Old meets New! :-)

My latest project created the embroidery with digitizing software and then I used a vintage pillow case and other embellishments to make a new mini quilt. It seems to blend in so perfectly with the picture of my Meme. As an artist, my greatest joy comes from mixing old with new to create something totally different and fresh!! Look for more exciting projects to come!!

Hugs!
Jen

Exciting New Edition!!!

Well I have to say, an outdoor market in June in Louisiana makes for quite the sauna experience....BUT, thanks to an AWESOME vendor, Curisotiy Cottage now has a new sign that I can take when I do my shows. What I love about this piece is that it will work for shows, but so fits in with the decor of my little home as well. Some things are just worth braving the heat for!!

Hugs!
Jen

I LOVE my day job!!!

Today campus is buzzing with approximately 200 new freshman. It is such a new and exciting, yet scary time in their lives!! Though I just had the privilege of advising a young man who has been out of school for two years, but has decided to come back so he can major in a degree with a computer science minor and play football. These kids are like my own and it is just so encouraging...this is why I do what I do!! Helping shape young lives and prepare them for the "real" world, while at the same time encouraging them to do that which God intends for them to do...and helping them learn to discover what the purpose is for their lives by looking for God Winks; WOW, I am the most blessed person EVER!!

Hugs!
Jen

I believe in miracles!!!!

It is Wednesday, my favorite day of the week!!! This is because I am so blessed to have an incredible church with AWESOME friends!! On Sunday though I had a discussion with my kids about tithing. One suggested that I try to just do a certain percent if 10% made things too tight, but I said that no, I am to be faithful and obedient, trusting God to take care of our needs. Now you must understand that doing this would mean I did not have money for groceries until payday, but I was so excited about being obedient that I did not let this stop me. SSSSSSooooo this morning when I get up I just had this small voice say "check your mail"....which I sooooo hate to do, so ignored that voice. Well then this afternoon my CPA calls and tells me there is a check coming to "check my mail." ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT...I'll check the mail...and when I do, I had a check from the state for money they owed me last year!!!! :-)

Oh yeah, and that little voice...I knew it was God all along, but sometimes we don't slow down long enough to hear Him. I am sooooo glad that I listened!!!

Hugs!
Jen

Why didn't I think of that??? :-)

Hi everyone!! :-)

It has been so long since I have written and I must say that I have sooooo missed this part of my day!! As I have worked on different projects and new adventures in my life my dear friend Tara says to me last night "these are the things you should be writing about in your blog...the journey that Curiosity Cottage is taking." In my quest to wait until all the pieces of the puzzle fell into place to get back to writing again, what she pointed out is that people like to see how you put the puzzle together, they want to share in the whole process with the writer. :-)

Aren't we as women so like that though, we want to move mountains by ourselves, never considering that our friends may have really great tools and would love to help us!! :-) I still am just so amazed at the community that blogs enable people to develop, it is just wonderful!! In a culture that has become so materialistic, with everyone wanting to climb the corporate ladder, the blog community soooo goes back to how life was many years ago when people helped out their neighbors and took the time to sit and visit for a while. I have always felt that my spirit was that of someone from the 1940s time period and that is why I love the world of blogging because the friendships that people are developing from this new form of technology does so mirror that period of time.

So I'm back, because in my quest to de-stress and simplify my life what I have discovered is that blogging is one of the best forms of stress relief that I have!!

Hugs!
Jen