Great Grandma's Love

This is my Mom and my grandson...

Precious!

A Visitor from Heaven

In memory of Jamison

28 days old, 

who went home to be with 

Jesus today.

"A visitor from heaven 

if only for awhile,

A gift of love to be returned,

we think of you and smile.

A visitor from heaven

accompanied by grace

reminding of a better love and of a better place.

With aching hearts and empty arms 

we send you with a name,

it hurts so much to let you go,

but we're so glad you came.

A visitor from heaven,

if only for a day.

We thank Him for the time He gave

and now it's time to say

We trust you to the Fathers love

and to His tender care

held in the everlasting arms

and we're so glad you're there.

we're so glad you're there.

With breaking hearts and open hands

we send you with a name.

It hurts so much to let you go,

but we're so glad you came.

We're so glad you came.

Twila Paris

Camera Bag

Yesterday I was thinking about a camera bag

 and how it would be great to make 

one that matched my camera strap.

I was looking through my pattens and couldn't 

find the bag patterns I knew I had,

so I dug in my closet and there in a pile of 

stuff was a bag already cut out and ready 

to sew, in the exact same fabric!

I didn't even remember cutting it out at all!!!

 That's the strap I made awhile ago...

And here's the finished bag.

I made it extra stiff and heavy so that

if I set it down the camera won't get banged up.

There is plenty of room for phone, wallet, etc.

along with camera and accessories as needed.

The pattern is Simplicity 2617

with an added closure tab with velcro.

Lucky Brand Inspiration and Questions

I like the Lucky Brand, but can't

justify the cost, so I used some fabric

that had the "look" 

and made a peasant style tunic.

The pattern is Simplicity 2310 

with some modifications.

Get to know me Questions
1. eye color? Blue/green
2. Real hair color? blond w/ LOTS of gray
3. Heritage? Finnish ancestry, Lutheran church
4. Shoes you wore today?
Naturalizer mary janes (see above)
5. My weakness? Sweets
6. My greatest fear? Snakes
7. Country I'd most like to visit? England
8. Fave Christmas song? Rose of Bethlehem
9. Perfect Pizza?
BLT with avocado at California Pizza Kitchen
10. Fave store? Ross
11. Do you like thunderstorms? No
12. What you would eat right now?
a non-gluten free croissant
13. Who is your favorite author? Jan Karon
14. What is the most exciting thing you have ever done?
Snorkeling in the middle of the ocean
15. Who do you most want to meet? Jesus

NOW I'd love to hear from you what your answers are!
Let me know if you do so I can check them out:)

Bakers Review Wednesday-Gingerbread Coffee

I'm joining up with Aimee over at A J Crazies

for the Bakers Review Wednesday

 Gingerbread Coffee

 Here is what the gingerbread syrup will look like...

And here is the finished coffee.

Gingerbread Coffee

1/2 c. mollasses

1/4. c. brown sugar

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. ginger

3/4 tsp. cinnamon

Mix above ingredients together and refrigerate

for 10 minutes or more.

Add 1 T. of syrup to 1 c. coffee and add

half and half cream to taste.

Garnish with whip cream and a sprinkle of ground cloves.

(recipe from All Recipes)

Review

Yummy! I think it has better flavor

than any of the coffee places serve, and it can 

be adjusted by adding more or less syrup to taste.

Also the syrup will last in the refrig for many days

so it's easy to whip up a cup whenever you like.

A+

Sketch 180 & Challenge #31

I'm linking up at Creative Scrappers

with Sketch 180

and also using another challenge

from the "52 more" book,  # 31

"Incorporate book pages or sheet music on a layout"

"Get Picky" Inspiration Challenge

I'm linking up over at Get Picky

for the Inspiration Challenge.

This is the inspiration photo -and you also had

to use some fabric in your layout.

The fabric I used is in the flowers, I used 2

layers of fabric and then paper and a button.

I also sewed the black border.