Abide (and a giveaway!)

Today was one of these kinds of days.

Poop in the bathtub. A busted lip. A little girl into some tea tree oil (by the way, apparently it tastes gross. Shocker, I know.). A forgotten trip to the grocery store. Tears, tears, and more tears. And it wasn't all just Sabriel, who is often the source of the crazy in our home, but not always.

But today, by God's grace alone, somehow, I managed to not really lose it. Yes, there were moments. Not as many on my part as usual, though. I think this post on Ann Voskamp's blog that I read last night were lingering in my heart. And God's grace was moving in our home.

I know this is kind of a meandering post, and yes, my brain is a little bit here and there, but it does all come together in a moment, I promise.

I was working on this project today in some of the calmer moments of naptime, and the word "abide" kept coming back to me.

This was made with all four of the Girl's Paperie lines available; papers from On Holiday, Toil & Trouble, and Tinsel & Twig, and Embellishments from Paper Girl & Tinsel and Twig.

I handcut the letters out of some corrugated cardboard I had on hand. I wanted it to look really handmade to contrast with the more structured look of the rest of the project.

The clip on the top is to add photos or verses to, and rotate them out.

Alright so if you've stuck with me this far, I have a little prize for you! Leave a comment here (make sure there's a way for me to get in touch with you!) and I'll send one lucky reader a set of these awesome Girls' Paperie Toil & Trouble acrylic stamps, just in time for you to use on some Halloween projects next week!