Video - In the studio today....an artsy tip

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purple shoe love & sidewalk art randomness

Wishin' i could be two places at once

I'm off to enjoy a nice sunny day with the fam.....some lunch and a little bike riding hopefully followed with a trip for some ice cream (cold stone I hope so I get my current fave cotton candy with rainbow sprinkles). I find myself wishin' I could be two places at once tho....creating in my studio (it's sitting sadly neglected this week) and spending time out enjoying my family. What two places do you wish you could be right now?

things i'm lovin' this week

+ this fabulous lamp with a french script lampshade. found out they carry it at marshall's (there's one right down the road from me) and tj maxx. i know where i'm goin' later today lol! + this book i found today on amazon. what a perfect title: A Perfectly Kept House Is the Sign of a Misspent Life: Creative Ideas and Real-life Tips for Making Your Home Lived-in, Warm, Welcoming and One-of-A-Kind ... Worrying About Everything Being Just Right!)

+ these creative re-purposed organizers. totally right up my alley (see previous book link lol!)

+ this song from plumb. it's a remixed version of an older song of hers. i love the new version even more!!

+ and finally, my new blog community/forum over at blogfrog. you gotta go check it out and join! you can even join using your facebook login so there's no new username/password to have to remember (bonus!) i'll be using it instead of my ning site from now on since ning will start charging later this month. blogfrog is so simple compared to ning and i really like it better since it focuses more on building communities around existing blogs. it's a great place for my blog buddies to interact with each other, ask questions, and make new friends. after you join, your latest blog posts and twitter posts will be displayed in my community...another great way to connect with each other. :) please feel free to start a discussion when you have a question for me, advice you'd like to share, or stories related to your creative journeys. you can also sign up for daily email updates from the community too so you'll never be out of the loop when there's new activity.

well, i'd better get a move on. lots to do today and time is slipping away quickly for me these days. i'd love it if y'all would share some of your favorite things with me this week.....either here on this post or over at my new community. :D

blessings & hugs, paulette

Our gift

"What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God." ~Elenor Powell

God is so creative! Look around at the splendorous world around you. He created this amazing world that we all have this tendency to take for granted. We fail to see the beauty in the everyday things surrounding us.

We get too busy with our daily lives and forget to take in the astounding beauty he created just for us! We too have this creative ability. We were made in God's image, right? So we too are creative....each and every one of us! God gifted each one of us with creative abilities....some of us are creative in the way we decorate our homes, the way we solve problems, or the way we communicate.

Some of us are gifted with the ability to engineer or design amazing creations like bridges....

or buildings....

Me, I was gifted with the ability to paint.

And these are my tools.

God put this desire in my heart to paint and eventually I could no longer deny it. For denying it was like telling God I wasn't worthy of this gift He had given me. It was like refusing it. But by using this gift He so graciously has given me, I bring honor to His choice.....glory to His name. For He uses this gift to reach out to not only me, but to others. I am His vessel and I can choose to honor Him by doing what He has called me to do....or I can choose to put it off, make excuses, and not honor His choice to give me this gift.

What gift has God given you? What desire has he placed in your heart? He placed that desire there for a reason. To motivate you to do what He has called you to do. He is that still, small voice that won't let you ignore it. He whispers to your heart....fans the desire. Don't ignore it....for in doing so, you choose to not honor your purpose....your God given purpose.

I've chosen to honor Him.

What will you choose?