Making Monday #35

Welcome to another fabulous Making Monday Party!

Thanks for joining in on the fun. Take a look around and be inspired to try something new!

This is a party where you can find fun new creative ideas and tasty recipes shared by amazingly talented people. Every Monday bloggers stop by to link up their posts and share with all you party goers. By joining in {both bloggers and non-bloggers} you will discover new blogs, be inspired to make something new, try a yummy new recipe, and most importantly make new friends!

This party is hosted by Gracie and me, and your projects will be shared on both of our blogs. We love that you're here and we love featuring you on our social media so be sure to follow us so you can see if your post gets shared!

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We also pin to our Making Monday Pinterest board and we'd love to have you follow along! This is a place you can find projects from all the previous parties, too, so it is like a party every day!

We have a fabulous list of members of the Making Monday family lined up to share with you all the way until JULY! If you're interested in joining this awesome group of people send us an email ~ we would love to have you be a part of it.

This week's co-host is Janel at A Mom's Take! Welcome, Janel!

Janel would love to have you visit her blog. She has yummy recipes and lots of great home, holiday, and craft ideas.

This week she's sharing a tutorial to make these super cute Watercolor Mason Jars. I've seen these before and now I'm glad to know how to make my own.

This is what your hostesses have been up to:

Are you looking for a great read? I reviewed two more books for my Books that I Love and Recommend series. Click on over to read Great Books #2.

I just spent a few days in NY because this piece of art ~ Translucent Memory {made completely out of packaging tape!!!} ~ is being featured at an art show!!! Click on over to read all about it and come back later this week to see some pictures from the trip :) 

These are the features from last week's party chosen by Lori~

#1. Peanut Butter Cookies are one of my weaknesses ~ I'm pretty sure I could eat a whole batch all by myself! Maureen at Red Cottage Chronicles shares her recipe {that turned out soft, moist, chewy, and delicious even though she forgot to add an important ingredient!}.

#2. Mommy on Demand shares her Korean Beef that she had on the table in about 20 minutes. Quick, delicious, and Asian. What's not to love about that?

#3. Amy at Sews n Bows shares this adorable Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Inspired Photo Shoot of her nephews. These just might be the cutest photos I've ever seen.

#4. Five weeks of spring cleaning is what Tanisha's Spring Cleaning Challenge is all about. Join me by clicking on over to My Knotted Life and following her series so we'll have an organized method for spring-cleaning our homes.

#5. With graduation just around the corner some of us just may need some great ideas for hosting or co-hosting a party. Rachel over at Like a Saturday shares her fun Black, White, and Metallic Graduation Party decorations and invitations.

#6. Anjanette at Momma Young is sharing her friend, Megan's, idea for Marbled Whipped Cream Easter eggs. It looks like great fun for kids and there's nothing toxic about it!

We would love for you to come enter the SPRING GIVEAWAY! << HERE>>

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And don't forget if you didn't make it as a feature this week to check out the Pin board and to keep linking up, next week could be you! 

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Well, if you have been around my social media lately you have probably seen me mention something about Reed and I's trip to New York City, and an art show that is featuring one of my pieces. Basically I am super stoked and want to shout it from roof tops but instead have tried to keep myself some what contained via social media. Tomorrow at this time I will be cruising the streets of the Big Apple with my main man showing him everything that love about art, culture, and so much more!

I am blown away by this opportunity. I've been spoiled by my heavenly father, earthly father, family and friends. This trip is never something I would have planned, at least not on the income we have at the moment. Reed and I love traveling so I alway hoped I would have the chance to take him to NYC and show him what is going on in the art world, but he has never been super interested so I figured we would only do it if we became famous or rich and had extra money laying around. Well, we aren't famous or rich by any means but we are spoiled.

Back in November I was contacted by the Rye Arts Center, in Rye NY (about 30 minutes outside the city). They found my artist site (check it out HERE) and were interested in a few of my pieces for a show all about chairs. After emailing back and forth we landed on the piece "Translucent Memory" which is an antique bankers chair made completely out of packaging tape. My mind is blown that someone could be interested in my work based off of what they have seen online and that they would request it be shipped up for their show "Edge of the Seat".

I never really thought I would pursue Fine Art. I joked about how much I loved it but that I wouldn't "try to become a NY artist", I just don't want that life style. I said this all the time, "I'm not gonna try and put my work in NY but if it makes it there one day, GREAT!" And look what happened?! God took a time in my life that I felt totally alone and like no one wanted what I had to offer. Moving to a small town with no friends was so hard. As I'm sure you can imagine there aren't many artistic jobs close by and so I was feeling pretty worthless. But He used that time I had to myself to teach me that He listens. He knew that I wasn't fulfilled where I was and He took a dream that I never ever thought was attainable and gave it to me. Literally I did nothing, He gave this to me!

Now He has spoiled me even more by providing us with the help we needed to afford our flights, the help we needed to afford a nice hotel to get the real NYC experience. And He has even provided me with new clothes that make me feel beautiful and like I belong some place.

He is a generous God.
I hope that this time in NYC will be rejuvenating and inspiring. I hope that all that I say when I meet people and talk about my work is encouraging and giving all the glory to the Lord!


Be on the look out for an overload of pictures! Sorry I'm not gonna be sorry :)