Pallet Board Painting

Last night I worked on a few recycled pallets to create a fun surprise for my wonderful husband! Here is what the finished product looked like from a few angles:

Green Thumb....

Here is the quest book from Hans and my wedding. 

We did a thumbprint tree and I painted the tree and border. IT was all very fun. 

I think it's a fun treasure from our wedding and for me anyways it is more fun than a traditional guest book.

New Background

I am still sorting out this new background but that painting is one that I did today. I hope it's enjoyed and hopefully soon I'll be able to personalize all of this more so that it is more fitted to me.
For now there is a wedding very fast approaching and I need a nap and to get some paintings done.


Decided not to do the new background but here's the picture

The hands we hold

Lately I have been working on a project for my Painting class that focuses on hands. I am intrigued by the importance of hands to almost everything I do. Above is one of the pictures I have been working on for the project. on the Left is my hand and on the right is Hans' hand. This picture is meant to represent or symbolize memories of Hans and my relationship from when we first met and first started dating. I actually don't remember the first time Hans and I met. I remember the event but I do not remember him being there. One of my life long best friends and Hans lived on the same floor our Freshman year of college. My friend and I had gone for a run and when we came back I was all sweaty and gross but we decided to play cards. After playing cards for a bit Karl (my life long friend) and I went to the hall and I met a group of guys. Apparently Hans was in that group and I caught his eye. From what he has told me I talked about how much I love my brother and Hans thought it was really attractive that I love my family so much. Although I didn't notice Hans, his eyes and heart were set on me from that time on. What caused me to notice Hans was actually that someone very dear to me had a crush on him. I would not have realized who Hans was without this person and I am so grateful to them for having liked him. After becoming good friends, mostly through friends, I gained a lot of trust in Hans but never realized that he liked me. When I finally realized that Hans liked me I was so unsure of what to do, after a long while he and I went on some dates. We were so tentative to even hold hands... Now I sometimes look at his hands and just praise God, Thanking God that I get to hold Hans hands for the rest of our life. I also thank the Lord when we were just freshmen in college, his were the hands I held. 

God is Bigger

Do you believe that God still speaks through dreams? I do.

I have been thinking lately that God is FAR bigger than I am willing to admit to myself. I am trying to let go of my inhibitions and wrongful preconceptions about who God is and now He works. Growing up I sometimes heard times that God didn’t really work the same ways that He did in the bible…. He was more at work in quiet, passive ways. More and more I feel like this really isn’t true. I also feel like YES God sometimes works quietly but I can’t seem to understand why God wouldn’t still use things like healing, tongues, speaking to people. I think God still speaks to people in big ways... Isaiah 30:21 says, ‘Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.’” Jesus teaches us to pray and shows us the meaning of true sacrifice and love. He encourages us to pray for our daily bread and also tells us that we cannot live on bread alone. I am pretty sure that our bread is supposed to be Him. I am considering some of the things I’ve prayed about lately… doing well in Geology, getting good reviews for my art critique, not having so much snow, help with wedding planning… when will I learn my lesson. I don’t need so much stuff. In Matthew 24:35 Jesus says, “Heaven and earth will pass away but  my words will not pass away.” You know what else passes away with Heaven and earth Chelsea?  Grades, snow, Hans, fill in the blank.. What isn’t going to pass away is so hard for me to wrap my mind around when I get caught us on now. I have such a short-term perspective it’s awful. I’m in geology right now and my professor is talking about the millions and billions of years, which I don’t really agree with but that is besides the point, and I am thinking that is a lot of zeros…. Eternity is so much longer than any of these numbers we’re conjuring up. I’ll be out of class in 8 minuets if I am out in time. This class can’t pass away quickly enough. I am so imperfect. My mind focuses too often on temporary things. I want to be more aware of that still small voice telling me which way to God and I want to be so caught up in God. One of my favorite verses is found in 2 Corinthians 5:13 and says:

If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

As a Christian I think my life could maybe use a little bit more crazy…. Now off to  painting. I am hoping to incorporate that sweet little girl’s prayer.