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Stainless Steel and Pewter Jewelry: What's Best for You?
Stainless Steel and Pewter Jewelry: What's Best for You?
Both stainless steel and pewter are popular metals among streetwear-style jewelry. Here’s the lowdown as you decide if one, the other, or both are right for you. Read more...
How to have and share a thankful heart
How to have and share a thankful heart
Would you like to be more thankful all the time, and not just during the month of November?  How to have and share a thankful heart.  We’ve come up with... Read more...
Autumn: Witness God’s Glory
Autumn: Witness God’s Glory
There are certain times of the year that bring inspiration and creativity to us and we’re in the midst of one of those times right now. Autumn. Read more...
Lion of Judah: How the Bangle Came to Be
Lion of Judah: How the Bangle Came to Be
Oftentimes, people will ask how we make our jewelry or how we get ideas for our necklaces or bracelets. So we decided to devote some blog posts to precisely those... Read more...
cross pendant with mood change epoxy
Back to School: 4 Ways to Share and Wear Your Faith
It’s inevitable. The summer’s coming to an end and you’re going back to school.This might make you happy or maybe you’re dreading the thought of homework and assignments. But heading... Read more...
Gossip is like a Wildfire
Gossip is like a Wildfire
According to dictionary.com, gossip is: idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others. Gossip is one of the most destructive of all human sins. It can be enticing to want to share information that no one knows about, and make you... Read more...
Fathers day fun
Fathers day fun and more, now that I am a dad.  I love being a dad.  How much more does our father in heaven enjoy us a children!  I have to say it wasn’t always like this.  I used to think 11 years ago that I would be a horrible dad like my own father.  But you know what.  I found out that its what in your heart that makes you a good dad.  You have to give up your self and pour your life into the children God has given you. ... Read more...
The Coffee Song
Ya, know I have heard that there is an awful lot of coffee in Brazil… I have never been to Brazil, or met anyone from Brazil to tell me otherwise.  But as I make my morning brew of that dark and delicious espresso.  I sometimes hum the old classic tune from Frank Sinatra known as the “The Coffee Song: Way down among Brazilians, Coffee beans grow by the billions, So they’ve got to find those extra cups to fill  They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil…” The Coffee Song” (occasionally subtitled “They’ve Got an Awful... Read more...
Being Good Stewards Of What God Has Given Us
Being good stewards of our money and material possessions is something that often slips our minds.  To really sit down and contemplate this idea comes as a conviction for most of us.  2 Corinthians 9:7 says, “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” Stewardship means that as believers we are each assigned different amounts of material things to manage for God. This is sort of a “test” from God. However, because material things have our name on... Read more...
Bear much fruit
Do I bear much fruit?  Hmm…that is a good question, one that I don’t think about very much. Mike Murdock says “The quality of your preparation determines the quality of your performance.”  I like to use this quote for everything in life, including our grapevines. The house we live in belonged to Bill’s grandparents, and it came with a row of grapevines.  These grapes came from Bill’s Great Grandparents from Hungary.  We didn’t know anything about how to care for grapes, and we still don’t.  We just know that they need cut back every... Read more...
Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am God.�It’s early April and it’s snowing…a lot.  Inches of snow on the ground, and it’s cold.  I was really ready for Springtime and eating breakfast outside on my bistro set.  I imagined watching the daffodils (narcissus) swaying gently in cool spring breezes.  My daffodils are bent over and covered in snow. Be still and know that I am God. My dog doesn’t want to go outside in the snow, therefore my husband must go ahead and shovel. I’m sure he’d rather not locate his winter coat, and boots,... Read more...
Graduation is here
Graduation is here which means your future and your hope are right in front of you. Abraham Lincoln said “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” How exciting! The future can be a big scary place but there is no reason to fret or worry about it, especially if Christ is first and foremost in your life. You can step out in confidence and hope. “There is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off” Proverbs 23:18 As we were reading “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young... Read more...