Birthday PATTERN SALE and Early Works

 First off -  Early Works goodies will be listed tonight!!

Click Here for MY EARLY WORKS SHOPPE

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If you receive my newsletter, you'll know that in February, I'll be celebrating my double nickle birthday!

So all of February will be party on line month and I'll be having different sales and give aways all through the month!

I'm starting off with a PATTERN SALE!

Purchase any 2 patterns from my website and receive 1 free

This is for e-patterns or mailed patterns

When you check out there will be a COMMENTS box ---

simply add the name of the free pattern you would like and I'll add it to your order.

Sale begins NOW (yes a few hours early) and ends Feb.6

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FREE PATTERN!

And just in time for your Valentine stitchin'..... 

my first FREE PATTERN for you!

Just click on the image to enlarge it.... right click.... 

and save on your computer!

Enjoy my friends!

 

Feel free to send me a picture of your finished piece and I'll post them!

New Pattern!

I've made my dolls 'n critters into patterns for years .... but this year I'm starting off with my very first cross stitch pattern!  A huge thank you to my dear friend Betty (primitivebettys),  for some smarts on tackling cross stitch patterns. I really loved doing this and more will follow... and hopefully soon.... some freebie patterns of this nature!

You can check out the cupboard hanger pattern on my website or for a quick download, on Patternmart!

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Happy New Year & Early Works

And on the evening of Dec. 31, I'll be listing a new

creation in my Early Works Shoppe!

Here's a sneaky peek:

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The Light - Day 25

 

There will be no more night.

They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. 

And they will reign forever and ever.  

   Revelation 22:5

 

It's all about an eternal life with Him;

the Light of the world!

Thank you for taking this 25 Days of Light journey with me!

Have a very blessed Christmas!

The Light - Day 24

In my addiction I was in the dark dancing with the devil then I caught a glimpse of the light and kept following until the darkness went away.  Now the light is on all the time! -- K.P.

 

Here's another way to put it....  YOU are HERE to be LIGHT,

bringing out the God-colors in the world. 

God is not a secret to be kept.

We're going public with this,

as public as a city on a hill.

If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you?

I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand - - SHINE!

Keep open house; be generous with your lives.

By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.

May your light shine for all to see!

The Light - Day 23

Light Means:  Extinguisher of darkness

Definition: to take fire

 

In the light, can sometimes mean we're in the fire of purification.  The heat of life doesn't always feel good; but it does us good.  We are to learn, and be shaped in the fire.  Then there are those heated moments we have been in because of choices we have made.  Thank God, He can come in and extinguish the fire; recover us from disaster!

The Light - Day 22

Definition: A noteworthy person in a particular place or field; luminary

Light, when suddenly let in, dazzles and hurts and almost blinds us: but this soon passes away, and it seems to become the only element we can exist in.

~ Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare

Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

 

The Light - Day 21

A LIGHT SWITCH

I choose when its on

I choose when its off

I have been given a choice between the two

When on;  I can see

When off;  I search for it

It looks so different in every home

It all works though with the same internal power

Many components are involved in its master plan

The direction of the switch though is given to me b free choice

Bu the Power within goes forever and is always available

How I maintain it; reflects how it manifests

I choose Light over darkness

No matter the cost!

  ~ Y.R.

The Light - Day 20

Light:  A safe place where I can own and reveal my brokenness. 

~ R.E.

The holidays aren't always the best time of year for some people.

  It's a season of physical, emotional, and spiritual darkness.  

Depression and suicide are at a higher rate

during this time as well. 

I've known a couple of people who have taken their own lives... one recently, a friend of our son's. He was just a kid, 23, and we hadn't seen him around for awhile as his life was consumed with alcohol, drugs, and hanging with the wrong people. I am filled with grief over this as I remember when he and his brother would hang out with our boys, ride bikes, hike through the woods, and gosh were these guys always hungry! There was always some kind of snack or fresh baked treat for all these guys. He was baptized right along side our boys a few years ago too....so how does one go from the top - with God - to where this child ended up?

I ask myself... what in the world can be so bad for you to take your own life!  I mean, there's no going back from this! We've all been in dark places at one time or another in our lives. I know I've hit rock bottom years ago and honestly, wondered why I was even here, what was the point. I didn't have the Lord in my life at that time. Maybe that's why I like the movie classic, It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart. We never know how we affect others as we go through life, but we are not here by accident!

God Loves! 

God Saves! 

God is reaching out His mighty hand for you!

Job cursed the day he was born wishing God wouldn't have brought light to his life. (read Job 3).

There's hope for a time as this; it's the Light that illuminates a life of pain, despair, worthlessness, and grief. 

If this is your truth, then pray this prayer:

Abba Father, I give you this season in my life.  I trust you with each and every minute though I don't feel like it nor know how.  Your Word says joy comes in the morning; that is when the brightest light appears.  Just like you did for Job, show me the wonder of your love.  Deliver me from this darkness so that I may gladly tell of your deliverance during this time of year.  Send your angels amongst me to support and love me; even if that is of human form.  May they show understanding, compassion and a desire for every area of my life to be known.  I thank you that you are a God that hears and most of all answers when a child calls home. In Jesus' wonderful name;  Amen!