The picture: A Russian lady painted the ceiling and walls of my little guesthouse and I am thrilled with the end result. It gave the room a fairytale atmosphere.
We had a 29 degree day yesterday. Praise the Lord.
Our recently pruned apricot tree is blossoming and there is a cute little woodpecker diligently at work digging his hole in our big old chopped down tree trunk. Right on top.
Have a wonderful day and remember that God is bigger than any problem you are currently experiencing.
Remember if God is blessing us we must bless others. It's the Biblical principal of sowing and reaping. I see the amazing results in my little craft business.
If you are experiencing the same please let me know via my gastenboek. THANKS
Praise the Lord! Winter in South Africa is coming to an end. Our daily temperatures go up to 21 degrees Celcius. Go check out Oprah.com and specifically Dr. Oz's health tips. I find them so practical.
I'm just busy with my own research on market values. If any of you find the time, please let me know in my guest book what you think will be a reasonable amount in Euro to pay for this necklace that I've made. I used genuine Swarovski stones. It is 18 inches long.
Thank you and have a glorious day in the presence of the Lord. Be creative and bless others with your gifts and talents.
There is no sense in having this blog if I can't help people. I really want to make a diffenrence in this world. Doesn't matter how small or big my contributions will be, I know that I have to touch other people's life's, because I am serving a living God.
Remember: God is not a pie in the skie for the day when you die...
As a believer in Jesus Christ I know that we have to have a religion that is practical.
God is practical.
If you have the blues today, get yourself a Bible and start reading brother, sister. The word of God is powerful. There is power in the word.
Jesus is alive! I talk to Him, He talks to me. Sometimes through His word, sometimes through people, sometimes through signs, dreams.
I challenge you to have a personal relationship with the one and only God.
Please let me know in my Guest Book if you believe this.
See, this is exactly how the Holy Spirit works.
I actually wanted to ask your reactions on a "remedy", and then I felt in my heart I had to share the information above.
God has a purpose and a plan for our lives. We just need to be obedient.
Maybe he spoke to you. Listen to His voice and let Him direct you. You will never regret it!!!!!!!!!!
Please let me know via the Guest Book if you have used Cayenne Pepper as a "cure" for a sore throat.
I am interested in natural cures that really work!!
Be blessed! Crafty
PS
I have now included a picture of me kissing my first born.
We moved into a very old, broken down, extremely neglected house, which we are busy revamping. It takes a lot of energy and effort to go DIY, but room by room we are making progress. (Thank God!).
Whenever I find a free moment I make necklaces or crosses. I've sold quite a few Swarovski crosses and beads. Try to keep my prices down and are so greatful for the regular customers. My hobby has now become a second income and a necessity for sanity...
Thank you for signing my guest book (the few that did).
All that I want to share for now is that God created us to have a free will. You and I can choose to smile, choose to be friendly and choose to develop our talents and bless creation with that.
I asked the Lord to show me where I must go with my life after having two babies close together. Didn't feel like teaching any more.
And it all started out with cardmaking six years ago...
My mom showed me a few techniques and off I went... Very shy... to our local home industry.
When my first card was sold, some more followed and then I started doing decoupage...
oops:Didn't keep my commitment. But here is my update - rather late than never. Autumn is peeping here in South Africa. Because my mother tongue is Afrikaans I understand the site's origin a little - Afrikaans was derived from Dutch.
Therefore I was in shock when I realised this was actually a blog for the elderly. I am interested to know the age of you who reads this blog. Feel free to reply.
Very busy with my grade 0 and 1 kiddies. They are a busy joy.God is really doing great things in and through their small lifes. My husband is climbing the corporate ladder and is performing very well at his job. We praise God for that!. He and kids went to 'n big rugby match yesterday afternoon (they know by now to count me out... rugby is not one of my passions). By the way my husband helped out with the Dendermondse rugby club when he was still a teacher...
My mom and dad had their 40th wedding anniversary recently. It was quite a festivity! I ( with the help of my husband) created a slide show "surprise" for the occasion. Was great fun and took me 54 hours to create. Inserted pictures from their wedding day, youth, etc.; added sound effects which caused a few good laughs.
I will include the poem that I write for my parents. Take note - I have full copyright!! No publishing without my permission thanks. The lucky ones that know Flemish and Dutch might understand some of it.
As you know by now, I am a housewife somewhere in Africa...I am blessed with a fabulous husband and two lovely kids (my big bubble and my small bubbles...)
I was a teacher but became a stay-at-home mom when the eldest was born a few years ago.
Then "project sanity" as I call it, started. God blessed me with so may ideas and I just want to share pictures of simple things I make (and sometines sell).
Because I do laundry, drive the kids to school and have to do all those mom-wife-woman things, I will only be able to log on to my blog when I have me-time.
Any uplifting comments and blessings are welcome, otherwise silence is golden.
Once a month I will update and share a blessing.
Matthew 6:26 - Look at the birds of the air...Are you not of more value than they? (NKJ version, 1982).
....Poverty of purpose is far worse than poverty of purse!
Be blessed! Crafty
PS Above you can see an example of the jewelry that I make. It made such a lovely composition when I used small broken glass beads and glued it onto the cross. And that's exactly what God does. He takes a normal broken being like me and is actively and lovingly involved in my life to bring out His glory and splendour!!
My husband and I had a
