Handbound Journals and Sketchbooks
Hello friends! This weeks Handmade Artist Forum's featured Artist is Andrea creator of BlueHighways. If you are a Book lover you sure don't want to miss out on this Wonderful Lady's work. She make beautiful hand bound journals. Lined,unlined,water colored all unique.She has journals sketchbooks Albums and more. These are just a few! So please put your feet up take a few minutes to enjoy her beautiful unique work and please tell her Tam sent you when you place your order! Her shop is on a short vacation till June 29th but you can view her products here and contact her for custom order's on June 30th. Thank you have a wonderful week!
Hello friends! I sure hope you are having a great week. Here it is June already and you know that means ,wedding season is here! Wahooo! I have this wonderful friend Debbi that makes some beautiful one of a kind wedding keepsakes. She is another wonderful creative soul I have met through the Handmade Artist Forum. You met her before here. She has made a few changes,her shop is now called YankeeBurrowCreations. I Love the Custom wedding shadow box. And look at this adorable Crochet ring Bearer pillow. She is not all about Weddings though she has some great decorative pieces for your home. So go check it out for yourself and when you place your order please tell her Tam sent ya!
POOR PEOPLE ?
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, 'How was the trip?'
'It was great, Dad.'
'Did you see how poor people live?' the father asked.
'Oh yeah,' said the son.
'So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?' asked the father.
The son answered:
'I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.'
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, 'Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.'
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.
Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!
Pass this on to friends and acquaintances and help them refresh their perspective and appreciation.
'Life is too short and friends are too few.'
