The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Aug 7th- A few of my favorite things...

~Staying cool indoors with memories about camping,

~Being able to get outdoors vicariously through stories and think cool, and perhaps...

~Ideas of things to cook once the heat wave breaks

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Jan 28th- A few of my favorite things...

~Learning to do sleeves and trim

~Finding the perfect accent pieces

~Finishing the dress you designed yourself from fabric in your stash and ideas in your mind...Great job, my young designer!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Jan 20th- A few of my favorite things...

~A magazine full of pics of our winter friends

~A magazine with recipes and ideas to keep busy on cold winter days

~A magazine to remind us that the hope of spring is closer than we think

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 21st- A few of my favorite things...

~A cookbook full of fun reasons to break out the cast iron pans...like I really need any encouraging

~A cookbook full of happy little recipes, memories, and smiles

~A magazine full of recipes and fun ideas of things to see and make

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 15th- A few of my favorite things...

~Magazines that give you a mini-vacation when you want to relax

~Magazines that give you ideas when you are hungry

~Magazines that give you something to think about

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 15th- A few of my favorite things...
~Waking up to the sound of keys clicking as a writer types her ideas
~Thea's excitement of being big enough to lose her first tooth
~Being small enough still to discover spaces that no one else can fit in

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~History inspiring creativity from the youngest to the oldest
~Carefully selecting colors of embroidery floss
~Drawing ideas with thread for unique gifts

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~The fun of an interesting read on the impact of a very busy creature
~The comfort of reading an old familiar friend and spending time with her learning more
~The wrestling of ideas when new points of view surface to challenge the old

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~Eyes of an artist that can take different hues of rough faced stone and envision a masterpiece in mosaic
~The creativity of a craftsman who can paint a room with light
~The inner storyteller of a stained glass master that can paint ideas in colored glass

The chapel at St. Joseph's Provincial House in Watervliet, NY

THe Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 31st- A few of my favorite things...
~Checking out a candy shop for quilters
~With every color in the rainbow
~And ideas everywhere you look.

A Visit to Calico Gals in Syracuse, NY

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~The surprise of milkshake to sip between stitches
~Watching my ideas begin to set sail...or at least float
~And inspiring others to let their ideas sail too <3

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching as each stitch is made...
~The pieces of a fabric puzzle come together...
~And paper ideas coming to life in cloth art