Titus 2 Day

I am sad to have no pictures of our day together....

but we just started up our meetings again now that the

holidays are over. We are only going to

meet once a month, that way we can meet just

a little longer and do more.

This month we focused on:

"Peace in Perilous Times"

Everything we did was in an effort to help

bring peace to our own hearts as well as

our families and in our home.

As they arrived I had bread dough ready to go and

each rolled out Cinnamon Bread. The point was, when you

make a batch of bread, once in awhile do a cinnamon one for

a treat, nothing like Cinnamon Toast with a bowl of

hot cereal on a cold winters morning. Sounds

peaceful right?? Making our families happy and

contented brings PEACE.

Then I had our soup done to a point, meat browned, veggies

chopped, and it had to be boiled for just 5 minutes

before you could can it in the pressure canner.

Food ready to go in the pantry keeps us at PEACE.

So, we enjoyed lunch together and then had a short devotional

about peace in our lives. Peace comes when we draw

closer and closer to God. When we are close to

Him, we will be able to trust Him more

and that brings PEACE to our whole household.

Then we did a project that is fun to use with homeschool

curriculum or just for a fun scrapbook project idea. We made

a Lap Booklet with Minit Books inside.

Lap books are a file folder folded to the center so it

opens like shutters and you put different bits of

information or pictures or whatever on the little

booklets that you glue inside. Fun for all

ages. Once the older kids master the little

books, they can help the younger ones.

Busy children on a cold winters day

is very PEACEFUL indeed. :)

Then I showed them how to use a fabric pen

and write a verse on a piece of fabric to

embroider. Scripture on your walls is a

very good thing.....it reminds us of God and

who He is and keeps our minds focused

on Him throughout the day. Which brings

more PEACE to our homes.

The verse I chose is one that has ministered to

me ALOT lately.....

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect PEACE,

whose mind is stayed on thee."

Isaiah 26:3

So, some knew embroidery and some learned that day

as we moved on and learned how to do a granny

square. Some knew crochet and some had to

learn. So, at that point we just spent the next

bit of our time crocheting or embroidering

and encouraging one another. :)

All in all it was a very PEACEFUL day. :D

Next month, we will do two more embroidery stitches

and possibly work on crocheting a bit more. And

some other fun things I have up my sleeve. :) Our

theme next time is PREPAREDNESS.

(But not to an extreme, just some things we

can easily do).....which also brings PEACE!!

If you are ever interested in doing your own Titus 2 group,

Lisa at New Harvest Homestead

on my side bar will send you a free meeting

guide. It has some fun ideas and encouragement

for how to start a group.

A "Winter White Tea"

Lot's of preparations........

Snowflake cookies in the making!! I like to cut out these stars,

when bakedput a squiggle of white frosting from

point to point, at the tips add a little

silver candy ball and.....voila......snowflakes!!

I actually accomplished making ALL the bread for this tea!!

I always get at least one of them made, but this time

I got them all done. :)
For a "Winter White Tea" everything is white and snowy!!

The Menu

1. Frozen Lime Mousse

2. Apple-Walnut Scones with

Honey Butter and Peach Jam

3. Cucumber with herbed butter on

white, topped with a slice of wheat

Cream Cheese with pineapple on white

Herbed Chicken on herb bread
4. Snowflakes

Snowballs (Russian Tea Cakes)

White Chocolate Rocky Road

5. More Snowballs

(Vanilla Ice Cream rolled in Coconut)

Before the ladies came.......

I always try to keep everything as white as I can

with touches of gold......

This is our back sunroom/dining room. This is the

first time I have offered seating here.....and the

ladies loved it!! It worked out

very well.

The centerpiece is fun!! I saw this in a little tiny

photo down on the corner of the page

in Victoria magazine years ago....

It is a pear, sprayed gold, hollowed

out and filled with a small bouquet.

I found these gold sprays of acorns and berries

at an after Christmas clearance for pennies!! Then

added a silk rose to each one from my collection.

Sometimes if I feel I can it is fun

to put a real rose in there. :)

There was white hanging around everywhere.......

This is an old dress we found years ago at a second

hand store. My youngest daughter was about 10 and loved

dressing up. For around $3 I was able to get this

and surprise her for Christmas that year. Along with

a little white tea pot. Fun days gone by......

This little dress is actually mine!! I really wore it!!

I actually saw the idea for this wreath on a blog I looked at one

day.....I think she was using something a bit nicer....I just

used some batting I had and wrapped it around a straw

wreath and added some white flowers and gold and white bow!!

Oh......and if you know me......I couldn't stop inside......(lol)

See the wonderful frost on the wire!!

The day before tea was quite warm, I was thinking......

Lord, it is a bit warm in this back room for a

Winter Tea........

The next morning, my husband got up and peeked out the

window and said, "you are not going to believe this"....

We were having a frosty fog!!!!! It was awesome

and the perfect backdrop for a

"Winter White Tea".

All the ladies thought so as well, no one

minded that we had two days of frosty fog, all because

of my tea I am sure. ;)

After a couple days the fog left and I was left with the

wonderful afterglow of a lovely winter event........