Thank You God

I am on my knees today thanking my Lord for all he has given me. Without going  into much detail let me say that today was an answer to my prayers for the past two years.. Right out of the blue a beautiful gift form God was given to me today. I dont really want to say what because there are lots of things that still need to happen , but i am telling everyone that PRAYER AND TRUST IN GOD WORKS. Im full of such emotion i cant even really wrap my head around it..  I am thanking The Good Lord  today for his love and understanding and a beautiful gift he has given me today. THANK YOU GOD.. Today will be the beginning of a HUGE healing process for me.. So im hoping that eveyone can bow their heads in prayer today and thank our good Lord for all his love .. And my heart goes out to all of the families of those precious little babies in Newtown Conn and the wonderful adults who lost their lives trying to save the children. May peace and hope find room in your hearts in the coming days. Please love the Lord... I know i do.. MERRY CHRISTMAS

SECRET CHRISTMAS STOCKING SWAP

I cant really do this justice.. take a peak at what i recieved in the mail today from Peggy over at Ladyinred and my farmgirl sister.. we did a Christmas stocking swap and her and i had each other.. the stocking itself is a beautiful purple with a big sparkely purple butterfly on the top. it was filled to the brim with fabulousness... where to start... hmm. well there were several sweet Christmas decorations, christmas trees with bells , sweet angels a darling red bird some great stickers and card making supplies, also some fab yarns  and a beautiufl knitted scarf (i have to ask Peggy if she knit it ) i loooovvveedeee it the colors are beautiufl you can see it at the bottome right hand corner of the picture.. theres a beautiful plaque with a vintage pin on it and a beautiful vintage brooch (love love lvoe), sweeet notepad, a cross with Josheph Mary and Baby Jeusus... (the reason for the season)... a lovely handpainted sand dollar yummy chocolate bars, and i really really love the handmade Christmas tags, a chocolate candle (how great is that?) im sure i have left out some of the goodies there is just so much fabulousness there.. thanks so much for your generosity Peggy.. i lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv everything..... i cant thank you enough for our fun swapp.. im also very happy that mildred is having so much fun in her new home. for you who dont know in Peggy stcoking i sent her mildred the church mouse,. well ever sinse mildred arrived she has been all ove the place at Peggys house.. Peggy post evey day showing us what mildred is up to... so very sweet im really enjoying wathcing her get to know her new home. she is very happy there and who wouldnt be with someone as wonderful as Peggy.. thanks so much.... will post again soon..

Love this time of year

thanksgiving was a wonderful day it was spent with my loved ones.. my cousin Helen has terminal cancer and she said grace and how thankful she is to our Lord for all the wonderful things he does for all of us.. its so amazing to see how much she loves God. i am striving to get to that point in my life.  i have a long way to go.. will continue to work on that.. i spent yesterday shopping! a great day. i shopped for over 12 hours, but really go some great gifts that i know are perf for the people i got them for,, love that.. although it was very bittersweet, as this time of year my brother Dave always called asking  for everyones list. he loved to shop for us all and loved getting the perfect gift, and enjoyed it like i do. so yesterday (as always) my thoughts were of Dave. the best big brother anyone could ask for.. i miss him soooo much,. and gireve daily for all he is missing and all of us missing him.. so very diffiucult.. you are missed sooo much Dave..  and my Dad is gone and we are all missing him and life will never be the same. all the more reason to read Gods word, to try and find some solace and comfort there.  i will be listin more items this week in my etsy sotre and getting ready for Christmas... and remembering that this means celebrating the birth of Christ, whom we all must praise and love with all that we have always.

Fabulous Christmas Gifts

These REDNECK WINEGLASSES are the perfect gift this season!! I just did a craft fair in ellsworth and got lots of great comments on them.. These are a gift for anyone! I have these listed in my etsy shop, and also have lots available if you want to just e-mail me.. These  VINTAGE TEA CUP CANDLES are alos great gifts.. so very sweet, i have several of these as well... So let me know if youre interested and i can ship some out to you..  Got to get ready for work will write more later.

Getting Ready

wow long time since ive posted... tonight will be my last night here in bar harbor. i have been here for 10 weeks working. i have made many wonderful new friends. it has been a joy getting to know these people, who are so much fun and so very sweet and generous. evelyn gave me a gift certificate to a round resteraunt, so my husband and i went there last night for our anniversary dinner( a month early) i thought it was today but its next month. whoopsie.. im a dodo.. anyway dinner was fabulous!!! omg i had grilled lobster tail scallpos and shrimp.. and a lobster stuffed shitakie mushroom appetizer with a chocolate martini for dessert.. mike had filet mignon (spelling?) and his was delish as well... we met a wonderful couple form australlia, and the bartender and waiter were darlings...it was a very very nice dinner thank you so much evelyn.. we really had a memorable dinner.. very nice. now im off to work today and then tommorow is my last day here.. sad.. i will miss everyone muchly..
gettin ready yes im getting ready to do a craft fair in trenton on november 10, so anyone living around here be sure to come. it is at Christian acadamy school.. i will sell my redneck wineglasses, button braclets, gift pockets, and i think i will sell buttons and beads by the scoop and my metal letters.. when i get home this week i will start gathering all togehter..im really looking forward to it. not only will it be fun to sell but i love to see the things other crafters are doing as well...
lastley my heart goes out to all of my fellow americans who are suffering from the damage and loss of hurricans sandy.. how horrible it must be to be ripped apart by a storm like that.. those of us fortunate enough to never have experienced such a thing cannot phathom the pain and suffering involved.. God hears our prayers, so lets all pray for those suffering. 
i hope to post some pics of my gift pockets when i get home..

Rose Hips and Hydrengas

Love the title..While in Bar Harbor i really enjoy walking on the shore path. it wraps around the oceans edge. its very popular and you see many peopl and look at all the fishing boats and cruise ships. very cool. so the other day i thought i would take a few pics of things i saw along the way. Now if i can figure out how to post a pic with the caption under it.Well guess i cant figure that out..
Anyway looks like i will be in bar harbor another month. i really enjoy the job and the people are fabulous! im getting to know some really nice people. im home for the weekend and slept in late today it was wonderful! i dont HAVE to do anything. feels good to be lazy! i really need to get some cleaning done. i promised my mom that i will shampoo her friend millies rug tommorw, mom was going to do it. so of course i dont want her doing it and God Bless millie she is in her eighties. she is moving into assisted living, so i will do that for her tommorw.  i also want to make some more button braclets. finish a bunch of red neck wineglasses.. and figure out possibly how to set up a craft table. i saw a sign for a craft fair nov 10 at bar harbor Christian accadamy. have to think about that.

Farmgirl Secret Sister Revealed

look at all of this fabulousness.... Lesley was my secret sister.. i was out of town working all week ( will be for the next 6 weeks) and i came home for the weekend and there was this package waiting for me..  where to begin with all the goodies.. Lesley knows i love susan branch so she went out of her way to find sb material and made me a beautiful apron and sweet little pocket holder .. not to mention  beautiful note cards and sweet sb cards with her reveal messsage in them.. also some beautiful plaques by margalein bostin whom i also love..  some great soap (love) a lovely cup (love) a tin of tea (love) some berts bees tinted lip balm (love) and beautiful cards.. i cant thank you enough Lesley especially sisnce i know that Lesley and her family have been having a difficult time lately . It goes to show you how selfless she is to still send me these lovely things when her life is upside down, so very thoughtfull... i also love the bible study she does on the mjf website. i havent really commented on it much as ive been really busy at work but i do read it. thanks for that too Lesley.  gotta go for now but wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU TO LESLEY...