If you love the color pink, and you need witch altar inspiration, then this list is sure to fire you up with ideas. 1. These pink roses paired with the gold accents creates the perfect elegant energy. Photo: rosewatershop/Instagram 2. A fuzzy pink chair counts as an altar too. Photo: wiccarium/Instagram 3. This portable pink altar can allow you to practice your witchcraft and energy-work on the go! Photo: Houzwee 4. This Aphrodite shrine is gorgeous, and inspiring. Photo: elmfolk/Instagram 5. This altar shows that even the color pink can be used for altars relating to the sea. Photo: floralwaterwitch/Tumblr 6. This pink hued altar also has a delicate sea theme with the addition of gorgeous plants. Photo: bubbleandbrewmagic/Wordpress
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These decoration ideas use common and inexpensive materials to bring interest and meaning to the church during the seasons of Lent and Easter.
Light in the darkness of Advent is calming, healing and spiritual as we reflect on our many blessings, especially those of our children. I'd love to share a fun craft/gift that will certainly add to the beauty of your home. It is the silhouette transparency or triptychs. They are not complicated to make and are very rewarding. We made ours using watercolor paintings (140 lb stock). After they dried, I put vegetable oil on them to set overnight to make them a little more transparent. The next morning, I folded the two sides so the picture will stand freely in front of a votive candle. Then on the back side, with a pencil, you can sketch your cut-out. It is easiest to use a crafting knife, but for this one, I used a kitchen knife on a cutting board and some scissors. Be sure to keep a section of the bottom intact for stability and so that your designs are supported. Once that is done, it's time to add the colors! You can use tissue paper or kite paper. Mine was done with kite paper. It is important to remember to go light to dark with your color schemes. Using glue, attach your first color across the whole back of your design. And then cut additional layers, as desired - again going from lighter to darker. Once that is finished, set out on the table with a votive behind it and voila! You have a beautiful centerpiece for your seasonal table! Now for something a little easier for the children, have them rip pieces of kite paper or tissue paper. Attach a piece of white tissue paper or kite paper (this one is tissue paper) to the back of a simple cut out from one of their water color paintings. And then let them glue the shreds of paper on the back. A glue stick seems to work best, with no clumps of glue to be seen on the other side, however my twins insisted on working with tacky glue. After the design is done, you can seal the back with another white piece of tissue or kite paper. The front doesn't look that great by itself... But set it or hang it in front of a sunny window and you have a stunning creation by your little ones! The possibilities are endless, but I'm sure Grandma would absolutely love a gift like this to hang in her window or in front of a votive for the holidays! We had so much fun with this, that we are going to do seasonal transparencies and I've already completed our Winter scene for January: Variations of these can be found in either "All Year Round" or "Earthways". I love and recommend both of these lovely books. Happy holidays!
Worship each and every Friday evening at Holden is the same, Prayer Around the Cross. This simple service of candle light and chanting hym...
Make this beautiful cascading flower backdrop for your wedding! It's fun, floral and unique! Fab for an altar, a wedding backdrop, a Photo Booth backdrop or even behind the top table! Perfect DIY wedding decor!
Our church recognizes Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent when we prepare for the resurrection. For many, this ushers fo...
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Need to make some fake fire? This tutorial will show how to craft your own handheld flame out of TranspArt dyed with iDyePoly.
This year Lent is March 1st to April 13, 2017. This is thee most important and spiritually focused period of the liturgical year. It’s also the time when some of us are most miserable. Somet…
The theme for our fourth week in the series was Tithing, but our pastor was more interested in discussing giving with gladness than in talking about money, so we approached this week as a First Fruits topic. First Fruits is an ancient Jewish feast. No harvest is to be taken until the first fruits are dedicated, with thanksgiving, to God. It demonstrates that giving is done with a glad heart and it sets a pattern of giving back to God the first and the best. Our visual enhancement consisted of an arrangement at the base of the Table showing the grains, fruits, and oil that are traditionally considered part of a First Fruits ritual.
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One of the things that I’m really becoming passionate about is incorporating artistic elements into the life and worship of the church. I enjoy doing this for the church on my own, but espec…
We are focusing on MEMORIZING important BIBLE Facts. That being said, we needed a way to TRACK our KIDDOS progress. So, we decided on a BADGE EARNING SYSTEM. Each time the KIDDOS can RECITE the ASSIGNED MEMORY WORK, they will earn a BADGE to attach to their "BIBLE BOOKMARK." We titled our board, "WE KNOW THESE FASCINATING BIBLE FACTS!" We have BIBLE FACT CHARTS that the KIDDOS will use to help facilitate their MEMORIZING of the assigned FACTS. (These charts come from Hands On Bible Teacher and are available for purchase.) Each of our students has a "BIBLE" on the Bulletin Board with a VERY LONG Bible Book Mark. This is where the KIDDOS will place their "BADGES." We simply staple them to the ribbon. As you can see, the KIDDOS have already begun EARNING their BADGES. The KIDDOS have a LOT of MEMORIZING to do this year. There are so many IMPORTANT Bible Facts for them to memorize. The KIDDOS BADGES are just a little smaller than the BADGE seen on the board under the "EARN YOUR BIBLE KNOWLEDGE BADGE" banner. The KIDDOS are very excited about EARNING their BADGES. By the way, each time they earn a BADGE, I give them a STICKER to wear that reads, "I EARNED A BADGE IN BIBLE CLASS." This has encouraged others to ask the KIDDOS how they earn their BADGE. So, that gives the KIDDOS an opportunity to share what they have memorized!! Blessings, Ronda
Even though I thought I would take a day off on the quilting of this one, I was so close to done that I worked on it 3 separate times of the day and finished it last night. Here it is ready for trimming. After trimming I put it up on a design wall to study it and try to decide on a binding color. It was too late last night to start looking for candidates so I'll do that today. By the time the blooms on the Redbud trees are open this far, we usually have had a rain storm that knocks the petals off. We have rain predicted so I'm glad I got a photo yesterday. This is the view from the kitchen window. It was a little cooler yesterday so I carried all of the fallen branches to my driveway for brush pickup next week.
