Crochet things and homemade studio part 1

Remember my Christmas post about handmade gifts? Well I've photograph three out of  nine of them. The rest will be coming soon save for one. That one I'll leave for my mom to blog about.

This is Red's Scarf, perfect for any man.

This is Stephanie's hat only one day (without the flower) to complete!

This is one of my favorites. The flower is removable, but I doubt that it's coming off anytime soon.

Please note, these are all my original design. True, I did do some research. But I made them into my own to fit each friend. I've included my watermark on all three. All three of these gifts have a tag that I brought from hobby lobby. It comes in three different styles and somehow fit my gifts.

Here's an example of one of the tags

I hot glued the tags on. Tried sewing and I sew it too tight and my tag started shredding. So I grabbed a hat that I had crocheted a year ago and practiced on that. Within three minutes I had all of these tags on. 

To photograph these gifts, I had handmade "studio" within five minutes. I'll do a short session on that. It's easy and fun. The best part it is a no hassle studio that can be taken down within 5 minutes or less.

Hope you enjoyed this post. I thought it was time for you to have a peek into my creativity life! Please share with me some of your hobbies I would love to know!

A little bit of an update

Well the beginning of this semester has been quite rough to tell the truth. It hasn't been awful just rough. There has been many wonderful things that has happened as well. Despite my first week of college starting back up, I firmly believe that this semester is going to be great!
I am so excited about my internship and its possibilities. My family and I along with a friend who's invited himself are going dancing once a week.  I am also going to be attending a sign language club. My Sundays are filled with young singles group.  Somehow I am still finding snippets of time for friends. I have already made three new ones this semester and it has been wonderful. Hopefully that can continue.
Almost everything for the moment is going well.  I rejoice in that. My days are beginning to be full with work, intern, school, deep cleaning...and ect. Don't worry I am still finding time to live on the edge well the edge for me anyhow. Most people wouldn't take a second look. But this is my life. On top of everything I am trying to de ice what part of tn I wish to explore. I think I am narrowing it down. I was thinking of going to the national graveyard or explore some nearby parks. We will see. But I have to hurry my deadline is getting close. But there is no way I am making my book deadline considering I have not really started it.
I am slowly branching out. Who knows what will happen this year? But I am expecting wonderful breathtaking moments.

Activating Children

Today, I am honored and well actually humbled by "my" harvest Children.  This morning along with my dear friend and brother Philip we activated 8 children. It.was.epic.

Philip and I prayed that those kids will never be the same after we activated them. We prayed that they would leave knowing who they are in Christ. We prayed for the Holy Spirit to come. Powerful prayers that came in such a sweet divine appointment exactly how God wanted it.
I had not yet finished praying when I saw Sadie's sweet face peeking through the crack and her smile instantly lit up my soul.

Today was so very different then "normal". Which I actually do not teach "normally". Those kids...well I have them searching the scriptures for themselves, they solves puzzles, they write the words, they do skits, they do anything and everything that I can possible do that covers hands on, visionary, and auditory. I throw curveballs *every single time* and they love it. Today was no exceptions.

"Today, we're going to do something totally different. Today we are going to pray for each other in this room and we're going to activate each other for the kingdom of God." I loudly announced welcoming the children.
"oooohhhhhh!" The children chorus. I kid you not. "COOL!" A boy yelled.
"What does activate mean?" I asked. Hands raised up quickly.
Judah smiled raising her hand and "oh...I know...but I forgot!" She chirped.
"It means to lay hands on people and asked God impart Himself into them and for them to be able to do what they're made to do," Sadie said with authority .
"It's means the light goes off," Judah announced finding her answer.

You ready for this? These children are from the ages of 5-9. They have this DOWN!
The prayers was an extremely sweet and powerful time. Talk about faith. Talk about being humble. And talk about having your mail read by and in front of these children. Its humbling and exhilarating.

We had snacks and the children did a skit. To which I must frankly owned, I had hard time understanding. But I loved their acting, I love how they cooperated Jesus into it. Most of all I loved their passion.

I brought along my guitar. Huddle together, we sung out not caring what we thought. Together, in unity we worshiped. But my favorite was without the guitar and Sadie leading us in "Oh How He loves us So".  As I think back, I want so very much to cry. What a romantic time. Romantic in the sense of we as the church, bride of Christ, was able to adorn our Father with our worship from the heart. What a treasure, one that I will cherish.

For the last time.

I sit here in the hallowed halls of bagwell in Pellissip. Currently not one of my fellow friends taking the class has showed up. But I have arrived 15 minutes early.
I wonder how this semester will turn out. Busy I know that, but I wonder will I leave satisfied?  With my educations, friends I have made, and places where I hang out will I find anything lacking? My greatest fear this semester is missing out. I must confess I am not so much educational minded as I am enjoying this semester and hanging out with friends for free...or close there of.
I have 5 classes and am toying with the idea of a sixth. Except for one all of my classes will be super easy. We will see. I am famous for adding things on my plate and overloading myself, but I am also famous for not letting out my fun side. This semester I am determined to let me be free...so be watching for it. I am tired of living only a part of me. So help me God I will have fun and fabulous time and let people see me for me and not who they want to see or who I think they want me to be.