• I’m a tea person now

    I’m a tea person now

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    Something I never thought I would do was trade in coffee for tea. I lost my taste for coffee during the great food aversion of pregnancy #2 and, to be honest, being a tea drinker has been one of the secret things I’ve always wanted be (and not just regular iced tea or something that…

  • Random acts of kindness chicken

    Random acts of kindness chicken

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    We love handing out small crocheted gifts around town as #randomactsofkindness We’ve given out a lot of crocheted gummy bears, snowmen, mini chickens (“chicken nuggets” as my husband calls them), rearview mirror swings, goldfish, small dande-lions, Jesus Loves You bracelets, and many more. Have you gotten one of our gifts yet? If not, we hope…

  • When love failed you

    When love failed you

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    You loved your parent(s) with all your might but love wasn’t given back. It doesn’t mean your feelings became invalid the day you realized they didn’t care. As a child you can only know what you are taught. It can be confusing when a parent or guardian appears to love you when others are around…

  • I know what it’s like

    I know what it’s like

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    I know what it’s like to grow up feeling like you had no one: that you couldn’t trust anyone. To grow up in fear of loss or being hurt again. I know what it’s like not being accepted and being neglected. I understand brokenness and loneliness. I know what it feels like to feel all…

  • Take-Out Bawks

    Take-Out Bawks

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    I recently challenged myself to make some chickens on swings – in four different flavors! Thanks to my husband for the bawk pun! They are now available in the shop. Choose from Dumpling, Orange Chicken, Chris P. Sesame, or Lo Mein!

  • Coffee Tincture

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    My husband struggles with executive function (also an indicator of ADHD, which he was treated for during most of his childhood up to college. The negative effects of the medication didn’t help his development growing up, however). He does better when he has coffee in the morning but he becomes acclimated to  it after a…

  • Website Overhaul

    Website Overhaul

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    Our website has recently changed in a big way (a good way). After a lot of prayer and conversations we’ve finally changed it to be about our ministry instead of just a shop. It has been on my heart for years to start a ministry for children who have suffered from abuse, sexual abuse, neglect,…

  • Snowmen for Jesus

    Snowmen for Jesus

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    I know it’s still fall, and temperatures haven’t really dropped yet here in Texas, but I have been busy making snowmen. It took me a little while to figure out how I wanted them to look but I’m pretty happy with these. I won’t be putting these up for sale right now on the site,…

  • Amigurumi: One of my first projects

    Amigurumi: One of my first projects

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    Over 12 years ago I started amigurumi, which is crochet or knit (in my case crochet) creatures or objects out of yarn. I’ve made some dolls but mostly enjoy making animals.  Today my husband was going through our garage, which we’ve had to use for storage since having to tear the house down, and he…

  • Be Kind, Rewind

    Be Kind, Rewind

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    I will admit, I was kind of excited to recently purchase a VHS player for our kids at the thrift store. We don’t watch television except for some DVDs we have. We actually got rid of our TV about 7 years ago and have used a laptop for any DVDs we want to watch. We wound…