Remember the little Chest of Draws?! Well they're finally finished...I know I took my sweet time, nothing like a few fears and procrastination to hold you back. I'm amazed that they're done woooooohooooo I finished the little chest of draws..and I actually like the job that was done and I would love to know what you all think since this is my first time Shabby Chicing anything.
Are you ready?????
Oh golly I hope you like it :) now I'm a little nervous...be gentle with me..hehe
BEFORE
AFTER
Soooooooo what do you think? Does it look ok?? Should I never pick up a paint brush again???
Pleeeeeeeasssssssssssse put me out of my misery...I can handle it...ummm no I can't...oh yes I can...constructive criticism is good for growth so let me have it :)
What a beautiful cool and breezy day it is today filled with sunshine and birds singing their sweet songs. I do hope that you are all having a beautifully blessed weekend. What I would like to share with you all on this Spiritual Sunday, is an email I received from a friend a few years ago I thought it was just so beautiful I kept it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did....Lets dance!
I'm so thankful to be apart of Spiritual Sundays with our wonderfully sweet hostesses Charlotte and Ginger. I'd like to thank each and every one of you at Spiritual Sundays for taking the time to visit with me and I just love receiving your comments they are like kisses from heaven to my heart.
Please visit all the other wonderful people at Spiritual Sundays, but first grab a cuppa, get comfy and open your heart to be blessed.
It's my first Pink Saturday!! hosted by Beverly at How Sweet The Sound, pop in and visit with all the other ladies that participate in Pink Saturday you'll be tickled PINK hehe :)
I'm soooooo excited because PINK is my favorite colour:)
I'm doing the happy PINK dance :)
Showered in pinkness with my pink Bible, Teddy, Diamond, Candle and a pink Rose :)
I don't know about you but I like how the pink rose stands out against the bark :)
awwww isn't he just a sweet powder puff pink teddy...soooooooo squeazable :)
A pink diamond....a fake but still sooooo pretty..gotta love a bit of bling!!
I have to appologise because I don't know the name of this flower I'll have to ask my mum. The cluster of lots of small pink flowers is just so lovely. If you know the name please feel free to let me know I'm not good when it comes to the name of plants, if it's pretty and pink I like it!!
I hope you all enjoyed my little bit of PINKNESS.
A big PINK Thank you to Beverly, at How Sweet The Sound for letting me join in the fun of Pink Saturday. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Beverley!
I would like to introduce you to my very sweet and dear friend Evana at Varny Voo. Evana has also been bitten by the Blog Bug and I would love for you to all make her feel welcome and encourage her to blog. Evana and I have been friends for roughly around 7 or so years she has a beautiful heart and spirit and an amaizing gift of making people feel important. She is a ray of sunshine that brightens the lives of all she comes in contact with, I am so blessed to have her as my friend.
WELCOME Evana!!!! Blog baby blog!! I love ya!!
This video is dedicated to you cause I know how much you love this sweet song.
I also hope you ladies enjoy it too you can't help but smile it is just soooo adorable. Some of you may have already seen it and I'm sure you won't mind seeing it again.
You're my Honeybunch, Sugarplum Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You're my Sweetie Pie You're my Cuppycake, Gumdrop Snoogums-Boogums, You're the Apple of my Eye And I love you so and I want you to know That I'll always be right here And I love to sing sweet songs to you Because you are so dear.
I wanted to share some Inspirational Quotes with you all. I do hope you enjoy them but most of all I hope they inspire and encourage you. Do you have any quotes that you would like to share? I would love to read them:)
Hope you are all having a wonderful week so far and may the rest of the week be filled with His love:)
Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet Charles Swindoll
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it William Feather
Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend Albert Camus
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin Mother Teresa
The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear Maya Angelou
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all these George Washington Carver
An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart David Augsburger
The only way to have a friend is to be one Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow Melody Beattie
Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want Marsha Sinetar
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart and to sing it to them when they have forgotten Author Unknown
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness Oliver Wendell Holmes
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows St. Francis of Assisi
Laughter is the best way to make somebody's heart beat Robert Holden
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been Mark Twain
What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly Lao Tsu
You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy Lydia M. Child
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around Leo Buscaglia
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago Warren Buffett
The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives Louise Hay
What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things, instead of using people and loving things Author Unknown
Inspire yourself and others will be inspired. Motivate yourself and others will be motivated. Develop yourself and others will start to develop themselves. Be an example first and then the world changes around you Author Unknown
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless Mother Teresa
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it William Arthur Ward
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart Author Unknown
Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you'll land among the stars Les Brown
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life and your relationships. Be grateful for all the people who show up in your life Author Unknown
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action James Russell Lowell
Most of today's worries are like puddles: tomorrow they will have evaporated Author Unknown
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells and the deeper it sinks into the mind Samuel Coleridge
A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart Author Unknown
I'm sorry I haven't blogged for a while and I haven't visited with you. I've been struggling with some things and I know I'm not the only one who struggles with the way I see myself. Just in the past week I've visited with friends I hold very dear to my heart and I know that each one of these beautiful ladies don't like what they see, to me and to many others they are beautiful inside and out. I know that we aren't the only ones who don't like what we see, there are millions of women who dislike them selves and that's putting it nicely.
Below is a video clip and the song brings me to tears because it's like it was written just for me yet I believe that's how others feel who have heard it also. I desire for my friends, for you and for myself to see ourselves as God sees us to believe Gods truth and NOT the lies of the enemy. Heal our hearts Father teach us how to love ourselves so we can love You with all that is in us. Take our broken pieces and make them whole in You. Set us free from self loathing and mutilating for allowing ourselves to die a little bit more each day instead of living and loving as You do. Help us to see through Your eyes and love ourselves as You love us. Father as we watch and listen to this song and video clip allow it to minister to our hearts let it bring healing to everywhere we hurt, set the captives free. In Jesus precious name, Amen.
Lyrics to The Real Me : Foolish heart looks like we're here again same old game of plastic smile don't let anybody in hiding my heartache, will this glass house break how much will they take before i'm empty do i let it show, does anybody know? chorus: but you see the real me hiding in my skin, broken from within unveil me completely i'm loosening my grasp there's no need to mask my frailty cause you see the real me painted on, life is behind a mask self-inflicted circus clown i'm tired of the song and dance living a charade, always on parade what a mess i've made of my existence but you love me even now and still i see somehow but you see the real me hiding in my skin, broken from within unveil me completely i'm loosening my grasp there's no need to mask my frailty cause you see the real me wonderful, beautiful is what you see when you look at me you're turning the tattered fabric of my life into a perfect tapestry i just wanna be me but you see the real me hiding in my skin, broken from within unveil me completely i'm loosening my grasp there's no need to mask my frailty cause you see the real me and you love me just as i am wonderful, beautiful is what you see when you look at me
Outside my window...is a beautiful warm sunny day with blue skies and birds singing their sweet songs to our Lord
I am thinking...that I need to get ready for the gym, I've been naughty and haven't been for a few weeks :)
I am thankful for...all the lovely people God has brought into my life both on the net and in real life, He has blessed me indeed :)
From the kitchen...I'm cooking porridge for breakfast, in the microwave...I know I'm bad, cooking it in a pot tastes so much better :)
I am wearing...*blushes* I'm still in my nightie, it's blue with white stars and moons :)
I am creating...at the moment I'm shabbying up a small chest of draws for a friend to give to her sister for her birthday...I'm hoping and praying it will turn out the way I want it to :)
I am going...to the gym once I've finished here and had breakfast:)
I am reading...A Hunger For Healing...this book is helping me so much :)
I am hoping...that in some way I will be a blessing to someone:)
I am hearing...the birds outside and my birdy inside chirping away plus the traffic outside :)
Around the house...at this point in time is quite messy have to clean when I get home :)
One of my favorite things...the camera my brother has lent me, I love taking photos of all the beauty that we are surrounded with each and every day :)
A few plans for the rest of the week: to attend the gym 3 days this week, to finish the little chest of draws, organize my spare room and to visit with my blog friends :)
Here is picture thought I am sharing... These are the flowers on the tree outside my window :)
Please stop by and visit with The Simple Womans Daybook you can participate also or you can read the ponderings of others, either way I'm sure you'll be blessed :)
Thank you so much for visiting with me, I hope you have a beautiful day :)
I do hope you're all having a wonderful weekend :) I'd like to share a YouTube video with you all this Spritual Sunday, I came across this video quite a while ago and it bought me to tears. I have and still do struggle with receiving Gods love for me, I know this is changing the more I let Him in.
I pray that it blesses each and everyone of you who watch and listen to it.
I would like to thank Charlotte & Ginger for hosting Spiritual Sundays and for all you Beautiful Ladies for making me feel so welcome with your encouraging comments, I am truely blessed to be apart of Spiritual Sundays and to meet you all, I appreciate you taking the time to visit and encourage me with your comments.
Please visit Spiritual Sundays, but first grab a cuppa, get comfy and open your heart to be blessed.
Good golly gosh I'm just about jumping out of my skin with excitement to show you my treasures. It's Saturday here in Aussie Land and this morning Mum and I went to the dump shop to see what we might find. Well, they say one mans trash is another mans treasure, this is soooooooooooooo true because I feel like I have found the sweetest treasure and yet people seen these lovelies as rubbish. I have always been shocked by what people throw away but never mind that, back to what is important and that is showing you my TREASURE!!!
Now I do know that some of you may not see it in the same light as I do and that's ok we all have different tastes :) I just want to share what has tickled me happy today :)
My Treasure!!!!!! yippppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Mum fell in love with the cross-stitch which is done so beautifully I'm sure many hours went into this beautiful piece. The glass in the frame is a non reflective glass and Mum said that it's quite a bit dearer than normal glass...so that's a bonus :)
This little plate caught my eye, it's quite worn but still pretty. Stamped on the back of it is a crown, SAJI, made in Japan, fine china and ICP-10936.
I thought this mirror was cute so I decided it would be coming home to live at my place :)
But this is what made me do back flips (please know that I didn't actually do back flips)...hehe now that would be funny..hmmm more like impossible...anyway...moving right along....I know it's not pink...golly I think I may have fainted if it was pink and even though it's not pink I still think the green is beautiful..it's a really pretty green. In the set is one large plate, one bread & butter plate, four saucers and one beautiful tea cup. It's not in the best condition there's chips and cracks but I love it all the same. Stamped on the back is MYOTT {under myott is like a coat of arms}, Staffordshire England, Florentine and then numbers stamped in gold 4597. I'll have to google all this to see what it all means, my sweet Mum says that it's a good brand. Either way I'm not bothered because I think it's gorgeous. I have been blessed with these treasures.
I hope you all liked my little show & tell, I've enjoyed sharing my finds with you all and I'm having such a blast taking the pics of everything as well. Don't you just LOVE photography!?
Oh! I almost forgot to tell you that all of this cost $10 which I thought was just super :) I'd love to hear(read) your thoughts on my treasures or just stop and say hi :)
It's an overcast and rainy day here in my part of Aussie Land and I LOVE these kind of days, like I told my sweet friend Julie at Shabbywears rainy days are romantic to me, I don't know why they just are.
I love to just stand in the rain and feel its cool kisses as each rain drop hits my face. *sighs dreamily*
Anyway enough of my rambling :D I wanted to show you some pics I took of plants and things around and near my place. The windmill and leaky guttering belongs to my neighbour who is an absolute sweetheart. I am very blessed to live where I do because I have fantastic neighbours who are also my friends as well as apart of my church family. I live in a duplex(apartment) and my neighbours relatives own the duplex and the rent is very affordable the lowest I believe in town. So God has indeed blessed me because I'm surrounded by these beautiful women of God.
I hope you enjoy the picks and have a super duper fabulicious day :)
Look at what this sweet & lovely lady at Femininity Revisited blessed me with. I am so thankful to you for your beautiful giving heart. Big hugs to you my precious blog sista. Please visit her fabulous blog I know you will be blessed.
I'm not exactly sure as to what I'm suppose to do so I hope what I do do is ok :)
The rule is that I am supposed to pass this award on to seven Kreativ Bloggers who you believe have creative and lovely blogs.
If I had my way I would be giving every blogger out there this award because you all are deserving, your blogs inspire and encourage they get your creative juices flowing and I thank you all for sharing your hearts & homes :)
God has given me this day to use it as I will. I can waste it - or use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it!
~Heartsill Wilson~
God's Love Letter
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
The word of God is like a mirror in that it shows us who we really are. It is like a map because it shows us where we need to go. It is like a portrait for it paints for us a picture of who God is.
~David Wallace~
We are all pencils in the hand of a writing God, who is sending love letters to the world. ~Mother Teresa~
Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
~Mother Teresa~
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~Leo Buscaglia~
"Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful" - ~William Morris~
Hi beautiful peoples!!!
My name is Melissa but my friends call me either Melly, Mel, Melia, Liss, Lissa or Lissy. To my family I'm Lissa or Aunty Liss.
( just a bit of useless info for you all *smiles* )
I'm a christian woman who is learning about the Father Heart of God and learning to surrender to Him ( this is not easy at times )
My hearts desire is to truly know Him and to receive His love for me.
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