Well, hello New Year, with your fresh start and alluring invitation to start something new. And hello, blog. The forgotten corner of The Stamped Lily which begins each new year with the best of intentions…we meet again! Just like the previous years, here I am attempting to remain consistent with this craft that I enjoy but also dread each time I lay my fingers on the keys. Writing is a tricky business y’all. Why is this? Only God knows, but alas here I am. This time I really do want to share! (As if the last two years I didn’t…sheesh) But, I have the coolest idea and it will be so fun to ...
Not Just Scraps
Mimi’s Legacy
It starts with a belt. It's always a privilege to create keepsake jewelry pieces for you and your loved ones and this special order is no different. Lynn asked me to create these special keychains in remembrance of her friend Melanie Moniz-Jefferson (Mimi). Here is Melanie's story as told by her friend Lynn: Melanie passed on February 3, 2021 after losing her battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. What an amazing human being she was. She was my friend since our kids were in grade school. She was a teacher at Phoenix Academy of Math, Social Studies and AVID for the 8th grade. She was ...
The Heart Behind the TSL Stamp Kit
“I’m stamping with my Stamped Lily Kit” Faith said these words to her mom, my friend, about a recent metal stamping craft kit she received as a gift. She was having fun creating metal jewelry and since she was doing what I do, she said it was her “Stamped Lily” Kit. Well, as you can imagine, I LOVED this story and after I heard it I couldn’t think of anything else, wondering if this was something I should try to put together. So many ideas were swirling around and I teetered back and forth between “This is gonna be awesome” and “There’s no way I can pull this ...
Tell me how you did it!
I clicked “Buy Now” in the Amazon cart before pondering the implications. It’s not that I hadn’t done my research or that it was outside my budget. That wasn’t it at all! I had inspected the inside and lamented over the color options. When I had finally decided on one, I was delighted to see that it was even on sale! Yet, as I walked to pull the now “old one” out of my purse-the one I had just replaced-I pondered the question: How do you transition to a new bible? I flipped through the worn pages of my pink, imitation leather bound, NIV bible thinking about the nine years of life ...
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