A Trip to Marquette

I want to give a *shout out* to my new stamping friends in the UP ~ Hubby & I had the privilege of travelling to Marquette recently to see our daughter's new internship congregation and meet some wonderful folks who live there. We appreciated the Yooper hospitality and loved the beauty of Lake Superior ~ very much like home in the Pacific Northwest :) Thank you Marquette <3

Happy Retirement :)

This is for a lovely friend who retired this week from many many years of teaching school :) She is looking forward to whatever the Lord brings her next ~ I think she may have a tad bit of wanderlust in her :) The colors are a little unusual together, but will go perfectly in her kitchen window to be reminded of God's Blessings as she does the dishes :) Words are Heart & Soul, and everything else is from the scrap drawer ><>

Owen Update :)

Praise God ! Owen is out of surgery ~ everything went well ~ he is beginning the recovery process :) Thank you for thinking of him and his family! AMEN ><>

Prayer Request :)

So I don't normally ask for things from you, my blogland buddies....but today seems like a good day to start. Two of my young friends from church are currently in a pediatric surgical waiting room while their cute-as-a-bug almost 9 month old son is undergoing a very unique surgery to re-open his bony plates (in his sweet little head! ~ they have already grown together too soon, which doesn't give his growing brain any wiggle room, so to speak) I know first hand the feeling of sitting and waiting for a child to undergo difficult but necessary surgery. Thankfully ~ we know God is with them all in the OR and the waiting room, and we are sooo grateful for that! How do people get by without that Blessed Assurance ???? So if you'd join me in lifting Owen up to God in prayer, that would be awesome! The more, the merrier ><> and I'll keep you updated!

new stamp :)

Here's one of the new verses ~ just right for those times when your socks have just been blessed clear off! Plaid paper is *My Mind's Eye*,and the scraps were cut with that old SU punch (love that thing!) A few buttons and a *heart dot* on the I and there you have it :) ><>

I'm not one for much fanfare....

Especially for myself...which is counter-productive when you own your own business :) but....there are some new stamps at Heart & Soul, and you can find them on our website if you go looking :) I'll post some cards later in the week (hopefully :) ><>

thank you service men & women

I am ever so grateful for those who have served to protect freedom and democracy and risked everything for those of us at home! ><>