Saturday, March 14, 2015
We're Back!
After several months of reworking and revamping, Red Barn Crafting is back! Over the next few weeks you will see many new items added to the shop- especially to our Baby Griffin line! Check out what's available now at RedBarnCrafting!
Friday, October 24, 2014
Blogging Through The Bible- Genesis 27
This book has been hard. I've really struggled with the daily readings, and had to fight to keep on track. Normally, I love Genesis. I love seeing the groundwork the God lays for the coming Messiah, the beginning threads of the plan of salvation. It's beautiful!
But almost as soon as we started this book, my church launched a church-wide series going through "The Story" by Max Lucado. For those of you who aren't familier with it, the series takes 31 weeks and covers Genesis to Revelation. Huge. So that series started in Genesis the same time our reading in Genesis began and suddenly I was reading double passages, teaching those passages several times a week...it really becames a struggle to get into it.
This week God kicked my rear back into gear and by His grace I've been able to stay on track. Today's chapter, Genesis 27, made me consider something. Blessing.
The whole chapter is oriented around receiving this blessing. It's important to Esau because he immiedatly obeys his father to received it, and is grieved when he finds Jacob has taken the blessing. It's important to Rebekah, in fact important enough that she is willing to deceived her dying husband. It's imporant to Jacob, so important that he doesn't correct his mother's sin, he hops onborad and lies to his father's face! This must be some blessing!
This is not something that Isaac can take back once given. This is something special. It has elements of the promise God made to Abraham to "bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you" It provides authority over family members, prosperity, and a power among nations. This is a passing down of the promise God has made to their family, a gift from God.
So why are blessings so superficial to us?
We think of blessing as the equivalant of happiness. What would happen if we looked at it like Jacob and Esau did? How would that change us and out world?
But almost as soon as we started this book, my church launched a church-wide series going through "The Story" by Max Lucado. For those of you who aren't familier with it, the series takes 31 weeks and covers Genesis to Revelation. Huge. So that series started in Genesis the same time our reading in Genesis began and suddenly I was reading double passages, teaching those passages several times a week...it really becames a struggle to get into it.
This week God kicked my rear back into gear and by His grace I've been able to stay on track. Today's chapter, Genesis 27, made me consider something. Blessing.
The whole chapter is oriented around receiving this blessing. It's important to Esau because he immiedatly obeys his father to received it, and is grieved when he finds Jacob has taken the blessing. It's important to Rebekah, in fact important enough that she is willing to deceived her dying husband. It's imporant to Jacob, so important that he doesn't correct his mother's sin, he hops onborad and lies to his father's face! This must be some blessing!
This is not something that Isaac can take back once given. This is something special. It has elements of the promise God made to Abraham to "bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you" It provides authority over family members, prosperity, and a power among nations. This is a passing down of the promise God has made to their family, a gift from God.
So why are blessings so superficial to us?
We think of blessing as the equivalant of happiness. What would happen if we looked at it like Jacob and Esau did? How would that change us and out world?
Check out the awesome studies going on at Good Morning Girls!
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Adventures in Preschool
A few weeks ago we started my daughter on a preschool curriculum. We did great for a week, and then ended up traveling out of state for a wedding, visiting some family and by the time we returned home we were way out of sync! Then apple season hit us hard and with the pints of apple butter and applesauce that we canned...preschool just wasn't happening.
It really didn't bother me too much, because this is life. Things come up, and schedules change. So for the last few weeks we haven't stuck to the schedule. But we have made a point to teach as we go. Any movies we watched were focused on letters or numbers and we started looking for our letters. When we shop, walk through the house or church we watch for letters. My daughter is even starting to point them out on her own!
The other day she pointed out the letter "L". Which we haven't touched on our curriculum. And she did the same thing last night at dinner, pointed out letters that we haven't taught her yet. So this morning, I tested her on what she does know.
All of the arrows are things my little girl DOESN'T know! I was very proud of her, and not so frustrated that we have been off schedule. So we're back to it now, and rethinking our strategy a little bit based on what she showed us today!
The other thing this does is really reaffirm our decision to homeschool our kids. This is NO reflection on our school system, but I was raised with a Christian education and so was my husband. With no Christian school in our area (not that we could afford it if there were...), homeschooling is the best option to get that education to our kids. And seeing how my daughter does without being in a "classroom" all day, I'm really glad we made this call!
It really didn't bother me too much, because this is life. Things come up, and schedules change. So for the last few weeks we haven't stuck to the schedule. But we have made a point to teach as we go. Any movies we watched were focused on letters or numbers and we started looking for our letters. When we shop, walk through the house or church we watch for letters. My daughter is even starting to point them out on her own!
The other day she pointed out the letter "L". Which we haven't touched on our curriculum. And she did the same thing last night at dinner, pointed out letters that we haven't taught her yet. So this morning, I tested her on what she does know.
All of the arrows are things my little girl DOESN'T know! I was very proud of her, and not so frustrated that we have been off schedule. So we're back to it now, and rethinking our strategy a little bit based on what she showed us today!
The other thing this does is really reaffirm our decision to homeschool our kids. This is NO reflection on our school system, but I was raised with a Christian education and so was my husband. With no Christian school in our area (not that we could afford it if there were...), homeschooling is the best option to get that education to our kids. And seeing how my daughter does without being in a "classroom" all day, I'm really glad we made this call!
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Sneak Peek Saturday!
The Baby Griffin line is slow going- last weeks onesies are still on the machine, but looking awesome! Blackbirdwake has been hard at work and this week we have a shield to add to the line!
The fabric hasn't been added to the shop yet, but once testing is complete, these little babies will make some awesome pillows for adventurous little boys! Thanks for checking in!
The fabric hasn't been added to the shop yet, but once testing is complete, these little babies will make some awesome pillows for adventurous little boys! Thanks for checking in!
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Sneak Peek Saturday
This week I finally finalized plans for my new shop line, the Baby Griffin Collection. Named after the son of a dear friend, all the pieces of this collection will be dedicated to little boys! This collection focuses more on the fantasy side of things- so expect dragons, castles and brave knights! I'll be using fabric from Blackbirdwake on Spoonflower.
Within the next week, you should see a chainmail baby outfit, using this fabric! She's also working on a panel for a baby quilt, so keep your eyes peeled!
Friday, September 26, 2014
Blogging Through The Bible- Psalm 1
This has been a hard week. You know the ones I'm talking about. Not a bad week where everything completely explodes in your face, but a hard week where you really have to fight to stay on track. You feel like you're almost back on track and then something else derails and it's back to square one. That was my week.
The first week of Blogging Through the Bible went fantastic! I was digging into the Word in a new way and it excited me. I'm still excited, but really bummed out over this week. Getting up before my kids to spend my time with God has been more of a struggle, and thus getting my kids into a decent routine hasn't happened.
Then I get to Psalm 1. I know this passage- I think I had to memorize it somewhere in college. But today it was rather convicting because of one word: delight.
Delight: a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture
I haven't been doing this, not this week. I have been so focused on getting things back on my plan, that I forgot to simply enjoy The Presence of the One. I've done my devotions each day- but I haven't delighted in the Word of God, I haven't taken the time out to see the joy in what He is doing.
So this week, I have a new goal- forget getting on track. Get into God, and delight in Him!
The first week of Blogging Through the Bible went fantastic! I was digging into the Word in a new way and it excited me. I'm still excited, but really bummed out over this week. Getting up before my kids to spend my time with God has been more of a struggle, and thus getting my kids into a decent routine hasn't happened.
Then I get to Psalm 1. I know this passage- I think I had to memorize it somewhere in college. But today it was rather convicting because of one word: delight.
Delight: a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture
I haven't been doing this, not this week. I have been so focused on getting things back on my plan, that I forgot to simply enjoy The Presence of the One. I've done my devotions each day- but I haven't delighted in the Word of God, I haven't taken the time out to see the joy in what He is doing.
So this week, I have a new goal- forget getting on track. Get into God, and delight in Him!
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Sneak Peek Sunday!
So sorry that I'm running a little behind! Normally these posts will be on Saturday, but my family had a wedding to attended out of state this weekend. Between that, several birthday dinners/parties for my daughter (those included copious amounts of cake by the way), and a mad dash for home that ended somewhere around 2 am this morning...I missed Sneak Peek Saturday.
So here it is, a little late but here's a sneak peek at what's coming for Red Barn Crafting!
This is the start of a printable card line that will be available later this week. It will have several different flowers in the printable and be available in multiple sizes. I'm also working on adding some Scripture to a few to make some posters! What do you think?
So here it is, a little late but here's a sneak peek at what's coming for Red Barn Crafting!
This is the start of a printable card line that will be available later this week. It will have several different flowers in the printable and be available in multiple sizes. I'm also working on adding some Scripture to a few to make some posters! What do you think?
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