Happy Mother's Day!

I think I kept all of my son's drawings 

when he was young.

He is now 17 years old,

and he is still fond of drawing, and drawing

and drawing! 

I am sooo proud of him!

Yesterday he said that he solved 

a puzzle made by Einstein,

and he invited me to solve it too!

He said only 2% can solve it

and he is one of the 2%!!!

Well, I did not want to find out 

if I was part of the 98% who couldn't!!

And even if I was, 

I think mothers always want 

their children to turn out better

than them,

in every way!

Not just in solving puzzles!

To be more creative!

To be more loving!

To be more inspiring and encouraging!

To use his gifts and talents more!

To do a good job in whatever he aspires to do!

But most of all,

to be a man after God's own heart!

I'm including this in Venus'

Mother's day Giveaway!

Venus' sister, Luane, also has a giveaway 

in time for Mother's Day, too!

This one from Crafter's Reference

ends on May 13, Mother's Day

here in the Philippines.

Paint Party Friday: Believe the works!

I always enjoy coming to a party!

Especially if it has anything to do with paints!

Even if what I'm going to show is half finished!

If this comes out nice enough,

I'm going to add it to a page in my

altered book,

for the class I'm doing with Elizabeth.

I'm reading a book, Swan Thieves, 

by Elizabeth Kostova.

The main character is a brilliant painter

who needs some psychiatric help.

He tells one of his students,

"Draw everything. Do 100 drawings a day!" 

Is that what a takes?

And on my journal this morning,

a verse from John 10:

"Believe the works."

A lot of people did not believe

Jesus was the Son of God.

All His miracles, healing,

good works, teachings

were not enough to convince them! 

Some people believe He was

just a good man, a prophet, 

BUT HE said He was the Son of God!

He can't be a good man 

and then lie about His identity!

 Linking with 

Spiritual Sundays,

Faith Filled Friday,

Artists in Blogland,
In Search of Beauty,
Fingerprint Friday,

Scripture Thursday,

 

Blessings,

Patsy

WOYWW: Trusting God

My desk is an L-shape.

Two desks jammed together.

With lots of drawers and plastic boxes 

stuck underneath.

On the foreground, you can see a pile

of bookpaper that I painted

wall putty on, in preparation

of our next "Crafternoon"

next month.

Monday's journal:

one of my very favorite verses.

"Nothing will be impossible for God."

Luke 1:37

Tuesday's journal:

From John 8:28,

"when you lift up the Son of man,

then you will realize that I AM."

And from today's Journal page:

Daniel 3:28,

"Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach

and Abednego, who sent his angel

to deliver the servants that trusted in Him..."

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

were thrown into the furnace

after they refused to worship the

statue of Nebuchadnezzar,

the king of almost the entire world.

But when they were inside the 

furnace, there was an angel with them,

and they did not get burned or harmed!

Sometimes we find ourselves

in a furnace, a challenging situation.

Do we trust God and believe he is with us?

Joining the lovely Julia for a 

peek at desks and projects!

 

I love blog parties!

Won't you join us?

Linking up with

Joan at Reflections of His Grace

Women in the Word Wednesdays

Laura at the Wellspring,
Word Art Wednesday,

Blessings!

Patsy

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Paint Party Friday: Stars!

A nice lady emailed me and asked 

if I wanted to trade ATCs.

I asked if she had a favorite quote

or bible verse.

Here's her answer:

"When the moon breaks up

and the tide goes out of control,

will you find me in the water

and swim me to the stars..."

I don't think I can fit in the words! 

But here it is, Maddy!

 On my journal this morning,

a quote from Psalm 34:

"Many are the troubles of the just,

but the Lord delivers from them all!"

Indeed, if the moon breaks up,

and the tide goes out of control,

I think it is the Lord who will 

bring us out of the waters

of trouble,

and swim us to the stars

of victory! 

 Linking with 

Spiritual Sundays,

Faith Filled Friday,

Artists in Blogland,
In Search of Beauty,
Fingerprint Friday,
Scripture Thursday,

 

Blessings,

Patsy

WOYWW: Focus on what is really important!

 

Oh the woes of a WOYWWer!

:^) This time it is my camera.

So I used my IPOD to take my pictures!

On the right side you will see the 

altered book I am working on.

Thank you to Elizabeth of ALTERED BOOK LOVER

 for her patience!

If you'd like to try making an altered book,

Elizabeth has a tutorial.

 

Clamping on the pages.

It's not really dirty.

I just thought I'd play with the frames 

available on the camera of my Ipod.

 

Piling up the books!

 

I put wall putty and am now drying it.

 

And here on my daily journaling:

a quote from Mike Cherney.

"A gift that LENT offers is the time

to focus on what is really

IMPORTANT.

We need to use this season to

IDENTIFY

what impedes our progress 

in the directions

that truly matter."

Joining the lovely Julia for a 

peek at desks and projects!

 

I love blog parties!

Won't you join us?

Linking up with

Joan at Reflections of His Grace

Women in the Word Wednesdays

Laura at the Wellspring,
Word Art Wednesday,

Blessings!

Patsy

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Paint Party Friday: Listen!

Just a short post today

cause I spent so much time figuring out 

what picnik wanted me to do!

I gave up and tried another online editing site- Phixr.

If you find one you like using, please tell me!!!!

Here's my work in progress.

No title yet but something about how 

what we are thinking and saying 

colors our world.

Right now, in spite of some challenges,

my world is so bright and beautiful!

And on my journal, a verse from Jeremiah7:

"LISTEN to my voice;

then I will be your God and 

you shall be my people.

Walk in all the ways that I command you

so that you may prosper."

Isn't it amazing that God wants the best for us 

that He left us a whole lot of instructions?

It's a very detailed guidebook on how

we should live our life so that we will

be happy, peaceful and joyful!

He doesn't promise no problems,

but He does promise He will walk with us!

 Linking with 

Spiritual Sundays,

Faith Filled Friday,

Artists in Blogland,
In Search of Beauty,
Fingerprint Friday,
Scripture Thursday,

 

Blessings,

Patsy

WOYWW: Pass it on!

Whoa! Serious disaster zone! 

Caution! caution! Do NOT cross this yellow line! 

Work in progress: Bloom! 

Another work in progress 

(no name yet, because I have

no idea what it will look like in the end!)

I am just making marks on the background.

My dad says if you have an interesting background,

half your painting is made!

I have a new journal and 

my pages aren't brown anymore.

Makes a nice change I think! 

I bought several little sketch pads, 

removed the covers and 

sewed it on a piece of leather I cut

from an old dress I found in an ukay ukay 

(that's filipino for vintage!)

And here's what's on my journal for today:

a verse from Deuteronomy 4:

"However, take care and be earnestly

on your guard not to forget

the things your own eyes have seen,

nor let them slip from  your memory

as long as you live,

but TEACH THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN

AND YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN."

How important it is to pass on to our children

what we have learned! 

If we don't, it is like we have a treasure

that we don't share with them,

but just keep to ourselves! 

Joining the lovely Julia for a 

peek at desks and projects!

 

I love blog parties!

Won't you join us?

Linking up with

Joan at Reflections of His Grace

Women in the Word Wednesdays

Laura at the Wellspring,
Word Art Wednesday,

Blessings!

Patsy

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