Psalm 131 (New International Version)

Psalm 131

A song of ascents. Of David.

¹ My heart is not proud, O LORD,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.

² But I have stilled and quieted my soul;
like a weaned child with its mother,
like a weaned child is my soul within me.

³ O Israel, put your hope in the LORD
both now and forevermore.

What a precious picture,... a baby at peace in its mother's arms. I just had to share that. There are so many great Psalms, but this was particularly special. Lay in the arms of the Lord, allow Him to hold you close. He will protect you and calm your soul. The amplified Bible says that there is no more 'fretting' so chill out!

Cucumbersome - another blog I love at the moment

This blog has some lovely things and heck, anyone that shares my stationery fetish must be a very cool individual. What led me to this blog was her Instructable on making a leather necklace. Nice, simple, adaptable to a belt or bracelet or handbag strap. Whatever. Nice idea. Must share such wonderful simple ideas,...

A fashion DIY blog

Well, everyone knows how much I love to make things. That's a given, right?

One of the Facebook groups I subscribe to posted some gorgeous little DIY projects from a blog called ...Love Maegan. They're just delicious and very inventive and do-able so I had to share it all with you and store it in a place I'd remember for future reference.

There is even a DIY for converting an old leather skirt in to the wild thigh-high boots you see in the photo. Varooom. My favourites are probably some of the necklaces and belts. Nice blog to visit and be inspired by.

Duct tape bags without the ugly.

Consider my sewing machine truly done and dusted. Hurrah.

Ultimate Duct tape purse

Ultimate Duct tape bag

How to run a florist shop,...

I'm stoked. Two lovely people have gone to the bother of explaining all of the issues involved in starting and running a florist shop. This gives me a blueprint for my dream of running a florist shop. Open a flower shop is an American site, written by a florist with solid industry experience. While Startup's Florist Shop page is clearly written by a business startup expert with no floristry experience. I think both sites present really solid information with perspectives that are both needed.

It would be really nice to run my own florist studio. Nice, indeed.

I just can not get enough of cardboard construction!

Here, we have an amazing collection of cardboard innnovation. I'm not sure which one is my favourite,... probably the very simple cardboard room divider because it's an idea I can easily flog off with.

Bathroom clean in 9 minutes?

The illustrious Shannon Lush claims that she cleans her bathroom in 9 minutes. I'm a cynic, but I really want this to be true. It always takes me hours to scrub the crap and mould out of my bathroom.

She also makes these claims that old pantyhose are the best cleaning cloths known to man,... it's almost enough to make me want to wear the darn things, just so there will be some old worn out ones on hand for cleaning.