Sibling time ;)

 Spending time with your siblings is very important in my mind. I took time to play around with my adorable little brother, Levi. We had such a blast making funny faces, laughing at them, and making more! I also had fun painting his face with "war paint" used by the...."Indian savages." (Oooooohhhh)

 Look at that mighty Viking in war paint.

 In this photo he was supposed to have a scary look in his face, and I was supposed to be frightened....but that plan did not work out too well. *smile*

 I love my brother! <3

 Okay, this is one of the most embarrassing photos we took, but Levi absolutely LOVED the way you could see down his throat and begged me to put it on my blog. (you know how boys are...) He laughed, and laughed, and laughed about it so hard that I couldn't resist. -He is such a boy.

Awww, doesn't he look SO sweet?!?!? His big blue eyes looking strait into you with the sweetest smile that could just melt your heart down to nothing. Oh, Lord, thank you for blessing me with such an adorable brother.

More crafts-

 Since it's fall, and cold outside...
I've been trying to come up with different crafts. My Grandpa and I went to Fred Myers (my #1 fave store, by the way.) this morning and he bought me some....SHARPIES!!! yay! I know this is weird, but I've never had a set of sharpies before. Ever. They are sooo nice, and I look forward to using them soon. :)

 I painted this plain card with metallic paint, (my favorite paint in the whole wide world!) and put these new card accessories on it. I made around 10 of them last night. They're simply yarn, twirled up, and hot glued on a circle of card-stock. Pretty simple, and oh-so-cute. I had planned to glue a whole bunch of them on a beer bottle for a stylish vase...but I'm still working that one out. :)

 I made these at 10:00pm last night, so that's why they're not perfect. *blush*

 This is just a quick idea of what I'll be using them for in the future.

 I made this card this afternoon, and thought it turned out okay. I am still going to find a cuter way to display them, but this worked out for now.

 The fall lighting is not so great....bleh.

 NEXT PROJECT- A water jar.
Now, I think that this was kind of...well....not very creative. But that's fine. It was fun to make!
I got a plain 'ol jar and lid. then I traced the lid on some glossy decorating paper and glued it to the lid. What next? Well, you put the lid on. :)

 With a knife, I cut an 'x' in the lid.

 And, wa-la! A water jar! You can write your child's name on the top, or, even better, you could put one of Mrs. Gowing's chalkboard labels on the side. Like I said, not that creative, but fun to make. :)

 Yes...I had fun with my favorite things to take photos of. Straws. I also had fun with putting my watermark in weird places. *smile*

Well, that's it folks. There is nothing much going on over here except that my Papa just had surgery, and my Grandparents were just here for a visit. Other than that....it's been cold, and I'm inside, drinking coffee. (my one weakness.)
Hope you're having a jolly day!
-jess

Psalm 103: 1-5

"Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagles."

Creative fall candle holder

 I was dying to do something creative again. I wanted to make something that said, "fall," was inexpensive, and that I had all of the supplies for. I thought of a Fall candle holder made out of sticks. All I needed was sticks, a jar, clippers, glue, and a hot glue gun. Pretty simple, right?

 Ooohh, don't mess with me! I've got landscaping clippers!!

 Plain old sticks. -love the look.

 *deep breath* I got all the supplies out, and ready for the very first stick. I must admit, I was unsure that this whole thing would turn out at all. But I just had to try.

 Yay! There it is, all done! I love the rustic, distressed look of the sticks.

 There the candle is!

 Texture. Nature. Sticks. They're all beautiful.

 I had to admit, that although it was a cool idea....it was a little plain. Yeah, and we can't go with p.l.a.i.n. now can we? Oh, no. Not that. So out comes the leaves, (fall decoration) and string.

 When I put the candle in the jar, it did exactly what I wanted it to do! Make these neat lines of light on the place it stood.

 Here it is. All finished. *cheer*

 Sorry. I just had to take a photo of my favorite thing. Grass. (I'm a landscaper, right?)

 Oooooh, in with the pumpkins! I simply fell in love with how fall-ish it looked.

The final product.

Well, for a 15 minute project, I'd say that this is better than I ever imagined. And, of course, you can do oh-so-many more things with this. You can put beads, or shells, or ribbons, or buttons, or flowers, etc. on it.

So, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. If you like it or no. If you thought up another creative way to make these or whatever you have on your mind. (trust me. I don't bite. *smile*)

Thanks for looking!

Jessicacynthia.productions

       live.love.laugh.
        c.r.e.a.t.e

At work

I don't normally get any photos of us working. (because it's not professional) But when Grandma (ooohhh, I love her!) brought us all coffee, she took this quick photo of Papa, Anthony, and I with her phone. (the other girls were in the back of our account.) I absolutely love my work! I  am actually really sad that now, since it's "winter", we are only going every other week. :-(  Work is so good.

2011 Heritage dance

 This last weekend was our annual heritage weekend conference. We had the great joy and privilege of having Pastor Tim Bayly preach for us. He is one of the most gifted preachers I've heard. The last day of the conference we had a dance! (ooohhh, I love dances!) And I was SO excited that my cousins and Grandma Koch were able to join us! Enjoy the few photos I was able to take-

 Trinh! -She had a lot of fun, and would love to come back next year, or to any other dance we have! *cheer*

 Anthony had a lot of fun with the boys. He also enjoyed the dancing.

 These last 3 photos my Grandma took. (thanx Grandma!)

 Anthony danced the "physical snob" with me. Wow-was that an experience!

All us cousins! We had an absolute b.l.a.s.t. dancing together, and listening to the amazing preacher. Thank GOD for family!

Please pray-

Hello everybody. Sorry I've not been posting a whole bunch.

My Papa just left for his surgery an hour or so ago. I know that this is not a serious surgery or anything, but I would still ask that you pray for him during the operation and for a quick recovery.
Thank you all.
-the Koch children-