Good Friday

Here you can see that the previous Lenten mobile has gotten darker- small wooden crosses were added. I also removed all the 'shiny' and glittery ribbons ( our aggregate floor is quite sparkly, thanks to me :)  )  Looking ahead to the change for Easter morning! 

Lent 2019

This is actually week two.....it doesn't look a whole lot different than last week- I just added a little more blue to the mix. It will continue to get bigger and darker as we progress through the next few weeks. 

Ordinary Time Pt. 3

Ok- here's a close up just before I brought it down to change to Lent. I had added a lot more gold and green ribbons. I actually wrote a little blurb for the church bulletin explaining the significance of things ( in my mind, anyway :) )  that the circles represent seeds of faith, and the small/large ones remind us of our changing faith. The green is for 'growth', and the ribbons represent that He is the Vine, we are the branches. Folks seemed to like having my craziness explained :) 

Ordinary Time part 2

I added a few things this week. Years ago I saw a store display that had taken cds and linked them together with big jump rings- my daughter and I made a big window covering for her room out of all those annoying 'free internet' ones that used to come in the mail :) It makes for quite the light show as the sun catches the rainbow colored edges of the circles! So there's a few strings of them on here, plus some leaf shapes I cut from sheet copper and green metallic paper. I didn't take a close up shot, as I wanted to show just how high up in the Sanctuary ceiling this thing is :) 

*Ordinary Time*

This Sunday is the beginning of 'Ordinary time' in the liturgical church year.  If you want to know what that means, here's a link - ordinary time -and although my church happens to be Lutheran, the explanation still works :)  I went a little 'retro' this year and used some circles from a previous year- I look at them as seeds of faith. There's some vines, ribbons and leaves mixed in.  I started smaller too, because I want to make it grow every few weeks. You can also see our beautiful baptismal font that was made years ago by one of our members.  It sure looks different at 'ground level' than it does 30 feet up in the air! 

Advent Part Two

I've got a new Liturgical Arts buddy! Someone who loves making things for the Lord as much as I do :)  She designed this from some Pinterest inspiration ( but of course, the Holy Spirit gets the most credit!) Since the hanging rod is wider, to accommodate other existing banners, we added lots of ribbon to the sides- it coordinates wonderfully with the big old "jellyfish" in the middle of the Sanctuary - see below.  So thankful for creative friends.

Advent 2018

Well I'm just so excited about this year's design! I've always been a little frustrated that the thing droops when it gets heavy......you can't really tell it unless you're in the balcony, but I know it and it bugs me :) I did a little research and found some 1/2' aluminum square tubing that is waaaay stronger and actually lighter than the All-thread I have been using. So this one's a beast! I went 8 1/2 feet across ( about a foot longer on each side than ever) I also found some mirror ball garland at Hobby Lobby and added lots of shiny ribbon. I have to say, it's one of my favorites and it is straight as an arrow up top !