Well, friends, give a girl a new month and watch her TOTALLY FORGET to post some suggestions for your Saturday! I had them all ready, but I got caught up in scrapbooking last night and straight up forgot to actually post them. This morning I had the rarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre privilege of sleeping in, so here we are, at 9:30 in the morning, just remembering to do this. I apologize for my tardiness, but I do not regret the rest!
ONE.
You know how I love me some cute food. It is the best. It’s true
what they way – you eat first with your eyes. These little snacks for
the 4th of July are SO ADORABLE!!! You could make the filling part a
little healthier if you made some substitutions, but the whole thing is cute as
a little button and looks absolutely delicious.
TWO.
Now, this garden is
fascinating to me. We have loved seeing throughout this year the things that
already existed in the landscaping when we purchased the house. It’s been fun
to watch them appear, green up, and blossom. But I’ve always wondered what it
would look like to have a flower bed that was colorful in all seasons. Ours was
bare…and then little…and now it’s full…and I imagine by fall, most things will
wilt and fade. This bed idea shows
plants that blossom in alternating seasons, so you always have different
groupings of green vs. blooms. I don’t know enough about plants to come up with
this stuff on my own, but I loved reading about it!
THREE.
When I was first out on my own, I thought there was some sort of
prize for owning the most seasonal decorations and thoroughly outfitting my
home in said décor on a tightly rotating schedule. Well, I’ve been on my own
for almost 25 years now, and I still haven’t won that prize. I’m starting to
think it doesn’t exist. 😊 In recent years, and certainly with this last move, I have found
the value in minimizing the seasonal stuff. (Christmas may have to be excluded
from that, though I have let go of several Christmas decorations in the last
couple of years.) I am trying to find ways to make subtle seasonal additions
without the need to completely undecorate and redecorate. I loved these porch décor ideas for patriotic
holidays. If you use white and blue as standard base decorating colors, some
simple red touches and a few flags can really go a long way in making it super
cute! Blue is actually one of our target colors for the outside as we go along,
because it feels very beachy. This could work!
FOUR.
Our guest room/Lexi’s room has an Anne of Green Gables theme to
it. Part of that theme is accomplished through the décor, which is kind of
reminiscent of Anne’s style and photos of Green Gables. Part of it is
accomplished in some watercolor paintings of scenes from the book/movie. These pretty, printable
quotes would make a great rotating addition to the décor in there, I
think! I love Anne quotes so much, and these are indeed some of my favorites!
FIVE.
I’ve shared this information before, but I do still get messages
about it sometimes, so it never hurts to share again! As I mentioned yesterday,
I’m about to start an in-depth study of Leviticus, and the books I’m using to
drive my studies right now are from Precept Ministries. Here is the link to the
one on Leviticus, but they have many book studies and some topical ones as well.
You can choose the level of depth you want to study – so if you don’t have a
ton of time, there are some less time-consuming options for the same books.
These studies aren’t “beautified,” meaning they are just text on white paper.
No photographs or other pretty graphics. But they are really well-done and
deep, which is what matters in a Bible study! I have completed all five Genesis
studies and the single book on Exodus. I’ll be doing Leviticus for the second
half of this year.
1 comment:
3 years on a ship!?? Oh man, that is crazy!
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