It has been a much-needed chance to regroup before moving forward with bigger and better ideas...so much is going on here at The Cottage, and all of it is good.
This dear friend had his 50th birthday bash...
"Make new friends, but keep the old. one is silver and the other gold." Our 50 year old friend is indeed golden...but these are "silver" friends. Fun, new friends.
Our nephew went off to college...our church gathered to pray over him...that's his two year old brother being held by his father, to the right and just behind him. I am crazy about this whole family.
I am preparing for the October Fall Launch of my new jewelry line...
...as well as the fall launch of my pop-up shop, "Intentionally {American} Vintage". Lots of treasures soon to be up for grabs.
...another new jewelry design. This simple leather pendant gets more compliments than you can believe! We are already well past the "3-compliments-from-3-different-strangers" rule...so this one has to go into the shop, come October.
New art that went to my brick-and-mortar outlet called The Paris Apartment
Another of my designs...
A brass with filigree cuff, with my very own soldered art piece on it - the one entitled "She Was Becoming". I completed the design to good reviews, and with one little tweak, it will be ready to be in my shop.
I wanted to be getting ready to go on a date with my Preacher...experimenting with those little pieces of add-on hair. This was too much, but very soon I will find a happy, fun, natural looking fill...I promise to blog all about it, when I do. Good hair is a southern tradition, and no one cares if you guild the lily here.
...but first, I have to tend to my growing business! I have to go take care of this:
Working together with my daughter Sarah, getting all my jewelry designs and original art pieces beautifully installed in this amazing restaurant/coffee shop/boutique/ art gallery/and gift store made for a fun September day. A fabulous place to bring your friends and spend the afternoon.
There is one of my art girls - peeking from her place amongst the other equally beautifully placed things.
Next came the 20th year celebration of our special church community, where Christ is preached supreme. It was a huge bash, this past Sunday, organized by our dearest friends. We left in tears...blessed with two thoughtful and upscale vacations, one for The Preacher and I by ourselves - the other to fulfill our dream of taking kids and grand kids to the beach!
I was excited to welcome Lovely September...she always used to promise me a mellow month...quiet, with few obligations...but not this time. September has been a diva, this year. Very demanding.
But I still love her best of all.
We've a stunning wedding to officiate this weekend. The bride and groom will be wearing plenty of tattoos, they have a God-glorifying testimony, and will be sporting their team colors.
The Bride is a Tennessee Vol fan (love her!) and the Groom is a Forida Gator fan. He and his "boi's" plan to show in Florida Gator colors.
I have no idea what I will wear (dress is casual) but I can promise that the ensemble will involve orange.
Ya'll, this wedding could cause a church split! I mean, we hope not...but you just have to calm any nervous energy with this:
Yes and Amen.
What do you think? Would you be okay with a football-team-themed-wedding?!!
It's actually going to be beautiful.
Here is my mantra, this insanely busy September...well, mine and the preacher's mantra:
All this, and I am also writing for the blogging community's "31 Day Challenge".
Come October, I will be writing on the subject of "Celebrating Middle Age". A brand new post, each and every single day for 31 days.
Stay tuned...thank you to all who have asked about me during my brief absence.
Grace and Peace,
Sheila Atchley
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1 comment:
Might I tell you again how excited I am for you?! Oh, that my own daughter lived closer so she and I could do our version of our own 'creative thang' together. I look forward to that possibility someday. But until that time, I am positively moved to seek employment with artists close to home instead of trying to fit into a more traditional educational system, now that my four are grown now. I have been tempted to try and substitute teach, or take pt employment as a teachers' aide to help fill out the funds needed for several important things in our homestead and family life right now. Would you pray with me that the right people and opportunity presents itself?
I would love to help with weddings or party events that use shabby chic and rustic themes. I simply love all that goes into the planning and making of such décor for celebratory events and homes alike. Bookbinding fits well into this area. I am itching, I say...itching to get going!
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