Faith and Fabric

We dropped off our boxes today! In case you missed our update last week, we got together with some of our favorite mommy friends and pulled together three boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Today, we dropped them off at one of their designated drop locations! Rather, I should say little man dropped them off in his favorite little shopping cart (that…
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The devastation in the Philippines from the typhoon – barely after their magnitude earthquake – is heart breaking. My husband and I were both glued to the news last night, watching one horrific tale after another, knowing that 1 in 10 people in the country are impacted, and we were left wondering…what can we do? We want to do SOMEthing,…
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Can you believe Advent is just a few weeks away? I can’t…especially with temperatures still in the 80’s. Amazing. With Advent being just a few weeks out, we had our annual sign-ups for our church’s “Advent Wreath Workshop”, where we’ll be making advent wreaths together as a parish family for use in our homes. I had prepared a table in…
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Mmm…nothing smells like fall more than the amazing smell of pumpkin muffins baking in the kitchen. I love pumpkin flavored anything, and really wanted to share the wonderful taste with our family – but in a healthy way. I took a favorite recipe of ours, tweaked it a bit, and came up with these outstanding healthy pumpkin muffins stuffed with…
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Happy (almost) Halloween! With Halloween being just two weeks away – and our church’s bake sale this weekend – I couldn’t resist making Halloween desserts. I’ve always been a fan of s’mores, and took that concept, added a bit of pumpkin and Halloween flair, and came up with Halloween S’mores. So fun – and so easy, as it’s based on…
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Last week we shared an interview with Judy Smith, the author of Egree’s Journey (the children’s book we recently shared). Today, we’re back in an interview with Sondra Parks, the incredibly talented artist who brought the story to life with her illustrations in the book.  Me: “So tell me…how long have you been such a creative genius? I love the drawings…
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Today I am very pleased to share with you an exclusive interview with Judy Smith, the author of Egree’s Journey (the children’s book we recently shared). Judy is a talented, gifted woman and I had the opportunity to sit down with her recently to chat about her new book.  Me: So tell me…where did your inspiration for this wonderful children’s book come…
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September 23rd is National Family Day where we are all encouraged to – at least for the day – sit down and eat dinner as a family. It sounds so simple…but truly there’s no better time to engage your family then around the dinner table. Family Day was founded in 2001 by CASAColumbia. Family Day is a national movement to…
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I have the pleasure of reviewing Egree’s Journey by Judy Smith, a sweet children’s book that centers around a Great Egret named Egree. She is a sweet, kind bird who sets out on a journey to find a new home and ends up finding not only a place to call her own but finding friends, a sense of community, and…
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