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{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, visit Soulemama to leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.
Little Flowers Girls’ Club ~ Easy Craft Ideas for Wreath I
Last year I posted some Easy Craft Ideas for Wreath II for Our Little Flowers Girls’ Club. At the time I also put together a list of ideas for Wreath I to share with a couple friends, though I never did get around to posting it here on my blog. I thought I would share them with you all now, in case any of you are looking for ideas.
I haven’t had any time to plan for this coming year yet, and I considered just going back and doing Wreath I over again, but I think I will try and spend some time this next week planning our year with Wreath III, with the intentions of going back to Wreath I next year.
To keep things simple, all of these crafts come from Oriental Trading. If you end up placing an order, be sure to search for an Oriental Trading Coupon Code. You can usually always find a coupon that will work and save a little extra money.
1. Flower: Sunflower ~ Virtue: Faith ~ Saint: St. Catherine of Siena ~ Color: Brightest Yellow
The flower for this meeting is the Sunflower:
“Our Faith may be compared to this flower, since its gaze is ever fixed above, and turned toward the glorious sun of divine truth.”
Oriental Trading has a darling Sunflower Wind Sock (found here)which would be a fun craft for this meeting. 
Another idea would be to make a candle or candle holder craft since:
“God is light. In Him, there is no darkness.”
You could easily put together the supplies for this craft or purchase kits here: Tissue Paper and Glass Votive Holder Kit
2. Flower: The Ivy ~ Virtue: Hope ~ Saint: St. Monica ~ Color: Green
The Ivy Heart we made for our Notebook Pages during our meeting was adapted from one of the crafts suggested in the Craft Companion. Another suggestion was to decorate flower pots and I thought the girls would enjoy this little kit: Artist Flowerpots.
3. Flower: The Peony ~ Virtue: Love of God ~ Saint: St. Agnes ~ Color: Pink
The God is Love Cross Magnet would be perfect for this virtue, don’t you think?! You can find it here at Oriental Trading. It looks like they have another version available now as well.
4. Flower: Rose ~ Virtue: Love of Neighbor ~ Saint: St. Jane Frances de Chantal ~ Color: Light Red
This Heart Stacking Candle Craft Kit would be a nice craft to make to give as a gift to a friend/neighbor!
5. Flower: The Carnation ~ Virtue: Obedience ~ Saint: St. Joan of Arc ~ Color: White
Since “Joan of Arc started out at a Shepherdess, until God Called her to defend his flock,” here is a “Talk to the Shepherd” Lamb Craft Kit.
Another idea would be to make Coffee Filter Carnations!
6. Flower: The Forget-Me-Not ~ Virtue: Piety ~ Saint: St. Cecelia ~ Color: Bright Blue
Since I tied in the “Colors of Piety” to this meeting for my own group, a rainbow craft would work well! Here is a kit for a pretty Rainbow Sun Catcher.
7. Flower: The Violet ~ Virtue: Humility ~ Saint: St. Catherine Laboure ~ Color: Purple
The Wreath 1 Craft Companion suggests a craft based on the Footprints poem: “Footprints” is a powerful reminder of how much we depend on God. This Footprints Cross Craft Kit would work perfectly!
8. Flower: The Daffodil ~ Virtue: Industry ~ Saint: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini ~ Color: Pale Yellow
Here is a craft idea for something which can be used “industriously” in the kitchen: Wood Butterfly Recipe Card Holder
9. Flower: The Narcissus ~ Virtue: Truthfulness ~ Saint: St. Bridget of Sweden ~ Color: Light Orange
“St. Bridget was a lady-in-waiting for royalty, but with her zeal for truth, she was true nobility.” ~ LF Craft Companion
Here is a fun kit for some Fabulous Foam Princess Crowns!
I also choose a second craft for our last meeting, a little something for the girls to make to give to their moms at our tea party. This past year we the girls made little pins.
I hope this post is helpful for some of you. . . Now I better get busy thinking about Wreath III!!! Actually, I shouldn’t have to do much to plan out our first meeting! Thank you Shelly!!
P.S. For those of you who have asked, I will try and post pictures and links/notebook pages for those remaining two meetings from Wreath II soon. I just need to find them! 😉
Highlights from “X/Y” Week
With everything that has been going on this summer, it feels like it has been forever since we finished “X/Y” and “Z” weeks! Since Hubby is gone (he left early this morning for a wildfire assignment) and since I have been ordered to stay off my foot (which is next to impossible!) I thought I would try and get at least one “old” post finished. I just can’t get this close to blogging about our complete journey along the Alphabet Path and then end with “W” Week!
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while listening to A Flower Fairy Alphabet
on CD.
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We also read Jessica’s X-ray
~ Y is for Young Oregon Hunters ~
We started “X/Y” Week with a field trip to our local Young Hunters Day.
. Ooohhh! It was so exciting to finally be finishing the Painted Alphabet of Saints I started back in 2008!
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One of my favorite books about St. Francis Xavier is Set All Afire: A Novel About Saint Francis Xavier, but I didn’t think my girls were quite ready for it. Instead we watched Francis Xavier and the Samurai’s Lost Treasure
We also made Xavier Soup and Chicken Curry Soup topped with Yogurt
for “X” decided to save them to serve with some Yogurt during “X/Y” Week!
, that has a code printed on the inside which is good for three months (48-count box) or six months (64, 96, 120 and 150-count Crayon Tower) of unlimited prints. Then you choose a digital photo on your computer and upload it with Lights, Camera, Color application at Crayola.com. The app will make the colors from the image disappear, changing it into a piece of black and white line art.
My children all decided to save the pictures to give to their Dad for Father’s Day.
And since Snuggles wasn’t that interested in coloring, I joined the fun!
Wordless Wednesday ~ Camping at the Coast
Saying Goodbye For Now
Even though it was such a sad day, it was also wonderful to see so much of my mom’s family, introduce them all to our little “Rose”, and be able to spend time with my sisters (the twins – JoAnn & Mary) before they leave for college today and tomorrow.
Immediately following the funeral we headed (9+ plus hours) straight to the coast for my Dad’s Family Reunion/Camping Trip that was scheduled many months ago.
Hubby and the rest of my children arrived earlier in the day, so when we arrived at 12:30am I was able to crawl into my sleeping bag and get some sleep! We had a wonderful time at the coast, and I am sure I will be back soon with some pictures especially considering I can’t do much at the moment since I managed to sprain my ankle on Saturday and am suppose to stay off my feet as much as possible for the next 7-10 days.
As I mentioned to a friend (who will be meeting one of my sisters today!) yesterday, that “light at the end of the tunnel” ended up being a shiny pair of crutches! I am sure things will start to calm down soon (I have a school year yet to plan, and books to order, and September is approaching fast!), but in the meantime I would sure appreciate any prayers you can send our way…
For Hayley and Baby Brayley
Charlotte is asking for donations and prayers for a young mother who has received a heart-breaking prenatal diagnosis.
You can visit her blog to read the details and perhaps make a donation using the paypal button, which she has set up in her sidebar.
May Choirs of Angels Welcome You ♥
Hasten to meet her, angels of the Lord!
Receive her soul and present her to God the Most High.
In your charity, could you please say a prayer for the soul of my Grandma, who passed away at 1am this morning. She was such a kind and loving woman, blessed with 13 children (including my mother) and many, many, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I will miss her so very much!
and let perpetual light shine upon her.
May she rest in peace! Amen.
Almost Wordless Wednesday: Painted Walls!
I can’t believe that it is already Wednesday? How was I ever able to find the time to blog almost daily??
Anyhow, I’ve had some of you asking to see pictures of the painted walls, so here you go! 🙂
Seven Quick Takes: Our Home Remodel
It has been a LONG time since I have participated in Seven Quick Takes, but I thought it would be an easy way to give you all an update on our addition and kitchen remodel.
That big black sheet of plastic that was blocking off the addition came down the other day so the tape and texture could be completed. It is so exciting to see it all start coming together!
Hubby and I need to have all the painting done by Monday. We started yesterday and, with some help from my brother and sister-in-law (They picked up more paint, watched the kids, and even took the boys to Hockey!) and a super thoughtful care package from a friend (Which kept our children occupied the rest of the time!), we were able to paint all day long.
We were able to finish all the primer and the ceilings, and today we’ll start working on the walls.
Oooh! I can’t wait to see how the paint turns out. I’m a little bit nervous and just praying that the colors I choose look okay. . . (Yes, Cathy, I’ve had plenty of headaches and even a couple panic attacks from making all these decisions!) We decided to keep things fairly simple and are sticking with two neutral colors for the walls . The New Dining Room and Living Room will be Wilmington Tan (Thank you Aimee and Helen for the suggestion!) and our Entry/Old Living Room, Bathroom, Laundry Room and Kitchen will all be Philadelphia Cream with some more of the Wilmington Tan as an accent on the fireplace wall.
We ordered all the flooring on Wednesday! The Dining and Living Room will all have an Engineered Wood Flooring. We decided on the 5″ Hampton Hickory Plank made by Mannington in the color: English Leather. We thought we would have it on Monday, but it’s actually not going to arrive until the 25th. Nevertheless, the addition should still be completed by the end of the month!
We found a tile for the kitchen, entry, bathroom and laundry room, made by United Tile. It’s their Mediterranea Bellagio Tile in Gold. It’s SO much prettier in person than in the picture below. We love that it looks like it has texture to it, but is actually smooth which should make cleaning a bit easier.
Okay . . . The baby just fell asleep for her morning nap, so it’s time for me to get back to painting! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Swings, Sisters and Soccer Balls = Lots of Smiles!
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