I was looking up the pickle recipe I used when pickling the last time. I realized that was the last time I sat down and blogged! I have missed my outlet here, but man... life has been SO busy. Anyone relating to me? Seeing that it is late fall, I am sure that means I will be in the house more, which probably means more baking and blogging!
Z and I have enjoyed a vacation, yard work, home improvements, family gatherings, and other events since I have last wrote. I also have enjoyed the website
http://www.pinterest.com/ lately. Just another outlet to get the creative juices flowing. I would recommend getting on there if you haven't already!
I do want to take the opportunity while I am here to share what a couple of ladies and I from church are doing. It all started when two of us wanted to just get together and make flowers like what you see below.
Well, the flower making went into a flower making frenzy. We found ourselves experimenting with different fabrics and old clothes. They turned out so cute! Then we thought, what are we going to do with all these flowers?? All of us girls really enjoyed learning about the A21 Campaign at a recent ladies event at church (to best explain the organization, visit the website at
http://www.thea21campaign.org/), and so... we are making the flowers to sell, and ALL the proceeds will go to A21! We are so excited as this little idea has exploded into something we never would have imagined.
We are calling the organization Freedom Flowers- a flower frenzy boutique to end human trafficking. Freedom Flowers now has a facebook page, and you can find that under my 'get linked.' We are so excited as God is opening doors to be a five holiday dinners, three different boutiques, and holiday shopping open houses all before the end of this year already! If you are interested in purchasing, want more information, or just want to check out what A21 is all about, let me know. Our ultimate goal is to raise awareness and make a difference with this organization.
I will make another page on my blog to post pictures of products and flowers as more and more are complete. We family have a free weekend that consists of just yard work and flower mkaing so I will get them up for sure! Thank you for your support and prayers during this adventure... we are excited to see what God is going to do!
Why not do what we can, to make a difference!
This past week, Z & I went to Wisconsin to visit with Uncle Bob. As you know from previous blogs we make it a tradition to go to Uncle Bob's over 4th of July weekend, but we decided to make a fall visit as well. We had a great time playing games, a walk through the art museum, and a day at the zoo.