Teacher's Gifts

It's that time again! All of a sudden, the end of the year snuck up on me! Carson's last day of pre-school is tomorrow, so this is what I made today!


I took some raw wooden crosses from Canton that I had on hand, and Modge Podged on some scrapbook paper, added a wooden letter that I painted, then painted the edges of the cross, and gave it that "antiqued" look by lightly brushing on some of the paint over the paper. Then, I brushed modge podge over the whole thing and Voila! I also added a wall hanger to the back. I hope they like it!

Women of Faith

So, all of a sudden I realized that I have not posted about Women of Faith! Now, I know i have posted about it, but not about the fact that I have tickets at a group rate!!! And there are still tickets available! I would love to invite any woman in the Dallas (or surrounding) areas! It is August 20th and 21st (Fri and Sat) at AA center in Dallas. Tickets are normally $99, I have them for $89! This includes all day Friday and Saturday, and box lunch for both days.

Please click below for to check out the line up for this years Imagine event in Dallas. And, if you would like to be a part of my group, click here, to sign up. Final payment is due June 1st to secure our seating. I have one group of tickets in the lower section, and one group in the higher section, so first come first served for the better seats!

We met at a bar-No! It was a restaurant!

This is mine and Jason's argument over where we met! Today at Show Us Your Life at Kelly's Korner is how did you meet your spouse day. We met at Razoo's Cajun Restaurant-I was eating dinner in the restaurant with friends, and he was hanging at the bar with his friends! Long story short, I smoked way back then (I know so gross!) I kept going up to the bar area to have a cigarette, and I noticed him-I mean Hey-he is hot!

Ok, so I noticed that our waitress was hanging out over there alot, so I asked her the story on "the one on the left". The one on the right was her boyfriend, the middle one, a friend, and the one on the left was the friend's roomate. They all worked together. I told her he was very good looking. She ran off to immediately tell him! "Oh brother I thought-this can't turn out good" I had previously sworn off men-they seemed to all stink to me at this point in my life!

She comes back, and tells me that he wants to meet me, and will I please come ever there. After about 15 minutes of "No way!" I finally went over there on my way out. He seemed very nice, and asked me why I was leaving so early on a Friday night-I informed him that hairdressers have to work really early on Saturdays! He decided he might need a haircut that next day...Ha!

Well, we ended up dating for about 3 weeks, then he made me mad, and I didn't speak to him for a few months. Although, everywhere I went I would see him. I do mean everywhere! 4 months later, I saw him again (big surprise) and decided to be nice. He called me later that night, we talked for hours! And we have been together ever since! We were married 2 years later, and I will have to post pics later, cause I am tired!

PS We will be celebrating 8 years of marriage this year!

Raised To Walk!

Last year, Dalton accepted Christ as his savior, and reconfirmed it several times throughout the year. We had decided at that point that we would not push baptism on him and that we would wait for him to bring it up. Well, once he did, he was on fire and super ready!

So this Sunday was the day for monthly baptisms at our church, so we talked and talked to him, and then a guy from our church talked to him, and then we talked and talked to him somemore. And he was definitely ready!

Our executive pastor and good friend Ben baptized him. I was really emotional ofcourse. I ended up crying all day yesterday at any and everything on TV or in print, it didn't matter. We are definitely proud parents that Dalton is maturing in everyway possible, and that this decision was made totally by him.

Enjoy the pics of our special day!

Tile Coasters

Today at Kelly's Korner is Teacher Gifts
, so here is mine:

My new favorite gift to make is tile coasters! It is really so simple too. Here is what you will need:
*Ceramic tiles I use the 3x3 or 4x4 inch ones from Home Depot. You can use any type of tile, my favorite is the rough and tumbled look verses the shiny smooth ones.
*Stamp of your choice
*Stamping Ink
*Felt sticky dots-I found the best price at Hobby Lobby in the framing department
*Clear Arcylic Spray Sealer

Clean off your tile really good with an all purpose cleaner, and let dry. Then take a stamp with ink, (STAZ ON works really well)and stamp the tile. Let this dry then seal it with a clear acrylic spray sealer. Put felt sticky dots on the back, and Voila! You are done! I usually wrap them in sets of 4 with pretty ribbon or tulle. You can also do the same thing, with a bigger tile, and give just one and a small easel.

I couldn't find a picture of mine, and my cameras are broke :( so I "borrowed" this picture from somebody else, but mine look just like this with different stamps. I did verses, plus fleur de lis, and you could also do initial letters.

Huge Sale-Kingdom Creations

I am having a clearance sale at Kingdom Creations! I will still be doing custom orders, but I am clearing out space in my house- LOL! So, hop on over to my other blog and see if anything appeals to you. Have a great day!

www.kingdomcreationsbyamber.blogspot.com

Face Lift

Finally! I have wanted to get rid of the big ugly bushes in front of our house for over a year now. Jason finally caved (I mean agreed)! So, he starts yanking them out. He is so creative, he just wrapped a chain around the base of the bushes, hooked it up to his truck and VOILA! My hero! Our Easter pic above is the only one I could find that showed a before picture.

So with the help of some Home Depot gift cards! (YAY) We were able to make a whole new front of our house. I am so excited! Although, moving my rose bush meant that it had to be hacked to bits because it was growing out on one side and not the other due to the bushes behind it! Poor thing! But now, it can regrow big all around!

What do you think of our face lift?