I’m sewing!!  Yes, it’s really true.  I can’t believe it myself.  As a matter of fact, I think this is my first “sewing” post ever.  It’s been ages since my last sewing project and I wanted to show pictures of my pattern and fabric with you all.  I’m sewing a renaissance-style costume for a Reformation Day celebration with our church on October 31st.  It’ll be a lot of fun!

So what do you think??  Cute, eh?  :)  The fabric photo doesn’t do it justice, especially for the greenish fabric — it is so much more prettier in person!  At least you get an idea.  :)

I chose the look of the red/gold dress (without the headdress);
but my colors will be green’sh/gold.  Soooo cute!

The greenish color fabric has beautiful floral patterns throughout,
with sequins – but not too much sequins as to appear overdone. :)

Can’t wait to show the finished product!  So stay tuned….

This beautiful tea pot (along with a whole set of fine china place settings!) was given to me by my MIL just a few weeks ago.  Isn’t it just darling??  :)  I took these shots today as I was taking photos of my friend’s china set.  Both sessions were fun and also a bit challenging in that I was trying to achieve a certain look and wasn’t getting exactly what I was wanting.  I was challenged by light metering more than anything else!  Nonetheless, I like how these shots came out.  :) 

I was just reading Ray Comfort’s 9/29 blog post and other movie news about the Fireproof movie.  During opening weekend (last weekend), Fireproof came in 4th!  And narrowly missed surpassing the $105 million movie Eagle Eye (theatre-for-theatre comparison).  Fireproof has thoroughly confounded Hollywood!  Wow!  Praise Jesus!   Below is the post from Mr. Comfort’s blog:

Fri Sep 26, 10:42 AM ET

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Shia LaBeouf has starred in three straight No. 1 movies. Kirk Cameron hasn’t seen his face on a multiplex screen in seven years. Guess who’s the hottest ticket heading into the weekend? In terms of advance sales, Cameron’s Fireproof, an ultra-low-budget marriage-minded family drama opening on about 800 screens, has smoked LaBeouf’s $105 million, opening-everywhere thriller Eagle Eye.

Fireproof accounted for a whopping 40 percent of all advance sales this week on Fandango, the ticket service said today. Eagle Eye was a distant second, representing 17 percent of sales. Through Wednesday, Fireproof was leading the week with 23 percent of all advance sales. No other movie, “Eagle Eye” included, was even in double digits.

A 1980s teen idol of Growing Pains fame, Cameron, now 37, has become better known this decade for his work with his ministry and TBN show, The Way of the Master.

ABC News’ 10/3 article about Fireproof starts off by saying, “You can almost picture the Hollywood studio execs scratching their heads.”   Read the full article [here].  Warning: Proceed to the link with caution as there may be some images inappropriate for younger viewers.

(Fireproof Trailer)

FAMILY CAMP!  Woo-hoo!  A new family tradition for us (for the past 3 years), we look forward each year going up to Friendly Pines Camp in Prescott, AZ and spending a 3 day weekend in fellowship with our church family as well as families from our sister church - Heritage Baptist.  Our guest speakers this year were Pastor Ovid Need and his wife, Bettie (mother to Jennie Chancey).  What a fun weekend we had! 

Day 1 - Friday: 
We left in the morning to have breakfast with 2 other families, our dear friends the J’s and H’s.  After a late breakfast and stopping at Starbuck’s afterwards for Pastor Rob (couldn’t resist mentioning that!), we headed up to Prescott.  We finally arrived at the camp grounds around 3:30pm.  The itinerary for that night was dinner (they had a gluten free menu this year!), evening chapel around 6pm, and fellowship!  The Legacy group was up til almost midnight! 

Day 2 - Saturday:
We were awoken around 6am to woodpeckers pecking on our cabin!  Oh, the life in the woods!  :D  The day started with breakfast at 7:30am (I had my smoothie instead.  heehee!).  Then we were off to morning chapel.  The rest of the morning and afternoon were spenting playing field games, doing the ropes course, having a “leather making” workshop and the ladies spending an hour with Mrs. Need.  During the evening we had dinner, evening chapel and finished the day with a bonfire!  Many of us were up past midnight! 

Day 3 - Sunday:
Our final day!  :(  We had breakfast, morning chapel, took group pictures, then our final lunch.  Many left after lunch, but many (especially us, the J’s, and H’s) stayed to the very last minute – until 4pm.  Some ladies spent time with Mrs. Need as she shared her courtship experiences with her 3 children.  Soooo beautiful!  After leaving the campsite, we, along with the J’s, and H’s had dinner at In-N-Out before heading back home.  We arrived home around 9:30pm.  Ahhhh, so good to be home!  :)

I took TONS of pictures from this weekend.  To view all my photos, go to my PHOTO GALLERY (password protected) page and click on the Family Camp 2008 album.  Or you can view some photos I’ve uploaded to my PHOTOBLOG.   Our son also posted a few pictures on his photoblog!  Feel free to checkout those pictures as well!