nurturing hope, creativity, family
It seems there are those who love the classic Peeps Easter candy and those who want nothing to do with them, but not much in between. I confess they’re cute, but beyond that I don’t have much interest. However, this looks like fun. It would probably be a very messy but fun activity to do as a family.
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As Easter approaches in six short days, my heart returns repeatedly to this simple phrase:
I rejoice in Christ. I rejoice in Him because He rescues me. I rejoice in Him because His teachings light the way for me to follow. I rejoice in Him because his miraculous Atonement gives me the gift of repentance and forgiveness. He is my Light, my Savior, my King, my high priest of good things to come.
I love Him.
These words are the theme of our Easter celebration this week. In all we do, I want my children to rejoice, to be thrilled with the knowledge of Christ.
I made a couple of these prints to frame and use in our home. One sits next to my computer, a place where I deal with email, budgets, and all kinds of happy and stressful things. I’m excited to have a beautiful reminder of what it’s all about nearby.
My first cuttings from my flower beds bring a smile to my face and testify of the miracle of life and growth.
In celebration of Easter, I thought I’d share.
Please remember I’m not very good at this. It’s my first experiment with creating art of this kind as well as pdf files, so I hope they work! The orange one is printing slightly smaller than 8×10 and I can’t figure it out, but if you’d like to use them, please help yourself to the links below. One of my goals this year is to improve in this area, and you have to start somewhere.
Please click on the link below each print to download.
Rejoiceblue8x10 – DOWNLOAD NOW
rejoiceorange8x10 – DOWNLOAD NOW May your heart rejoice today and always in the good news of Jesus Christ’s reality!
Jennifer
My number one non-essential wish right now would be to discover a few thousand dollars in my pocket, then whiz through my home updating furniture and adding graphic color and pattern all over the place using paint, wallpaper and, most of all, fabric.
My number one mental/emotional health challenge right now is gray skies. They’re really getting to me in spite of all my efforts to pretend that it’s sunny. On a gray day last week I said to my husband, “I want to paint something a bright color.” (I actually wanted to paint three or four things, but I didn’t say that. It might have worried him.) He argued that it wouldn’t change anything, that happiness is something we choose no matter what the weather is outside.
And while I agree with him wholeheartedly, I must also argue that color and paint can start us down the road of cheerfulness on ugly days. So I fed the family dinner, watched my husband leave for some meetings, let the children play (what is spring break for, after all?) and got out my paint brush.
The formerly all-white cabinet in my dining room got a little makeover.
Not only does the blue look spectacular, the white now pops and the entire piece suddenly has nicer lines and more character.
I’ve always loved the look of shelves painted a contrasting color on the inside. I’m not sure why I’ve never done it before, but now I’m eying all the shelves in our house.
The dining room is north facing and in the center of our house, so it really gets very little natural light. I love the butter yellow on the walls for that reason. It’s the perfect color for the room, and helps to lighten it up. Now, however, I’ve got a gorgeous splash of paradise in the middle of the room.
I pared down the silver pieces on the shelves. I’ve got an idea brewing for them, but for now this is great.
Even the view from the kitchen is improved by this reflection in the mirror.
And when I come downstairs this is the first thing I see:
My favorite little gravy boat now enjoys a place on the shelf. I like how it looks against the blue.
Yes, happiness is a choice. But paint sure helps.
Jennifer