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Sunday, July 8, 2012

My Dreams... His plans! for Lost Sock

The Lost Sock is so important to me... My book, the philosophy, the dolls... All of it! It was and idea that was handed to me by God. I don't take credit for it. I just feel so blessed that he chose to use me to communicate His love in a way so unique. He gave me the idea for the book one sleepless night...
                                                                      (Explained here...)

These two pages are from an autobiographical comic I created years ago,
but never finished...
it is an illustration of my Spiritual Testimony

After much hard work, i finally finished what God had assigned me to do.
I learned so much from it, and in the process learned a lot about my relationship with my Creator.
Every picture was drawn in communication with my Creator. As I worked I felt so connected to Him in such a special way that I will never forget. 

I went through a lot of things since I made the book. I struggle with what God wants me to do with it from here. The worldy part of me wants to get rich and famous from it all, but in the end... It is not His plan. 
For one example, see past blog...

I want to follow Him every step of this Lost Sock adventure. I know He wants me to use it to reach others and communicate His love more clearly. I cannot gain glory from the project since it is not my idea. 

So, when I pray for His plan for me... I KNOW the LostSock (dolls, book, and all) is his Legacy He wants me to leave. I know He will use it in a BIG way... but when and how? I pray not for my dreams to come true (because they are self seeking), 
but for Him to reveal His desires for me and change my dreams to fit His will.

I am really excited about a new opportunity He is giving me on July 24th...
I got blessed with the chance to read my Lost Sock book to kids who attend reading hour at 
Alba Library! They will introduce my dolls and have a free doll and book giveaway for the kids!
It may be a seem like a small step, but a sure step He is giving me!
Life is sweet when you trust Jesus... 
if we do not follow His lead, we are following our own.
That is a little scary. We are just lost children who pridefully think we know what we are doing.
Without taking hold of our Father's hand, we can be pulled anywhere and spiritually kidnapped!
I know the more I do that, the more mistakes I end up making.
Eventually I just call out for my Father again and he rescues me and fixes all my mistakes for me.
I have realized that I cannot trust myself or other people around me... nobody can be trusted. 
Thankfully, I have a Father that will never leave me.
I only leave Him foolishly when my head gets to full of pride, or I doubt His all-knowing wisdom, or close my ears to His voice.
I know He has great plans for me... and my book, my dolls, my blog,... and my dreams!


Maisy and Me...






My sweet hub Shannon
took these photos of Me and my daughter with the book and dolls.
Super Talented man.

I have been busy making more dolls for the Alba LIbrary
LOST SOCK GIVEAWAY!!!
One Lucky kid will win a doll and a book if they attend the reading!


Be sure to come and read with us!
July 24th at 10am at Alba Library...


to see more dolls, go to









Monday, July 2, 2012

Balloons of Freedom...

1 Peter 5:7
"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

Little girl stands in a patch of dirt, 
no longer imprisoned by her hurt. 
She labeled all she can feel
and is trusting Him to heal.
She put them in capsules that fly
releasing every single lie
that made her heart sink.
With one final blink
she mumbles a prayer
as her sins float to the air...
"Dear Lord, I give you all these things.
Now, will you give my heart wings?
I trust you now as I let go.
Please, take my faith and make it grow!".

Art and Poem by Tabitha Seaton


This idea was inspired by
Victoria Osteen's words...
I saw her on TV talking about how she takes all the bad things she feels, all her anxieties and imagines them like balloons. Then she lets them all go.

sketch


If this inspired you,,, 
go to see more spiritual work i created, see

East Texas Art Share Fair 2012


THis was fun!













To see Workshop in more detail
see link below on my teacher website...

http://classroom.mineolaisd.net/webs/seatont/art_share_fair_summer_2012.htm

Friday, June 22, 2012

Our Trip to the Hill Country.

I was so excited about taking this trip!
We have been working so hard on projects for other people that it was time to just take some time out for ourselves and make family memories...
What better place is the Texas Hill Country?
I spent so many summers there with my family as a little girl that I wanted to feel like a kid again. 
We spent lots of time growing up staying in Wimberley, Texas. 
Growing up I wanted to live there when I got to be old in some stone home along the river... 
maybe one day.




Wimberley, Texas truly is Heavenly in my mind.

Me and My littlest, Madelynn

We stayed out first two nights at the Cypress Creek Cottages...
They were wonderful! Truly felt at home...

My oldest daughter, Maisy

Down the road from our cottage was a creek.
We went wading in it some...


Maisy, Shannon, and Madelynn
After wading and walking in the creek, we went to 7-A Ranch Resort to just hang out and take some photos. This is where we always stayed when I was a little girl. It is a really neat place that is set up like an old West town. It also has an arcade and ice cream parlor. But my favorite part is the Blanco River right across the street! I spent plenty of time in that water and was ready to head down to it...
http://www.7aresort.com/
But first, some fashionista photos!...

Maddy, Me, and Maisy as Saloon girls.




Walking around the 7-A grounds...


My girls in front of the Chapel...
I always dreamed of getting married in this place.

Silver Spoon of 7-A.




All righty! Kick of your shoes... it is time to go in the Blanco! Let your feet soak or even your booty!
We were not exactly dressed to soak... but ended up getting pretty wet. Forget swim suits...







Maddy found a rock and would not let go...







Heart shaped distress in river rock...
We left... spend some time downtown WImberley along the river venturing around
after a day of antiquing.

Crazy goose scared us a little...

Paper Bear store in San Marcos
We visited one of my favorite stores called Paper Bear Heartworks downtown SanMarcos. They have great jewelry, unique gifts, and multi-cultural finds. We stocked up on some small toys for the girls and some jewelry for me and Maisy.

I absolutely love my Amber ring from PaperBear!


                                                                     http://www.wgw.com/
grasshopper outside on a lamp at GlassWorks

After a long drive... 
We headed to the second half of our vacation in 
Fredricksburg, Texas.
We stayed in the Lovely Little Acorn Guest House.

front view of home...

cute kitchen...


girl's room...

spend evenings lounging in the Living room...

We had to eat at the Auslander.
My grandmother once owned and ran this restaurant in the  old days.
It has changed a lot since then, but it was nice to just go for kicks and have her in my heart.
Great Food!

We spend a lot of time downtown antiquing and window shopping.



We were in and out of the Little Acorn trying to get the little ones to nap...
this was mostly unsuccessful.
Leaving again.

"CoverBurger" at Alamo Spring
Shannon is an avid Texas Monthly reader. The Alamo Spring was in the best burger issue as being the third best burger in the state! He was so excited to get his mouth on this thing... he was a little disappointed. 
                                East Texas Burger Company of Mineola was better...

On the way home from the Alamo Springs, we saw this pretty thing. Got a great photo of this old stone building...Nice!


Some of my favorite times in Fredricksburg were just sitting around with the family being lazy.
Me and Madelynn played on the porch and in the grass. She was just being so fun and beautiful...


One of the coolest things in the Little Acorn was the clawfoot tub. 
The girls had a lot of fun playing in it...



Signing of the Little Acorn Guest book
I had a little too much fun signing and drawing in the guestbook for little acorn home... oh well.


Well, we had to say goodbye to the hills 
and head home to the piney woods of East Texas. 
We had so much fun!
You should go and have fun too!

Places you need to go...

Mmmmmmmmmmm,,,,,Manske Cinnamon Roll at...
Gil's Broiler in San Marcos, Texas..
Awesome Black Bean Burger!
Maisy, Smores (her new dog), and SHannon about to eat a Manske roll, daddy has been raving about!



We had seen Carlos Moseley's art on Texas Country Reporter.
It was amazing! He takes big rocks, little pebbles, or whatever and makes these amazing rock  pieces from them.
Fredricksburg, Texas.
http://www.riverrustic.com/Rock-Art-Book.html