No.785: Five Good Things // Vol.20

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1 // A NEW ADDITION TO MY WALLS (FINALLY!)

On Black Friday 2022, I purchased a beautiful art print from Maris Home called “Meadow.”  And for the past year, it has been tucked underneath my dining room sidebar!  In my mind, I wanted a vintage, warm wood frame…but alas, I never found the perfect one.  Last week, I decided I was being ridiculous and picked up a relatively inexpensive frame from Target.  Project done!

2 // A FUN CRAFTY PROJECT USING JUNK MAIL

I loved this tutorial showing how to create Christmas house pockets from junk mail!  So creative.  I think I’m going to try to make one with my daughter.

3 // THIS QUOTE FROM MY ADVENT DEVOTIONAL

Instead of…self-pity, there is gratitude: to be so grateful that God thought of creating me; that God thought me worth redeeming; that God actually called me to this very rare vocation.  Gratitude and self-pity are utterly incompatible.  They will not be roommates.  They will not abide at the same time in one heart. – Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting, p.42-43

4 // A COOL LOOK AT HOW “I SPY” BOOKS ARE MADE

We love these “I Spy” books at our house (we have I Spy Christmas and Can You See What I See? Toyland Express) and this video was so interesting!

5 // A CLEANING PRODUCT I LOVE

Have you ever used Bar Keepers Friend?  I’m way late to the party, but this stuff is amazing!  We have hard water and it creates discoloration/stains in our sinks over time.  I’ve never found a product that works well enough…until now.  So great.