Broken Pieces

We are currently in a series for Kairos called, "Broken Pieces:Make the Best Stained Glass Window." So here I am, smashing glass in a trashcan each week as mike puts one piece into a pane and I fill it in before the next week! Pics from each stage will be up soon. Here's a start to the first. Just playing with broken glass and hoping not to cut myself along the way;) 

What can i say? I just totally love these letters that i created for Kairos. Our Easter Experience night was called, "RISE" and it was AWESOME!
Made these to look like rust/galvanized steel.....used cardboard cutout letters, paint, poster board on the edges and input lights in the center! TADA!

Night of Worship Revisited!

SOOOO, here are some of my favorites from our Kairos Night of Worship a few years ago! LOVED joining efforts with Ashley Guilbert to create art using the WORD of God.
Each piece has such a dear place in my heart and speaks differently to each person.

Bible Page Flower- Created to show: "The grass withers, the flower fades,
    but the word of our God will stand forever."- Isaiah 40:8

Rainbow Crayon Melt to show: "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth."- Genesis 9:13

Hebrews 12:29- "For our God is a consuming fire."

"PURSUED"- I was supposed to create a piece of art that showed how God pursues us. I created these paper flowers to show that God pursues us with beauty and nature all around us as well as pursuing us individually (as show with the Bible page flower alone.)

This was a tree cut out originally (found at an awesome estate sale.)   "For he shall be as a tree, planted by the waters..."- Jeremiah 17:8

That's What Monday was for....

This blog is mainly for all of my artwork and crafting projects, BUT every now and then i am going to share life and loves and some of that WILL include COFFEE and Healthy FOODIE stuff!
LOVIN' our new juicer and the creations is makes! These are two of our favories!
1) GREEN GOODNESS- Green Apples, KALE, Spinach and a lime!
2) "Orange You Glad You Made Juice?"- Oranges, Carrots, apples and Bell Pepper

So then for Monday madness I whipped up a chalkboard for good friend Emily! They need a board for their weekly scriptures! LOVE IT and such an amazing goal for a married couple.

I didn't take the time to hang it on a wall (since it isn't for me!)

I do love the Bible.

Red Bible Page Flower

 Please don't look at these and think, "This girl likes to rip up Bibles!"  There is much more meaning behind these and the fact that the WORD is in front of you face is one of my favorite parts!

"The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever."- Isaiah 40:8

These Bible page flowers may be my absolute favorite thing to make. Each one turns out so different b/c of the petals and how i lay them and what size i make them. I think they are so beautiful when they are done and on the wall, you cannot help but stare b/c you are LOOKING at the WORD of our God in beauty.  I have used these pages for multiple art pieces and set pieces for Kairos. Also using the feathers as a reference to
Psalm 91:4 "....under his wings you will find refuge..." 

The Good Cup- art wall 

4-canvas Bible flower- donated at The Good Cup

Very small Bible page flower

Bible Page Feathers

Large wall display used at Kairos-covered in Bible pages and art for Night of Worship

Chalk it up!

 Everyone is diggin' on chalk! I have aweful handwriting, so when it comes to actually writing with chalk, I am not the go to girl, but as far as creating a chalkboard....SO FUN....and SO EASY! My awesome mom gave me one of those super ornate gold frames. I gave it a paint job and added chalk-painted plywood cut to fit! TADA! LOVE this one. Sold very quickly or otherwise I would have begged my hubby to find a place for it in the house. 
I also of course will find ANY way possible to use a window pane, so adding chalk to fit in is a must. This one below is a smaller one for a kitchen. The bottom one is HUGE! Gonna look amazing in my friend's house though! Love the large 2-pane window also. Love that it is goin in a house i will get to see often! 

Crayon Covenant

GENESIS 9:13 

"I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth."

Last year for one of our "Night of Worship" events with Kairos, my friend Ashley (one of the worship leaders as well as a PHENOM artist) were told to create art that showed "The Word of God."

In this, we displayed all types of art that referred back to scripture. Crayon melts may be one of my favorite things to do. They are therapeutic in a way b/c you get to watch solid melt into color that then spreads and blends in a new and different way each time. Please try it at home. It is amazing and so fun! I love this one and kept it up in the house as it is just so beautiful but also  b/c of what it represents......God's covenant.