One of my first loves...

Victorian Girl Putting on Eye Makeup
I have decided to return to doing bridal and special occasion makeup. I received my cosmetology license about fifteen years ago and had worked for years in salons doing hair and makeup. But since having children and choosing to stay home, I have left salon work and only did brides and prom makeup when requested. Well, I have been pondering and pondering for the last two years about having a home based business but I just couldn't figure out selling what. I wondered recently why I was trying to reinvent the wheel. Makeup was always my first love of occupations, prior to being a mama of course! So, I'm going to establish an LLC under the name of Makeup Design by Lisa and possibly sell whatever line I decide to go with. I'm leaning towards a mineral line, and today I ordered a starter kit from Bare Minerals. I'm very excited to try it as I am sure I am going to love it. I have been using a hodgepodge of makeup with some of it being mineral makeup. This is something that I love, that I am good at, and can bring in a little extra money. So I'm excited about this opportunity and giddy about trying out my new makeup when it comes in. I'll keep you posted about how I like it.

May the Lord richly bless your day,
Lisa

Gerberas I have loved...

Pink Gerbera I

There's just something about this flower. I first discovered them when I was picking out flowers for my bridesmaids' bouquets. I had found this great long simple dress from Betsy Johnson's in NYC. I purchased four dresses: one large, two medium's, and one small, with only one bridesmaid with me. They all fit the girls like a glove. It was a beautiful crepe material in a plum color with tiny bunches of flowers dotted here and there. I know that one of the flowers was a pale blue so our florist had suggested a gerbera daisy in light blue with some other flowers mixed in for their bouquets. I just loved them. So cheery. Classic shape for a flower really. Something you draw as a child. The round center with the long spear-like petals. But I love all the colors that gerberas are available in.

The next time I used gerberas was for our first daughter's first birthday. We heard about a great photographer in the town we lived in so we had a photo session for her big day. I purchased a half dozen or so of hot pink gerberas to match the dress she had on and with a clean white background. Well, they were just beautiful photographs.

I had forgotten about this simple childlike flower and how it has appeared in my life on occasion until I found this photograph. I'll have to see how they will mark another special day for me.

My current knitting: with my little guy turning one this weekend, he steals a great deal of my attention during the day, happily so by me. No complaints there. I just have the evening to knit, so during this season of my life, I spend more time reading blogs, books, and ravelry about knitting than actual knitting. I can nurse him while I do those things, but knitting while nursing is getting a bit trickier than when he was an infant. Especially a lace shawl. Noooooo, no, no, no. I don't think I'm going to risk having it ripped out by those cute dimpled fingers. The shawl I am plugging along on is Wrapped in Comfort's Julia shawl. I need to finish and block by late April for a wedding I'm attending. My yarn is Lisa Souza's Petal (50/50 silk/merino) in the Tropical Pink colorway. I'm also working on a simple triangle prayer shawl for a dear friend who just returned from the Mayo Clinic for testing. Next up is working on a sweater for my hubby, Sally Melville's Einstein coat and casting on for a pink pair of simple socks for me. I already have a lacy pair that I'm working on, but the color is very autumnal and I need to see spring colors! The other two projects are both darker colors, and I think I've decided that I need to have something pink going on at all times. I just have to.

Newest pink find...very cute pair of pink cordoroy pants from a thrift store. Score!

We saw the movie, Fireproof, last night. It was written/directed/produced by the Kendrick brothers. The same team that made Flywheel and Facing the Giants. Fireproof stars Kirk Cameron who plays a fire chief having marriage difficulties. Just love all three films these devoted, very talented and FUNNY men have produced. Go rent them if you haven't already.



May the Lord richly bless your day,
Lisa

Think Pink

I have been totally pink inspired by the Think Pink group on Ravelry. I knew I have always loved pink since I was a little girl, but I never really considered how often I prefer pink over other colors. So I decided to change the layout of my blog...to pink. I'll add pink photos as often as I am inspired.

My most recent favorite pink item...the two dozen pink roses that my wonderful husband bought for me last Friday. My love.

May the Lord richly bless your day,
Lisa

I stand corrected...

Well, it did continue to snow all day long, accumulating to a good 7 or 8 inches. Hubby said on his way in to work (he leaves the house at 1 AM), his car did a 360 (or even more!) on a nearby road. Thank you, Lord, that he is safe.

Well, enjoy the brightness of this new fallen snow. Spring will come in its season!



Purple Tulip

Seasons...

We got hit with another last hurrah of snow last night. The weather reports changed all day yesterday as to the timing of this storm, and truth be told, I was really expecting it to turn to rain. As I drove to a wedding shower yesterday, I saw some boys playing basketball with no jackets on and I'm thinking, "Snow? Today??" Naaaaahhhh. Well, snow it did. But not quite the dier foot of it that was possible. I don't mind it. Yes, I was looking forward to spring weather and looking for shoots of bulbs popping up through the ground. But I also appreciate the change of seasons that the Lord provides for me. We go through so many different kinds of seasons in our lives. We have seasons of friendships, some lasting only a day or so at an event, some lasting a couple of years until one of them moves away, and some that withstand time and distance to carry us through a lifetime together. We have seasons of trials. Where the Lord carries us through the difficulties of life. Seasons of proserity. Seasons of creativity. Seasons of solitute. Seasons of great spiritual growth. And seasons of the desert, walking seemingly alone. But we are never alone. The Lord promises believers that He will never leave us or forsake us. So when my little fella woke me up at 6 am, a little early for this lady, I went downstairs, enjoying that early morning strangely cast light, and looked outside. He has given us one more snow this season. Such beautiful white beauty. White as snow.
Take time today to give thanks to the Lord for such awsome beauty. Imagine. Such pure brightness coming down from the sky. Spring will come soon enough. In its season.
May the Lord richly bless your day,
Lisa