Logos 365- Living God's Plan

Starting out on a journey in 2023

 with a word- HENENI.

Hebrew for Here I Am.

Wasn't sure if this Visual Faith® Ministry project

 would be one I engaged with this year.

Always takes some prayerful time to discern what to add, 

and if something else needs to be deleted.

Seeing what there is to learn from Moses and Samuel. 

Learning to better listen for God's call.

So- starting a journal to put together

 the learning in one spot. 

The new thoughts. The revisited ideas.

I have vowed to keep it simple and not overwhelming.

But, I do love some great Gelli prints from my stash.

Word study is always interesting.

  This one is more of a phrase in English.

I wasn't sure about this project or my word.

 In fact, I had been running away from Hineni.

Then last week I grabbed the printed pages

 to join the VFM Day of Prayer Lectio Divina time.

And there it was- 

the verse I had been looking at right there-

 in the study of YAHWEH.

Hineni-

Here I am, Lord.

Direct this path this year.

Maybe you would like to join me?

It is not too late. 

Here is the simple packet to get started.

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Heart Roundup

Ending up the Valentine Week 

with sharing some of the things

 hanging out from a Creative Haven 

event this week.

 I used a heart gift from my friend Bonnie

as the center focus for this mixed media piece.

Packing material makes a great

 base overlay on a flat canvas.

Three of these canvas projects 

were made for each of my daughters.  

                            A Creative Haven project from 6 years ago-

the circle medallion.

Grade school Valentines.

So, I have officially been getting 

these out of a vintage candy box

and looking at the names on the back 

and praying for these long-time friends

 for fifty years now.

Sometimes a Valentine 

mixed media project

 is not about red and pink.

 O my soul-

praise Him. 

Sometimes it is a vintage chicken feeder

 to hold small floral plates and a cache of hearts.

 Vintage Valentines 

in a seed pack holder.

So I am reminded-

Our hearts take hold on Thee.

I pray thee dear Lord Jesus,

my heart to keep and train.

that I thy holy temple,

from youth to age remain.

Amen.

Creative Haven- Open Studio

So what happens at a 

Creative Haven Open Studio?

Well, a little bit of everything.

Some time working on margins

 in our Journaling Bibles.

Catching up on what's happening

 in the lives of our friends,

or new friends.

Trying out a new medium or technique.

Finding the just right washi tape,

 or seeing a new product like- envelope wraps.

Time to finish up some Journaling started earlier.

Or color in one that you just finished lettering.

Or practicing your lettering style for Easter cards

you are making to send.

Using old hymn pages 

to highlight your Lenten thoughts,

and making the dedication page for a new Bible.

Or an Easter canvas made - 

ready to display in the home.

Sometimes Creative Haven is just about 

SPACE- in the margins of our lives-

 to catch up with a friend,

 sit around a table and eat supper together,

 congratulate a soon-to-be mom,

or check out some Lenten devotionals.

Bring your own things to work on

or find it when you arrive.

Always something to learn and share

when we are gathered here.

Thanks to all who came!

Fall Mixed Media- #4- Creative Haven

A few more Fall mixed media projects.

This one designed and created

 by Melinda Ransdell

designed and created by Beth Benham

Because once in awhile your friends

 are over and they see something 

and they want to make it 

and you just have to pull out all the stuff,

and make a mess and craft together. 

And it is good.

My work created for a friend-

 old book page ruffle strips on the bottom

handmade paper layers

scrapbook paper wrapped cereal box cardboard

Ideals magazine paper from 1957-

copy of a 1907 Thanksgiving card

Tissue paper flower with a Sizzix die cut

All gifts to be delivered this week.

Fall Mixed Media Projects Round up

Fall Mixed Media Round Up.

I got inspired and decided

 it was time for treats to siblings and nieces and 

spouses to nephews for Thanksgiving Gifts this year.

The Key to this idea working 

is to have a number of the 

tissue wrapped cereal boxes in stash and ready to go.

Then someone (I honestly don't remember) 

was cleaning out "stuff" this summer

 and I got a phone call 

that they were bringing things over-- 

and saying- like-well- because

they didn't know who else 

would want this  STUFF -but YOU- Connie.

So some kind of towel sample 

became the cloth base 

for this Fall whimsy project.

And someone cleared out 

scrapbooking supplies and old jewelry.

And then I had a purchased 

something cute at a vintage tag sale.

And they wrapped it in 

brown tissue paper to protect it.

And someone had flower assemblage pieces-

waiting for a project.

The helpful thing in mass production

 is using a base pattern for all of them- 

but not making them all alike.

Then the projects go quickly and 

then they are boxed in the mail.

And arrive in Indiana

 long before Thanksgiving Day.

A gift this far in advance

 of a Holiday should be noticed-

since early is maybe not my trademark.

Fall Mixed Media Project-#3- Creative Haven

Fall Mixed Media Project-#3 

Creative Haven

Tissue paper wrapped Cereal box cardboard

Wire Handle attached for Hanging

Vintage book circle cutout for softening edges

 and covering ends of wire

Found some packaging material 

and it added great texture- hot glue on

Torn strip of fabric to wrap project

2 inch paper medallion- 

made with the Martha Stewart scoring grid

Fall image torn from 

a 1949 Ideals Magazine

Lifted from base 

with a folded piece 

of cardboard hot glue

Base Finished

Finish with vintage Thanksgiving Postcard 

matted on cardstock

Stamped and doodads added

Tulle, fibers and ribbon on bottom left

with leaf buttons 

Vintage Satin ribbon loop at top

Grandma's jewelry on bottom right

Gift for sweet sister.

Fall Mixed Media Project- #2- Creative Haven

Fall Mixed Media Project-#2

 Cereal box cardboard

 wrapped with white tissue

Wire attached for hanging

Torn corrugated cardboard for dimension

attach with hot glue

Fabric swatch (carport drop-off)

Picked fall colors that I like

 Paper Medallion added bottom right-

 2 inch strip

Folded on the Martha Stewart paper scorer

Folded piece of corrugated cardboard 

to lift postcard piece and add dimension

Torn piece of paper from a 1949 

Thanksgiving Ideals Magazine

Add vintage postcard piece

Ribbon dangles and satin ribbon

Finish with a piece of vintage jewelry

And a bit of gathered fall goodness

 to share with a sweet sister.