Butterfly Frames

One of the things in my life that I am so thankful for is my husband. We truly do make a great team. He "gets" the creative vision and supports and encourages me daily. I am reminded of this as we have been making butterfly shaped frames lately.  The frames are made from scratch - Taylor saws the shape of the butterfly out of wood and sands them down, while I paint and add the details. My hope is that these hand-crafted frames would serve as reminders to girls of all ages to spread their wings as they pursue their special gifts that God has entrusted to them as well as being a reminder that we can all walk in "freedom" in Christ's name.

Frames are 16" x 16" and fit a 5" x 7" photo. 

Larger size frames can be made upon request.

 Frames are now available for purchase on Etsy link below:

Butterfly Frames

Thank you for "spreading" the word! 

Welcome February!!

Whew, what a crazy month of January! Never had a month quite like that one before. Starting New Years Day some medical stuff happened with my husband resulting him to the ER then admitted to the hospital. After a procedure and then gall bladder removal, he ended up having internal bleeding and was rushed back to the OR later that afternoon. We had been praying that God would stop whatever was going on, things were really getting scary at that point. When they went in for the emergency surgery they found 2 liters of blood in his abdomen...and guess what...they never could find the source of the bleeding. It had already stopped. The doctors were perplexed but it was soon very obvious to all who had been praying that God heard and answered us. In this case, He answered very quickly. Once Taylor had been able to return to work, we were starting to feel some normalcy again with our family. However, two weeks ago my 2-1/2 year old daughter got very sick with 104 fever and signs of a virus. After a trip to the ER and then our pediatricians office, everyone thought it was a virus. Two more days went by and still no sign of improvement, so back to the ER we went. It was then we found out she had a UTI that had spread to her kidneys. When they gave her IV of fluids (she was very dehydrated), she then contracted some blood contamination that she got when they administered the needle into her arm. After 2 days in the hospital, on IV's and the strongest antibiotics they could give her she was "out of the woods" and we were able to take her home. The crazy thing is, we are generally a very healthy family. We spent more time in the hospital that one month than in our whole life combined. So very thankful that they both are doing so MUCH better now and able to get back to life as we know it.  Despite being a crazy way to begin the year with all of the medical drama, it was a powerful way to see the power of the Holy Spirit up close in this way as well as being reminded just how very dependent we all are. God, thank you for bringing healing to Taylor and to Kaia the way that you did. You never like to see your children sick. Thank you for answering our specific prayers and for the things that you taught us through all of this.

So on that note, we have very much been welcoming the month of February! A nice, new and fresh month upon us now. I have so much to be thankful for. I wanted to share some things that we made for Christmas gifts this year. They were all new projects we had never done before, so with that said, lots of a learning curve to figure out the best and most efficient ways to go about it.

First up to bat was making decorative frames...

                gets my blood pumping when removing the tape....ahhh, love to see the result!

Can also paint it on instead of spray paint. (I prefer spray paint for cleaner finish/less touch up).

Check out the little stray kitten who found her way to our home (and our hearts)

Meet the newest addition to our family, Charcoal.  She made herself cozy on my back as I worked. 

The next project was for my mother in law - she loves wine as well as products with initials.

What better than a initial wine cork wall art?

This next project was incredibly sweet. Since Taylor had been doing so much sawing for the frames, 

he came up with the idea to make letters that spelled "mom".  

He then printed out pictures of me and the girls to modpodge onto the letters.  

What a precious keep-sake, can't wait to hang them up when we finish my new office!

Now this next and final project I will share today turned out really cool! I've been wanting to get some frames for our girls rooms as they are getting to the age where I'd like to put some pictures of their friends/family up for them to enjoy. Yep, you guessed it...while we were on the frame kick, we decided to get creative and make them each a butterfly chevron frame. These turned out so well, we will be making a few more and will be available for purchase on Etsy very soon. I think it makes such a fun accent to any girl's room! What do you think of the chevron butterfly? What other shapes or design on frames would you like to see?