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Mimi’s Legacy

March 16, 2021 By april dillow Leave a Comment

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

March 10, 2021 By april dillow 4 Comments

“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!

January 9, 2021 By april dillow Leave a Comment

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 ...

Maybe that’s why God doesn’t tell us his plans

August 17, 2020 By april dillow 4 Comments

Is anyone looking around at their life right now saying “I’m exactly where I planned to be.” I know I’m certainly not. If you would have told me ten years ago that I would be a stay at home, homeschooling mom I’m sure I would have laughed. Maybe that’s why God doesn’t tell us His plans! We started homeschooling this month and the break from social media was the best thing I did for us during these last three weeks. I needed to dive in with my kids to establish some normalcy, a new routine, and to get settled in our homeschool journey. I have a tendency to allow myself to be sucked into the ...

Surprising Lessons from TikTok

March 20, 2020 By april dillow 2 Comments

I recently downloaded TikTok, I know, I know, but hear me out. This post is not about TikTok though I may write one eventually…I’m still learning and figuring it out. BUT, I created a TikTok account and I have been making some pretty cool process videos, letting others in behind the scenes, and showing them how already special, purposed treasures can be given an entirely new purpose becoming that much more sacred. The first video I made that received any amount of “substantial” views, I showed the process of turning a zippo lighter into a leather cuff. Now this lighter wasn’t just an ...