Bells are Pealing

Hilari Bell. Incredible author-and I love her style! I have been reading her series: The Farsala Trilogy. They are excellent, and I am going to the library today to get the third one. I have also been reading fairytale redo-type-things that are so innovative and fun! I think I would like to try my hand at another one. You can catch my first one here: Apples, which is the re-telling of Snow White.


Have an awesome day!

Etsy!

I now have an Etsy shop called GingerOutlet. Do you get the puns? I am a ginger, and the shop is sort of an outlet for my creativity. :) I know it is kind of lame to explain it, but I thought you all as my faithful readers should know all the backstory.
So, if you are ever around Esty, check me out! Right now I am selling catnip (Well, in a few hours, I will be selling catnip), so if you have a cute kitty, they absolutely love the stuff. It is fresh from our garden, dried, and packaged adorably, of course. ;)

Crewel Embroidery

Here we are! Finally, I have a picture of the embroidery I did for my mom. :) She loved it, and I love that she loved it. ;)

What do you think?

An Offering of Thanks-Graduation Poem

For our graduation, my friend and I volunteered to plan and play music, and give the offering of thanks at the very end. I debated about what we should do-since there were two of us speaking, most of what we spoke would need to be planned, otherwise it would probably sound cheesy and girly and pretty sentimental. ;) Plus, I felt like tag-teaming at something as huge as our graduation wasn't an option. The light-bulb flickered on and I went on a search for a graduation "thank-you" poem. I couldn't find one. Now, I will be the first to admit that I am not very internet-searching savvy, but I did not reveal any poems in my search. So I wrote one. Feel free to borrow it if you wish, but remember all the plagerism stuff they taught you in middle school. :) How would you feel if you were the author?

It is meant to be in two speaking parts since there were two of us, so I will include those, but it can also be spoken as one piece.

#1: I dream of heaven,
     At night when I close my eyes.

#2: God's given us a tiny taste of it
      In these young years of our lives.
      In happy times, in challenging
      Moments when He pulls us through,

#1: But most of all He's shown us love,
      And grace and heaven in you.
      Thank you for the time you've given-
      For sharing wisdom in your arts.
      For teaching us and helping us
      To grow with God inside our hearts.

#2: The knowledge you've imparted
      We'll take with us as we go,
      But before we say our last farewells,
      There is one thing you should know:

#1& 2: For every lesson taught,
           Our desire to learn has grown.
           We thank you for preparing us
            To set out on our own.

            We pray we'll be a light
             To all those in our path.
             Just like you are lamps and beacons
             Shining now and in our past.

             Thank you all!


Written By: Alexis Piscatello

Quirky Octagons Back on Track~"Project UFO"

I am so thankful for bloggers. :)

I undid all my work (admittedly, I did wait a couple weeks so that I wouldn't take my frustration out on the pieces...) and have restarted the stitching. It looks SO much better. I am glad I have a wise mother who "advised" me to take out the messier stitching and redo my work. I am excited for the final product. So far I have one row done-nine more to go, and my "UFO" will be complete!!!!