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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Our Advent tradition


 Many people go through great lengths to prepare for Christmas yet fail to appreciate the true meaning of the season.  Advent, if thoughtfully observed, can help us to realize what this season is truly about. 
The Jesse tree represents Jesus' family tree. The name is taken from Isaiah 11:1, in which Jesus is referred to as a shoot coming up from the stump of Jesse, the father of David. The ornaments on the Jesse tree tell of Jesus' ancestors, and of the events leading to Jesus' birth. Even though we can have Peace and Joy through the presence of Jesus Christ, we still long for deliverance from the oppression of sin in the world. We long for the full reign of the King, and the Kingdom of Peace that He will bring. So, while we celebrate the birth, the new shoot from the stump of Jesse, we still anticipate with hope the Second Advent, and await the completion of the promise.
The Jesse Tree helps us retell this story, and express this hope.

 Every year the kids look forward to putting up the Jesse Tree.
We read our devotional every night starting December 1st.
Every night we put up a new ornament corresponding to the Bible story we read.
Many years ago, the mom's in my small group each made several of the ornaments on cardstock and had them laminated.
These have worked fine for the last several years,
but I have been hoping to make smaller fabric ornaments instead.


I made them all in one morning.
They are not perfect, but they will do the job just fine!


This is what we have always used to keep the ornaments in.
I made it out of a vintage tablecloth and felt numbers.

This is our Jesse Tree, but you could use anything, even a branch.


We are all looking forward to filling it very soon!

in need of a stocking

I was told the new puppy needs a stocking.
However, I really couldn't justify going out to buy one.
I had a sweater, and an idea.

Hazel the Great now has her stocking to be filled at Christmas.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

I used to be a scarf

I used to be a scarf, a pin, and a few strips of wool.

The great thing is,
that the pin can come off,
the yarn is just tied on,
and you could reinvent the wreath as much as your little heart desires.

New inventory!

Christmas is coming!
We will be back at Mama's Happy in December, and adding new goodies:)
Below you will find a few examples,
 more will be at the store...


















December 1-4
December 7-11

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

upcycled lamp

We don't have a before picture,
 but you can use your imagination...
The base was 1980's dark stained wood.
The shade stunk and was stained.
We completely removed the shade down to the wire
  and replaced it with a table cloth from the thrift store using hot glue.
A few ruffles, a doily, and a newly painted base make for a great new lamp!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Mama's Happy











We are all set up and ready to go at the November Occasional Sale


We have a ton of great stuff there right now!
We will be at both of the November Occasional Sales.

November 9-13
November 17-20

Occasional Sale hours
Wednesday 6-9pm
Thursday 10-6
Friday 9-6
Saturday 9-6
Sunday 12-5

We will be working on Saturday, November 19 until 1:30pm.
Come by and say hello!