Easter 2013

From left to right: my dad, my mom, my older brother Eric, my older sister Claire, my younger sister Anna, me and my Grandpa

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Best carrot cake ever!

~Of Exciting News~

My dear friends I am so excited to say that my brother is engaged. Eric and Hannah will be married on Suptember 15th of this year. I will be a bridesmaid and simply cannot wait.

 A wonderful friend made this for both of them.

The lovely ring. My mom gave Eric her diamond from her engagement ring and he had it remade.

All photos by LIV Photography

~Sketch Journaling~

I've been extremely inspired by sketch journals lately. As you can tell from my pinterest board. I thought I would share with you some of my journal pages.

  


The first page: This is just a bunch of things that describe me or that I really like. I wanted to do it in a very typography way,
but you can only come up with so many font 
types. *wink*
The second page: I was just having fun with one of my favorite colors. Currently I'm really into anything done in ink. So the little postage stamp was my first try at doing something like that

 The first page: This is my new years journal entry, which is the same as this post here.

The second page: One of my favorite bible verses from Esther, as well as some notes from that Sunday's sermon.

 The first page: An entry about making a medieval dress which I'm still working on. I did a french seam for the first time. A sample of my fabric as well as some embroidery ideas.

The second page: Some sketches I did of a little mockingbird who has been coming around this winter.

The first page: This was a sketch that I did after watching Jack the Giant Slayer. It's a beanstalk. I'm still deciding if I want to do it over in ink or not.

The second page: This is a cute little doodle I did. It is not at all as big on my journal page as it looks here.

Do you keep a sketch journal? What are some of your favorite things to draw?

~Of Apologies and Obsession Based Projects~

Well my dear readers, 
I'm must apologize. I have neglected you again, let us blame it on the weather. Which has absolutely nothing to do with it, but was the only thing that came to mind.

It is my great pleasure to present to you a couple of obsession based projects. Contrary to what you are probably thinking and the evidence of my posts, it is not based on Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit. 
It is actually Doctor Who! I was introduced to the show by my older brother in 2010. I first watched all of Ten's episodes, then proceeded to watch Nine's and finely Eleven's. 
It went something like this: Ten was cute, Rose was okay. Ten was cute, Donna was okay. Ten was cute, Martha was awesome. Noooooo come back Sally Sparrow!!! Nine was great, oh it's Rose again...OMGOSH IS THAT ELEVEN? calm down And Amy? I'm going to die this is so good!!!  Immediately turns into a obsessed fangirl. 

And that explains my obsession timeline basically to the present time. 

So on to the projects, the first of which was done for a Christmas present 2012. The second has just been completed and I have no idea what to do with it.
So so...pictures....

Ignore the horrible quality, the in-progress pics were done at night...in the laundry room....

It is a Doctor Who pillow with a TARDIS cross-stitch. Yes, I know it's just to much awesomeness.

These pictures on the other hand were taken just the other day with a new camera. A Canon EOS 40D, simply awesome!

If there is anyone out there who wants the pattern for the cross-stitch, you can email me at elizabethnovak1@gmail.com and I'll send it to you. 

And this is the Dalek cross-stitch that I just finished. No idea what to do with it. Suggestions? 

So that about sums up this post. What have you been doing lately with your obsessions?

A Poem for the Day: Wait

Via

Wait
by Russell Kelfer

Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;
Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate . . .
And the Master so gently said, "Wait."

"Wait? you say wait?" my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word.

"My future and all to which I relate
Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait?
I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign,
Or even a 'no' to which I can resign.

"You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry:
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply."

Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate,
As my Master replied again, "Wait."
So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,
And grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting for what?"

Via

He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine . . .
and He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.

"I could give all you seek and pleased you would be.
You'd have what you want, but you wouldn't know Me.
You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint.
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.

"You'd not learn to see through clouds of despair;
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there.
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me
When darkness and silence are all you can see.

"You'd never experience the fullness of love
When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.
You would know that I give, and I save, for a start,
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.

"The glow of my comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that's beyond getting just what you ask
From an infinite God who makes what you have last.

"You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee.
Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,
But, oh, the loss, if you missed what I'm doing in you.

"So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to truly know me.
And though oft My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still . . . Wait."

Happy New Year!!!

Via

I think 2013 will bring me many more responsibilities both fun and hard. I think it will also bring much change. I feel a longing for the old and almost dread the new. But well I know that 2013 may bring me pain. I also know it may bring me much happiness. And so I will throw my heart open to it. I will let God do with me what he will. I will trust Him with my happiness. And so come 2012, throw what darts you will, my god is a shield and he has promised good things for me. Goodbye 2012, I thank God for you. Welcome 2013!

Blog Guest

Just wanted to let you all know that I wrote a guest post over at the lovely blog of Miss Grace.
You can find my post here. It's a lovely Christmas gift idea that I did for my best friend. 

As she may read this blog, I will not say what the present is. But I can say it is a tutorial and I'm sure many of you will enjoy it. :)
God bless and Merry Christmas!!!