Christmas Joy Annie

 so happy to finish this Annie

and now on to completing some orders

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Joy Annie has her own

little 4 inch angel dressed with a hankie

and a "Joy" heart ornie

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 my daughter asked me to make an 

Annie doll with an

"angels watching over me" charm

for Ariana who was just diagnosed

with acute leukemia

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prayers going up for this young beautiful girl

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please continue to pray for Ariana

she just started her chemo treatments

and is not feeling well

thank you all so much

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wishing all a beautiful week

thanks for visiting

God bless     :)

Thanksgiving Annie

Blessings in Rust 

Thanksgiving Annie

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A Thanksgiving Psalm

On your feet now - applaud God!

Bring a gift of laughter, 

sing yourselves in His presence.

Know this: God is God, and God, God.

He made us; we didn't make Him.

We're his people, his well-tended sheep.

Enter with the password:  "Thank you!"

Make yourselves at home, talking praise.

Thank Him, Worship Him.

For God is sheer beauty, 

all-generous in love,

loyal always and ever.

Psalm 100  The Message

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trying to get back to my normal schedule 

of posting an Annie

before she is listed on Ebay

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thanks for visiting

wishing all a wonderful blessed week

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God bless

:)

Please Santa No Coal Annie and Elf

sorry I am behind in posting 

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I ended up selling Let It Snow Annie

before she could be listed on Ebay

know she will be happy in Australia!

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 new Annie comes with her own 4 inch elf

hope you enjoy her too

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she will be on Ebay tonight

"When life is heavy and hard to take,
    go off by yourself. Enter the silence.
Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions:
    Wait for hope to appear."

Lamentations 3:28 The Message

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please pray for a friend of my daughter 

his 15 year old daughter

was just diagnosed with ALL leukemia

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thank you for visiting

God bless  :)

Let It Snow ~*~ Let It Snow

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I am keeping busy in the "factory"

with new Annies for Christmas

this is a new winter Annie

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I am trying to read a chapter from
The Message every morning.
hope you don't mind if I share
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"Know this: God, your God, is God indeed,
a God you can depend upon.  He keeps his
covenant of loyal love with those who love Him
and observe His commandments for a
thousand generations."
Deuteronomy 7:9 The Message
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Wishing all an amazing week
thanks for visiting again and again
God bless    :)
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Friends Gather Here ~ eye painting help

I've been asked many times how 

I do Annie's eyes ~ hope this helps

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first I use a button to draw two perfect circles

then paint the circles (eyes) with Gesso

 I use acrylic paint for Annie's eye color

then give her eyes highlights using white paint

when dry I place the black pupil (using end of a brush)

and with a stylus the white accent

I stitch her eye lashes and 

outline her eyes with Prismacolor pencils

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my newest Annie is in autumn colors

she has a hand stitched heart ornie

to match her dress ~

even a tiny burgundy dragonfly

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busy watching my grandchildren

even having a sleepover this Friday

 hope to have a chance 

to work in the factory on Saturday

if I am not too exhausted   :)

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God is good, He is good all the time!

Thanking Him for my family.

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thanks for visiting

God bless.

First Christmas Annie for 2013

  doesn't everyone just love gingerbread men!  

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Gingerbread Men Cookie Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/3 cup molasses
1 egg
2 tablespoons water
2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon each ground cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice
Directions:
in large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy
beat in molasses, egg and water
combine flour, ginger, baking soda, salt,
cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice: add to creamed mixture
mix well
divide dough in half
refrigerate for 30 minutes or until easy to handle
on a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 in thickness
cut with floured 4 inch cookie cutter
place 2 inches apart on a greased baking sheet

reroll scraps

bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes 

or until edges are firm

remove to wire racks to cool

decorate as desired

makes about 2 dozen gingerbread men  :)

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"Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time;

thank God no matter what happens.

This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live."

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (The Message)

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Thanks for visiting
wishing all an amazing week
God bless!

Autumn and Harvest Blessings

harvest time is fast approaching

autumn is coming

and two new Annies are ready for Ebay

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Annie's dress is an apple print from JoAnn's

I love apples :)

 Harvest Blessings Annie has a new shade of hair

it is Halcyon's classic rug yarn in honey blonde

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thank you all for visiting again and again

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Psalm 1-3

What a beautiful thing, God, to give thanks,

to sing an anthem to you, the High God!

To announce your love each daybreak,

sing your faithful presence all through the night,

Accompanied by dulcimer and harp,

the full-bodied music of strings.

The Message

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wishing all a wonderful week

God Bless!

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