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Sunday, March 16

Sunday Scripture Art: Joshua 24:15

This is an oldy from 2009. One of my first.
I love looking back on my art work
to see how it's evolved.
I love this verse.


I keep meaning to to do another house series.
Soon. Very soon.

Happy Sunday, friends.

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Thursday, March 13

Nature Inspired Flower Pots







Gather up some old pots.
And a glue gun (of course)


Add moss.


and sticks


and burlap.

and twine


and painted canvas

and plant some lovelies.

and enjoy.
Spring is coming.

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Thursday, March 6

DIY Welcome Mat: Happiness on a Mat

Hi friends,
Life has been full over here,
but I thought I'd take a break to show you one of my latest impromptu
projects because I kind of couldn't believe that it worked.
It's my new welcome mat.
The one that leads from the garage into the kitchen.
The we use about a million trillion times a day.


I've been wanting to try this ever since I went looking for a 
cheap AND attractive welcome mat and found 
that they don't exist. At least not where I shop. 
So, I decided to experiment with spray paint and...
it worked! I hafta say, I kinda love these.

***Please bare in mind before attempting this tutorial:***
I'm not one for details or perfection. I don't have the time or patience.
So if you're looking for that, you won't find it here. 
I do have lots of creativity and figuring things out.
That's what I do.

So, first wrangle up all of your worn out welcome mats. 
*I was able to turn this Christmas mat over! Double duty.
These were old worn out.
*Tip: Ross has the cheapest mats I've seen. They are only $6-$7.


I'll take you through each one...

Materials:
A door mat
Different colors of spray paint
Posterboard (to use as a stencil)

DIY Welcome Mat

*If your mat has a design on it, spray it with 2 coats of white or brown spray paint. 
Let the paint dry in between coats. It should cover up the current design. 


Then, spray paint a heart on the mat.
Mine's not really centered. I don't care.
Still makes me happy.


Cut out a heart shape out of posterboard & tape it to the mat.
Spray stripes in different colors


And spray some more.
Spray close to the mat to get a more defined line.
Each line needs at least two coats.



And that's it.
There you have it, friends.


Happiness on a mat .


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Sunday, March 2

Sunday Scripture Art and a birthday sale!



Do not be conformed to this world but 
be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Romans 12:2

I love this verse. 
the renewing of your mind. 
the renewing of your mind. 
Renew your mind, Erin.

And with that, I'm off to church. 

And it happens to be my birthday today,
so why not have a sale in shop? 
For today only. 
*Important: Just put one print in your cart, 
and let me know which print you 
would like in the notes to seller.

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Thursday, February 27

Welcome to the Stone Collective!


LIVE IT OUT! Stone Collective

The Stone Collective is a community making much of Jesus as we 
create art, photography, prose, poems or music that commemorate the 
wonderful things God does in our life. Based on the passage in 
1 Samuel 7:12-14, each month we will collect Ebenezer Stones as a 
regularly practice in the art of worship via our creativity. 
Want to join in on The Stone Collective? 
Create your own Stone and link up to LIVE IT OUT! Blog. #TheStoneCollective

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I'm honored to be a part of coming together as believers to remember.
Remember what God has done and who He is and who He says I am.
We'll come together at the end of each month to remember and
share what God is doing. Because I can know the presence of God,
as real as the hand in front of my face, and then I step out
into the world, and I forget everything I know. You know?


There are so many things I can see God's handprint on in my life.
Meeting Jesus through Young Life at age 13
Becoming a Young Life Leader in college
Moving to Los Angeles to teach
Moving to Hong Kong to teach
Meeting Darryl
Marrying Darryl
Having babies
Creating art
Starting a business

These are the big things.
 I want to remember the little things
each day that remind me
of His presence and His goodness
what it means to have abundant life in him.

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Real Life

Hi Friends, I haven't posted much on real life around here.
My goal this year was to post once a week about real life..
Thoughts and frustrations. The good and the bad,
Because this is it, friends. Life is in session.
I easily forget this simple truth and end up looking forward a little too much,
instead of being right here and treasuring these crazy moments and days and weeks.
I don't want to miss it! So here we are...

Right now: 
Thankful for the rain and coffee.

About to go insane with one adorably sick two
year old who won't keep his clothes on



and one extremely persistent five year.
old who always. wants. more.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
We're working on it...


My goal for today to maintain my personal sanity: 
BE CONSISTENT MOMMA.
No warnings, just time outs the first time.
I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. 
Breathe. 

Can we be honest for a minute?
Have I ever told you that being home with kids is 
10 X harder than working full time? For me it is. 
Every time I say that I feel like I need to explain:
I feel super fortunate to even get to be home with them.
I know lots of moms who would love to be home with their kids.
blah, blah, blah. yes. all that.
I know I am where I'm supposed to be.
But some days are tougher than others, right?

Our big outing on this rainy day:
Bank. $.99 Store. Sprouts. 
Maybe a lap around Target, if we get desperate.

My goal:
shower.
feed my children.


The highlight of our month:
Auntie Cami & Uncle Steve came to visit from Texas.
Jack & Josh have two new best friends (don't tell Papa and Grandpa)
They are serious playmates. We went to Legoland.











and we took a tour through the Midway,
an Aircraft Carrier in the Harbor.








We all went to the beach. In February.
Uncle Steve played in the water with the kids for hours on end.
He needs to live here, and rent himself out to parents
like me who can't brave the 0 degree water.
Okay, that may be a little creepy, but worth every penny.







In my art world... um...there is no new art to speak of.
 My spirit is willing, but my flesh falls into bed at 8:00.
I'm not even exagerating. Jack asks me to snuggle, and how can I resist?
I am down for the count.


We made the big decision for me to work part time for at least another year.
So we are on the 0 spending, pay off all of our debt, Dave Ramsey plan.
Can I just tell you that... we are making it!
What the heck? I'm so encouraged.
We are squeezing every penny out of everything and
we are making it work!
I say this with such fervor because on paper, our budget doesn't work.
On paper we come up short. Every month.
But then you buy some art (Thank you!), or Darryl gets some overtime
and it just works. Thank you Lord!


Holy art love, Batman. Can you even stand it? I can't.
I love this artist. All of her work, 
but especially her mixed media, makes me so happy.
I love the combination of textures with clay and wood and subtle tones 
I just can't even describe how or why her work speaks to me.
Makes me want to go buy a big block of wet clay & start playing. 


We are doing this Gideon study in my bible study and I love it. I love her. 
And I'm not just saying that. She's rad. 
I'm super sad to miss this morning: 
coffee, friends, CHILDCARE, and Priscilla?
Seriously, what more could I possibly ask for?
If you haven't heard her, do yourself a favor and indulge. 
I just bought the video sessions from this study
(they're only $5!) and worth every penny.
Okay. I'll stop. but you will love her too.
Here is a great little podcast about being content.

That's about all that's going on around here.
Um, just one more thing:
I think these real life posts are important because
I've been doing a bunch of crafty house stuff...




and the blog is starting to look a little... shall I say...clean?
plastic. shiny. perfect. did I mention...clean?

And that's just not me.
I am messy. and broken and trying my best to be real here.
and the crafty pictures on my blog make me happy,
but please don't think they're real life.
I kind of assume you already know that,
but I just want to make sure, mk? mk.

We're off to take baths and read books and take naps.
Happy real life, friends.
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