My alarm goes off at 5:30 in the morning on work days. There are so many days (weeks/months) that I don’t get enough sleep. I wanted to design and frame this as a reminder to try that rest is so important that God enjoys us having plenty of it. If you’re a habitual night owl with an early wake-up call, perhaps you’ll like this as a reminder too.

This design is 8″ x 8″.  It can be hard sometimes to find frames in that size locally, but I’ve had very good luck purchasing frames from this vendor on eBay.

If your little angel ruled the social network world, what kind of updates would they be posting? Of course, this would be a typical newbie newborn post.

If your little angel ruled the social network world, what kind of updates would they be posting? Here, we’ve taken the liberty of imagining that right on to status apparel!

Baby, baby, it’s you I’m thinking of…

Have a baby gift to give? After visiting lots of lovely items at The Mom Shoppe, I created this label for gift giving. Print on cover or card stock, hole punch and thread through a ribbon. Or, if you want to make things really simple, wrap a gift in white tissue paper, then trim one of the labels around the border (or leave a white edge when you trim), and glue or tape on your package. Sweet!

I was so blessed to have this father of mine for 17 years. God bless the men who father the children of the world. We so need them.

What’s better than being a princess? Being an earthly angel. 

Showing kindness and compassion is a sign of true royalty! Reward a young girl who exhibits such lovely traits by personalizing and printing this Angel Award certificate. Free, of course!

I was just looking at cupcake jewelry, when I ran across this gorgeous Tiffany cupcake charm in white and yellow gold, encrusted in semi-precious gemstones. Price tag: $1500.
Do I love it? Oh yes. I think it’s beautiful. Will I ever buy it? Oh no. I don’t see me ever in a position to buy a little piece of jewelry for fun at that price.

Which brings me back to the title of this blog post

Years ago when I was newly married with barely two nickels to rub together, I used to look at beautiful things and wish so much I could have them. It was more than a “shopping bug” – I think my soul just craved beauty.  Of course I couldn’t spend money frivolously on things that had no practical function. That’s how I learning wood carving. I loved some of the wood-carved signs I saw at craft shows, and couldn’t justify buying one. I could, however, splurge on a class to learn how to do it myself.

Sometimes I want pretty things – like a Tiffany cupcake charm – and I can’t have them. So I design something, because I can do that. And then I hope that giving them away will bring a few extra sprinkles of  joy to someone else, which in turn adds an extra sprinkle of sparkle to my day.

So that’s why I do what I do.