Golden Moments

The Princess Chair

~  my alteration and embellishment  ~

for a special little Princess at Christmas

 {After and Before}

Spray painted, then 3 coats of glitter mixed with matte medium (mod podge works too)

The chair pad I made from a gold leather mini-skirt

found at an estate sale

{of course I bought it for the fabric!}

It is also coated with gold glitter

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and below, the Saturday before Christmas I decided how

FUN it would be to have a PUPPET THEATRE

and my dear husband made this for me

that very day.

I painted it and we wrapped it and on Christmas morning

some little ones were quite excited at what they found.

This DEER girl

~ DAZZLE ~

made it through Christmas, which was my prayer.

I haven't talked about it here yet, but the day after Thanksgiving

we had some very sad news: cancer

~ and she won't be with us much longer ~

My heart is breaking, but I know from past experience

that God will help us through this, as hard as it will be.

I cherish every GOLDEN MOMENT we have shared

~ Christmas Day ~

Like every dog owner, my dogs are such a huge part of my life,

and my love for these dear Afghan Hounds shall be eternal.

My husband gave me a most cherished book for Christmas called

"The Heaven of Animals" by Nancy Tillman.

Her illustrations and poem are exceptional, you can find it here.

~ Wishing you all many Golden Moments in 2015 ~

How I hope each one who reads this

will be touched by God's great mercy and grace,

that you too may know his comfort in difficult times

~ and joy eternal ~

His gift of love revealed through Jesus is

Larger than our fears

Deeper than our sorrows

and lasts longer than our temporary afflictions

and the JOY he gives is

E T E R N A L

to those who put their trust in Him

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Blessings dear ones,

~ Violet ~