My first socks!

I have finally finished knitting my first pair of socks! I started them during the summer holidays last year and finally finished them last week. The wool is a lovely soft sock wool from Fyberspates. My toes are now lovely and warm.

I have a confession to make - I have absolutely no willpower! Despite telling myself that I would not sign up to Shimelle's new class 'Something from almost nothing' I have went and gone and signed up for it. It really is the fault of friends blogs that started saying how good the first prompt was - I just had to go and sign up. Don't like missing out on something. At least I know I have plenty of stash for it and don't need to buy anything, expect perhaps........

There is a hope

This LO was done several weeks ago for a scraplift challenge over at FaithscrappersUK. The challenge is a bit like Chinese Whispers - one person chooses a LO does a scraplift then emails their LO to the next person on the list, who does a scraplift then passes it on. The theme had to be a hymn or song. I chose There is a Hope by Stuart Townend. The photo was taken when we were in Rome at the Coliseum.

The words of the song are

There is a hope that burns within my heart,

That gives me strength for every passing day;

A glimpse of glory now revealed in meagre part,

Yet drives all doubt away:

I stand in Christ, with sins forgiven;

And Christ in me, the hope of heaven!

My highest calling and my deepest joy,

To make His will my home.

There is a hope that lifts my weary head,

A consolation strong against despair,

That when the world has plunged me in its deepest pit,

I find the Saviour there!

Through present sufferings, future's fear,

He whispers 'courage' in my ear.

For I am safe in everlasting arms,

And they will lead me home.

There is a hope that stands the test of time,

That lifts my eyes beyond the beckoning grave,

To see the matchless beauty of a day divine

When I behold His face!

When sufferings cease and sorrows die,

And every longing satisfied,

Then joy unspeakable will flood my soul,

For I am truly home. 

All done!

Yes, the essay is finally done and sent off to my tutor. Now on to block 2, sweatshops!!

I also managed to fit in finishing some challenges from the recent cybercrop at Faithscrappers UK. The challenges were all about different things we pray for.
I have used 6x4 cards which I am now going to put onto a DLO.

The first card is Confession

Card 2 is Adoration

Card 3 is Intercession, praying for others.

Card 4 is waiting, meditating

Card 5 is thanksgiving

Card 6 is Consecration

Going Well!

The essay writing is going well today, only another 200 words to go, then a tidy up and get references sorted out. The essay is on issues relating to the Mexican-US border region and is really quite interesting. This first section has been using DVDs instead of books, which I found interesting but not as easy to flick back through to check when writing the essay. Although it did show more clearly how bad some of the living conditions are for the Mexicans.

I came across this video on Scrapdolly's blog when I was doing some blog-hopping (in my breaks honest!) and I thought I would share it with you. The video works in a similar sort of way to a Palindrome which reads the same forwards and backwards, except the video reads the opposite backwards and its meaning is changed as well.

Enjoy!

The mess after the fun!

The family reckon I should show you all the mess that I make when crafting. This is what my craft room looked like on Sunday night after the cybercrop - I don't think it looks that bad - I have seen it worse!!

What have I been up to today - well studying, my first assignment for my OU course is due next weekend. I hate making a start on these essays and always find it difficult to get started - I have now got an outline plan so hopefully will get down to start writing it tomorrow.

And it was snowing again this morning - thankfully not much and there is none left, but really getting a bit fed up with it all now.

More fun

This is another LO I prepared for a class at the cybercrop at FaithscrappersUK. This one was called Prayer Help and the verse is from Romans 8: 26-27 'In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God.'

This LO was from a class by Carolyn and is based on the Lords Prayer. I have used the tags with various images and words on them to represent ideas from the Lords Prayer.

It has been a really good weekend, with lots of fun and sharing together - chat rooms can be great places. There are still some challenges that I am working on and will complete this week.

I am working tomorrow - which is the first time since June that I have been called in - I only work on supply. It is quite a thought at the moment!!

Progress so far

This is from my class - Pray Continually, from the cybercrop. When I thought about praying I thought about circles - how we pray to God, he answers, we are encouraged to pray more. The verse is 1 Thess5: 17 'Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.!

The first challenge at the weekend was by Naomi. Naomi reminded us that God wants us to be specific about prayer, so the LO is about our prayers for this year. The verse on mine is from Mark 11:24 'Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.'