Hello - Goodbye {Blogland}

Hello Blogland Friends, it is with a heavy and anxious heart that I am deciding to exit my journey as a blogger and shop owner indefinitely. I will share my reasons but first let me say tht I have enjoyed the ride and have enjoyed my friends and time here. I am going to let going of everything and trust that I am choosing the right path. I feel that an immediate removal of this from myself with keep me from swaying from the path that I am being called. I am sorry for this abrupt change farwell but I am already on another road. One that I am excited to share with you:

I was listening to Follow You by Leeland when I heard God’s call to coordinate a Teen MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) for the many teens in my area that are pregnant and those that already have young children. (It would baffle you how such a small area could produce so many teen moms.) I was struck by the words in the song All my needs You have supplied, when I was dead you gave me life. How could I not give it away so freely? How could any of us not give it away so freely? Our God is amazing to us!

That being said, I have decided to lay my dreams aside and pursue one that God is building a fire within me for. As much as I love the creative arts and creating with my hands I have decided to close my business and myself as an artist for the time being. God is telling me to lay it all down right now and as hard as it is for me, I am going to do it. I would not have been open to this a couple months ago but in a moment the Spirit within me changed everything. At the time, I didn’t know that I was going to be asked to give up such a core portion of who I am. It is very hard. But what God has given to me is too great not to share it more than I do now. It should be my life.

Starting this Teen MOPS is so very important to me. God is orchestrating everything and it is going to be a great experience and hopefully a blessing to our community. Please keep me and this ministry in your prayers. I will miss this more than any of you will ever know. I am going to delete this blog after a week as a final step to show my commitment to this cause. Blessings and peace over all of you.

In Christ,

Begonias

Out and About Finds

Flea Markets? Who needs them? I am just kidding. I am only saying that because I am wishing I had some. :) This, I have to settle for the seasonal garage sales. There truly aren't many good ones, I'll tell you that but the last two weekends I have done alright. If you can get the good stuff at a garage sale you can score even better deals though because sometimes people just don't know what they have.

I found these brass colored cake toppers that I think I will spray paint.
What color should I choose?

Who would keep their pennies for paint-worn ballerinas?

I found these beautiful glass chandelier crystals. My hope is to one day find a beautiful brass chandlier at a garage sale for cheap and paint it and embellish it with prism crystals. I just won't budge on an expensive one. I won't show you all the fantastic beauties that I bought last weekend because you would cry when I told you how little I paid. Those are the times when garage sales are a better pay out than a flea market. But I got tons of beautiful laces, jewelry, papers and oh so much more. I will put some in the shop when I get past all my MOPS events this summer. :)

Cottage Charm Giveaway!

The Twice Remembered Cottage is having its 4th annual Cottage Charm Giveaway so I thought I'd jump on board. I guess I am on a roll - I can't seem to stop having giveaways. I'm sure you won't object. I put together a littlle pile of my own cottage charm to giveaway to one of you in aquamarine, tourmaline pink and silver/white colors. I've included a silver-plated tray, three 10mL vials of coarse German glass glitter, a trim tag of laces, ribbon, pom-poms and a mother of pearl buckle, a doily, a lace favor bag filled with buttons and a rhinestone shoe clip. One of you will enjoy these vintage goodies as some added cottage charm for your own home.

To Enter:

Leave me a comment on this post. To earn an extra entry you can follow me. Leave me another comment if you follow. This giveaway will close on May 28th @ 11:59pm. One winner will be announced on May 29th. Thank you for stopping by and good luck!

P.S.

Don't forget that I have SEVEN other giveaways going on right now. Visit the posts before this one to enter those.

Glass Glitter Vials {Giveaway Day 7}

I pull from my boutique all 20 German Glass Glitter Vials for today's giveaway! These are so pretty to just have in your studio or art space.

This is how I display mine on a ledge above my work table. These vials are not itty bitty. They are 10 mL bottles and hold 2 Tablespoons of glass glitter, which goes a long way. These 20 colors will keep one lucky winner busy for awhile.

Jade, Aquamarine, Cherry Blossom, Coral, Citrine & Siesta

Peridot, Tiffany Blue, Amethyst, Red Pearl, Pink Pearl & Silver Shimmer

Emerald, Sapphire, Violet, Tourmaline Pink, Bordeaux, Hazelnut & Midnight Black

To Enter:

Please leave one comment stating how and/or where you would display these glass vials if you won them. That's it. That's all you have to do. How easy. :) I might have one more giveaway up my sleeve later this week too.

Lace Flower Cuff {Giveaway Day Six}

I didn't have a giveaway quite ready for today so last night I made this pretty little cuff bracelet with a layered flower in the middle. It is very summery and victorian.

Materials:

Vintage Lace

Vintage Mother of Pearl Button

Vintage Rhinestone Earring

Velvet Scalloped Ribbon

Silk Petals

I couldn't stop at just one so I made this one for my etsy shop with velvet millinery petals, vintage rhinestones, laces and more!

Leave a comment to be entered! Don't forget to enter the last 5 days of giveaways as well AND come back tomorrow for the final giveaway this week! Grab any of my buttons and share it on your own blogs if you would like. Have a great weekend!!

Vintage Stash (Giveaway Day 5)

Today's giveaway is a stash of vintage goodies!

Two sheets of vintage wallpaper in beautiful patterns, a vintage hymnal, Italian/English Sheet music, a pack of vintage bank checks and documents and . . . . .

. . . . . two cream colored daisies, one green rose, one blue flower, one velvet blue rose millinery as well as a bundle of New Old Stock vintage millinery pansies with original Italian tag still intact and . . . . .

. . . . . another view of the Italian millinery bundle, a vintage locket, a larger victorian-style skeleton key, vintage rhinestone and plain buttons, vintage wood buckle and 2 vintage rhinestone earrings and (pictured in first photo) 2 yards vintage ribbon, ivory romantic torn ribbon bundle and Daisyhill Alpha Chipboard stickers.

To enter just leave me a comment. Grab any of my giveaway buttons and share the giveaway love please. I do appreciate it! If you are a follower - thank you!! All your comments bless me!