So, as of December 1, 2010, the "baby's room" has become the "Mom Room"... or what struck me as I lay on the floor resting my aching back... "Faith's Room". Some of you... all 2 of you that follow my blog.... may remember the post I called Lonely Rocking Chair and Fluffy Carpet (click to read it). After months, or about 5 years (but who's counting), of reserving that room, I decided to USE it! So, that lonely rocking chair and fluffy carpet have company. I'm in the process of getting an old desk and chair to use. I need space, lots of it, to do my thing... crafts, etc. If you read my previous post, TRUST, you'll see the process of me trusting... living where God has me today. I'm not giving up, but embracing where He has us and what He has given us. He has given me creative ideas and I want to use them. I made 5 Christmas gifts today! As I mentioned, I don't have a desk yet, so I sat on the floor.... hence the aching back. I used to use our kitchen table and it was a chore to keep it clean, glue-free, stain-free and cleaned up before dinner. My Mom Room will be a great place to spread my wings. I'm looking for a desk, chair, old chandelier and fun photos to hang everywhere. I want it to be a fun, creative and relaxing room :) So, as I lay on the floor, listening to my Ipod, stretching my back and feeling happy about the completed Christmas gifts, the Lord gently whispered to me. He said "Sarah, call this Faith's Room.... Don't think of it as giving up or moving away from your dream." I can't help but go back and forth between "Faith's Room" and "Hope's Room".
Here she is BEFORE all the fun furniture and decor. Hoping to post more photos in the upcoming weeks.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I Corinthians 13:13
Here are some frames I've made in the past... for gifts and to sell.
I think making this room a craft room is a Great idea!! You need to do a post about all the things you make and show how creative you are!! I wish that I had the creative thing going for me where I could make things! And by the way I love those frames! I saw some that are similar to that at a christmas market that I go to every year in Dallas, and they sell for a good chunk of change!!! you could sell those!! And if you want to sell one to me I would buy one!! My mother in law would love that!! just saying!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jayne! I made lots of the girlie type frames a few months ago for gifts and to sell. I made about 25, but got burned out! With my new "room", I'm going to start them up again. My sister-in-law owns an adorable girlie store and I'd like to see if they sell in her shop. I just made the wooden block note/photo holders for gifts. I'm still playing with the designs, I don't like the squared off paper, I want to rough up the edges and put two coats of different color paint so when I rough them up with sandpaper the undercoat will peak through. And, I want to make the paper edges jagged... lots of ideas! I saw some beautiful ones at the Nutcracker, very nice and they obviously had more time put into them than mine. SEE, this is why I need my room :)
ReplyDeletefor some reason the frame pics didn't show up when I looked earlier. Just the room pic, but could see the frames with the clip on it. Such a unique idea!! Those girlie frames are so cute!! You are so creative!! You do have lots of ideas. Seriously could make lots of money! Can't wait to see all that you do with the craft room!
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