my thoughts | getting a little bit Christmas-y!!

I love that Thanksgiving & Christmas are so close together. They are my favorite holidays and I believe 

you can celebrate them simultaneously, starting November 1st!! :) Fall decorations are up on the mantle 

& it reminds me that it's all just the beginning... I start enjoying Christmas music & movies right away 

because I think those things should be enjoyed for longer than just one month. However, Thanksgiving 

will never be passed over; Christmas decorations don't go up until after Thanksgiving. 

And I will not go "black friday shopping" on Thanksgiving night. 

To each his own, but that is the way I like to do things...   :)

Since I have already started listening to Christmas music, I have been inspired by some of the amazing 

words to Christmas songs! So, I decided to use them to create some fun Christmas-y designs!

 These designs are available for sale in my shop, as 8x10 prints! I thought I would post these before

 Thanksgiving, so there would be plenty of time to purchase them for decorating your wall this Christmas! 

See these prints in my etsy shop >>>

Oh, this time of year... the holiday season truly fills my heart with warmth, thanksgiving & joy!  

This season is about a lot of happy little things... the music, movies, baked goodies, twinkle lights, shopping, family traditions, etc... BUT mostly this season is about giving thanks to God for all He has done over the year & it's about celebrating the birth of the Savior- the greatest gift of all & the sole reason for gratitude at Thanksgiving and joy, hope, love & peace at Christmas... and all year long for that matter!!

Yesterday I watched the "Christmas at the Farm" webcast with Ann Voskamp & Liz Curtis Higgs. 

Their messages were a beautiful reminder of what Christmas is really about & how important it is to stay focused on Christ during this season. It can be so easy to get too caught up in everything else, so we have to be intentional about staying focused on Him through it all. I was inspired & I will definitely be getting Ann's new book, The Greatest Gift to read for Advent this season! I love that it is meant to be a devotional for each day of December. Such a lovely way to stay focused on Jesus this season! I am so excited to start it on December 1st!

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year!!

:)

new print in my shop

|| 8x10 print FOR SALE in my etsy shop ||

sweet sunday freebie!!

happy sunday!!

i love this beautiful verse from church this morning!

♥

to get this printable download for free...

all you have to do is leave me your email address in a comment below (or you can email me: brightside_02@hotmail.com) & i will send you an email with the high resolution image, for you to download & print yourself! this would be a good one to post as a daily reminder!

don't worry!

{my latest design, for sale in my etsy shop}

today was a creative day for me! & i love days like this!

i drew these flowers & worked them into a print for my shop, so fun!

lately, i have felt so inspired by spring & growth...

so, i had to include the little part from matthew 6:28

i have a tendancy to worry, sometimes...

i know God is in control, but sometimes i let little things get to me.

that is why i love matthew 6:27-34, it is such a beautiful reminder everyday...

"Can worry make you live longer? Why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes. But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them. God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith? Don't worry and ask yourselves, "Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?" Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all of these. But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well. Don't worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself. You have enough to worry about today."

i felt like it was a perfect fit for this!