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in i always love mixing my metals and new and old so maybe a vintage one like this from the real real or stacking with these initial ones and of course my fave erica weiner always has amazing heirloom pieces one friend reminded me that in college i said accessories change everything and i guess i haven t changed much since then i do love clothes and getting dress but the jewelry i choose along with shoes with a particular outfit do feel like the cherry on top it might be my fave part it feels like that final piece that completes it the earrings necklace or right hand rings combo my left hand stays the same typically i choose all says something about my mood feeling minimalist i ll stick to just earrings if i m feeling more bohemian definitely a necklace stack and same with the right hand rings more minimalist probably means more silver and more playful would mean lots of antique pieces mixed together jewelry is just so fun to use as another way to express yourself creatively dress vintage reworked by me boots cora boots by bird of flight basket coming to wovenfolk soon necklace all antique but the handmade shell necklace view this story birthday eve november 2 2021 filed under huzzah comment 7 comments on the cusp of a new decade and i m ready to step into my 40 s with joy and excitement there s no trepidation in my heart no fear of the number but more excitement to see what the lord will do in this next decade when i turned 30 i had just had glow a couple months prior i had 4 kids in 5 and a half years and was done with having kids when i hit 30 or so i thought we were going to church in la and driving about an hour each way no one lived near us i was about to start writing my book and i just started homeschooling true for kindergarten i was busy crafting sewing writing blogging and ben was busy in the garden and i also remember many mornings praying and asking god to grow ben i also felt like i was drowning and barely keeping my head above water with 4 kids all under 5 but that was life my hands were super full but so was my heart when i wasn t having a mommy meltdown now stepping into my 40 s i have 5 kids unbeknownst to me at that time we d have one more girl but this time via adoption we no longer live in our house and once we officially move into our new to us house we ll have so many friends and family near us we won t be driving to church much longer lord willing and will just have to walk down the street to gather with church fam i m still homeschooling but i have 2 kids in high school now that kindergartner is now a sophomore and so is brave i m still crafting and sewing though it is a wee bit difficult to do at my parents house since there isn t much space but i m also been running a vintage clothing shop for a few years now too ben has no garden to work on because just as we about completed our garden we sold our house lord willing once we move in and settle in the garden planning will commence but his time he spent in the garden dramatically lessened several years ago when he started spending more time in god s word and with the church which was an answer to a prayer i had been praying a decade ago and now he s in pastoral ministry which is never something either of us would have imagined i still feel super busy but i have 4 very responsible big kids who help with so much ben and i couldn t be involved in all we re involved with if it weren t for their help the decade has brought its share of trials but as i look back and remember some of them i also see how god used those specific trials to grow us no trial is ever wasted while never comfortable and i remember when in the thick of some of them just weeping and not imagining a way out out times but god always delivers the story he writes for our lives is always better than one we could write ourselves one of the lessons that stands out from this past decade is hold your plans loosely as you trust the lord to continue to direct your path there s so much i look forward to i m excited about continuing to grow the friendship with my girls as they grow older and step into teen years and adulthood we look forward to more ministry and time spent with church family i look forward to hanging out with my parents when they retire and in a few years i start homeschooling all over again with red goodbye 30 s you had some not so awesome moments but i wouldn t change it because in those hard moments god did some deep work that deepened my joy in christ maranatha come lord jesus view this story another school year august 22 2021 filed under huzzah comment 7 comments last week we started our 11th year of homeschooling and what i thought was the last day of summer break was actually the first day of our new school year i got online and saw all these emails saying welcome back to your first day of school and welp guess summer was cut short by a day and we jumped into the new school year really though we took it easy and for our first day we did life skills by trying a new ice cream place and figuring how to recreate the flavors and by going thrifting and teaching the girls how to read fabric labels and pick out good fabrics all life skills things so i d say our first day of school went well there are a lot of diagnostic tests soul and glow have to do to kick off the school year so i m having them finish those off before we dive into our new things together and what a weird school year this will be living at my parents house i m praying we re in our house by the end of the year but with contractors not really returning our calls or even getting back to us with quotes we re not going anywhere anytime real soon i think because of all the change and sort of living out of boxes i m kind of dragging my heels starting school i know we ll eventually get into our new rhythm but i just need to jump in and do it for true and brave they are sophomores sophomores and they are taking college classes this year they are in a dual enrollment program so as 10th graders they can take up to 11 units of college classes a semester they have their first 2 this fall and will take another one in the spring their classes are all online though i think it would benefit them to go in person but with being in transition it s just easier for them to sign up for online classes i can t believe it s 3 years left of homeschooling and then off to college for them then as they go off to college i start homeschooling all over again with red that will be wild starting all over again red is getting a totally different parent than the older girls i tell them true and brave i m sorry i screwed you guys up so bad that mom guilt is so real with all the things i would do over if i could but lord willing my shortcomings point them to christ i m never going to be that perfect mom friend sister daughter church member etc but i don t have to beat myself for not being perfect because christ was perfect in my place he is my redeemer it s not about what i can do but what christ did i need that constant reminder because it s easy for me to get frustrated and stuck in where i messed up and let me tell you there s a long list of areas i need improvement anyway all that to say i hope through my life shortcomings and all i point my kids to christ so here s to a new school year and all the highs and lows that will come i know the year will fly by like they always do but i am definitely looking forward to next summer and hopefully by then we will be in our new house view this story hello again august 10 2021 filed under huzzah comment 24 comments hello i m not sure who still tunes in here from time to time there s something from ig that feels like it s missing and i think it s the heart that i feel blogs carried many times i start to write a really long caption on instagram but only to press delete delete delete something feels off to share there it s not quite the same as it was when sharing to this online space years ago instagram has become entertainment i m definitely not good at entertaining there nor do i like the pressure to entertain there i like taking pictures i like editing i like looking at pretty pictures i like sharing pretty pictures i love getting home decor and fashion ideas but it s not a place that feels natural to share myheart as much as i did on my blog years ago blogs in its infancy were messy raw people in progress but then it got really glossy and commercialized and then something got lost after that the people all become professional i m thankful for this space and the opportunities it afforded me and my family the connections i ve made and the things i ve been able to do because of it but when everyone got so glossy something got lost for me maybe i just couldn t keep up this started as a means to document my beginning journey of motherhood which i m now 15 years in as well as my foray into sewing and all the other creative things i liked to do at that time it was fun until it wasn t and popping in here and there was nice but lately i miss just writing to write and reflect so i don t know how often i ll pop in but we ll see i ve worn a lot of hats since the beginning of those blogging days but at the end when i think about what i want to do with my life it comes down to sharing my messy heart and using that to help others love jesus because we are all a mess we are all people in progress and as one who has been redeemed by christ that process for me is called sanctification i ve wanted to talk about the language of adoption open adoption depression and the challenges that s brought for our marriage church life friendships conflict dislike for particular roles in life raising teens feeling like i screwed up my kids but i think all parents do screw up their kids to some degree but we re all trying the best we know how with what we know at the time moving and the list goes on but then i go to write something on ig and it doesn t come out as easily as it does with a keyboard at my hands and i ve started post to write here and there but never get around to pressing publish anyway all that to say hello again we are on the start of a new season for our family we sold the home we lived in and loved for 14 years to be closer to church family it does bring us a little closer to my parents too and it also gives us a space to be able to have my parents or ben s mom in a separate back house should the need for that ever arise but it s not a particularly cute house at the moment and it needs a lot of work but i can t wait until we can make it our home home we re living with my parents while we make house plans wait for permits find a contractor and initially i thought we d be closer to to being done by the end of summer we got the keys may 19 but we haven t even started i know it will happen all in god s good time and he will provide the right contractor and praying it all fits in the budget but i know how it all ends up is what is meant to be and i m excited still a little nervous for the bumps that will come up but still thankful and excited i guess house renovating is a lot like life you never know what will pop up and when something does you deal with it and for me as a christian with as much joy and thankfulness as i rely on god to carry me and then you keep moving forward until the house is done if you re still popping in here too do say hello in the comments below view this story ooo lewks august 9 2021 filed under huzzah comment 1 comment summer s end is just around the corner lots of things that i thought would happen didn t but that s okay it s been a summer filled with transitions and lots of intentional time with my girls spring and summer are my favorite seasons to dress for being a california girl layering is just isn t something i m good at i m bad at layering pillows on a couch too anyway we were able to get away for a bit last week and in the heat of the desert it s a bathing suit and button down all day every day also in the summer i go minimal on the jewelry which means instead of ring stacks and a neck mess i m pretty much only wearing a neck mess i still love piling on my necklaces but my fingers don t do so well in the heat so leaving out the rings means less swelling i love many of these necklace pieces and all would make great for stacking to create your own neck mess i love this minimal but bold collar necklace this candy looking necklace or even this charm necklace i love all of grainne morton s work i don t have anything quite as bold as some of these pieces but i think i ll request my girls make me one they re all about jewelry making this summer and i think we can get more crafting in before the summer ends view this story large paper flower may 6 2021 filed under huzzah comment 138 comments large paper flowers make for mother s day or as teacher appreciation gift supplies flower template tissue paper construction paper scissors masking tape dowel stick paint paintbrush glue directions 1 print out template use that to trace out petal pieces need 2 pages of petals or cut construction paper down to 8 5 x 11 to print template directly onto construction paper 2 cut out all flower pieces cut petals along the dotted line 3 cut a 2 5 x 10 strip of tissue paper wrap that around the top tip of the dowel tape the bottom in place cut slits to fringe the paper to create your flower center 4 with your petals cross over the bottom cut pieces that are cut this gives each petal that petal curl tape each piece onto the dowel with masking tape continue until all your petals have been attached 5 paint the dowel and masking tape at the base of the petals green 6 once the paint is dry glue your leaves in place 7 write a little banner message to attach to your flower it s a sweet token of love for the mothers in your life or to let a teacher know you appreciate them see original post here rubyellenbratcher and as always love when you share it simply tag and credit please thank you easyartaday view this story older post about cakies from crafts to parenting everything else in between cakies celebrates family style abounding grace and living life creatively categories huzzah adventure celebrate decorate eat family garden homeschool inspire make sponsor wear popular posts recycled scraps i have a large growing pile of fabric scraps i refuse to throw them away because i am sure they can be used for something i have been seeing different types of interesting necklaces made of buttons beads and fabric then i figured why not make one out of my scraps i think it made my white shirt a little less boring this was so quick and easy to make how to make a recycled scraps necklace which is very similar to the straps on my braided tablecloth bag 1 take your scrap fabric i cut a 5 1 snip and tear the rest of the fabric down for a nice frayed edge used 3 different fabrics for each strand 2 take 3 of the torn pieces and tie the ends together with a rubber band 3 braid the 3 pieces together and tie ends together with rubbe...