Holiday Wishes :: Peace & Love

Wishing you PEACE & LOVE this holiday and always!

xo Jennie

DIY :: String Lights Tree

Bonjour! Hope you're having a great week so far...I know Christmas is just 3 days away, it's not too late to create this fun and creative string lights tree for your home. I saw this DIY tree in CB2 catalog and immediately loving it and would like to share it with you all.

Click HERE for directions.

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The Joy of Giving

It's the most wonderful time of the year…With the kids jingle-belling… And everyone telling you… Be of good cheer…It's the most wonderful time of the year.

It's the hap-happiest season of all…With those holiday greetings..And great happy meetings… When friends come to call… It's the hap-happiest season of all..

Christmas songs are chanting in the radio, in the office, at the mall, in my car and just almost everywhere I go. It is a wonderful time of the year. I remember vividly about my first Christmas in the United States. I was 13 years old; a young lady who was living in my parent’s house at the time asked me what do I want for Christmas? I thought for a minute and answered her “I would like a navy sweater”. And on that Christmas day, I opened my present and saw a beautiful navy sweater, just what I wanted. I was overwhelmed with joy. I put on my new sweater, swung around the mirror, my whole face lit up like a sun. Receiving a gift on Christmas brought me great joy.

…For the last 5 years, Christmas to me is more than just receiving a gift that I wanted, but receiving Jesus Christ. Jesus is the reason for the season.  Luke 2:10 “… I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.” Christmas is to celebrate and receiving the priceless gift has been given mankind 2000 years. On this day of the year, God has giving us His Only Begotten Son and it is the greatest joy to you and me.

To me, the true spirit of Christmas is giving. The true joy comes from giving. Sometimes it is giving someone a smile, giving your time or a helping hand…Sometimes it is praying for someone, listening to a hurting heart, sometimes it is a card of encouragement or a just as simple as…two chicken can help give someone a lasting source of nutrition and income.

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."- Winston Churchill

 What does the "true spirit of Christmas" mean to you?


Isaiah 9:6 ~  For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. ) 

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Thankful :: Oklahoma the Beautiful

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope you all have a blessed weekend. Christmas is getting very closer now...I got a chance to go back home to Oklahoma for an early holiday with family...

Continue with my One Thousand Gifts...

Today I am thankful for..
#15 His peace
#16 Strength
#17 Early morning prayer group
#18 Revelations
#19 Vietnam SOS trip
#20 A new coat
#21 A new day

"The Bridge"

DIY Stationery :: Holiday Envelope Liners

I am loving these holiday envelope liner, perfect for sending holiday party invitations, greeting cards and thank you notes. Thank you ellinee.com for this adorable template.

Click here to download FREE printable envelope liners.

I also adore this Christmas Gift Planner. A great way to organize and keep track of your gift lists.

Christmas is a holiday fills with fun shopping and lovely gifts, but it also can be very stressful. Ease the Christmas stress by drawing up a budget, shopping early and taking steps to avoid overspending. Ellinee.com is giving out a FREE printable planner, easy to use and help you organize your gift lists.

Download the Christmas Gift Planner HERE.

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hello december!

. . December has arrived so quickly, I'm 1,300 miles away from home...It feels so winter here in Oklahoma, the chill air, the rain, snow is yet to come..It's been almost six years and still Oklahoma has not changed a bit. 
Taking a break and visiting the Oklahoma City Memorial today. Remember the victims of the 1995 bombing...I took a stroll in silence..snapping photos at the symbolic of the empty chairs..."The 168 chairs represent the lives taken on April 19, 1995. They stand in nine rows to represent each floor of the building, and each chair bears the name of someone killed on that floor. Nineteen smaller chairs stand for the children. The field is located on the footprint of the Murrah Building."
...Psalm 9:9 - "The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble."...Happy December! Wishing you a day filled with joy!...jennie 

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