Holiday Time

Don't you love holidays - whether it be a week off or a weekend away - the thought of it always excites me. I am off to Durban for the weekend. I miss my home town a lot!! My mom owns a wonderful little shop in the heart of Hillcrest and her new stock for her shop has arrived. I am being wisked off to help sort, label and tag her ever so divine things. Not that I mind....

My brother is also getting married in a couple of weeks time so we will be running around Durban like busy little bees trying to find something "just right" for my mom to wear to the wedding. Any excuse to do a bit of retail therapy....

I will be back to "blog" on Monday - have a super weekend!!

Little roses

People in general amaze me - don't you think it astounding how God has blessed us with such different giftings??? Just searching on the internet you come across such talented people. There is such creativity out there - if only I could do all those things - now don't get me wrong I am not unhappy about who I am or what I am blessed with - my heart merely longs to be able to do all my eyes can see - painting, building, writing, sewing, cooking... the list goes on and on....

Talking of cooking look at these beautiful plum and rosemary sugar tarteletts - they are so wonderfully and intricately made - they remind me of little roses - you can find the ever so clever recipe at the Tartlette blog site.

So many books so little time...

Have you ever had so many things to do but just not enough hours in the day to do them all??? I am sure you can relate. Well I am in that place!! So many books to read and so little time... Oh the joys of having a ensemble of books and not being able to devour them all at once. I am reading such a wonderful book that is the first in the series - yes oh my that word "SERIES" - that can only mean one thing - there are more than two or three to read.... what is a girl to do.... With that thought in mind glance your eye over the photo above - image from Stephen Shubel Design. What an ideal place to keep ones books - not only does it create that ever needed table but it also keeps your books close at hand.....

Love..

I came across this blog site that caught my attention - the blog site is called "poppytalk" (you can find it at: http//poppytalk.blogspot.com/) - it is a canadian design blog collecting inspiration and promoting emerging design talent. The thing that struck me most was this photo above - I can imagine it being at my front door hanging all my winter coats, scarves and jackets on and secondly it simply reminded me of this verse:
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" - Romans 5:8

I loooove that verse - what an awesome God we serve - a God who loves us with an unfailing LOVE!!

I found this card while looking for a verse in my bible - funny how we tend to keep things that are sentimental to us.... these sentimental goodies always pop up just at the right time to put a smile on our face. This card was given to me by a very special family. I always love it when something is handmade - gives it that special touch!! It makes me want to pick up my "tools" and start being creative again - let me think who needs a special card to brighten their day????

Peace & Quiet

I don't know if you are like me - you just need some time out to recharge, unwind and get refreshed. There is no better place than my favourite chair in my bedroom. It's comfy, right by the window where the sun streams in and close enough to put my cup of coffee down. All the right ingredients to spend good quality time with the Lord......

Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest".