Simple Blessings

I am so blessed!

And as I have been trying to save

money for our trip to Anaheim,

I have not been spending any money

that did not need to be spent.

And God is constantly reminding me 

that HE loves me!

I LOVE fresh flowers.

And sometimes, I like to buy a few.

No fresh flowers have been purchased lately,

and yet my new neighbor surprised me with 

these gorgeous Hydrangeas from her garden!

They smell beautiful and are so gorgeous !

I have been working hard to sew

out of totally enormous and 

totally embarrassing fabric stash.

I have only been purchasing things when I have 

nothing that can even remotely be substituted.

But today, in the mail,

I received a package from a sewing friend

and inside was this GORGEOUS fabric! 

I have never seen such a beautiful print!

Thank you so much Hettie Lynn!

You blessed me so much today!

I am doing my dead-level-best to stay 

away from Starbucks.

That place can eat up the bucks and add

calories with terrifying ease.

And I prefer Peet's Coffee anyway!

So, I have been making my own iced coffee!

YUM!!!

You know I love Mary Engelbreit, right?

Well, when I was working 

at the furniture store,

while waiting for Ahnalin,

I ordered these cannisters.

This was at least 6 years ago!

I was saving them for when we were 

finally in our own house.

I had forgotten about them!

But I found them when we were

going through some boxes in our garage!!!!!

Aren't they wonderful? 

I am CRAZY IN LOVE with them!!

I also found this.

I had hooked this rug while waiting

for Ahnalin too.

I never bound the edges,

but other than that, 

it was finished. 

So, I finished the binding 

and now Ahnalin has a new rug to match her room!

And look what bloomed 

in my teeny tiny garden spot this morning.

So bright and happy!

Every good perfect gift is from above, 

coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,

 who does not change like shifting shadows. 

James 1:17

 

And don't forget to enter

the giveaway for the book here.

So, how have you been blessed this week?

Happy Sewing!

Sivje