Attitude of Gratitude + Design Day

Today I'm Grateful For

1. Thick socks on a cold day...
2. KnitPro that helps me to make pictures into knitting charts! What fun.
3. The new followers I have gotten! Yay, finally! Thankyou for following me ♥
4. Creative people who are aware of good design and make really cool things!

Today I have been working on a travel book design for my class to use when we travel to Chicago and NY in June/July.  I'm pretty excited and the more I work on the book the more I get excited. It doesn't quite feel real at the moment! And there is potentially big news that is kinda related ... but I haven't got confirmation on that yet... so we'll wait and see... 

So I thought I would share with you a few sneak peaks of how the design is looking ... and if any of you live in NY or Chicago and have some insiders tips, feel free to share! Would be so awesome and would help me to get even more excited! 

Attitude of Gratitude

Today I'm Grateful For

• Having money every time we need it. It seems like every time something bad/big comes up we get a new job or get paid for a job. I don't know how it works (well I do actually, I'm pretty sure God's got something to do with). Makes me think of this Bible verse

"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat of what you will drink...Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you of more value than they?... Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things." Matthew 6:25-34 Abbreviated

• My mum! Mother's Day is coming up and it always makes me realise how amazing a mum I have (my dad is pretty awesome too). I can not even think of a time when my mum was too busy to stop and have a chat, or a time when I didn't feel loved by her. I am soooo blessed to have such a mum! I wish I could actually find a present for Mother's Day that sums up how much I love her.. but I don't think there is one... 

•  Hair. Sounds funny, and it kind of is.. But this week I've been looking at my hair quite a bit as it's the first time in my entire life that I've had short hair. And thinking about it makes me grateful for hair haha because what if I was bald!? Not a good look.

• To Do lists - how could one even survive without ever writing a To Do List?! I have so much on mine at the moment.... which I am not really grateful for. Maybe I will be grateful when all the things are ticked off.

Look out for tomorrows Delightful Dishes post - been cooking up some yummy dishes and can't wait to share!

Attitude of Gratitude

Today I'm Grateful For

1. Having amazing in-laws! I have been camping with them for the last week and am now staying at their house for the next week and they are just so so nice and fun and everything I could wish for! 


2. Pastors who actually preach the Bible and tell it like it should be! Last week I was at Victoria Easter Camp and the youth speaker had some really inspiring and great messages.


3. Hot showers and warm beds because after being without for a week makes you realise how lucky we actually are to have easy access to this stuff when so many around the world don't.


4. Having a beautiful niece who just happens to have down syndrome.  While it is sad and undoubtedly will get harder and harder as she grows up, I am so glad that my eyes have been opened and I am now more accepting and loving of people with disabilities as well as the families and people who care for them. I went to an easter parade in Bendigo on the weekend and in there was a group of people from Creatability (a local art group for disabled people) and to see them parading down the street with everyone else, carrying their various works of art brought tears to my eyes. I am always touched to see that even though there are those that may be less able than you or me, they still get out there and get involved in different things, have a go, and be happy! My niece is the most beautiful and loving kid and I know she will be accepted by most but there is still that minority that will ignore her and treat her differently. It's not going to be the easiest ride in the world but I'm sure my family will agree when I say, we couldn't love Miss Lil any more that we do... and of course I'm equally as grateful to have a beautiful nephew as well :)

Only 4 today because the last was so long!

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