Advent Anticipation

Referring to Luke 2:21-40I cannot begin to imagine what it must have been like for Anna.  To have waited and waited and waited for God to show up.  Always waiting, staying faithful, never giving up, day after day after day.And THIS day, when it started, probably seemed like every other day.  I wonder when she realised.  Was it the very moment Mary and Joseph entered the Temple,...

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Living Thankfully

Loook, 2 weeks running!  How impressed with myself am I?  This week, in no particular order, I am thankful for . . . . 446.  Both my sons.  The first doing an amazing degree in stage management and apparently having lots of fun but working very hard during show weeks (this week being one!).447.  The second doing well at sixth form and winning a RECORD 7 awards (including...

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Bible Costumes - Egyptian Princess Wig

I am still making costumes and props for our Open the Book Team.  Open the Book is a program that takes weekly Bible Story assemblies into schools that are local to  the church providing the team.So far, I have shared our first team photo (we were the 1000th team to be registered), quick and easy basic costumes, Joseph's Multi coloured coat and a basic male Egyptian costume as well as one...

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Living Thankfully

WOW, I haven't done a thankfulness Journey post since before I went to Romania.  So this is well overdue.  Here is my entry for this week's Thankfulness journey, in no particular order.I am thankful for . . . . 434. The trip to Romania went well and I learnt a lot.435.  Although we had to wait in baggage claim for 2 hours, ours bags were OK, and we got them eventually.436....

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Flower Faerie Hoodie Improvements & Updates

Just finished up this gorgeous Flower Faerie hoodie to ship off to the East Coast this morning.  This one was custom ordered with longer sleeves and no laces on the sides.  It's always fun to make modifications.  This is the second request I've gotten for no side laces and it makes it a rather different hoodie, I think.  Certainly it fits differently.  I like the clean lines...

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Bible Costumes - Pharaoh and other Egyptians.

Earlier in the week I showed you how we made the multi coloured coat for the Joseph story.  This week we finished off the Joseph story with what happened in Egypt.I wasn't responsible for the Pharaoh costume but isn't it amazing.  A friend did this.  The instructions for the head dress are available to Open the Book Team Members in the UK via the resources pages on the members...

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Bible Costumes - Joseph's Coat

How do you go from this:To this:It's not all that difficult actually, as long as you have a sewing machine that will do stretch stitches for knit fabrics and a good pair of scissors you should be fine.  Please excuse the quality of the photo, we have a teacher taking photos from the back of the assembly hall, and I forgot to ask her to get a good shot of the coat.  I am making...

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