...I like to make a whole bunch of one special kind of Christmas ornament or decoration so I will have something to put into the hands of those who come into my home or life during the holiday season.
Last year I was rather taken with birds, and I crafted cardinals from both paper and fabric until we were pretty well living in an aviary.
This year, I found myself beginning to fret a little as it got closer to December and I hadn't yet found inspiration for the season's 'favor'.
When I finally became conscious of my fretting (last Wednesday during my morning prayers), I thanked God for revealing it to me and I gave the whole idea of finding (and doing) something special into His hands.
Because the remainder of the day took turns I hadn't expected, I did not get home early enough to begin the painting I had planned to do, so I found myself with one whole, entire, completely, free hour on my hands.
I gave myself the pleasure of some 'idle' time on this here computer.
I did a Google search for "Christmas crafts", and within a few clicks I found myself looking at these adorable woodland elves on Martha's site.
I knew immediately that I was looking at an answer to prayer, because I had fallen in love with these little guys last year, had not had the time to make them, and had forgotten about them.
It was such a sweet thing to be directed to them again.
And it amazed me that I came upon them so quickly, considering there are "about 47,100,100 results" to a Google search for Christmas crafts!
I was excited, too, because I wanted to make something with supplies I already have in my studio.
Since I do have a nice pile of felt scraps, I got started on the little mittens, hats and shoes the very next day (just like I showed you in my last post).
Alas.
I have no pinecones.
The little pile of mittens, shoes, hats, scarves and heads and limbs lies motionless on the workdesk.
And when I do finally get some pinecones, I am going to set them next to all the other pieces of my little woodland elves and tell them...
"Now pull yourselves together!"