For Rebecca

Please read Rebecca's story.

I was having problems dealing with my diabetes this week and just today read about what our beautiful and loving Rebecca is dealing with. 

How winpy can I get.
Rebecca always reminds me, with her beautiful words of hope and inspiration, to hold back my shoulders and say
"Lead me Lord."
 

We are all people needing people.

 

For the Beautiful and loving Rebecca's story.

http://corazon.typepad.com

http://musclewalkmda.org/phoenix2012

Mosaic Monday- All about Steampunk

Mosaic Monday

Oh the things you learn from blogging.

I started doing ATC (art trading cards) swaps over a year ago.

Up to that time I had never heard the word

Steampunk

I had during that year run across the term and did one based on Google research.

The month of January our hostess Wendy had a

WTA

(winner takes all) 

and I was the first winner of the draw.

I had chosen Steampunk for my preference of cards.

8 folks signed up.

That meant I would receive 7 swap cards from the other artists.

 Decided to use those cards for my mosaic this week.

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s.^[1] Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United States—that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology, or futuristic innovations as Victorians might have envisioned them, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, art, etc. This technology includes such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or the contemporary authors Philip Pullman, Scott Westerfeld and China Mieville.

Courtsey of Wikipedia

I think I understand Steampunk Art now.

There is also a market out there with

Steampunk jewelry.

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Wrap-up day for the first WTA from BlissfullATCswap and Sepia Saturday

Sepia Saturday is the second story.
Sorry, if you would like just scroll down to 
Sepia Saturday.



Wow what a fun month for me.

 My Mini Gallery display
WTA January Swap.

Woohoo

Can you believe all the pretties
I received as the January winner of
Winner Takes All
Blissfull ATC swaps

Karla at
http://sketchbookmailartclub.blogspot.com

Melanie at
http://rabbitholeart.blogspot.com

Wendy K. at
http://artbywendy38.blogspot.com

Wendy A. at
http://blissangels.blogspot.com

Mercedes
http://mercedesscott.typepad.com

Donna at
http://postcardsfromthestudio.blogspot.com

2 from Ceila
at
http://adventuresofthestripedstockings.blogspot.com

Electra at
http://wishiniknewhowtoblog.blogspot.com


Other stash items included in
the packs.

Well I think I understand Steampunk now.
Thanks to all the artist that made me so happy.
Hope I did not get anything mixed up.
I misplaced one of the names and there was nothing on the back but I think I have them all lined up now.
Hope I did not get the names and cards mixed up.

Sepia Saturday

Theme
Connections to the theater

Well I have to stretch my photo to comply with theater but I can do that.

This photo appeared in our local newspaper in 1920
It is the graduating class of a private girl's school in my town.

I have no idea who these young women are.
They were named but I did not know any of them or their families.
Only 4?
Well yes. A private all girl's school in 1920.
Very expensive and exclusive.
The high school is still in operation and is coed now and is still very expensive.
I love the dresses and look at the shoes.
Two of the girls have on white leather high top shoes with laces.
Daintily showing their diplomas.
A good photographer and yes a little showwomanship.
Now just down the road from this school was an all girl's private college.
These schools were owned by the same religious congregation. 
One of the girls, or maybe all, earned a scholarship to the college.
Did they go?
Who knows.
It makes for a good piece of theater.


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Friday Shoot Out-Theme- Delicate, things in my town.

Theme for Friday Shoot Out this week is

Delicate

Delicate things in my town.

I did all my delicate shots one day when I was at Nazareth Campus doing some volunteer hours.

 A Christmas Amaryllis on display
in the foyer.

 In the foyer at Nazareth Campus.

A gift from India in the Visitor's Center.
Painting on an Ostrich egg.

 African Madonna and Child
at Nazareth on loan from a personal collection.

From
Africa
in
the
Visitor's Center.

 From Belize

From Ethiopia 
Represents all the peoples of the world.


These pieces of art were done by natives of the different countries where the sisters and associates serve.
None of these pieces of art are for sale.
Them were all gifts of love.

My front door.


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Please pray for Rebecca

Dear Mary look after your beautiful
Rebecca.http://corazon.typepad.com




An angel among us
Spreading love and hope
Rebecca

Loose ends flip flopping around

For all those who are signed up for Wanda's 

WTA

Winner Takes All ATC swap

here is an account of my beautiful gifts as of today.

Nine of us signed up.

I was thrilled at being the first winner.

I have received 7 ATCs and there are a few days left before I will have them all.

When I have all 8 of them, I will feature them all in one post and talk more about this swap.

I am loving Wanda's monthly swaps because it is not only fun it is a perfect way to learn how to do different things and to collect stash for other projects.

I am a fairly new participant of ATC swaps, just about a year, and I am learning so much by receiving all the cards and little stash items.

Here is a sneak preview of some of the stash I received in the WTA swap and I save everything.

Finished one necklace and earring set that I wore myself since it has a few flaws.

One earring is longer than the other.

Left out an O ring.

Easy enough to fix.

I am getting more comfortable with working on these.

Some of this came with packs of supplies and the pearls were from an old piece of jewelry I had.

This is a jewelry set I purchased last year and working on it now.

My eyesight is sure being tested here.

Lucky I have one of those magnifying glasses you can put around your neck and rest on your chest.

Love the aqua stones and silver together.

Any other beaders out there?

Still working on plarn totes trimmed with Journey beads to raise money for the SCN missions.

Gotta stay busy.
Too easy to just get lazy and sit around and get stiff.
Gotta stay mobile.
You know, "The Body at rest.............
LOL

The magic of light

I was having a hard time deciding what to blog about tonight when I went to Deanna's blog to read her's for today.

http://homehavenministry.blogspot.com

Have been so enjoying her and her family updating their home and just loved her photo of her new porch lights.

Well I have to apologize for taking my idea from her.

I decided to go out into the cold night air to shoot some shots of our porch lights.

This is on our front porch.

They are motion sensitive which I just love.

Look at the purple color around this light.

This is on the back door.

Light spots again around this one.

Would you believe I did not realize these two lamps are different.

I just took it for granted they were alike.

Well Danna your post today made me take a closer look at something right under my nose.

How often do we do that.

Just take for granted things that we live with and don't even notice.

Makes me want to be more observant.

 Pop over and see Deanna's beautiful new porch lights.

Tell her you saw her light shining.

Mosaic Monday old jewelry newly found

Mosaic Monday

Since I have become interested in jewelry making and made some pieces for Christmas gifts, I have been digging around in my storage places looking for old jewelry to take apart and use for new pieces.

I came across some pieces that I had not worn for a long time and in fact would be considered out of style by my girls and grands but they are not just the every day stuff.

So I decided to use some of them for my mosaic this week.

 

These pieces are not of real value but there is a lot of sentiment attached to them.

Don't think I will be taking them apart for spare parts.

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Jesus calling.

Sunday January 22, 2012

Holy Gospel Reading

 

Gospel, Mark 1:14-20

  After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the gospel from God saying,
'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the gospel.'
  As he was walking along by the Lake of Galilee he saw Simon and Simon's brother Andrew casting a net in the lake -- for they were fishermen.
  And Jesus said to them, 'Come after me and I will make you into fishers of people.'
  And at once they left their nets and followed him.
  Going on a little further, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending the nets.
  At once he called them and, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the men he employed, they went after him.

This is the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise be to God.

How wonderful to read of Jesus going about called his disciples to come be with Him as the kingdom of God was close at hand.

We are also called each day to follow Jesus as the kingdom of God is close at hand.

This does not mean the world is coming to an end. It means that we are offered constantly the chance to walk with Jesus and help to insure that all of us are ready to enter the kingdom.

No one knows the time or the place when one will be called home to receive our promised reward.

I want everyone I love and know to share that reward with me.

I pray that I may share His love with everyone I meet physically or in cyperspace.

 

Sepia Saturday Dolls,dolls, dolls

Sepia Saturday

theme

Dolls with dolls

Two of our dolls with their dolls in 1978.

Yes it ends, up they were practicing.
We have 3 beautiful girl grand dolls and 1 handsome boy grand doll that take up their time these days.
2 in high school and 2 just about ready to leave elementary school.

When our 6 children were growing up it seemed we never had enough money to go around.

But looking at this  Christmas photo it looks like they were pretty happy.

Love does that.

They are so precious.

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