What's on Your Work Floor Wednesday!

Well, I am back to the floor again!

My desk is full of sewing stuff
and I had to cut the cloth of this project on the floor.
This is the first time
I am attempting a stuffed toy.
Not that this looks like one.
Someone asked me if it was a bag!

If you'd like to suggest a name for him,
I'd appreciate it!
And here's my journal page.
I put my prayer on Wisdom's dress,
asking for the gift of wisdom
for all my roles in life!

See what's on other
crafty people's desks (or floors!)
on Julia's Stamping Ground!

Pay It Forward

Here's something new!
I promise to send something handmade to the first 3 people
who make a comment on this post.
BUT
you have to repost this
and offer something handmade to
3 other people.
The rule is, it has to be sent sometime in 2011
(that's a lot of time!)

I will check your blog before sending your gift off
to see if the Pay it Forward post is there.

I got this fun idea from
Andrea of Falling Ladies.
She draws, you guessed it,
falling ladies!

Who's game?

OWOH Winners! and why it took me so long....

Here is the reason for my delayed posting

of the winners.
I tried putting numbers in my comments
using the instructions here,
but numbers didn't appear,
no matter how many times I tried.
Finally gave up.

Then I tried to put the image of the
Random Number Generator.
Again I didn't manage that!

But here are the results-
I just copied the box and this is what came out:
(I assure you the max number I put was 240!)

True Random Number Generator
Min: Max:
Result: 55

The winner of the heart necklace is:
Esme of Chocolate and Croissants.


True Random Number Generator Min:
Max:
Result: 166

And the winner of the flower collage is
Ophelia of Ophelia's Art.

Thank you so much for all the
wonderful comments and encouragement!

Can you see what's on my Workdesk?

All my pictures were super dark,
it looked as if I was working in a cave.
I had to use ever faithful www. picnik.com
to brighten them up.
I finally decided to clean up my table,
by dumping most of the contents on the floor!
I have still been making brooches.

I scrounged around my jewelry box and
got my old brooches to attach
to my flower collages.
See how these turned out!
My other pictures were too dark to salvage!
My lizard brooch nestling among the roses.
And here's my cat brooch.

Amazingly, the theme of my journal page today?
Jesus healing the blind man and asking:
"Do you see anything?"
Coincidence? I think not!
It's God's way of emphasizing to me
that we are all blind in some way
and need new vision!
If only we could see
others the way God sees them,
I'm sure there will be more
generosity and love in the world!

See other desks and projects on
Julia's Stamping Ground!

What's on Your Work Stool Wednesday

My desk is still full of things,

and since I have neither the time nor inclination
to clean it up,
I worked on the floor,
with some of my sewing stuff on a stool,
while sitting on a kiddie chair.
This is how I left it last night.
I hurriedly finished a follower giveaway
for my OWOH post as I had promised
all my followers a chance at my giveaways.
Then I continued making flower collages,
using some lace I had dyed a long time ago,
an old curtain, some buttons from a dress,
and scrap cloth.

A close-up of the unfinished flower collage,
still have to cut it out from the felt backing.

Find more projects and work desks (or stools)
on Julia's Stamping Ground!

Or on the slim chance that you don't know about the
One World, One Heart gigantic blog party,
you can start here!

What's on Your Workdesk Wednesady

My desk is as usual a whole mess!

Let that be a comfort to all those
who merely THINK their desks are messy!
I barely have enough room for my journal
which is quite big,
let alone the other materials I use.
This time I decided to paste the bible diary page
and illustrate the story of Jesus' presentation in the temple.
There St. Simeon saw him and said:
"Lord, have fulfilled Your Word!"

I'd like to quote from Michael Esses
who was born a Jew.
He said, "There is so much of Jesus in the Old Testament!
I don't see how the Jews eyes, including my own,
could be so blind that we could not see the 333 prophecies
concerning Christ in the Old testament
were gloriously fulfilled in the New Testament.

"When I was speaking in the University of Oregon,
I was told that two of their computer scientists
had run this problem through the computer.

"The odds against one man
fulfilling these 333 prophecies
were 67 to the 10th, a figure so astronomical
that it approaches infinity!
What an answer for the intellectual
inquiring about the validity of Jesus!"

See more messy, tidy, organized, and
awesome desks at Julia's Stamping Ground!

Would you like to win prizes?
Scroll down and
join my One World, One Heart Giveaway below
and visit other OWOH participants here.

One World,One Heart 2011

Winners have been posted here !
Thank you for all your
comments and encouragement!

Welcome to my blog!
My name is Patsy
and I am from the Philippines!
I like to do mixed media art,
ATCS, sewing, jewelry,
and sometimes I post about my
creative faith journal.

This time I have a story for you:

Legend has it there was
a lovely young maiden who was pining for the moon.

Her father gave her everything she wanted,
but he was in a quandary as to how to get the moon and give it to her.
Now she was spoiled and strong-willed,
and she set off to find the highest ladder she could find.

One evening, she chanced upon a high tower,
and on top of the tower,
she spied a ladder.
She went inside and climbed, and climbed, and climbed.
When she reached the top of the stairway,
there was the ladder.
She hitched her skirts and started climbing the ladder.
It was a very tall ladder.

Indeed it reached the heavens.
But when she saw the moon,
she was sorely disappointed.
It was dark, and dismal and cold.
She sat at the top of the ladder in dismay.
When she looked down in her sorrow,
she could see the earth,
all shimmering like a precious gem.
Frowning, she thought,
"Why, I never thought the earth so beautiful!"
"I've wandered so far from my family,
given up so much, grown old,
lost everything, even time,
in search of something that
merely looked beautiful from afar!"

"I should go back and try to share what I've learned.
We should appreciate what we have,
while we have it,
especially family.
I am afraid my father is dead.
I have been gone away too long!"

So she slowly went down the long ladder,
but slower and not so impatiently as she was
older and grayer and had pain in her joints
and varicose veins.

When she finally reached her home,
she found it in sad disrepair.
Her father they said, had been waiting for her
to come back every single day.
He would stand outside the door in rain, in heat, in snow,
in tornadoes and tsunamis.
Finally he succumbed to the elements
and faded away.

Of course she was devastated,
her heart broke in two.
"Father, I will spend the rest of my life
making it up to you!" she vowed.

So up to this day, there is an old woman,
you may have seen her,
for she goes all around the world,
and tells her story to anyone who will listen,
in the hopes that no one
would be as foolish as she was.
Many have listened,
and her heart has grown stronger and wiser.

So one winner may remember
to appreciate what we have
and not go pining for what we don't,
here is a gold heart necklace which I've put together
especially for One World, One Heart.

Just leave a comment below and
I will pick a winner on Feb. 17
using a random number generator.
This is open to bloggers worldwide.
For more wonderful giveaways,
visit OWOH for the list.

Added:
I forgot that I promised my followers
that they always have a chance
in my giveaways,
so I hurriedly made something
my followers can win-
a brooch with fabric and lace flowers.
You can pin this to a pearl necklace
to dress it up!
Happy OWOH!

What's on your Workdesk Wednesday

This is what's on my upstairs work desk.
The reading for my prayer time this morning was:
"Stir into flame the gift of God that you have..."
from 2 Timothy 1:6.
When we take an interest in other people's lives,
when we encourage and build up,
recognize one another's gifts,
inspire and nurture,
we are stirring into flame the gifts God has given.

God has given us so many marvelous gifts,
and there are so many ways we can
be life givers to each other,
to our family, friends,
even to the friends we meet in blogland!

Peek into what others are doing on their desks
at Julia's Stamping Ground.

What's on Your Work BED Wednesday!

I have been working on my bed
the past days as I am confined to rest
because of a bad cough.
So on my bed, you can see my journal,
bible, glue, a pair of scissors must be around somewhere,
papers to cut up and watercolor.
My paint and water are on the floor.

For those of you who asked,
yes I do journal everyday and
either paint or do collages.
I had more time today obviously.
The challenge was to make Jesus' hands
not look withered because he is healing the
man with the withered hand!

Today's reading is from Mark3:1-6.
Jesus asked the man with a withered hand to
"Stretch out your hand."

All of us have a withered something
we can stretch out to the Lord.
It can be a talent we haven't used,
a dream we've allowed to die,
a relationship destroyed by unforgiveness...

The good news is Jesus is asking us to
stretch it out to Him,
for healing, restoration,
to make it whole again.
We shouldn't lose hope.
There's always hope.

For more beds,
I mean desks,
neat and tidy,
chaotic and frenzied,
see Julia's Stamping Ground.

What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday?

Thanks for all the visits and great comments last week!
It gave me a big boost!
My sister Peggy and I were talking about all the
great craft spaces on WOYWW,
how much space and room to organize, etc.
But what I like best, and why I keep posting
is because of all the wonderful encouraging women I meet
(there's hardly any men, I notice)!
It matters not if you're messy,
or neat and super organized,
just be honest and show your desk.
No judgments!
So go and visit the weekly party that is WOYWW
and have yourself some fun!

So here's my super chaotic desk again
with a project I just started.
I bought some cheap Japanese fans,
put gesso on it, and drew on it,
tracing the Japanese lady
and putting flower designs.
I don't know what it's going to look like when it's finished,
and I'm just trying out the flower collage on it
to see if it fits.
And here's my journal for today,
not very clear I'm afraid.
If you can't see, Jesus is leaning over a boy or girl
who seems to be in deep trouble.
Hebrews 2:18 reads
Because He Himself was tested through what
He had suffered,
He is able to help those who are being tested.

This is a comfort to me.
Whatever we go through, we can depend on Jesus
to be there for us, even if we do not understand.

More than a Fisherman

This is what is in my journal today,
a line from the Book of Mark, Ch. 1, verse 17.
"Come after me and I will make you fishers of men."

In another version, the verse reads:
"Come, follow me, and I will send you out to fish for people."

Why did Jesus target Simon and Andrew, James and John?
Was it because they were fishermen?
Maybe because fishermen are used to being patient,
to not catching anything for long stretches of time!

My father wants to catch fish.
He has developed so many methods,
but he hasn't been successful
It's not that he isn't patient.

It's because he doesn't know the fish in the area.
He needs to know what it eats, when it eats.
Eventually he'll be able to catch fish, I'm sure of it.

I believe that when we follow Jesus,
even if we're total dummies about "catching men",
He'll be the one to make us
excellent fishers of men!

Todd Millikan said in his blog,
"Every single child of God is made to have a role
of incredible significance and
influence in others' lives."

WOYWW: CHAOS!

Here is my desk at work:
pure chaos!
Which fits my bible reading for this morning
which was about Jesus walking the water,
and telling the disciples
not to be afraid.
The disciples thought he was a ghost walking
on water!

For Jews, water usually signified chaos,
and so Jesus' dominion over water
signified that He was victorious over all
our troubles, anxieties and whatever
chaos is occurring in our lives right now.
Isn't that good news!

I had a Christmas giveaway two weeks ago,
and this flower collage brooch
goes to
# 7 Sarah Anderson
She said...

Sorry to hear about your mother in law, but as you say, what a party she'll be having!! It must be like Christmas all the time in heaven, but better :)
Love, love, love your brooch, it's stunningly yummy :)

I'm making more flower collages in preparation of
One World One Heart.
If you don't know what it is,
click on the link above or on my sidebar.

See other desks and projects
on Julia's every Wednesday Blog party!

WOYWW: New Year, New Journal

Here is my desk this morning,

after I made an entry into my journal.
As you can see, I am of the
push-back-and-pile school!

It is a good time to look back through the year
and count our blessings!
I have many, many blessings!
Family, friends, community.
The fact that I can think, remember, create,
walk by myself, breathe without a ventilator....
oh, too many to count!

I also count you, those who visit
and take the time to comment,
friends I've made,
and who inspire and encourage!
Sooo many blessings! My heart is full!

I know the new year, 2011,
will also bring an abundance of blessings,
challenges too!

And I have to prepare a new journal
to write them all down, for the current one
is down to its last page!
So below is my new journal.

I sewed signatures on to a piece of leather,
then glued the leather on to a cover
of a 2010 calendar after removing the springs.
Then on to the good part,
embellishing the cover.

See other desks and projects
on Julia's every Wednesday Blog party!

And the Word Became Flesh

And the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us. John 1:1-8

How amazing is this gift that
the Almighty has deigned to give us!
He gave us Himself,
He became a little baby,
a human being,
so that we might become
His true heirs!

Because He dwelt among us,
we have a chance to be like Him,
to spread His light,
to be His face, hands and feet.

"Thank you for your Christmas gifts, Lord-
Your Presence,
Your Word,
Your guidance,
Your faithful love."

I want to thank you, my wonderful visitors and friends,
for your comments,
friendship
and encouragement!

May the joys and blessings of Christmas
be yours all throughout the year!

WOYWW 81: The Joys of Christmas

This is how my table looked this morning.
I needed to push all the fabric, beads, needles and thread
to make space for my journal.
I am still crazy about making flower collages.

Since it's just a few days to Christmas,
and because I've made such lovely friends on WOYWW,
I decided to raffle away a flower collage brooch
for one of you who makes a comment here.

My way of sharing my joy this Christmas!

See other desks and projects
on Julia's every Wednesday Blog party!

The reading for today is

the Magnificat of Mary,
so fitting for the Christmas season.

Luke 1:46-55 (King James Version)

⁴⁶And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

⁴⁷And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

⁴⁸For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden:

for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

⁴⁹For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;

and holy is his name.

And here is Elizabeth encouraging and supporting

her cousin Mary.

This event celebrates family and community,

all those who love and support us,

especially during difficult times.

I’d like to thank all those who offered prayers

for my mother-in-law when she was in a coma.

She passed away on Dec. 12.

Although we are sad she is not with us anymore,

We can rejoice that she can now celebrate with

the birthday celebrant, our Saviour Jesus Christ!

May the joys of Christmas be yours

throughout the year!

WOYWW 79: Flowers!

It's Wednesday again!
And just a few days more till Christmas!
I have to apologize that I wasn't able to visit
any of you this time around.
I've been spending most of my free time
at the hospital as my mother-in-law is
still in a coma.
Still, I brought along some fabric,
needles and thread to the hospital,
and made some fabric flowers
while waiting and praying.
Last night I was wondering what I was going to do with them.
I started with a ponytail accessory.
And below is a flower collage I have yet to decide what to do with!

See other desks and projects
on Julia's every Wednesday Blog party!