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Your daily accessory....

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"She knew joy was one of her best

accessories so she made up

her mind to wear it

everyday."

Gift ideas!

I was so excited when I finally figured out (with prayer!) what I was going to get people for Christmas.

I know Christmas is next week, but I thought I'd do a last minute list of things you can do. They're a mix of what I'm doing & just raw ideas:

-Root beer bottle cap picture magnets. (Tutorial coming soon!) for the one who loves keeping pictures on the fridge.

-A box of goodies -- you can do a theme. If someone likes beauty products, then that's pretty self explanitory. Maybe they love to write letters, you could give them a cutely decorated box with new stationary.

-A jar of nuts & chocolate chips for the late night snacker (ahem..a.k.a. my Mom =)

-For the one who loves health food -- you could get them a basket of fresh pomagranets, lemons, avocados, or whatever!

-You could do a theme of their favorite subject:

For the one who loves science, buy some cool rocks & maybe a science book about stars & planets.

For the one who loves history -- Do some research! Maybe they love learning about American heros. Get them books on the subject. Maybe they like geography & the history of places. Get them a wall map or a globe.

For the one who loves english -- Maybe its writing. Buy them a journal & some neat pens. Maybe they love the old English.....books!

For the one who love math...(um...yeah) -- maybe a new calculator? haha, be creative with that one!

-Homemade goodies! Bake, bake, bake! And don't forget the cute boxes, jars, & tags =)

-For the one who love to paint -- get them a box or basket of art goodies. They have mini canvases at craft stores!

I understand that a lot of us are on a tight budget & can't be buying all this great suff! I know I can't. But hopefully this helped you sprout ideas. If you can't buy that math wiz a new calculator, buy or make them a pencil case for all those mathamatical pencils!

If you can't be investing in globes & wall maps, then (if you're up for the challenge) make a poster of a certain place (state, country, city, etc) and research that place. Draw or paint it on & write some neat facts. It can be a wall hanging or something!

I really hope this helped!

Stay tuned for a really yummy Christmas recipe & a tutorial =)

All photos found here =)

Decorating With Nature!

I'm definitely a nature gal, & now I am happy to say that I think I'll be decorating the house with it!
Our Christmas tree is sorta woodsy with crannberries, pine cones & fake snow.
I thought that would be a great theme for this years' decorations.

Pine cones, rocks, leaves, branches, cinnamon sticks -- it's all included!

Here are a few inspiration photos (not mine):

(I think that's rice!)

Bess' Bag!

Here are some ideas I came up with:

(Go outside & pick up some earthy things. Even apartments have rocks & trees you can get things from.)

Clip the ends of dead branches, & put them in a vase or pot.

Pick up some mini vases or glasses (even use jam jars!) at the Dollar Store or a craft store, & fill with rocks, pine cones, needles of the pines, or leaves.

Put some pine cones or these big woody chips in a basket & add a candle in the middle. I also added some fake cranberry stick things!

I also added some pine cones to this!

Glue rocks together in the form of a circle & place a tea light candle in it! The hot glue I used dried quick so hurry! Also, be careful when handling it, as it tends to fall apart easily =)

My work station =)

Sorry for the bad pictures!
Stay tuned for some more homemade remedies!

Tunnel of trees part 2!

We went back & this time I snapped more pictures! Oh how I love it here =)

My favorite! But sorry it's sideways =)

 This is a view of my Grammy's house. It's so wonderful at night, but when the sky is still a little blue. The stars are out, the half moon circles in, & the steam from the fire place is blowin'. And then the white Christmas lights that stay on all year are such a perfect touch!

Moon Watcher

Okay, so, I'm totally wishing I had a better camera & a scanner, but this will just have to do :)

I got inspired, when the other night, I saw the moon rising over some clouds late in the night.

Yeah, I consider myself a moon watcher, a star gazer, an ocean viewer.

Here's one of the latest projects:

Tunnel of Trees

So, I finally went! 

I went to the tunnel of trees that's on a road we call the "mansion way" (because of the beautiful houses that are there).

Me & Grama & my aunt were driving, & I thought, "I better do this now & take a picture. I wanna go on a whim for once!"

So, yes, we stopped & I got pictures!

Course, it looks more dreamy in person!

I want to pray for you!

Hello lovely people!

Bess, over at Bess' Bag, has a Prayer Line, where you can send her a prayer request, & she posts it on her sidebar. 

I love this idea because you have a whole family of believers from all blog backgrounds praying for you!

I know & am still learning how important & effective prayer is, so I want to pray for you!

I'm not sure if I'll post it up, but I promise I will be praying!

I know! I'll keep it on my wall so I can pray for you & your needs.

Let me know, ok?

You can email me or comment on any of my blogs at any time!

Please feel free to do so.

I love you guys so much!

My e-mail is:

one.step.at.a.time93@gmail.com

Folks, I've been billboarded!

 What does that mean? Well, they put me on a billboard thing. And wall hanging. Check it out!

 haha, just kidding. This was done on a cool website. But I got ya right?

Art & Trees. But mostly art.

Wow, I love to be inspired! 

Lately it's like my mind has taken on a new meaning of it, & of beauty. On our drive home this evening, I got to sit & discover little details along the long hidden roads. We though "Should we go through the free way, or the quite cottage housed way?" I'm sure you guess we took the latter.
I've been inspired by the trees. Especially the large ones. And oh! The Willows!

There is also a long narrow road when you look to the side, and along that narrow road are tall big trees on both sides. There are at least 10 trees on each side, lined up perfectly. Hopefully I'll get a picture soon!

And art has been my new thing. 

Art like this, I've been lovin':

All of her work can be purchased here, or read upon here, or watched here. [Which I recommend watching because she's quite funny]

So me & Mom have boughten (ok, not a word) paints & brushes, & canvases, & I love it!

So yeah, I can get pretty inspired.

Which brings me to my other topic! I think I want to be an art teacher. I want to inspire the little ones (which I know you don't need to become a teacher to do that) but I love art! Of all kinds! And I guess it's a good dream for me.

So tell me, what inspires you?

P.S. If you like the art above, I REALLY recommend visiting her sites. Especially her videos! She's a doll. [And she makes them too ;]

And I'll leave you with one last picture :)