Hair Pin Winner ✽ A Special Surprise for YOU!

Rafflecopter and Maddy from "Little Bit of Sunshine" (littlebitofsunshineweb.wordpress.com) have let us know that the winner of some beaded hair pins of their choice from my shop, Under the Tapestry, is...

Emerald!!!

Congratulations, Emerald, and thank you ALL sooooo much for joining in my giveaway :)!!! It has been fun and encouraging to see so many entries on *my* handmade product!!!

As I watched the entries mounting and read all of your sweet, kind, and enthusiastic comments, I couldn't help but want to send a set of pins to each and every one of you! Unfortunately, that isn't possible... but I did decide that I *could* do the next best thing, and I want to offer each of you girls the chance to get these hair pins for *50 percent off* for the next week; you can use the code "SUNSHINE50PERCENT" until next Friday, the 18th :)!!!

I want to publicly tell Maddy thank you... I had so much fun with this giveaway, and it was only possible through her! She was pleasant and thorough, and was eager to do everything needed to make the giveaway happen, and it was such a great experience!

Emerald, your hair pins will be on the way soon. And to my new followers- welcome to my little corner of the web world! I look forward to getting to know you :)!

Blessings in the Lord,

Bri

Under the Tapestry Review ✽ And GIVEAWAY!

Me this morning: *goes to make coffee, pulls out a whole cup instead of a fourth of a cup to measure the grounds with*
Glad I noticed that one...
*turns on the coffee pot without water in it*
Hmmm... I may have needed that coffee. Haha ;).

It's been a great morning so far. I woke up before my alarm went off, finished a book, made some eggs and enjoyed some coffee before I got some Saturday chores done. I've still got a few left, but I just checked my email and wanted to share some exciting news with you :)!

 Maddy from Little Bits of Sunshine  (https://littlebitofsunshineweb.wordpress.com/) has posted her review of one of the hairpin sets from Under the Tapestry!!!

 Maddy was so much fun to work with, and we decided to offer a giveaway along with her review! You have up to *15* chances to win one of any set of hair pins from Under the Tapestry! You have until the 10th to enter the giveaway; and on the 10th, there are other fun surprises in store, because that "just happens" ;), to be Under the Tapestry's 2nd anniversary... so you'll want to come back for more details then :)! Maddy will announce the winner on the 11th, and then she will give me the contact information of the winner so that I can get your hairpins sent out to you :).

 So, go check out Maddy's blog and get in on the giveaway -we are thrilled to have you :)!

Which hair pins would you pick if you won :)?

When We're the Ones Who Aren't There

Happy Leap Day :)!

Over and over last night, Josiah would wake just enough to notice he couldn't feel me. He would squirm and fuss until his hand found my chin (his favorite way to snuggle someone, we're not exactly sure why. You can't pick him up in a good mood for more then twenty seconds before he's rubbing, patting, and, at times, absentmindedly clawing, at your chin, lol.), or I laid my hand on his arm. Over and over, he would relax at finding me there, and then roll over, just to fuss again at not being able to tell where I was. He's gotten really good at sleeping through the night for the most part, but there are still times (usually after we've had a busy day) where he just can't sleep without being touched.

After this happened again, for probably the fifth time, I reached over and told him, "It's okay. I'm right here." Then I added to myself, "You're the one who keeps moving, anyway, not me."

And then I realized that that must be how God feels at times. We want to ask Him where He has been through such and such a time, when in all honestly, we have been so wrapped up in ourselves, that we haven't looked up to see Him standing right at our shoulder with the help we needed so desperately, like a Father who has the right part to his son's airplane model that he has been frantically trying to replace after losing the piece by not putting it away when he was told.

Being awake at three o'clock at night isn't always a bad thing ;).

I also wanted to inform my blog readers of two things; one, there is a giveaway for some GORGEOUS items (the ones shared in this picture :) ) going on at this blog. You might want to head over and check it out :). Also, I'm planning a blog series inspired by the book "Choosing Gratitude" next month, so check back regularly if you're interested in those :)!

Blessings in our Savior,

Bri :)