Thankfulness Jar

I was really inspired one day when I thought of the song ten thousand reasons and made it my life goal to come up with ten thousand reasons to why I am thankful to Jesus for my life. 
I took it upon myself to become a thankfulness junkie, to pursue a life of optimism. 

This is my thankfulness jar.
I got it for $5 at an antique shop on Main Street in downtown Vancouver. 

Whenever I am sitting at my desk, I pull out a strip of paper from the pile that I keep on my desk and write down something that I am thankful for from that day. Then, at the end of the year, I dump them all out and I take some time to read all of them and reflect on how blessed my year was. 

I've been doing this for two years and it's really been a wake up call for me to realize just how blessed I really am and how much God answers prayer and responds to my tithing. 

1 Timothy 6:6-9

"But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we were brought into this world with nothing and we will take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that."

One of my number one goals in life is to be content with it! 

Imagine how thankful we would become if we just started sincerely being thankful for food and clothing!! It's so basic, but it can take us so far!! 

- Morgan

Petite Provence

The other day, my very good friend/church mom, Rachel and I went to a cheeky little French style bakery for breakfast, called Petite Provence. It's located off of Alberta street in Portland Oregon. 

When we were ordering, Rachel says, "I would like the pear croissant and the chocolate croissant" and the waiter replies, "You want the pear croissant AND the chocolate croissant?" To which Rachel gives him the "did I stutter?" face and he says, "No, honestly I didn't hear you," smiles, and we all started to laugh. 

He was a very pleasant waiter. 

I got a raspberry/cheese croissant with a scrambled egg on the side. 

I also ordered the ever-so-delicious-never-gets-old Arnold Palmer. It was beautiful. 

This was my gorgeous, little croissant, it made my mouth water. 

I would recommend this wonderful place to anyone and everyone who has a strong adoration for pastries. 

All my love 

- Morgan

Pie Sunday!

Today after church I spent the afternoon with my good friends, The Kellers; Jessica and Julian. 

This is Jessica in the picture below. 

She is one of my closest crafting buddies. 

After doing a photo shoot at her house for our upcoming Etsy shops, Jessica and I made an apple pie! 

Here are some of the shots that we got from the day: 

Jessica made us strawberry milkshakes and they were out of this world!! 

On my way over to Ethan's house, an unfortunate occurrence happened to our sweet, little pie. 

It took a sail to the foot space of my passenger seat and wrecked itself :/ 

But don't worry, it still tasted delicious ;) 

Thanks so much for reading! 

Blessings 

- Morgan 

Back Pack Número Uno

We have successfully finished our first backpack!!!

If you haven't read my previous posts about Ethan's and my current project, we are sewing our own backpacks! It's been a very exciting and challenging project.
You can read about it here.

Here are some pictures: 

I hope to update this post with some pictures of me wearing it. 

I also hope to add some more features to the backpack, such as a pocket and some ties to close it better 

Love you all,

Keep crafting!! 

- Morgan

Crafting Spoils

Today my sister and I went on a craft date!

Here are some of my spoils : 

Some pretty,  wool yarn, which later got turned into this hat

A couple fabric quarters for corn packs:

I like this one because it's flannel fabric and reminds me of a bandana

This one is a map fabric, and it's for Ethan because he lovesssssss to travel!

I also bought this cheeky, little notepad with a cheeky little typo. So cheeky. 

Thanks for reading, friends. 

Have a marvelous Monday! 

UPDATE: 

Here are the finished products of our corn packs! 

Water Coloring

This year I decided to challenge myself and do more craft projects that seemed out of my reach. I decided to "do what fears me" in order to break some barriers of my creative side, to expand my horizons artistically. 

Painting is something that has always intimidated me, it's messy, there's huge room for error, if you make a mistake it's difficult to fix, etc. 

Therefore I have challenged myself to fill the hallway with painted pictures of French Bulldogs. So far I have made three pieces of art, it's not a lot, but it's three more pieces than I made last year and that means a lot to me. Every time I finish a painting, I frame it and put it on the wall, even if I'm not completely satisfied with it. As a perfectionist, this is extremely difficult, yet it is something I do because it is forcing me to be proud of myself even when I see flaws in almost everything I create. 

Here is some of my work: 

Here is one that my lovely friend, and crafting pal, Lizzy made for me: 

I hope this inspires all of you to try something you're not good at. You'll be greatly surprised by the results. 

Cheers to painting, 

Morgan. 

Backpack Making Update

Today we made mega process on backpack number one!! 

We added straps and strengthening strips to the back and a loop on the top! The next step will be adding the interior fabric (gray wool!!)  and hopefully some pockets! 

Check it out: 

We put some heavy duty strap-age to the inside of the straps for strength. 

Tada! More updates to come! 

Have a tremendous Friday y'all! 

- Morgan 

Arrowhead Earring Tutorial

Welcome to my tutorial on Arrowhead Earrings! Whether you were brought here by Instagram, Pinterest, or anywhere inbetween, welcome to my blog and I hope you enjoy!! 

Let's get started, here are some basic supplies you are going to need:

- Two Arrowheads 

- A Pair of earring posts 

- Hot Glue Gun 

These are some arrowheads I found at Paxton Gate, a shop on Mississippi street in Portland. (Same place that Ethan and I saw Fred Armison from Portlandia, so there's another reason to check out Paxton Gate)

First step is to place a dab of hot glue on the arrowhead 

Then you'll want to quickly place the earring post on the back of it. 

And there you have it! Arrowhead Earrings!!

I also made some lighter colored ones for a friend :) 

If you want to try making earrings out of other things; be it that you're not a big fan of arrowheads or you can't find some small enough (or dull enough lol!) , here are some other ideas:

Small clear crystals! 

Mini sand dollars!!

If you come up with other ideas feel free to comment below!! 

Keep crafting!!

- Morgan