Category Archives: Beauty

Thoughts On Holy Week, Brokenness And Redemption

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I bought lamb to have for Holy Thursday, to commemorate the Last Supper when Christ shared Passover with his disciples. And I’ve been questioning how to live a beautiful life in a broken world.

My struggles are so small and petty I know, nothing very dramatic or terrible; jam & bread crumbs here, sibling fights there, kids disrespect & ungratefulness, wanting those same kids to thrive in learning, dirt trails throughout the house, more laundry, more messes, paint peeling off walls, lack of quiet, money to save for a bajillion different things, bla bla bla. Mediocre pettiness to be sure. It still wears me out and drives me nuts on an hourly basis.

I’m thankful for this life. I don’t want to waste it or not see it for the gift it is.

Just how exactly do you live a beautiful life when you know these things breaking and dirty around you also mirror your own brokenness? You know when kids are grown and a cleaner house is yours there will be other things breaking still, because isn’t that life?

I think my idea of a “beautiful life’” has been wrong or at least lacking in its definition, in the totality of what that type of life looks like.

Ultimately, it’s not the state of our house or family, our goodness, our accomplishments, is it?

I believe a beautiful life is one that’s been redeemed. One who cherishes the price paid and lives and acts in such a way which honors and glorifies that redemption. Not out of guilt or condemnation, but from the knowledge and recognition of their freedom.

Christs’ life and purpose was to love and redeem us so we wouldn’t have to live and die in bondage to our own fallen state. Whom better to look to than Christ and how He lived.

His agape love was extraordinary, it was all about binding up our brokenness and setting us free.

We can live extraordinarily beautiful lives regardless of our physical limitations, circumstances, the nature of our problems or issues.

We’ve been set free and any crappiness we face here and now is just a reminder of why we needed to be freed in the first place.

Brokenness. Redemption. Holy. That’s a beautiful life.

Isaiah 61

Homemade Deodorant

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I got this natural deodorant recipe from the helpful book Organized Simplicity by Tsh from Simple Mom and have been making it since last year. I’ve told some friends about it so I thought I should go ahead and give you the recipe to try out for yourselves if you’re interested.

I add lemon essential oil to mine and really like the combination of the coconut oil and lemon together. Just pick whatever essential oil you like! A batch lasts a long time.

Recipe:

1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup cornstarch
4 to 6 tbsp. coconut oil
Essential oil (only if you want it to have a fragrance)
And then any little jar or container you like, some people use an old deodorant one

And check out the book for lots of other great tips and more recipes.


Have a great week!

What I Wore Wednesday

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It’s been fun getting to check out the many What I Wore Wednesday posts.

The styles vary from gal to gal, but I love how it gives you ideas to try out, especially with outfits you’d never come up with on your own.

Check out The Pleated Poppy’s list of WIWW entries for plenty to choose from.

In case you haven’t heard about it, it’s pretty much just ladies taking a photo of their outfit for the day & then sharing the photos (however many they took) of the previous week.

It seems like some stay-at-home mom’s do it in an effort to get out of their sweats. : )

Hope you find a few WIWW that you like & can follow!

New Lease To Old Fabrics

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Unfortunately I’m not much of a seamstress, though I hope to be one of these days when my kids are older and I can get someone to teach me. But anyways, I can sew a little button on here and repair a rip there. And what I’ve come to discover is that sometimes you can salvage some fabric that you no longer want by cutting it and using it for something else, like a head-band for instances.

I had this petty aqua blouse that tied in the back, but it made me feel like I was wearing a maternity top (which you don’t want to wear if you’re not pregnant!) so I cut off the fabric that you were suppose to tie with and sewed those two long bands together, (about 2 in. wide) to make a 4 in. head wrap of sorts. I actually had to tie some ribbon to each end to make it long enough to properly tie, but the part you see was once the ties to my blouse.

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Now if you have a sewing machine I’m sure there’s a heap of things you could salvage/make using fabric that you no longer need or that’s a bit damaged and make something new with it!

Some ideas are: scarfs, place mats, pillow covers, quilt patches, a small bag to stuff all those grocery store bags in, add a piece of fabric to a shirt that’s a little too low cut (I have a few of those!), doll clothes, a table runner, and I’m sure there’s tons of other possibilities to those of you who actually know how to use a sewing machine. Weep.

Happy salvaging!

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