Independence Day Decorations 2017

Decorated the church today for 4th of July (Independence Day).  These wreaths were so much fun to make!  They are 24 inch wreath frame with tons and tons of mesh!  I used the "curling method"and I'm thinking about making a tutorial on how to make these!

As we celebrate the 4th of July, I just would like to take a moment to say how blessed I am to be an American and have the freedoms and rights I have as a woman and as a human being.  People in other countries do not have these luxaries and it is so easy to forget that.

The older I get the more I appreciate the words to the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner that we were made to memorize in school! 

Happy 241st Birthday!! July 4, 1776 is the day United States laid down the claim to be free and independent nation.

VBS 2017 Crafts

Corinne and I also teamed up to do the crafts for VBS.  I had this vision that I would have tons of cool pictures and would be able to capture all the craft days for the blog.  But truth to be told, I was so busy having fun with the kids that I forgot half the time to take the pictures!  I think it is a toss up if the kid had more fun than me at VBS.  I was truly blessed to see these kids learn about Jesus and hear them recite the stories/verses of the bible. Maybe next year, I will have someone take pictures for me! :)

Day 1: Jesus Speaks in Parables

Craft: Digging for Treasure Prayer Journal with decoder wheel.  Some days we had them decode a message  that went along with the crafts.

Day 2: The Sower Sows the word

Craft: Decorating the "face cup" then planted some flowers.  So when the flowers grow it looks like hair!

Day 3: Mustard Seed the smallest of seeds but produces the biggest trees with branches.

Craft:  Created a mustard seed necklace.

Day 4: Lost Sheep -  There is much rejoicing when a sinner repents.

Crafts:  Created a sheep puppet.

Here is the room we held the craft classes, I loved going there for those 4 days and getting to know the kids and have them excited to come and craft and hear them say "What are we doing today?".  I also had the opportunity to meet Angela who was with me and together we taught the crafts and helped the kids understand the parables and how to put the crafts together.

We had 3 classes we taught each day.  These are the feet of each class.  These little feet are our future and it is our responsibility to plant the seed of Jesus and let God do the rest.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

VBS 2017 Decorations

I'm so blessed and thankful that I was able to help with the church VBS this year!  I had the opportunity to team up with Corinne Akers to create the decorations.  The theme for this year was "Digging for Treasure".

VBS 2017: Digging for Treasure

We are on the eve of getting ready to decorate for VBS and I'm so excited to see how God puts it all together!  Here is the last piece of decoration that was completed today, so now we are ready!

As we get ready to decorate and get VBS under way, I would like to take a moment and celebrate the memory of Connie Carbone.  She passed away this week, she was absolutely a person I admired and was always in awe of her decorating and crafty skills she did for the Lord. Praying for those who are left here on earth that will miss her presence but also celebrating for Connie as she is with the Lord and has a new 2.0 body!

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.  2 Corinthians 4:7