My Mystic paper project
[[popup:img_1853.jpg:::1:center]][[popup:img_1855.jpg:::1:center]][[popup:img_1857.jpg:::1:center]]Last month, I read something absolutely intriguing…
One of my favorite local scrapbook stores, Mystic paper, has a blog that I check regularly. Recently, they decided to add some new members to their Design Team, and put out the call on their blog for people to ‘audition’ for a spot on the team. Many scrapbook magazines and product lines have design teams. Basically, it’s a group of people who create projects out of the latest and greatest scrapbook products so they can be placed on display as examples and inspiration. When I heard about the contest to be on their design team, my purpose was clear. I had to be on the team, at least I had to try.
Each person who entered the contest had to contribute a 12×12 scrapbook page, and one project. As much as I want to be on the team (The 3 winners will be announced next week), I tried to focus on just putting out the best work I could, and making it special to me. As my hubby put it, if I had a project I was proud of and was special to me, that would be an accomplishment in and of itself. I truly feel that I contributed the best work I had ever done to this contest. (come what may…)
Pictured above is my project titled “My heart…my home.” It is a 3 dimensional, 2 sided cardboard house. My home is truly the center of my life. As a stay at home mother of 3, some days it feels like I have NO life outside my home! I try (some weeks more successfully than others) to keep a home that is tidy and beautiful. But, the way I feel about my home encompasses so much more than the look and feel of the house. I feel (as does Matt) that sharing our home, our family, and meals with friends is not only a huge source of joy in our lives, it is a calling from God.
To keep a home that is welcoming and pleasant to others starts inside our four walls. If our hearts are not right before God, why would anyone want to hang out with our bodies? Phew, that is a lot of pressure! There are more times we fail than succeed, but we try increasingly to commit all areas of our lives to Christ and His desires above ours.
So, can one little cardboard house communicate all of these desires for our home and family? Probably not. But, when i think of my home, the first things I think about are the 5 people peeking out of the little windows, and all the hopes and desires I carry in my heart for them.