Let's Play Catch Up: The Prayer Brunch

On September 15th, Free to Be Me Ministries™ founded by my spiritual mother, Prophetess Janice Turner, held an intimate prayer brunch in Florence, Alabama at New Birth Ministries. Each lady invited a friend, coworker, relative or whomever the Spirit led them to bring and I must say that this was one of the best prayer brunches ever. You could just feel the love in the place. The theme for this prayer brunch was, "Saving our Sisters, Connecting Together for a Divine Rescue™." It was truly a blessing to partake in this conference and to be in the presence of such loving, supporting and nuturing women.

For this brunch, yes... you guessed it... I was asked to do the decor... And I cheerfully welcomed the challenge of creating a beautiful brunch for these ladies to enjoy. I would like to extend my apologies ahead of time for the poor photos; I must say that the decor looked much, much better IRL. But...that is the flip-side of being an ameteur photographer :P!

First off, I would like to share with you the bird cage that I re-created. {Warning!!! This comes with a full narration} The bird cage is the mascot {for lack of better terms} for Free to Be Me Ministries™. For years, a lady in the ministry took care of the bird who was affectionately named "Free" until each women's conference.

However, unbeknownst to me "Free" has passed away about a week before this year's conference. So the morning of the brunch I was so stressed out because the caterer told me that she wanted the centerpiece on her food table to be striking {to say the least}. The pressure was on... I could not sleep the night before... Visions of centerpieces danced in my head... Pages of magazines, blog after blog, post after posts... I racked my brain to find something that would meet the caterer's expectations and make me happy... The morning of I journeyed through the storage room inmy mind and saw a bird cage.. Then I began to visualize countless "bird cage" centerpieces that have been popping up everywhere... And so there it was... the recreated bird cage... And the best part of it all... It had a dual purpose... First of all, it served purpose. It brought closure to the life of "Free" and secondly it confirmed that we were definitely in the will of God... How great is our God?

So here we are... the final photogs of the Free to Me™ Prayer Brunch 2009.

Did you enjoy them? Have you ever re-created something only to find that it's value was more than you would have ever deemed imaginable?

Motivational Monday

• I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. W.B. Yeats
• Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau
• All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence
• The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.Paul Valery
  A skillful man reads his dreams for self-knowledge, yet not the details but the quality. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Our waking hours form the text of our lives, our dreams, the commentary. Anonymous
• Hope is the dream of the waking man. French Proverb
• To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. William Shakepeare

Floetry Friday

"Hope" is the thing with feathers"

by: Emily Dickinson

"Hope" is the thing with feathers—

That perches in the soul—

And sings the tune without the words—

And never stops—at all—

And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—

And sore must be the storm—

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm—

I've heard it in the chillest land—

And on the strangest Sea—

Yet, never, in Extremity,

It asked a crumb—of Me.

My Golf Experience

I went golfing with Mr. Falsetto and I am going sum my golfing experience/ highlights up in three photos:

Mr. Falsetto {of course}

Hole #1 {the beginning of the end}

Hole #18 {the end}

Enough Said!

Quote Me #03

The heart was created to love and the soul was created to desire… Don’t miss out on your “heartmate” because you are entangled with your “soulmate.” ~M'Shonta

i Must admit... i Am Addicted

i have never been one to smoke, drink or do drugs... So i never dreamed that in a million years that i could become addicted to something... but i am.... i must admit...

i am addicted to:

within ten minutes of opening the bag the pile of empty wrappers looked like this:

and the pile of gum looked like this:

and i can't stop chewing until the entire bag is gone...

is there any help for me...

Do any of you out there in blogland have a strange addiction? Am i the only one in world that is addicted to chewing bubble gum?

My Five Fabulous Finds

The economy may be dead; but my taste for fashion is alive and well... Thus I present to you my fabulous finds from my latest shopping escapade!

Animal print {Guess} sandals...... $15.00 @ T.J. Maxx

Rhinestone {Sketcher} Slide-in Sneakers.......$7.00 @ T.J. Maxx

Crop-A-Dile Big Bite.................$9.00 @ Wal-Mart

Crystal Chandlier......................$2.99 @ Hobby Lobby (used 40% off coupon)

Martha Stewart Tissue Paper Flower Bouquet Kit...... $2.00 @ Big Lots

Have had found any fabulous finds during these economically challenging times?