a winter wreath. winter break. and a little insta ♥

this is it

that time of year

when the cold, snow and lack of sun starts to get to me

like its gets really gloomy

this week is winter recess for my girls

so we've been home ... just relaxing. and not relaxing.

a combination of both.

the wreath was easy to make no tutorial necessary

just make a huge boat load of pom poms 

and hot glue them to one of those floral wreath forms 

add some ribbon and hang. that's all.

i just wanted to pop in to say hello

was thinking about all you guys

and how i'm blessed by you

blessed that you read my little blog

that you follow along here

it means a bunch of bunches to me.

i'm still working on

my crochet mood blanket project

but i really wanted to make this hat for my littlest little ...

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this is a rug

it's happy

so there CAN be happiness in a rug

oh you agree? yes. thank you.

still goin strong with the diy Bisquick kick

here's my original post but i've modified the recipe a few times

and i need to update that post

here are the ingredients i use now in case you want to try it :)

6 c.flour - 1/4 c. baking powder - 2 tbsp. sugar - 1 tsp. salt - 1 c. cold butter

add the dry ingredients in your food processor and pulse until all combined

cut cold butter into chunks and add to the processor 

pulse until butter is in small crumbs and incorporated

i store ours in a sealed glass jar in the pantry ... we use it up so quickly!

my fam loves pancakes & biscuits

my peeps also love my little ponies

well 2 out of the 3 of my peeps

even though the hubs is so compliant when it comes to our pony obsession 

that i'd consider that a type of pony love. hehe

bunch of new things got added to the shop last week!

have you seen?? go look!

 valentines day is big around here

well i make it big. i love it.

it must be all the hearts or something

i dunno

maybe

not that i like hearts all that much or anything.

heart lunches, heart dishes ...

yeah it's big

made some oatmeal butterscotch cookies for the hubs.

delivered them right to work

with some starbucks on the side

nice.

we made this garland in honor of the olympics starting and it was so so so much fun! 

we learned a bunch about which flags belong to which country 

and why they look the way they do ... a book from the library (or google)

and some colored paper is all you need!

are you guys lovin the olympics?

the girls love the figure skating

i love the half pipe snowboarder girls

the ones who rock the side braids

kinda like this day

when i was rockin a side braid. aaaaaand the sun was out

whoa.

weird.

the sun never shows up around here

 the other cool thing about the olympics is that they're in Russia

and nesting dolls are Russian

and there are lotsa cute nesting doll crafts

all over Pinterest

yup.

 see how i just made the olympics crafty like that?

made these crocheted dolls a few years ago the pattern is from here

here's a few things i still want to make in honor of the olympics

(they're almost over? that doesn't matter) (shush.)

nesting doll clip art from my bestie Amy J. here

perler bead pattern here

coin purses here

plushie pattern here

free coloring page here!

still workin on the wife after God devo.

some days have been so so good

some days have been so raw

and hard.

you can catch up with my days on my ig feed 

this past week i was really struggling with self-worth

 believing i am worthy

worthy to be pursued

no one likes to feel un-pursued

decided the pursuing needed to start with me taking action

instead of wallowing in my unmet expectations

which i find myself so often doing.

a victim of my own miserable unmet expectations 

i set myself up.

everytime

and it sucks.

the Lord specifically spoke quietly to my heart 

(at 2am when i could not find rest or sleep at all which is so unlike me)

that He will meet all my needs & expectations

once i place those into His care & trust

i'll no longer place that unattainable burden on my husband

but it's so hard to do

cause he's here. present. in front of me. the physical.

and i love him so very much

but my Savior is seen and felt by faith 

by trust

it's the spiritual. the non-tangible part of me that i so often don't want to tap into 

for that feeling of worthiness

but that's the true source. it won't come from anywhere or anyone else

why is this so hard... i struggle

but then there's this

psalm 139.

it tells me that He made all the delicate, inner parts of my body

    and knit me together ... He saw me before I was born.

    Every day of my life was recorded in His book.

Every moment was laid out

    before a single day had passed.

How precious are your thoughts about me O God 

♥

wow.

that's all.

my first ever craft show!

and it was so so fun! i have a whole bunch of pictures to show

that'll be for a separate post soon

but that is my hottie back there behind the table :) he helped me set up

manned the cash box and was so supportive of the whole day.

he's so supportive of anything i dream up really.

and i really love him

out-grown my little pony shirts turned hoop art :)

thinkin of taking some custom orders for this kind of thing

just trying to figure out logistics for it ... hmmm

everything's better in a heart. even marshmallows

 my studio was all cleaned and ready for craft night. it's never clean.

like really never.

more wife after God & cute hearts from here

so back to the wreath...

it's super fun

and it's winter-ish

but maybe i need to put a spring-ish wreath up now

go away winter.

we're all set with all your snow n everything

no really. i insist

we're good

happy weekend guys

♥

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