Our New Fall Line

Present Grace just hosted their second Open House and craft night. Thanks to all you shoppers who came and made our evening such a success. Memo boards are part of the new items we will be featuring in our shop.

These white boards are a great place for leaving notes or dates to remember. We made some fun Animal prints along with some shabby chic and other fun designs.
Clipboards are also a new feature.

 We had big clipboards and small clipboards, custom clipboards that are very unique. I think my favorite was the Dick and Jane clipboard. Thanks Adrenna for taking it home with you.
Check out these bags with purse-anality.

This fall we added to our bags by making custom lunch bags.

How about hanging bags, good for organizing all kinds of good stuff.

Ever get tired of looking for your keys in your bag? Check out these key fobs, plain, personalized and some that are just blingy.

 

We also introduced our new Baby's of Grace line of products.

From burp pads to bibs and on to pre-school. Here is a nap mat we created for little Gabriel, who starts to school this fall.

It has it's own attached blanket and pillow and sports his name as well. Can you tell that he likes guitars?

Check out these cute mini-back packs. And our personalized bags.

And our personalized bag tags.

Our Prayers of Grace, ministry of praying and personalizing pillow cases, is also expanding. Featured here is our Song of Solomon pillow cases.

And a select group of pillowcases for children.

From pillowcases to pillows, Present Grace is expanding.

 Those who came to our Open House had an opportunity to do some crafting.

 Our craft project was making bookmarks.

 Ribbons, and trinkets, craft sticks and flowers and a little creativity.

They were fun to make and fun to use in your favorite book. You might like to try this project as well.

For now the shop is put away, 

 

The kitchen's been cleaned up, and

I am busy listing products on our new website that will be up and running soon. But that too will have to wait till I am back from vacation. Ahhhhh cooler weather in Maine.

And soon Carmen and I will be working on some great new projects....

Here's a little preview.

 

What do you see?

I am not sure why when you get older your eye sight starts fading. It's sometimes annoying that unless you find those glasses you really can't see what is going on. The solution is to buy a whole lot of those glasses and put them all in strategic places so that no matter where you are there is a pair you can find quickly.

What I find annoying, my little friends find most fascinating.

That's Anya, and her little brother Gabriel. 

Anya likes to play teacher. I am sure the glasses seem appropriate for that activity.

Gabriel is the student, and doesn't he look studious while sporting this fashionable pair.  I would have to say he likes the glasses even more than Anya.  After a visit recently I entered my bedroom only to find a toy airplane beside a large pile of glasses piled  high on my counter. I hadn't seen a good number of those glasses in a long while. Not sure where he rounded them all up from but he must have a good eye for finding them. I left them there for several days and laugh out loud every time I passed them by.

As you can see, I have no ordinary glasses, I actually go out of my way to find the most extraordinary ones. The thought was that if they were too wild and crazy, my husband, Harold would leave my glasses alone! Well, actually that does not work, when glasses are needed any old pair will work, or so it seems. That and he doesn't get embarrassed easily.

It's also important to have the right glasses for the right activity. You can't use the same glasses for the computer that you use for reading, or sewing, so not only do we have different styles but different strengths. 

HERE I must also enter a WARNING! Do not ever  wear your glasses when you bathe! Especially if you have a weak heart, for  you might discover some things you did not want to see!

Whether you are young or old , wear glasses or not, your eyesight is a precious thing. 

If only there were glasses you could buy that would give you a heavenly vision, oh the things we could see. I've never seen an angel, I've never looked at the face of Jesus, but I know someday I will.

Until then I will be content to see His face in those I love and enjoy right here on earth.  Every day He gives us glimpses of heaven if we are not to blind to see them.

 I hope today you will see a little bit of heaven in your world..