Give Thanks.

My mom asked me to find napkin rolls last weekend for Thanksgiving… but I found that it would be funner and cuter and easier actually to just make them. Since Thanksgiving  is so close and fall is ending all fall decor was 90% off. Duh, I got all of my supplies for $3 and some change.

I bough fake leaves in different fall colors, a box of small acorns and pine cones, some fall colored fake flowers 2 pieces of brown felt, and burgundy ribbon.

i cut the felt into circles and cut 2 slits in it pulling the ribbon through to tie it around the napkins and silverware.

Then I glued leaves on and made different designs using the flowers, acorns, and pine cones.

I made 20, but you can make as many or as little as you want!

It’s fun and one of the easiest crafts you can do. Enjoy!

Been so long,

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but I think I might try to start a devotional about what the Lord is teaching me. 1-for you to learn and 2-for me to put it down in words.

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I went to Bartrum Forest in Milledgeville, Ga yesterday. Bartrum is a beautiful place in general, but especially on a warm clear September day. I was just sitting thinking about how people are in [awe] of nature all of the time. You associate God’s beauty with nature, but His most beautiful creation is people. I realized we should be in so much more awe of God’s people following Him. They are so much more beautiful than the earth in all it’s beauty.
Emma reminded me of Genesis where after God speaks life into the earth and creatures of the earth and sees that “it is good.” Yet after God creates man he says “it is very good.” Genesis 1:31

The Lord is so good, and His Holy Spirit speaks to us directly from the Lord. Sit and listen. If it’s good it’s from the Lord; if it goes against His Word, then it is not. Every good and perfect thing comes from the Lord.

They are so beautiful to me!

Love, Deborah Joy

Milk and Nookies

The new house is amazing.. everything I could have ever imagined and more. The Lord is so good and faithful. I’ve got to get ready for class, but I will be sharing pics. For now just dwell on these words.

Lyrics to Healer :
You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
and heal all my disease

I trust in You
I trust in You

I believe You’re my healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe You’re my portion
I believe You’re more than enough for me
Jesus, You’re all I need

Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible
Nothing is impossible for You
You hold my world in Your hands

The Lord is so good.

-Deborah Joy

My Adventure Book

So, I have been wanting to go visit my Aunt Virginia in Colorado for a while now, but all of the sudden with only two weeks left of summer and only one week actually free I finally am going to write her a letter.

She is the last sibling alive of my Grandma Pearl who just pasted away earlier this year. I’ve heard that my Aunt Virginia is an amazing woman of God and a very wise woman. I would LOVE to get to spend time with her and learn from her. I would be so happy to get to fly out there, but the ultimate adventure would be to take a roadtrip there.

My picture perfect roadtrip would be to go with someone that I don’t know that well. I would love to drive half way across the country just getting to know someone, meeting people along the way, and finding out things about myself through spending time with this new person. Gosh, imagining this just gave my a high of wanting to do and plan this so bad.

Next step is to write her a letter about wanting to come visit… this will be my To Do List for tomorrow.

-and the title of this is from the movie “Up!” I you havent seen it, you should.-

-Deborah Joy

Oh Jo.

Joanna Sullivan is an amazing writer and a great friend. She resently posted her new fall style on her blog. My sister was concerned when she read Joanna was going for straight neutrals, but we both fell in love with every single outfit. I told her how inspiring it was to me and she talked me into putting a few outfits together and following her style lead.

Silhouette

I didn’t mean for these to turn out as neutrals but they are! These are a few tops I got while out thrifting today..

Oscar da la Renta shirt: $2.49

Black and white top: $2.49

my favorite top of the day: $.50

And a sneak peak at my Winter look..

except in burgundy, black, and grey.. I’m loving them but can’t wear them yet.

I’ve found out while spending time with my bro in Atlanta that he has never worn suspenders.. until he tried some on at Urban Outfitters. I decided to fix that when I found some today for $.99.. I bought them for him.

-Deborah Joy

Rachel Goodrich

My new style inspiration= Rachel Goodrich.. I looooove her clothes! her style.. her music. It’s great! Her myspace has tons of pictures even one of her band playing a show while all wearing bowties! Love it. I saw her play last night at the Drunken Unicorn with Young the Giant and Steel Train. All three were new to me and are now all going to be in my CD player for a long time!

The recipe for falling in love.

Buy all of you favorite fruits… the best combination= grapefruit, blackberry, red grape, 1 red apple, 1 green apple, strawberry (blueberry would also be a great addition)

Cut them up and place in shallow bowl.

Pour Ginger Ale over it. Let it soak for a few minutes then enjoy!

After tasting you will fall in love! With the salad that is…

-Deborah Joy

Retro Wash

I was watching a home search show yesterday on HGTV and the couple that was house searching found a home built in the 20s. The kitchen was completely retro and they said they weren’t so sure about it… I LOVED it. It was so inspiring! I would just want to cook ALL of the time!

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-Deborah Joy

Grant Park Coffee House

I went to hang out with my brother downtown yesterday, and we went to Grant Park Coffee House. It was s cute, comfy, and I had some amazing ice cream.

When we got there it was a little slow, but only because there was a family in front of us getting lunch. The coffee shop is right across the street from the zoo where they were having a convention bringing over alot of business. They had a limited time ice cream flavor called Raspberry Chip Cheesecake, which was DIVINE. All in all it is a great coffee shop!

-Deborah Joy

“Isn’t that as it should be?”

It’s fun to see random, but very obvious ways God works sometimes, even in the littlest things. I started reading Redeeming Love at close to the beginning of the school year and only got half way through it. Come to find out my sister, Cindy, who I’m saying with in Miami got the book from my Grandma Pearl. I don’t have it, because I had borrowed it from a friend at school and returned it when I didn’t finish it. So I figured out around where I had left off and read 2 more chapters today, which was so refreshing and great! I’ve been in the mood lately to only watch movies about real relationships and Christian ones, like A Walk to Remember. Reading this book is obviously about a Christian relationship and is a break from sitting around watching tv. It’s perfect and I’m sure it was God placing everything perfectly for me to be able to read it here and now.

This is a clip from the book that just kind of overwhelmed me:

      Miriam smiled. “You’re terribly in love with him, aren’t you?”
      “Terribly. I’m consumed with it. Sometimes he only has to look at me–”
She stopped, realizing she was speaking her most private thoughts aloud.
     Miriam looked at her. “Isn’t that as it should be?”
     “I don’t know. Is it?”
     “I hope so,” Miriam said dreamily. “Oh, I really hope so.”

I’m not exactly the type of girl to be “goo goo” over a guy. My past relationships are cute, but without much PDA. I thinks it’s confused me lately with exchanging PDA with affection at all. I want a guy -eventually- who CAN live without me but doesn’t want to. the line “I can’t live without you” is a BIG turn off. Anyways this clip just made me realize when God brings me the guy I’m to be with i’m going to get that feeling with just a look from him. I can’t wait! It’s going to be great!

Praise God.