If our highest priority is walking in faith and loving our families, we'll find joy in the sofa stains, the scratches on the dining room table, and the pile of shoes by the door. ~Marian Parson
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| Shelter a friend with the gift of a book |
Homes don't have to be magazine material to be special, comfortable and inviting. The goal you're working toward is home. Not a perfect home. Not an "impress the neighbors" home. Just home -- one whose walls and rooms tell the story of the family who lives there.
My sister's home does look like magazine material. It's a gift from God. But the beauty in her home is not the perfection, the beauty is in the feeling of warmth the minute you walk through the doorway.
It's the tea light candle tucked in a china cup, the stack of old books waiting to be read. It's in the family pictures which grace her grand piano and tabletops. It's in the joy banner her daughter made her which hangs over her kitchen table and speaks clearly of the the joy in her heart and home.
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| Melodie's touches |
I loved reading this book, but viewing the pictures inspired me, too. I can't wait to see who wins it. Leave a comment, either here or on Sheltering Tree's facebook page if you'd like to be entered to win.
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One of the projects in the book is a framed chalkboard. Any frame will work and a thin board sprayed with chalkboard paint. It is a great way to gift this book. I wrapped it with a paper sack, wrapped it with twine and tucked chalk into the twine. The tags are below for you to print.
I leave Miss Mustard Seed's final words with you.
Hopefully you'll create an inviting home for your family, you'll find increasing joy,
and you'll discover the inspired you.
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