Happy New Year

It's very apparent to me that I am no longer interested in blogging at least on a personal level. So I have decided to give up this blog. I can no longer come up with things to say about my life because the things in my life sometimes drive me insane. Thankfully I have been blessed with a wonderful husband and he is a great help to me. I feel it is better to not say things sometimes then to whine about the things that you cannot change. God is really the only one that can show us how to deal with problems effectively, but first we must let him and secondly of course sometimes we have to ourselves make drastic changes in the process so God can show us how to be comfortable and happy in a situation that you cannot change perhaps forever. Yes it's one of those kind of problems.

I have been concentration a lot on my craft. Many crafts which help the stress for me. These past weeks I have been fascinated with making angles, angel earrings, angel suncatchers and pendants.
Here in this photo I have taken Swarovski Crystal Beads and created some lovely angel pendants and suncatchers.

I have been working on my craft blog and will be there blogging, so if you're interested to read what I have been up to as far as crafting goes then I hope to see you there.

Here is a photo to show the difference in size between pendant and mini suncatcher.

I really love this idea because it makes it personal when someone can have a little angel for their birth month as a little crystal suncatcher or a pendant.

I just made these so I have not posted them to my website yet, but will get it done this week. 

I do hope all my blogging friends have a wonderful new year and may God Bless you and give you a blessed happy new year!

Here is the address to my craft blog 

http://www.shinymoonbeams.com

Merry Christmas -The Greatest Gift of All -

The Greatest Gift of All

In the greatest of all passages there is described the greatest of all gifts. If it is a gift from God, we know apriori that it is a great gift. Jesus once asked if any father would give his son a stone when he asked for bread, or a snake for a fish. If, He said, you give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give good gifts to His? (Matt. 7:9-11). God, then, is a Father and He will only give good gifts to men. (cf. James 1:17).

The best of all possible gifts God has given -- Jesus Christ. And John knew, as no one else, what a remarkable gift it was! What was the gift like? A gift of the Word made flesh and dwelling among men. What was Jesus like? (Have we not all asked that question?) "Full of grace and truth." What did men see when they saw Jesus? Glory, glory like an only child has from his father. What did Jesus bring when He came? "Grace and truth." What did Jesus come to do? To make known to the world what God is like, the God no man has as yet seen. (John 1:14-18). To this John adds that they had been privileged to drink of Jesus' fullness, fullness so extraordinary that it could only be described as a fullness consisting of blessing upon blessing. (1:16).

Hope your Christmas is Blessed

Hugs Kat

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving!

Today I am cooking for a party of 12, my family and 2 good friends that are like family to us and so they come to every family gather we have just about. We are so thankful for them and our precious family. We are thankful that even though we are afflicted with many ailments they are not serious and all my family is doing well, cancers have been cured in two family members over the years, God is good. We are so thankful our ancestors came to this wonderful land we call America so long ago, from Scotland, England, Ireland mainly. I have read about my family ancestors in the civil war and other wars, their struggles for us to get where we are, may we take care to preserve our heritage, that God has blessed us with. We will eat the traditional Thanksgiving day feast that I will prepare for my family today. It's a lot of work but I enjoy doing it.

Remember when I posted this recipe? Thanksgiving Blessing Mix, well I am posting it again or the link rather because now I have a photo to go with the recipe.
You Can print the recipe from this link.
http://www.shinymoonbeams.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-blessings-mix.html

I made the cute eat pie stick and some place cards for Thanksgiving, I am doing a lot of paper crafts, you can check out my craft blog for all that I have been doing craft wise. 

THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS MIX

2 cups Bugles brand corn snacks

2 cups small pretzels

1 cup candy corn

1 cup dried fruit bits or raisins

1 cup peanuts or sunflower seeds

1 cup M&Ms chocolate candy

16 Hershey's chocolate kisses

In a large bowl, gently mix all ingredients except Hershey's Kisses. Place 1/3 to 1/2 cup Blessing Mix in small cellophane treat bags. Add one Hershey's Kiss to each bag. Close bag with chenille stem or twist-tie.

I made a card stock attachment that reads:

THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS MIX

Bugles: Shaped like a cornucopia or Horn of Plenty, a symbol of our abundance.

Pretzels: Arms folded in prayer.

Candy Corn: Hardships of the Pilgrim's first winter. Food was so scarce that the settlers survived on just a few kernels of corn per day.

Nut or Seeds: Promise of a future harvest, one will reap only if seeds are planted and tended to with diligence.

Dried Fruits/Raisin : Harvest gifts of our bountiful land.

M&Ms: Memories of those who came before us to guide us to a blessed future.

Hershey's Kiss: The love of family and friends that sweetens our lives.

Isn't this a wonderful recipe? Are you counting your blessings?

Psalm 145:7 

They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

These cute graphics were made by Countryside Haven, she is no longer online, they are so sweet. I got them many years ago.

Happy Thanksgiving!