Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.......

21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet. On with the "Virtuous Woman" we have been looking at in Proverbs chapter 31. Some of us have a hard time looking down the road. I tend to be one of those. Far too many times, I have faced a situation, only to look at the "moment" and not the "years to come". Looking only at the temporal and not the eternal. This woman looked down the road and plan accordingly. Tom ( my hubby ) and I are beginning to plan for our future and where we want to "end up" in our journey thru life. Now, we know our final resting place (lol) but what are we gonna do with our life, what's in our future. This woman had already thought of what her family needs would be once winter came and she made the necessary preparations to see to it that her family would have what was necessary. We as mothers, need to do the same for our families. What areas of your life, your priorities, need to change in order to make sure we look into the future and plan accordingly? I know for me, I need to think things thru more carefully, look at what the "ripple effect" would be depending on my actions. I want to make sure when the snow falls, that my family will be safe, warm and dry. Finding all they need, staying high and dry at home! Let's begin by looking a little further down the road when we are making decisions that affect our family. As I type this, we are getting ready to take our daughter back to college today! Now talk about having to look down the road to make sure she will be able to face "the weather" that lies ahead of her, and have confdence that we have planned ahead for what comes her way. Well it shouldn't be too hard, I think she is taking everything she owns! LOL Have a great weekend and I will be back with you guys soon! His, Teri

Daddy's Little Helper

Ok, so this is a perfect example of how you can take one kit and do so many different things with it. This is the same kit from Jaydensmama.blogspot.com "Construction Kit". I started with the word art and couldn't stop...LOL. Maybe I will offer the word art seperatly down the road! I loved the idea of Dad's and their kiddo's working together on a project. Great idea huh? Well the photo I used, not too much help on this kiddo's end! Loved the picture, so I had to throw it in! His, Teri

2 Cool for School QP

Here is my first CT (Creative Team) QP for Jaydensmama Designs. You can find her kit on her blog at www.jaydensmamadesigns.blogspot.com. I used her Construction Kit. I thought it would be cute for those older kids who are, well frankly, 2 cool for school! We all know some kids like that right? Maybe we were once one of them! And this is my layout I did with it with our little angel who at times is, 2 cool for his own good! Enjoy! Teri

Her Majesty the Queen

Here is a quick freebie that goes in my Diva's and Dudes overlay series! Don't we all have a Queen in our families? Mine is asleep on a pallet in the den. She is Brighton, our little 4 1/2 pound, blind as a bat, cute as a bug, Yorkie! Check her out in my sidebar if you don't think she is the cutest thing ever! See, thats why she is the queen! Have a great day! Teri

Go for the Gold!

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FREE, FREE, FREE at LAST! Great news! "The Pick a Template" challenge has rolled back our prices and the cost is ZERO dollars! Yep that's right, ZIP, NADA, NOTHING! So here is the scoop! You can post you layouts in the gallery at http://www.digiscrapdepot.com/ and the 1st 25 people who post will get the "Angel Overlay" posting gift. Email me after you post and I will email you the 4shared link to download. So now, you 750 people who already have downloaded my templates, have NO excuse not to post! LOL It should be fun to see the layouts come a tumblin' in! I am so excited. So here's what you do, step by step:

NEW RULES FOR THE CHALLENGE
1. Download August "Pick Your Template" from here
2. Create your layout
3. Post your layout in the Gallery at DSD
4. Trim and put in your Starbucks Tumbler to show off your design! And keep you fingers crossed, you might win the TROPHY!
* well I can't make you put it in a tumbler...it's just fun to think I can!

Go for the Gold!

OH and by the way........ Vicky at DigiScrapDepot is STILL going to give the 2 prizes away! Is that not so nice of her? Please, if you can, leave a donation to keep the site up and going! That was what she wanted the fee for in the first place. But this way, those of us who can donate can help for those who cant at this time. See we are all winners! Be sure and thank Vicky if you get a chance!

Angels Unaware?

OK so we are gonna keep on keepin' on here with our look at this Virtuous Woman in Proverbs 31. Verse 20 "She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy". Well ladies, this is right up my alley, so I am gonna use this opportunity to share a little testimony of God's Amazing Grace! Grab a glass of tea and pull up a chair! This is truly amazing! I will try to make this short and sweet! But I doubt it will happen. LOL OK, My husband and I have always felt God's calling on us to open our home to others. We have tried to be obedient in this area. When we had been married about 5 years we had young boys at home and we became foster parents. That is a whole nother story, but it shows where we came from. We did that for about 4 years and when we quit, we knew God still wanted us to continue in this ministry. So, He continued to find others who were sent our way who needed a place to stay, whether for a week, a night or months...So we had a young girl who was 17 at the time with a baby already in need of help and we agreed. This young mother, well, she had no parenting skills what so ever, so I tried my best to help in that area. She lived with us about 3 months and then went to a group home i believe, and I took care of her baby for a little while longer. So, later she got her baby back and we continued to check up on her. She became pregnant a year later and did not want to keep the baby, she had no means of caring for herself, much less another baby. Well we did not want anything to happen to that precious life, so we told a friend that we would take the baby. This friend told this young mother that we would take the baby and SHE SAID OK!!! Now, can you imagine? So, from the time she was about 5 months pregnant, I was involved in the pregnancy and we now have a beautiful 19 year old daughter who loves the Lord and has brought us unmeasurable happiness! I say this not so that you will look at us and say WOW, but so that you will look at my amazing GOD and say WOW! He is the only one who could have ever made our paths cross, and open the door for a wonder gift, the gift of life. I have to share this picture of Maggi and myself, because the other thing is..... we look exactly alike! Well other than the fact that I am 50 years old and 50 pounds heavier! Ha Ha.... Our baby pictures are so similar though, when she was a baby, people would come up to me and say, "Well I can sure tell who

her mother is! Can you? LOL

So what am I trying to say here, that you should do this too? NO, I am saying that we all know people who need a little help now and then and all we have to do is be available to be used by the Lord. You know, He wants to use you right? We are HIS hands, right? We are how others will see him in the flesh here on earth. So, now that we have "clean hands" lets use them for God's glory! I hope this has blessed you today, I know I never tire of sharing how He blessed us when we had no idea when we opened our home to that young girl, that one day, she would be the instrument that God would use to give us a precious little girl! Wonder how He wants to bless you?

A Little Love is in the Air

Ok here is the second month for you to get started on. I would love to have you gals send me your compleated calendar pages and I will post them on my blog! Won't it bw fun to see how everyone makes theirs uniquely there own? So get scrappin and send'um to me! I will show you mine if you show me yours? See how easy that was? Happy Scrappin', Teri

These are just a few of the "loves" in my life!

I Don't Want To Say Goodbye to Summer

Here is another is my "Summer Collection" of overlays. I heard you ladies! Beach, Beach, Beach! I got it! Hope you can make some great layouts with this one. Tomorrow, another month for your calendar. Hope you have gotten January's done. His, Teri

* This is for you SunBum, enjoy!

It's Back to School Time!

Well its hard to believe the summer has come and gone! Now, its time to get back in the swing of school schedules and after-school activities! I was so excited about Shannon at "Angel Wings & Things" letting me design for her I couldn't wait to get started. So I used her darling "Back to School" kit to make my first QP's. I could not choose which one I liked so I am offering them both to you. Click the picture of the one that you want. If you want the kit go to her link on the left of my blog and tell her thanks for giving me the chance to design for her! Hopefully its a win, win deal. Look forward to hearing your comments on my very first QP! Blessings and Grace for today, Teri