Flowers That Won't Fade

Sometimes I'm a little slow in getting a blog post done.

I made these headbands over a year ago,

but you probably didn't need to know that.

I started with silk flowers from the Dollar Store,

and a wide headband from the Dollar Store.

I like my flowers to be really full, so I began by taking the flowers apart,

and throwing away all the plastic pieces.

I know some of the craft bloggers would probably make

something really cool out of those pieces,

but I needed to get them in a garbage can before they ended up

my grandchildren's noses.

Of course, my kids didn't do strange things like that,

but my grandkids sure do. 

Don't know where they get some of their habits. :)

Any hoo...

I prepared my supplies.

The layers of silk flowers were sewn together,

then sewn onto the headband.

I used a lot of stitches.

Kids can be rough on things.

 

Isn't she loverly???

I love huge flowers on beautiful little girls.

Brookelyn, my first granddaughter.

Grandson Brayden, is also adorable, but yanked this off his head.

He doesn't like fluffy stuff.

After all, his nickname is Bubba.

Doesn't every family need a Bubba?

Done.

$2 each

He definately didn't like the pink one.

Silly family.

Why would they put flowers on a little boy and take his picture when he cried?

I dunno.

Cuz' he's so stinkin' adorable?

My daughter, Rebekah, (far left) is in a Keepers at Home

group with these girls and their moms.

The Lord brought us together in a wonderful way,

all four moms have older teenage kids,

and second grade daughters.

I've been teaching the girls handsewing,

so this was the perfect project to work on their skills.

Some of the girls chose to hot glue a large button

 in the middle of their flowers.

 

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

Flowers are a reminder for one of my favorite promises in the Bible,

I Peter 1:24-25

The grass withers,

And its flower falls away,

But the word of the LORD

 endures forever.”

These girls are being raised with more than just helpful skills,

for their future lives.

They're being raised with the enduring Word of God,

for their eternal lives.

Fading Flowers and Eternal Bouquets

I love flowers.

I love them in my gardens.

I love fresh bouquets on my dining room table.

My husband buys me flowers so often,

I bought a special vase just for his love offerings.

When I found these miniature daffodils

and grape hyacinths at Trader Joes,

I knew they would be a perfect pick-me-up

in the kitchen windowsill.

The tin cans were a gift from my niece, Lydia.

She found a box full  at a garage sale and just KNEW

her auntie would love the ol' things.

They move around my house a lot,

as I find different uses for them.

Too soon, the flowers looked like this.

I planted the bulbs in the garden,

and put the tins back on display.

With this picture of bloomless, wilting flowers emblazed on my mind,

I began meditating on -

I Peter 1:24-25

"...The grass withers,

And its flower falls away,

But the word of the LORD

endures forever.”

My favorite preacher,

my husband,

often reminds people that

there are only three things

that last for eternity.

GOD

HIS WORD

PEOPLE

God

wrote the Bible

for the people,

so if the people,

read the Bible,

they will know

God.

A hearst has never pulled a U-Haul.

The only things we can bring to heaven

is our knowledge of His Word

and other souls that have trusted God's Son as their Savior.

nothing else

Flowers are beautiful,

but will fade.

The Word of God,

and His promise of salvation

to all who believe

will bloom eternally.

Who would you like

 in the bouquet of souls

you help win to the Lord?