Posted in Holidays, art & crafts & home things, discipleship, the Father's teaching on Dec 29th, 2009
Looking ahead to next year Christmas, here’s a craft project that all you moms can start on now and maybe have for advent 2010! This is the Jesse Tree, a Christmas advent calendar tracing Jesus’ earthly heritage (recorded in Matthew and Luke). From Isaiah 11:1 “There shall come forth a shoot from the stump [...]
Posted in Geneva, art & crafts & home things on Jun 26th, 2009
Continuing through the house, we come to Geneva’s room, another of my favorite spaces in our home. I suppose I will have different thoughts on children’s rooms as we have more children and as our living situation changes. But for now I like her room pretty simple, an airy place to calm down and to [...]
Posted in art & crafts & home things on Jun 17th, 2009
I, like many of you, have a passion for the home. I have a passion for hospitality and guest comfort, for beautiful and edifying spaces, for pride in history and heritage, for tangible peace and the presence of God. I was greatly influenced by my mother, and our dear friend Lois Wilson, who were additionally [...]
Posted in art & crafts & home things on May 5th, 2009
Call me old fashioned, but I have a romantic affinity for silhouettes. If at all possible I want to have one of each of my children’s faces. I think I’ll wait until Geneva is about 4 before commissioning one of her face, but thinking about the idea I found this artist on etsy and I [...]