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week thirty-three memory verse

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great is thy faithfulness

"Great is Thy faithfulness," O God my Father,

There is no shadow of turning with Thee,

Thou changest not; Thy compassions, they fail not,

As Thou hast been Thou forever will be.

"Great is Thy faithfulness!" 

"Great is Thy faithfulness!"

  Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—

"Great is Thy faithfulness," 

Lord, unto me!

{ written by Thomas Chisholm }

At church last Sunday we sang this hymn. The words have stayed with me since then...

It is why I picked Lamentations 3:22-23 for my verses this week. 

As I have grown, I have come to see how truly faithful God is! 

When I change, He doesn't. When I am all over the place, He is always faithful. 

No matter what happens... His love is steady & true every single day.

Today, I am so thankful for that!

featured on pocket change

I just wanted to say thank you to Pocket Change for featuring my blog in their "Best of the Web" series!

YAY!!! :)

There are several other great blogs that they have shared, so be sure to check them out too!! 

snapshots from lately

Trying new Lemon Tea! I love the box it came in!

I got back to work on my granny-squares after taking a bit of a break.

Sadly, it has been too hot to play much tennis lately, but last night was perfect!

I discovered a pretty new font for my blog yesterday! Found here...

Love this old piano at the flea market!

Currently I am reading Northanger Abbey.

Of course, there has been a lot of Olympic-watching lately...

I have really loved swimming & gymnastics!

Homemade teriyaki chicken with steamed veggies & rice! Yumm!

A stormy August sky.

Snapshots via Instagram 

Follow me @sarah_brightside

knitted bow baby headbands

New colors now available in my ETSY shop...

week thirty-two memory verse

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warm biscuits + elderberry jelly

This morning I woke up wanting a fresh, warm biscuit, with Elderberry Jelly on it for breakfast!! :)

For my first attempt at making homemade buttermilk biscuits it went pretty well...

I think I made them a bit too thin, but the taste & texture turned out just how I had hoped.

So, next time I will use this same recipe & make sure that I cut them at least 1 inch thick.

Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients...

2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1  teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

1 cups buttermilk

Directions...

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. 

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.

Transfer 2 cups flour mixture to a food processor. 

Add butter, and pulse until the largest pieces are the size of peas. 

Return butter mixture to the bowl with the flour mixture & whisk together.

Add buttermilk, and stir just until mixture comes together; the batter will be sticky. 

Transfer to lightly floured work surface; use floured fingers to pat dough to 1-inch thickness. 

Use a round biscuit cutter or cookie cutter to cut biscuits.

Gather scraps together, flatten, and cut out the rest.

Transfer biscuits to prepared baking sheet; bake until lightly browned, 18 to 20 minutes. 

(This recipe was adapted from Martha Stewart.)

happy august + blog inspiration

One of my favorite blogs is Dear Friend... 

Rebekka's blog is filled with lovely photos & her own hand-painted illustrations... She is such a talent! 

Each month she shares a beautiful calender that she has created for anyone to download for their desktop. 

Awesome!! So, I thought I would share her creation with you on this lovely 1st day of August!!!

Aren't the little tomatoes so cute?!?!

Head over to her blog to download this for your own desktop!

Also, she creates these beautiful home illustrations for people... they are so cute!!

And here are a few more things that I love from her blog...

<<<    visit her lovely blog & etsy shop   >>>

week thirty-one memory verse

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