving.... we made these prints for you to down load.  The resolution is 300 dpi, so should produce a good quality print in any way you choose to download them... You can have your choice of red or green... Embellished, or... not embellished... we are

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"I fit just right on your lap" - said to Poppa tonight as they cuddled... "sigh" - love such contentment, and it is one of those perfect, stay tucked in, cozy rainy evenings!

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I'm playing with Kim Klaussen in her "12 Days of Texture"...here are two photos taken during our one beautiful snowfall in 2010 and processed with her new textures... I love how the textures made the images look like old vintage postcards...I think I will play with these and have something ready for presents for next year! Lamp post - you can see this same area in my Autumn Lingering post!

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I know He delights to give the answer before the request is on my (our!) lips...(Isaiah 65:24).  Still, I was tearful as I read the "Voice of the Lord" devotional in my inbox... "The things you heard from me ...commit to faithful people, such as will be competent to teach others also (2 Timothy 2:2)."I had been getting confused, wondering if my leadings were just my own flesh, white-washed with

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Finally, pouring cold rain after the long hot draught - and the colors so rich, having remained day after day, unusual for a Texas fall, (which is normally perhaps 1 week long).  I raced out during a break in the sheeting rain, the sky still sprinkling, because I feared the color would be gone after the sure freeze of the night... A canopy of reds and greens - autumn nodding its head towards

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The photo above is the true photo - somehow photobucket darkens the images...maybe I will try flickr next! This is my sweet tweener in earlier days - 7 years ago!  Mouse over the photo to see the original...processed with: one layer of Kim Klaussen's Stamped Softly at 51% and a layer maskone layer of KK's Look-up at 29%and an oval layer mask of the background.Text is Edwardian Script...

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Today marks the end of the journey through our English alphabet...and now that we are here, I have been inspired to gather these together in a booklet!  Still working on that, hopefully it will be ready to unveil after Thanksgiving... "X" Χριστός... the Messiah... Anointed One...anoint me, bless me, cover me...please dwell with me. "Y" Your Name is the embrace of who You are - and as my soul

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Thanksgiving Blessings to Everyone! Mouse over to see the photo I worked from... I have been missing the community get togethers I attended as a child, in the small towns of rural Iowa, where the churches would all combine and have one single, great Thanksgiving service on Wednesday night, to prepare our hearts rightly for the next day - with prayers, harvest hymns, and a short program of

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We were in church one Sunday morning when I began to see this face in my mind.  We were singing a praise song with this line: “awake my soul and sing”…and the rest just flowed.  I sketched it in the notebook I had brought to take notes in, and knew this would be the first watercolor face I would do…trying out the watercolor sketching techniques Jennifer O. and Junelle have been doing recently (

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"U" Under the shadow of His Wing we pause, finding a place to rest, sanctuary, His Peace. "V" You are the Vine, I am just a branch - grafted in, nourished by pure Love, flowing with true Life. "W" Worship Him in Spirit and in Truth - reality meets belief - and we offer all to Him. I recently got inspired by David's work in writing Psalm 119...and at the same time had come across this

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This photo was taken on our field trip to the pumpkin patch in October - there were so many great rustic objects at the farm...these old chairs just grabbed my attention!  I'm not sure I am totally satisfied with the finished product, but it is time to start school for the day, and the sweet tweener needs the computer! The texture I used is called "Shades of November". Joining with the Texture

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Angel of Progress: holding fast to eternal hope while embracing the "what is" She has been, and is, a "lady in waiting" She is "becoming",from this beginning... She has more of me in her than I would care to admit...she does have a face -(where I would rather - sometimes - remain in the background, hidden...faceless). I wonder whyI find it so hard to paint a wing, or a pair...the desire for

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One flash - like lightning in the mind... and snatches of images and thoughts (more like beliefs) from my life all traverse my mind...the sameness of these last homeschooling years, the teen years of the boys before that, their early childhood, and then a leap to mine, and the thought of shame, ground in, stamped into, deeply forming even my bones, my bones of soul and spirit...and I stop

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"R" Return and rest in Him... then quietness and trust become your strength - when you press in to Him. "S" Jesus, our Covenant Maker; a blood treaty with the power of eternity... Savior! "S" Saved from sin: the problem, the penalty, the prac- tice, and in the end, sin's presence... by Him!   "T" Teacher, teach me to be: salt and light, merciful, humble, holy, moldable, true... like You...

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With one layer (of many layers) using "and then some"... I painted this (mouse over the image to see the original painting) during the summer, and afterward thought "I wish I had made that background a lighter, country blue"...thus the idea to play with photoshop and the background + other effects... Joining with Kim Klassen for Texture Tuesdays...

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Here is a link to a great post and many good links concerning the observance of Halloween...did you realize not every nation on earth acknowledges these celebration? Holy-Spirit Led Homeschooling

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"O" Only You, Lord, are True; only You are the same yesterday, today, forever... for me! "P" Your peace surpasses all understanding, and my understanding of You must be by faith. "Q" Quail rained down each evening, sweet manna with the dew... each pointing to this Truth: He will provide. (Did you wonder what "Q" would bring to mind? I know I did - smiles - ..."X" promises to be intriguing,

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I am loving playing with photoshop!  I used Softly Stamped + Dream to do this sweet photo of my sweet tweener on her favorite horse... Joining with Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday here.

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Jane DesRosier hosted a Klimt challenge (for fun)...this is my submission click here to find other works inspired by Gustav Klimt...(there are mature themes, as his work explored the human body too.  Here is my submission: I love the message of the Tree of Life...It holds a better promise than the Tree of Knowledge. One yields Life - the other yields death. One fuels the spirit - the other fuels

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"L" Jesus, God's Light Who gives Light to the world...be my Light for this moment, this day, this... my life "M" Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other at the cross. "M" Many are the deep cares found in the heart, but the Lord, from rubbled remains, draws forth blessings. "N" New life, new beginnings, the old exchanged for new... now clean, now

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Still playing with photos this week, this time with BigHugeLabs.com. You can make photo mosaics for free here...and even create shaped mosaics...but I went with a classic style to show off Miss Tweener's school photos which were taken last Friday afternoon by a fellow creative in our homeschool group... I love all the expressions she captured, and the textured walls she found to have

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"H"Heaven... radiant the spectrum beams transparent... a spectacular display of Worship "I" I will lay down my life, take up my cross - that my heart might be conformed; bearing His image. "J" Jesus, Messiah King. Riding forth in splendor, Hoofbeats sounding the rally cry... Battle! "K" King of Glory, let my eyes see You, Your Presence, infusing the fabric of days... my days. I recently got

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Over a year ago my sweet son loaded up the laptop that his dad (my dh) and he had decided I needed (I told them they were wrong - but it turns out I was!) with the awesome Photoshop program CS5!  Isn't he the best?  I had looked at it, played with it, tried to follow online tutorials to try to learn it...it is awesome and it is HUGE...with homeschooling and other leadings, it seemed I never had

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Remember these? (from this post) and this..... from this post?(the flowers got obscured) They are turning into this: Sorry about the flash glare!   She doesn't have a face yet...she may not get one...have you ever read C.S. Lewis's "Till We Have Faces"? Joining with Jennifer and other creatives at Studio JRU

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"F" Fountain of Life that gives Life - bubbling over with joyful abandon for all to drink. "G" Gracious God with holy lovingkindness flowing... hardened hearts gently open to His love. I recently got inspired by David's work in writing Psalm 119...and at the same time had come across this instruction (from an old homeschool English book) for writing cinquains...I am sure it wasn't just a

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at "therealcolorwheel"

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Here is a good tutorial for painting realistic looking lips... (Click to go there)

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The finished painting... 16" x 20" artist canvas...sides painted black and ready to hangwords across the robe read "...their angels always see the face of My father who is in heaven..."Please contact me if you are interested in it The story:Guardians.  We are guarded by heavenly hosts, even from childhood according to Scripture.  I suspect the assignment begins at the moment of conception, as

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"E" He is Emmanuel... God with us; Wonderful Counselor; Redeemer; Friend. My Jesus! I recently got inspired by David's work in writing Psalm 119...and at the same time had come across this instruction (from an old homeschool English book) for writing cinquains...I am sure it wasn't just a serendipitous coincidence!  So here I am, taking the 26 letters of the English alphabet and creating

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Joining with Jennifer and other creatives at Sneak Peek Friday... We are in the full swing of school now, it seems our days have settled into a predictable pattern, and this year, I find I have time to do more creating during the school day!  So I have gotten the chance to work on this painting... Remember the beginning? And a little further along... Here is the progress... still some shading

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"D" Divine power, beauty, and wisdom and honor -  layed aside humbly to become... human I recently got inspired by David's work in writing Psalm 119...and at the same time had come across this instruction (from an old homeschool English book) for writing cinquains...I am sure it wasn't just a serendipitous coincidence!  So here I am, taking the 26 letters of the English alphabet and

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"C" A cross stands distantly calling to a people lost...One turns; drawing close, he kneels... Cleansing! I recently got inspired by David's work in writing Psalm 119...and at the same time had come across this instruction (from an old homeschool English book) for writing cinquains...I am sure it wasn't just a serendipitous coincidence!  So here I am, taking the 26 letters of the English

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Photo from this source - 80 top photos of rain - go check it out, the artistry will be a treat Continuing the count - at least the written count (#215- #223)and remembering gifts given throughout time: 2 1/2 inches of rain,  about 12 days ago - so refreshing! the return of night insects singing their symphonies even they quit singing by the end of July! frogs croaking their songs as they

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"B" Bridegroom Majesty donned In passioned quest His bride, Watching o'er her preparation with joy.. I recently got inspired by David's work in writing Psalm 119...and at the same time had come across this instruction (from an old homeschool English book) for writing cinquains...I am sure it wasn't just a serendipitous coincidence!  So here I am, taking the 26 letters of the English

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I am all over the place these days...husband has had a couple of business trips, which puts my late night painting on the back burner...the Lord has brought more counseling opportunities, which is wonderful as far as walking in my gifting and seeing Him bring change in folks... and it is August and my goals lately have been to simply stay cool - which means staying indoors as much as possible,

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"A" Abba You are awesome in this place, Holy God. You receive me in Your Grace, my Father. I recently got inspired by David's work in writing Psalm 119...and at the same time had come across this instruction (from an old homeschool English book) for writing cinquains...I am sure it wasn't just a serendipitous coincidence!  So here I am, taking the 26 letters of the English alphabet and

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#194- #214)and remembering gifts given throughout time: A scorching summer - reminiscent of 1980... no lawn mowing (there is no more lawn left) the delight of a frozen popsicle - made especially delightful by the 100+ heat Swim team championship finals a green fifth place ribbon a girl loving to swim... always having a spot in the shade for swim

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by rhymz4jesus at photobucket   Her face carried the wear of the previous four days; her lips speaking the fullness of her heart overflowing at having been on the receiving end of miracles this week.  The couple did what any shell-shocked family would do...they kept the rhythm of the life before, walking the pattern in an attempt to return the family to "normal", they joined with the body of

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I have gotten this several times today, and thought it would be good to share in a larger venue...  by cloudyraine123 at photobucket                           Father, You said whatsoever any two or more  come together and agree and ask in  Your Son's name,  it shall be given. We come to you, humbly, and ask that you bring down the rain to our parched lands. Our

Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157428756230617777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088252613868715096.post-36611991028366456292011-07-29T09:43:00.007-05:002011-07-29T11:34:13.955-05:00

 Bird trio - found on clearance at Hobby Lobby and painted white over the multi-colored images...the images are still visible...beautiful texturebut the tweener preferred the color!  New eternal word painting complete and shown with its complements...  Guardian 1 is moving along...I am loving that paint under the wings, and what has stopped me is seeking God on how/if to let that beautiful color

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One of the works in progress that have been sitting on the work table...the background is one of the canvases I use to swipe my leftover paint over, no thought, no color matching...not sure they will be there at the end, but I do like them!She is going to be an angel,the title of the piece is Guardian I... You'll have to see the rest of what I've been painting on Friday when we do Studio JRU's

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I have been having a little more time to make art this week...here are my version of the Dayspring blocks...I decided I really liked doing it myself because I was able to personalize them!  I found at the end, that I didn't have enough blocks for all the letters I needed, so I raided the wooden blocks we still had around from preschool days, and painted the letters over in the same colors I had

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Glory moments come knocking in disguises... I can miss this friend dressed as stranger, my eyes blind to God's ways in the ordinary... I must lift them up to the One who helps correct the vision, the perception - lenses adjusted to see into the spirit realm, to see the multitudes at the ready to come to my aid... Photo Source My sweet tweener and I had gotten cross-ways with each other…as I

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This summer has been about creating - creating memories! Yes, there are projects in various stages on the work table, but memories of these things are what we are busy making most days: Swim team and swim meets Skateboarding down the big hill  Friends singing at a slumber party breakfast Cupcakes for breakfast are more nutritious than sugar sweetened cereal! Telling stories, late, late, late,

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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6  Part 7  Part 8  Part 9   Yes, I believe this series is at its close...but I am sure insights will continue as the Lord teasingly brings His ideas of holiness and beauty across my mind (said with smiles).  But I love where He has brought these final thoughts...1 Thessalonians 5:23: Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your

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Click here to download this great summer fun printable by Laura Winslow Photography!  Isn't it great?!?

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Angel of Creation CreatorYou spoke the world into existenceYour Word goes forth, and does not return empty,but performs what you have sent it to do. Life and death are in the power of the tongue;therefore let your speech be seasoned with salt. Think about what is right, true, just, pure, any good thing,anything worthy of praise. Out of the fullness of the heart,the mouth speaks... Speak Life!

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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6  Part 7  Part 8 Today we will look a little further into the results of the "beautification" process...and to refresh our minds concerning the passage in Esther 2, I have it copied below: 12)...twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their beautification were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months

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I have been painting a little...but busy tweener life has overcome all other aspects of existence this week...it is either that or that the heat has totally overwhelmed me...and the fact that twice storms have knocked out our electricity!  AND I totally lost my cell phone - Yikes!  But I was inspired to post anyway by Kay at Heart and Soul who was sharing about one of my favorite missionaries...

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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6  Part 7  12Now when the turn of each young lady came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their beautification were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women... Today we are continuing the study of  Esther 2:12,

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Like "Ladies in Waiting", these projects rest in my studio/office, waiting for me to touch, to begin,to see what is now hidden,to hear the Creator give a commission to begin... Found at a yard sale - I negotiated down to $3...it is 20x24 (not including the frame) and I think if the flowers show through the background it will be very cool... I look,as many times as I walk in and out of that

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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6  Seven parts! Almost to the finish, but not quite yet...Today's verse/passage contains such an exciting to me revelation...this is what I hinted at in Part 1, the beautification process embedded in the Word. The story begins with the actual physical beauty of a woman judged such by the standards of her time...yet outward beauty wasn't enough... The

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#192- #193)and remembering gifts given throughout time: Sisters in the Lord using their talents to promote the Kingdom of God Jesus, the Lamb of God(Thanks to Junelle of "Yes and Amen" for use of her images)Visit her etsy shop to order prints of these sweet lambs  Click here to read why these images spoke so much to me... Joining other

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I can't wait to see what other books are out there! Here are the main 3 books that have inspired me spiritually as I have followed God back into creativity: The first: a fun way to add more creativity in your quiet times/prayer journal....Praying in Color: A great book for all sorts of creative endeavors, whether writing, visual art, dance, etc..The Creative Call delves into what the Scripture

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I labored over it in love; loving the words, loving the Word, learning more, the writing and learning and asking "what's next" a wonderful dance with His presence infusing my present tense... and then it was gone...in a flash totally, finally, really gone (How can that be when each post autosaves every minute?) Another entry in "The Beauty of Holiness" - a revelation of the pathway God always

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#181- #191)and remembering gifts given throughout time: "leaping in the swimming pool feels good" heat swimming pools! electricity air conditioning! warm water indoor showers (and all other indoor plumbing) the smell of mowed grass the family adventures to share in years to come: Yes, the lawn mower ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON FIRE... as well as

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Here it is!  This is my "logo" for the website I was led of God to start...I actually made this in Microsoft Word, used my computer's snipping tool to make it into a jpeg file, and now it works as a picture anywhere on the web! Note that this logo is in the upper left hand corner of my sidebar...if you click there, you will be taken to my website - hopefully to the blog...I am focusing more on

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#168- #180)and remembering gifts given throughout time: The souls who have fought for the ideals of this great country - throughout time... Sitting on the breeze way with the family because the electricity went out during the severe storms last Tuesday... Hearing the tornado sirens go off in the distance and thanking God that it is only our

Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157428756230617777noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088252613868715096.post-73229506497035810842011-05-27T09:33:00.002-05:002011-05-27T15:50:29.992-05:00

I am so glad that we have Friday "deadlines" to help motivate me sometimes!  Creating the video tutorial was quite the challenge!  But it is complete (yay), I sound like my sister, my hand is in the way some of the time (I will work on adjusting the camera angle even more for next time), and you have almost 76 minutes of video to watch! Supply list: 10 inch by 10 inch gallery wrapped,

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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Continuing on with exploring "the Beauty of Holiness"... looking at the second part of Psalm 29:2: In (or with) the beauty of holiness: בהדרת קדש behadrath kodesh, "the beautiful garments of holiness." Beauty:  this word means "adornment, ornament, glory, holy ornaments, garments worn at solemn               festivals (but not priestly garments).

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#163- #167)and remembering gifts given through out time: it is still mostly cool at the end of May in Texas Thunder in the heavens (as I write!) The twinkling dance of fireflies on a muggy evening (reminding me that sometimes God's Word is just like this:    a beautiful surprising glimmer  that fades quickly in the darkness  softly

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New "Eternal Words" painting...drum roll, please...: ) A few minor adjustments and it will be finished!  The small words are from 1 Corinthians 13...This canvas is the one that you will follow me through in the (put on the info-mercial voice) "upcoming, soon to be released, long promised, technique tutorial" due to be released next week...LOL!I am planning to perhaps even have it ready for next

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Beginning with Selah time (part 4 here), the exploration of this theme - The Beauty of Holiness - has entered its midpoint.  We have looked at scriptures describing the beauty of the heavenly realm, we have seen the beauty evident in a fallen creation, we have documented the beauty within ourselves, we have looked at the hope for resurrection beauty coming from seeds of dark, hard places...and we

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#146- #162)and remembering gifts given through out time: this crazy Texas weather!  Cold in the middle of May! another birthday gathering playing in the fountains at the park, even in the cool temperatures tweener girls, giggling and delighting in each others' joy the gift that kept on giving (thanks Jordan)Reminding me of the Gift that keeps on

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#139- #145) -and remembering gifts given through out time: sharing with my mother over the miles between us (treasuring the time now and recognizing the measure is becoming smaller) Getting taken out to eat - TWICE! Going to the matinee ("Thor" is great - action for the guys with just the right amount of romance for us girls!) Tweener

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I have been busy this week plunging into creating the website for the vision... the above is a little "Sneak Peek" covering what the future holds! and working on the technique tutorial...we went to our area's homeschool bookfair - that was totally fun and exhausting... Linking with other creatives at Studio JRU

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Isn't it interesting that when you are being led of the Lord, He puts the same topic before you often and in many sweet ways?  This past week was like that...and this week's post is a collection of what has come across my path as I visit friends on the internet!  And as I was preparing this, the Spirit whispered "I just want people to take a Selah moment; to pause and think about this; to soak in

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#128- #138) -and remembering gifts given through out time: sweet daughter's 10th birthday! family togetherness at our favorite birthday restaurant working with family to clean up the yard area behind the mailbox -(it looks so good when we come up the drive way now) working hard and then going into town to get shaved ice(almost 100 degrees on

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This week has been all about children and creativity and lots of fun...I learned a lot about making a video tutorial and operating the movie maker software on this wonderful computer my guy gave me a while back... Shaving cream and liquid food coloringart paper tutorial with Miss A... Tuesday we made crosses at a homeschool function.  The children were really focused, letting the Holy Spirit

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Continuing the series... Part 1 here Part 2 here I highly encourage you to read Part 1 before continuing through - Part 2 was just a response of mine during a time of stress, not necessary for the thread to be continuous in your heart and mind! I have been reading a book about making crosses (click here to go to the title on Amazon.)  I love the idea of the empty cross - did you know

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#111- #127) -and remembering gifts given through out time: (Just one picture today - but let the Lord fill your senses up!) Rolling thunder and sheet lightning on an April night The wind blowing so hard that it took out our electricity for several hours, and many blinks after that...resulting in keeping battery powered lights close at hand in

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  Here is what I have been working on this week...inspired by my liturgical roots and a picture I saw several years ago...  My heart returns to the rhythms of the church year during Lent (and Advent!)  Sometimes I miss the marking of theological time that way, but then again, I can include those patterns, those rhythms, at home..where this life I live in the body is lived, where Christ is

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The days of Lent... days of examining our hearts...days of sacrificing some small, ordinary part of our lives,so that we can more fully participate in His sacrifice,so that we can die to self and be raised up to live for Him... the days of Lent remind us that it isn't just for 40 days that we are to live this way... He meant it to be a way of life every day... And isn't this the message of Lent?

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#101- #110) - and remembering gifts given through out time: new tennis shoes with curly laces cardboard boxes (do you KNOW everything I can do with a cardboard box? she says excitedly) God-given imagination! hair straightened a friend calling and sharing her great news of being GIVEN an equine therapy business and wanting sweet tweener to

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Remember this from last week?  I am progressing along with it..I just need to add some collage elements on the left side and maybe stamp some flowers on the right side.I think I will leave the word blocks more white, and not do my usual colorwash over them. I also have been really pressing in to the Lord for clarity on what I wrote about here...and He has placed a "picture" of the path right on

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Our sweet tweener received an early birthday present in the mail this week, and while I can safely say that I do not know where this total delight and savoring of every aspect of the event was learned from (I do believe it is from the Holy Spirit, because even though she doesn't quite recognize how she flows with Him, she TRULY does!), I also DO know I learned much as she enjoyed the treasure: 1

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#93- #10) - and remembering gifts given through out time: A weekend of rest... Having time to get inspired online by visiting the blogs featured and meeting many new creative people here - (at (in)courage)! Good verses applied to creativity and offering ourselves to God and others here Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory

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click this button to find other great sneak peeks - this week on (in)courage! I love seeing what my "Friday Friends" have been up to each week!  I get so inspired, and get introduced to new art and artists - new inspirations to dance in my head all weekend long, wondering which thread the Lord will grab and pull and tell me "Let's play together"! This week has been about playing with a new

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Last Wednesday I posted about tragedy, about crisis, about things that are so large, that they are hard to process/comprehend/hold-in-our-hearts-to-pray-about... I talked about my emotional numbness, about the psychological disconnect that occurred during 9/11 and the recent Japanese tragedy... We were never meant to face such challenges...we were made completely in God's image, and placed in a

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This is a long post... step one is a repost of "hearing God speak", Step 2 begins the physical part of creating the art once you have God's heart on it...Enjoy!        Creating Mixed Media Scripture Art Step 1 - Hearing the WORD speak into your heArt:   I sat down to begin "writing my process for making a scripture prayer art piece", and immediately began to hear the now familiar flow of words

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Continuing the count - at least the written count (#82- #92) - and remembering gifts given through out time: Breathing in the wonder of this beautiful, splendid even in its fallen-ness world... Soft lambs ears pushing through winter's hardness Finding plants (coral bells and calla lillies - Angel's favorite) that will work in that troublesome spot of the prayer/fairy garden... Oak tree blossoms

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On my desk this week are more "prayer pieces"...here is the first layer...scraps of paper laid in wonderful randomness over the surface.  Behind the collaged background is the beginning of another piece like the "Prophecy" piece from last week; working on backgrounds is the order of the day! Here it is with the words adhered with gel medium...the passage is Colossians 1:10. And here is the new

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 I remember 9/11...my mind unable to truly comprehend what I was seeing - belief that I was actually watching a plane crash into a tower live, on TV, suspended...emotional numbness continuing as the fullness of the disaster unfolded before our eyes in this technological environment that allows us to witness tragedy first hand. without warning. becoming sojourners with those directly affected, yet

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A picture for thought I am sharing: An ACEO I made a while back...it reminds me of spring! FOR TODAY March 29, 2011... Outside my window...grey rainy skies - we need some rain!  Hopefully it will make the blue-bonnets run wild! I am thinking...about Angel's curriculum...does it need tweeking? (It's book-fair time you know!) I am thankful for....another quiet morning around the house. From

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