Plates & Platters

Last Christmas I bought my mom a set of four square plates with my designs...one for each of the four seasons.  I really liked how they came out, except that the design for the bird plate was smaller than it looked in the preview, and was a little off-center.   I probably could have gotten that replaced (CafePress is usually good about that)...but I just didn't take the time to do it.  

After nearly a year of use, the plates seemed to have fared well.  They do show some signs of use though.  The bird plate was scratched when a steak knife was used on it...as you can see below.  So, it's probably best to not use sharp knives on these.

My plates are currently on sale in the CafePress marketplace, and you can get an extra 20% off today with coupon code BOO29.  (Coupon expires at midnight Oct 29).  

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Tangled Ways

Tangled Ways Poster

These words were a gift from my mom, clipped from somewhere and slipped into the notebook with all her important papers (the one she told me to get "if anything ever happened to me.")  She passed away recently, and while making plans for all the little details that have to be done in times like these, these words have helped me through. 

I did a little research on this quote...I found it in two different books, both published in the 1800's.  In one of these, Daily Strength for Daily Need by Mary Wilder Tileston, listed the author as simply E.W.   The other source,  A Dictionary of Poetical Illustrations, showed that this was just one stanza from a larger poem.  I still think this verse is most powerful alone, but the poem it was in was beautiful, too, so I wanted to share it with you.

Be still, my soul, let nothing stir
Thee from the sweet repose
Of those who to their God refer
Their joys, their cares, their woes.

Be quiet, why this anxious heed
About thy tangled ways?
God knows them all, He giveth speed,
And He allows delays.

What though He let thee not perform
Some good and loved design?
Thou would'st not wish Him to conform
His perfect will to thine!

My God! the hearing ear impart,
To hear Thee tell Thy will,
And then bestow the ready heart
All meekly to fulfill.



To my knowledge both the quote and the poem
are in the public domain. 


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I'm sharing this on 
Quote Me Thursday

 

Recent Sales!

Thanks to everyone who purchased these. I love thinking of how they'll be used. Makes me smile!

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