| In my last post I complained about all these ideas running around in my head. I am hereby reminding myself never to complain, but just to praise God.
Today I focused on my relatinoship with God. I also listened to a Joyce Meyer sermon called How To Wholly Follow God (from her How To Be Radically & Outrageously Blessed series... by the way, SHE'S COMING TO INDIANAPOLIS THIS THURSDAY, FIRDAY AND SATURDAY AT CONSECO FIELDHOUSE!!!! WHOO HOOOO!!!!) and gleaned so much. She helps me get my fire back to fight my own flesh and bring it under submission to Jesus. I got an idea to write out the scriptures she was using and some quotes from her sermon on a piece of paper and then hang it up in my prayer closet (which is really my walk-in closet where I pray). Before long I had eight sheets of paper and I wasn't even finished listening to her sermon!
Then an idea and a remembrance hit me all at the same time. The remembrance was that my husband doesn't like to see just plain pieces of paper scotch taped to his walls. He's the classy type and would prefer them to be framed in some way. The idea that hit me was from a sewing book I was reading that gave instructions for making a picture frame! Bingo! I could frame my paper posters! I guess I started around 2:30 and by 3:45 I was finished (give or take a half hour. Next time I'll wrtie down my start and finishing time). I made a lot of adjustments to their instructions (which reminded me of cooking from a receipe and substituting almost everything) because we didn't have it and I didn't think that should keep me from completing this project (see, that Joyce Meyer fire spills over into everything!). My materials were:
So here's what I came up with. This is the front of the frame with my paper poster in the middle (The scripture on it is Philippians 2:14-16 Life Applicatoin Bible):
I realized too late that I cut the hole for the frame too big. I drew a line around the paper and cut the line. I should have measured in a bit and then cut the opening for the frame. Ah well. Chaulk it up to experience! Next is a picture of the back (where all the mess is  ):
At first I stapled the fabric to the cardboard (which worked quite well for the edges. I was using a black fabric so you couldn't see the staples after I put the new piece of fabric over another side of the frame), then I found I need something to keep the fabric in place for the inside of the frame. Since I had just thrown a piece of fabric over the front of the sides of the frame, the ends were wrapped around the back of the frame. I just got my needle and thread and sewed them together. As you can see there's only half of a back to the frame. I had one piece left over from the cardboard that I had cut out and didn't feel like wasting it and wasting time cutting out another full piece for the back. I just scotch taped the paper to the cardboard and stapled the cardboard to the frame. This got a bit messy because the staples stuck out in the front. You can't really tell because the fabric is black (I also hung it on a wall that's far enough away you can't see those ugly petty details, but close enough to still be able to read the scripture). My husband put a nail in the wall and I made a hanger (which was supposed to be made out of ribbon) out of some left over pieces of fabric I had cut earlier. I just stapled them to the back of the frame and it made a hanger:
All in all, I am very pleased and thank God for showing me I am still creative. I haven't been for a long time and thought I'd lost it for good. When I sew I get ideas for other things. It's like you open the gate of creativity to sew and all these other ideas come pouring out. Praise the Lord! I'm a creative, crafty Mama! Who knew?  |
