Baby Shower Pics

My son, Malachi, and daughter-in-law, Courtney, are expecting their first baby together in January.  My daughter, Karissa, and I and Courtney’s mom gave them a baby shower last Thursday. 

{Please excuse the not-so-great photos.  My point and shoot just does not do what the Nikon does, but I didn’t want to chance destroying my husband’s camera in all the hustle and bustle of the day.} 

I made this diaper cake using the tutorial I found here.  It really didn’t take as long as I thought it would.  I had it finished in just a couple of hours.  A good movie is a great distraction to break the monotony of rolling 70 diapers! 

We had the guests sign the front of a story book for the guest book.

We used the Sweet Vintage Shoppe  theme at Hostess {with the mostess}.   Their printables are fantastic, we just printed and framed them in frames that I spray painted white.  Aren’t those little yarn ice cream balls my daughter made adorable?   We placed them in  sundae glasses to make ice cream sundaes for the table décor.

The cupcakes my daughter made.  She makes the BEST cupcakes!

The mom-to-be opening the gifts with her mom.  There is something so exciting about baby stuff!  It’s just so adorable.

Keandra and Brooke, the aunts-to-be, excited about sharing this special day.  I know Keandra doesn’t look all that excited, but I promise you she was.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I will be taking some time away from my blog to spend with family and recover from my surgery.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Karen

Psalm 107:2 WORDart & a Tutorial on how to resize in Windows WordPad

 

First, I would like to say a great big thank you for all of your prayers, comments and emails in the past week.  You all sure know how to lift a girl up!  It meant so much.  I am feeling a lot better.  I am on a very low fat diet until my surgery on the 28th.  It makes food rather uninteresting, but it’s keeping the pain away, so I am not complaining one bit.  I am a little nervous about the surgery, but I know God will be right there beside me. 

 

I am so thankful I have been redeemed by the blood of my Lord Jesus Christ.  I never want to be ashamed to stand up and say what He has done for me. He is such an awesome God!  Even in the darkest of days, He is still the light.  Could you imagine how dark it would be without Him?  I don’t ever want to be without His presence in my life.  I need Him and I am not afraid to say so.

You can download this WORDart here.

 

How to resize the WORDart in Windows WordPad

Did you know that you can open and resize the WORDart in Windows WordPad?  This is what you do:

1. Go to Windows start button

2. Click on All Programs

3. Open the Accessories folder

4. Click on WordPad

5. Once WordPad is open, click on the picture icon and select picture.

6. Navigate to where you saved the file on your hard drive and select the jpg file.  (If this is your first time using WordPad, you may have to select Create New first.)

7. Once the picture opens in WordPad, click on it and a box with four squares at each corner will be around it.

8. Hover your mouse over the bottom right square and your cursor will turn into a two-way arrow.  Drag your cursor toward or away from the graphic to resize it.

9. You can then go to the top left hand box (next to Home) and choose print to print it.

I hope this is helpful to someone!

Have a blessed day!

~Karen

WORDart

 

I am very sorry for neglecting my blog this week and not having new WORDart. I have spent most of this week with excruciating stomach and back pain.  The worst pain I  have ever experienced — and I have had six kids with no pain meds whatsoever.  Most of my pain free time has been spent sleeping and taking care of my family.   Who knew pain was so exhausting!  After spending half of the night in the ER last night, I now know that I have a “very sick” gallbladder and have to follow up with a surgeon.  This doesn’t exactly fit in with the plans I have been making, but I am tired of feeling sick and being in pain.  I hope to be back to my creative self very soon.   I have a million ideas running through my head and really want to get started on them and share the results with you. 

Thanks for understanding!

~Karen

Hey, did you know…?

 

Abby, from Little Birdie Blessings is hosting Scripture Thursday.  Scripture Thursday is a Link Party where you link up your projects that include a scripture.  Your project must include an actual scripture from the Bible, inspirational quotes will not be accepted.  You have until Wednesday to link up, so you still have some time if you wish to participate.   This is such a great way to share your work and meet new people.  Abby also offers amazing free vintage graphics on her blog that you can use in your projects.  Here is the direct link to the Link Party.  Be sure to stop by and check out her blog, I think you will like what you see.

This is one of the graphics on Abby’s blog she is offering for free.  Isn’t is just adorable?  I love it!

Happy Friday!  Enjoy your weekend.

~Karen

1 Thessalonians 5:18 WORDart

  Of course, I had to make some WORDart that was fitting for the season.  I love Thanksgiving.  It is one of my favorite holidays.  I love being reminded of all the things I have to be thankful for.  I try to be thankful every day, but it is nice to have a time to really focus on the little things that I tend to take for granted.  Most of all, I am thankful for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  How different my life would be if I didn’t know of His love and grace for me, if I hadn’t experienced His mercy and continue to experience it daily.  He is so good, more than my words are able to express.

I made this card using the frame-it wordart below.  I used the simplified version and printed it onto Rustic Cream cardstock.  I trimmed the long side down to 5 1/4, distressed the edges and inked them with Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs distress ink.  I then tied some brown twine around it and tied on a leaf button I had in my stash.  I also very lightly sprayed some Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist on it.  I sprayed it from a distance so it wouldn’t mess up the printed ink too much.  It did splotch it just a bit, but since I was going for the distressed look I didn’t mind.   I adhered it to my kraft card base and Wha-la—super quick and easy card.  I tried so hard to get a picture that captured the shimmer from the glimmer mist, but I just couldn’t do it.  It looks amazing in real life.

Click here to download the 4 x 6 frame-it.

I also created one in an 8 x 10 size, printer ready.  Download here.

Click here to download the 4 x 6 frame-it simplified.

For those of you looking to conserve printer ink, I made a simplified version.  This is the one I used to make the card pictured above.

For the regular black and white download in jpg and png files, CLICK HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I am thankful for your comments and your continued support.

~Karen

Painted Books

I purchased some hard bound books some time ago with the intention of using the pages in some projects.  When I went to use them, my mind went in a total different direction.  Maybe it was because my hand has been missing my paint brush, but I had this idea to paint them.

I pulled out my Annie  Sloan Chalk Paint (which I love) in Old White and went to work.  I painted two coats on each book then distressed them with fine grit sandpaper.

I brushed on an antiquing glaze that I quickly brushed off with a damp rag making sure to leave some streaks behind.  I then used a small brush to “flick” the glaze to create some paint splatters.

I glazed the edges of the pages as well.  I then stacked three of them and tied them with some twine.  They look perfect of my side table.

I had a fourth book and stenciled a damask design with the same glaze I used to antique the book.  After the design was dry, I lightly sanded it with very fine sandpaper.  I LOVE the way it turned out!

I made a tag with Papertrey’s Fall Elegance stamp set and tied it to some twine I wrapped around the book.  It looks lovely on a stand with my fall décor.

So that is what has been happening on my side of the blogosphere.  Oh, I did get to attend an Adobe Creative Suite workshop with my hubby on Friday.  That was fun and I learned so much.  I was on information overload when I walked out of there.  I am so looking forward to attending the Photoshop workshop next month.  So excited about that!!!!

I will leave you with this picture of our snowman in the fall.

My kids had fun playing in the snow this past weekend and I enjoyed the down time.  Doesn’t that snowman look so out of place on the green grass with the green tree in the background?   So funny!

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Karen