Random thoughts from a mom whose blessings are overflowing.
I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas. In spite of all of the rushing around to finish last minute projects, I think we all had a great Christmas. We celebrated with both sides of the family and with some friends at various times throughout the past week. There have also been plenty of times [...]
16 years ago today I walked down the aisle at 3:30 in the afternoon. ”Canon in D” by Pachalbel was playing as my father escorted me toward the man who would become my husband. When I was a little girl, I dreamed of getting married and having lots of children. I’m pretty sure that the [...]
I have made several things for my oldest four children lately, but I haven’t made much for my baby girl. With a head full of hair, she has been in need of some hair clips. So, last night I made her some. I used craft felt that I had in my stash along with some [...]
Thank you for joining me for week 10 of trying to get my life and home more organized. I didn’t write a week 9 review post yesterday for a couple of reasons. First, everything I started to write sounded very negative. Second, I was making too many excuses. Let me explain. When I started this [...]
I have yet another tutorial for you today. This one is for a zippered pouch with a wrist strap. If you remember a few days ago I shared a felt zippered pouch tutorial with you and basically stated that I was up for trying to sew with zippers again. Well, I guess I didn’t wait very long, [...]
When I saw an idea on Pinterest from Serving Pink Lemonade for a marble travel game I pinned it as a possible Christmas gift idea. I finally got around to making some yesterday and this morning. I am going to share my tutorial for how I made four fabric marble mazes because I have changed [...]
Earlier this evening I posted a tutorial for a felt composition book cover. I promised I would share a tutorial for the zippered felt pouch, and here it is. Before I share the “how-to” I thought you might like to see the finished products. Here is a picture of all 4 of the sets I [...]
I have been cranking out the homemade Christmas gifts and wanted to share my latest designs. The felt composition book cover and zippered pouch pictured below are one of four sets I made for my oldest children. I will be sharing the tutorials for both in two posts. I had picked up four composition notebooks [...]
I have another homemade Christmas gift idea for you this evening. Last week I shared a crochet pattern for making a simple cotton washcloth. Then, I showed you how I made a homemade vanilla gift set that included a washcloth. The gift set I wanted to share with you today also includes a washcloth, but [...]
There are only three weeks left until the new year. Since starting my journey towards a more organized life and home I feel like I have accomplished much and at the same time still feel like there is much more I need to do. Something that seems to be a constant battle for me is [...]
Welcome to Blessings Overflowing! My name is Jackie and I am a wife and mom to 5 beautiful children. This is my little corner of the blogosphere where you will find me rambling about such things as sewing, cooking, crochet, gardening, my family and more. [Read More …]
