Happy Wednesday, today I am sharing with you some photos that I begged off my friend Lucie of her sweet little girl spaces!  Since I don’t have a little girl our home is lacking of pink and some of the sweet things that come along with girls. Lucie has done a great job with her sweet additions to her girls room so I thought you might enjoy the peek!

Lucie was our wonderful photographer in Switzerland but mostly she was a super creative, talented friend of mine. I loved exchanging ideas with Lucie because no matter how talented she was she never seemed to realize it. She inspired me so much to continue taking pictures and making pretty things. She made so many beautiful things but out of enjoyment not obligation to impress the Pintrest world! I so appreciate that about her.

Lucie made this bunting from old cards that people had written to her daughter. This is so special. We all collect cards thinking they will be great memories but  rarely dig them up to enjoy them later. Lucie’s idea of making bunting and hanging it where her little girl could see was just genius! I love it! I could see doing this for valentine’s cards, wedding cards for a bridal shower,  get well cards if your child has been sick and received cards!  It cheers up the space and it such a sweet reminder of being loved by so many! I am thinking I might do this with Christmas cards and hang it along out mantel this year.

simple and sweet. I love the big windows letting in all of that sunshine.

this is a puppet theatre that Lucie made for her girls.

And look at this England button montage…so much fun! I bet this took hours of work!

If you want to check out more of Lucie’s work check out her photography blog Primrosa.blogspot  …or her business website, Primrosa. 

Thanks for sharing, Lucie! Wishing you a beautifully sunny day in Switzerland!  And everyone else go dig out some cards and get going on some happy bunting

So much of savoring something is slowing down enough to experience it. We are on the move in the this house much of the time. This weekend I was given a little gift as I paid at the consignment sale. It was a DVD by Lisa Chan called “Be Still”. I decided to sit down yesterday and watch it.  The irony was that as I watched it I had 5 men jack hammering our chimney outside, the boys asking for “just one more” of this or that and Seth teleworking and having his own set of needs. The DVD was about finding times to be quiet and make time for God.

I am working these days on carving out times when the boys are resting or the house is empty (never) to just sit down and be still.  That isn’t always at home, sometimes it’s on the way home from an errand when Owen falls asleep. I am aware that the radio is still going and I am itching to get home to catch up on emails and respond to texts, it’s in the moments where I am trying to grant myself a little time to not care about all of that. To turn off the radio and just be.

Yesterday as I bustled to pick up Jackson from school on a rainy afternoon I walked briskly to avoid getting too soaked. As I walked up the sidewalk I spotted a bright red leave in the midst of the brown sea of dead crunchy leaves. I stopped dead in my tracks and picked it up knowing that Jackson would love my little gift. As I looked down at it I saw this…

can you see the heart shaped hole?!  I picked it up and carried it with me while I waited for Jackson. I asked if he saw what I saw. He did. I told him I thought maybe God had put that little red leaf there with a heart cut out just to make us stop and remember how much He loves us.  Try to be aware today of the things you notice when you slow down a bit. It’s SOOO hard to do. But I am keenly aware that I have been missing so much… in the stillness.   And that so often prevents me from savoring all of the beauty we have been given.