On the way to a Dream

 

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This is making me smile.

My husband and I had HUGE dreams. We still do!
Our journey to sunny AZ has been a fast, turbulent, weird and blessed one! We thought we were on our way to Australia for a school in film, we had spent the last two years getting our biblical perspective and we thought we were on our way to making culturally relevant evangelical films for different cultures that have yet to be reached with the Good News!! And had we been in Australia, we would have had quick access to the rest of Asia to make this happen!

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Instead our funds dried up. We didn't make much to begin with, but after I lost my side job, we were defiantly NOT making ANYTHING. Let me just say when you can't afford to pay your rent of $550 (which included meals) your in a financial crisis!

So we did the only thing that made any sense. We left our dreams to find jobs. I mean HELLO!!! We have a child to care for! We had to do this!  And since our Bible School was in Los Angeles, we figured we'd go to the closest city that had family and friend connections, and we also happened to love, PHOENIX!

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So we've been here ONE YEAR!!!! And we are working and doing well in a rough economy! We have a place to live, food to eat, clothes to wear and we are debt free. God has been good to us. And although we aren't where we thought we'd be at this time, I'm dreaming again about the possibilities.

So If I try to locate myself in this saying,

 

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I think I'm still getting lost from my old dream. I still haven't found the new one. But I am an object in motion, thank the Lord for that!


Love ya!
Bridgette

"As Seen on..."

So I want to start a new thang....
I always see these super cool things online that I really want to try. And in the days before Pinterest, all these amazing things that I saw all over the web would be forgotten about in all of 15 minutes. So now that I have Pinterest I am able to remember all those cool things I wanted to try. But ya know what.... I'm still not trying anything! Uggh!

Why is it that I don't do the things that I love???? I should be trying to do these things that bring me inspiration! Instead who knows where my creative time is being spent!  I watch tv. (a little more honest) ;)

So I'm going to change this! Every month I'm going to attempt something I've seen on the world wide web! I figure that once a month is a good start for me, and if I find that I want to add more, then bigolly I will! So here it goes!!!!!!!!!

The first ever "As Seen On..."                (I'm so excited! EEkkkk)

So the other night I saw this adorable little piece of artwork

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I loved it so much that I wrote "I'm doing this tonight!!!"

And you know what???? I DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hooorayyyy!

Sho here's how it went down:

I grabbed my pumpkin princess and we went to town! Well, we went to the dinning room, that's close enough to town right????!!!!

So here's my little tutorial:

My cast of characters

I cut out a good shape and then put the paper side up. It's awesome because the back of the freezer paper is plastic like, and this acts as a barrier for your paint too!!!

Grab your paints and pour them into your plates. (I didn't use actual finger paints, but you totally could. I just used regular craft paint that I already had, along with some puff paint for some glitter.)

Then I started getting her little feet dirty!!! It was super fun!

Then I washed up those feetsies and let her shake out some more glitter on her butterflies!!

Once all of this has a chance to dry, take a permanent marker and draw in the butterflies body, face and antennae... 

You know what the best part of this whole thing is??? My little munchkin kept saying "I want to paint wit Momma! Thank you Momma, {insert kisses here, kisses to my face, arms, hands, and anything else within her reach!!!}"

 I had so much fun with my little girl! It was a real bonding moment! Thank you Project Balancing Act for bringing me and my daughter together! And with such a cute little piece of art to hang in my daughters room! And what a fun thing for her to look back on and see just how little her feet were! 

This little project also lead to this:

After I was done with her feet butterflies, my munchkin still wanted to paint!!! So I set her up in her high chair and let her go to town.... 

What do you think I turned it into? I'll show you later in the week! 

I'd love to see your creations! 

Reality TV

Are you as addicted to "The Bachelorette" as some are? I'm really not into reality tv... except the "Cake Boss", and  "Design Star", and "Wipeout", and "The Marriage Ref", and... (you get the idea). I'm not really into the Bachelor or the Bachelorette series, but I love me some reality T.V!!!

What are you hooked to?

Much Love,
Bridgette

Killing time with Pinterest

So the servers are down at work... which means that I can not do my work... which means that I have EVEN MORE time to kill on Pinterest!!! I love this site! It is seriously amazing! I get so much inspiration from the pictures I see here! And I get to see the fabulous taste of my friends! Since I live so far from all my closest friends, I don't get to see all the cool things they do in their homes, or the sweet little projects they do with thier families. Thank GOD for the internet! Come and hang out with me on Pinterest, lets be friends, and be inspired!
How can you not be inspired with pics like this:

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Or this:

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Or even this:

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Can't wait to meet you and see all that inspires you!