Sharing My Latest Blessing! :-)

 Last Thursday Gladys W. called and asked if I wanted her old china set.  I was like WHAT!!!!!  If you don't know how much a real china set cost new, then it is in the hundreds for one set.  I had been wanting a china set for years, but that is way too much money for a lone single woman to spend by herself.  I do entertain a lot, but still, getting a china set was not on my reality radar unless I got married and put it on the gift registry.....like anyone would buy that anyway, but still that was my thinking!  :-)!  Anyway, I looked at the brand name on the back, and looked up how much each piece in the set costs, and the total for the set they gave me is $632 if I were to buy it piece by piece brand new right now!  WOW, WOW, WOW!  God gave me a china set, and the Welsh's were the instruments of that blessing!  It's a full set with dinner plates, teacups, teacup saucers, bread and dessert plates, soup bowls, fruit bowls (fruit bowls are a lil smaller than the soup bowls and not as deep), creamer server, sugar dish, serving bowl, and a serving platter!....oh and she threw in some green chargers to complement it all!!!!  I have been holding off posting this for more than one reason.  For one, I don't want to come across as look at what I have, and for two I don't want to come across as too materialistic.  I try my best not to post things all about me on social media, but use it as a tool to serve though I know I'm human and definitely fail at that sometimes.  Anyway, long story short, I just want to share my BIG blessing with friends, and also publicly give the Welsh family my thanks for what they did.  I am so thrilled!  Yes, it is a nice set materially, but it's the fact that it's a blessing that is so exciting, and one that can be used to serve others as well!  I'm still in WOW shock!  My mom said since I entertain a lot this is a blessing from that.  Maybe so.  Thanks again to the Welsh's, and I am soooo stoked!  They definitely are a family that gives and gives.  I'm soooo excited!  I'm am desperately trying to figure out a way show my appreciation and to say thank you!   :-)

 BELOW:  Switching gears to design!  Working on a project for AC grad that I was asked to design.  I'm so excited to do this!  What's shown below as Exhibit A?...to be seen at Graduation in May.  Stoked to work on this!

.......completely cut off a small wedding dress train.  It wasn't one of those big ones, but it was a small one.  I had to photo document the moment.  Converting it by cutting off the train from a wedding dress for one of the AC gals grad dresses.  I am having such a lovely time with sewing these days.  It is hard work and takes up most of my evenings with the different projects, but I am happy that I can be of help in this way!  It's getting to be the time of year where people are super busy in more ways than one, so I am trying to get done with these projects early.  Busy time of year!

...and it's cut!  Whew!  :-)