What wondrous love is this,
That caused the Lord of bliss,
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul.

When I was sinking down,
Beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.

To God and to the Lamb,
Who is the great I AM,
While millions join the theme, I will sing.

And when from death I’m free,
I’ll sing His love for me,
And through eternity I’ll sing on.

Thanks!
Katie

http://www.krististephens.com

O Lord,

No day of my life has passed that has not proved me guilty in thy sight. Prayers have been uttered from a prayerless heart; Praise has been often praiseless sound; My best services are filthy rags.

Blessed Jesus, let me find a covert in thy appeasing wounds. Though my sins rise to heaven thy merits soar above them; Though unrighteousness weighs me down to hell, thy righteousness exalts me to thy throne. All things in me call for my rejection, all things in thee plead my acceptance. I appeal from the throne of perfect justice to thy throne of boundless grace.

Grand me to hear thy voice assuring me: that by thy stripes I am healed, that thou was bruised for my iniquities, that thou hast been made sin for me that I might be righteous in thee, that my grievous sins, my manifold sins, are all forgiven, buried in the ocean of thy concealing blood.

I am guilty, but pardoned, lost, but saved, wandering, but found, sinning, but cleansed. Give me perpetual broken-heartedness, keep me always clinging to thy cross, flood me every moment with descending grace, open to me the springs of divine knowledge, sparkling like crystal, flowing clear and unsullied through my wilderness of life.

I had a lot of fun coming up with this idea for Miss Meredith Alexander’s blog. She was such a joy to work with and I’m thrilled with how it turned out!

The Relevant Conference

Sarah Mae from Like A Warm Cup of Coffee is co-hosting this Christian women’s blogging conference in October 2010, and I was so glad to get the opportunity to work on the website! The design turned out quite lovely and feminine, don’t you think?

(Become a fan of Flibby Pie Design on facebook!)

Well, let’s see… what’s happened since I last posted? I’ve been very busy with my family, my church, College Plus, and my part-time job. I’m a very optimistic person by nature, so I rarely have any reason to say anything other than I love life!

I’m halfway into my sophomore year of college, technically, and I’ve only been a College Plus student since July! I just love this program, it’s saved me so much time and money, and my coach is so sweet and helpful!

I still work at ‘Thimbles’ on the weekends, and I love it. It’s just so much fun to be around beautiful fabric all day – I get so many great ideas! Too many great ideas actually, I can’t sew fast enough to make everything I want to make! Plus, since I’ve gotten so busy, sewing is something I can only do every once in a while, but I love to do it. On the back burner right now I have a quilt, a top for myself, a dress for a little baby friend of mine, a scarf I’m knitting, a sweater I’m knitting, and boxes and boxes of fabric leftover that I haven’t decided how to use!

I have a few more things I need to get done, and then I need to get off of this computer for a while so I’ll go ahead and wrap this up for now.

If anybody is still reading this blog, God bless you!

-Katie

This has not been the sole accessory in my blogging demise. I laugh at a time when I said that my life was boring. Here’s what’s been happening since I’ve been gone! (In no particular order…)

1. I finally finished updating my website! *gasp!*

2. I earned 9 credits towards my English degree with College Plus. Studying takes up a LARGE chunk of my life nowadays.

3. I’ve gotten several blog designs underway. I can’t wait to finish them!

4. I spent days oohing and ahhing at the new fall and winter fabrics we’ve gotten in at ‘Thimbles,’ the little sewing shop where I work. Working also takes up a large chunk of my life.

5. I went ice-skating. Twice. The second time I fell on my head.

6. I found a really neat book at a yard sale: “Health Work for Girls: Household Hygiene, Personal Hygiene, and Home Care of the Sick” from 1926. So very interesting!

7. I made two matching dresses for my little sisters.

8. I bought an authentic 1943 Women’s Drill Coat from WWII. It’s pretty. And neat.

9. I’ve gotten rather far on knitting a green sweater for myself.

10. I was weak, and gave in to my urge to buy some beautiful fall fabric at Thimbles to match said green sweater for myself.

11. I learned how to play ‘Dutch Blitz.’

12. I ran a very successful garage sale. Well, sort of successful. We sure had a lot of junk left over.

13. I finished a baby quilt, a baby blanket, a stuffed animal, and a tag blanket for friends of mine who are expecting/just had their baby.

14. I got my very first taste of honey made by my very own hardworking honeybees.

15. I went a little overboard at the library, and checked out 17 books at once. They’re due back next week. I’ve read two of them.

16. I’ve been thinking hard and planning potential Christmas gift for family and friends.

17. I ate the best Italian food on the planet while listening to an accordion playing in my ear, and laughed at boisterous waiters who danced, and sang in Italian.

18. I’ve gotten hooked on Frappuccinos. If you try to tell me how many calories are in those things, I will plug my ears and say “la, la, la, la, la.”

19. I’ve become obsessed with vintage clothing. Oh, yeah. I was already obsessed with vintage clothing.

20. I’ve been planning a few surprises!

I would say that I will be sure to post more often from now on, but as soon as I say that, I won’t blog for months. So, I refuse to make any kind of commitment. But, I will try.

If I can convince my sweet sister to send me the pictures she took, I’ll post pictures of the projects I mentioned above.

Until next time,
Katie

In addition to the lovely little blue swirl flowers, I embroidered two scripture verses: Psalm 28:7 and Psalm 27:1. The lettering isn’t the most beautiful thing in the world, since I do spend too much time on the lazy-daisy stitches and less on the planning of the lettering, but I think that the end result is rather charming. I like the way all of the letters are different and random. It’s very unique, to say the least.

In addition to the tablecloth, I’ll finally get to give away the beautiful little marriage notecard I’ve had for three years! I’ve been wondering who would be the perfect recipient, and now I finally have one! In the note, I’ll say something to the effect of, “The Bible tells us to write Scripture ‘on the posts of thy house, and on thy gates’, so I thought, having verses on a tablecloth would be even better…” Eh, I haven’t really nailed down the wording. I’ll do that soon.

In addition to that project (which, once I finish up the edges, iron it repeatedly, check three more times for any stains or marks, fold it up and wrap it, I can check off of my list) I’m also about to start working on a little project for my darling sister, whose 8th birthday is rapidly approaching.

I found this fabric at Thimbles  (a little sewing shop where I work) and the minute I saw it I thought – “This looks just like Abby!” I bought a yard of it (with my 20% employee discount ) and now I think I’ve decided that I’ll make a skirt out of it. More of a pencil skirt, since I do only have a yard. In fact, she already owns a skirt that is almost exactly like the one I’m envisioning, so I’m going to measure it and create a pattern from it. I’ll keep you updated!

These are just two of the MANY projects that I always have going. I’m choosing to post about them because, first of all, I know that my little sister doesn’t read my blog, or any blogs for that matter, and I also know that Evie doesn’t read my blog. If, in the unlikely case, she does read this little blog of mine, I know from her facebook that she is SO busy right now, she’ll have absolutely no time to be reading anything between now and the wedding.

So, for my blog readers, enjoy! And, for those who know the above mentioned recipients of these gifts, let’s keep these surprises on the down-low. Thank you.

Stay tuned – I’ll be blogging my whole trip to Oregon starting next week!