July 30, 2012

16x20 canvas ... ... [throwing J O Y giveaway]


[closed]

it has haunted me (in a good way) from the first time i heard it at the beginning of one of my favorite childhood tales, charlotte's web.  maybe it is the angelic voice of sarah mclachlan, or maybe it is just the simple yet mighty truth behind the words.  give it a listen  ordinary miracle .  a few weeks ago, i found myself in a conversation with a sweet woman who was a tad anxious about giving birth for the first time.  i attempted to comfort her by reminding her that she is designed for this.  i have experienced childbirth twice myself and one thing that i found myself clinging too in those days of anticipation was knowing that He designed my body and the baby's body for those moments of labor.  are you familiar with the reflex on the bottom of a baby's foot?  run your finger from their heel to toe and they press hard to extend their foot.  well when the woman's uterus contracts, it triggers that reflex, allowing baby to push him/herself further down.  that just fascinates me!  she can not control the contractions nor can baby control a reflex...they are designed to work together.  an ordinary miracle.  ...moving on... last week i began this semi-regular throwing J O Y giveway in a response to something God has put on my heart for sometime.  i honestly had no idea how blessed i would be, as i set out to encourage others to notice the joy in their routine & ordinary.  while brainstorming for the next giveaway, i received an email for an amazing deal on a 16x20 canvas.  so it was settled.  but what to put on that canvas?  no sooner than i asked myself that, did a design pop up in my head.   the next day my boys and i were coloring.  colby was working on a star wars masterpiece.  parker was creating a mr. incredible original.  and i began to sketch.  the radio is often on in our home and this particular afternoon we were listening to k-love.  it wasn't the first time they've shared a scripture on the airwaves, so as the dj began introducing it i continued to doodle.  then the pencil stopped drawing...  "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted."  Job 5:9 
note: i realize the 'ordinary miracles' print may not speak to you so i am offering up a couple other favorites. i posted 'make it a good one' on facebook a few weeks back (shared from the Time-Warp Wife) and it received a lot of attention. and 'love is' happens to be one of our family's favorite passages. it serves as a great reminder. it is not rare to hear me question my boys (who am i kidding, and myself) "do you love your brother?" most of the time they respond with "yes" to which i can ask, "what should that look like?" so i searched...yes, pinterest... and put my own twist on one that i liked. 
so... ... all this to say that in your hunting for joy, you just may notice a miracle or two. 

( ordinary miracles )



( make it a good one )


( love is )


giveaway details.
included in the giveaway is:
your choice of one of the 3 prints shown above*, printed on a 16x20 canvas.
*if selecting 'make it a good one' or 'love is' then you get to choose the color.



to enter.
leave a comment with your favorite print design = 1 entry
leave a comment sharing a line from the print that speaks to you and why = 1 entry
leave a comment sharing some J O Y that you stepped in today = 1 entry


giveway is open until wednesday 08/01/12 @ 1pm (az time)

i'll pick a winner randomly and announce it before 4pm that day.
the winner is tricia
congrats!  i hope this will bring encouragement to you and your messy hair!

26 comments:

  1. My favorite print design is the Love one. That is one of my favorite verses and I love the print!

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  2. Love the make it a good one. I totally needed that today. Love the blog post as well, I am going to totally tri the foot thing on the next newborn I see haha.

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  3. I love Make it a good one! SO me! Beautiful work!

    I appreciate that the time and love is all they remember not the little mishaps that i see all day :)

    my joy is stepping into thankfulness each morning paving my walk through the day as I look to Him in the moment by moment. <3

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  4. Love your post, Emily, and the thought of you doing art with the boys. smiles. Didn't know that about the baby's foot - God is like so smart. Have fun with your flinging joy, I mean slappin joy, er, throwing joy! that's it.

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  5. I love the make it a good one print! Such a great reminder that it's not the laundry or the dishes that are important but the time spent with our kiddos. I'm always saying to my husband that the time we get with them when their little is so short but at times can feel so overwhelming!!

    The line that speaks to me is they will remember the time we spent together and the love they felt. So true I don't remember a clean house or what mom was doing but I do remember how I was loved and the fun we had playing playdough!!

    Some joy that I stepped in today...being so thankful for friendships and being able to be there for a friend! God really answers prayers when you step out in faith!

    Oh and by the way, you rock!! :0)

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  6. My favorite print is the yellow home one!!! You know I loved it when you posted it!!! God bless sister!!

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  7. Love. I live in a house with three other college girls, on of which is not saved. The others and I are in constant prayer for her and the 1 Corinthians canvas would be the perfect reminder for our home- for all four of us- to show love.

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  8. My favorite line... "In twenty years..." YES! We are all about making memories here!!!

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  9. Joy for today... Spending time with my daughter's kindgergarten teacher who is battling mesothelioma... she may be limited in the number of days she has here on earth, but her heavenly, eternal perspective filled ME with Joy today! As I held her hand, and we chatted like old friends, God's presence was so thick... JOY for sure!!!

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  10. Okay, the second one speaks to me because I feel its something I'm trying really hard to apply in my life. Figuring out how to be a full time working mommy and how to make my home a happy place is important. Watching my babies grow so quickly makes me want to grab on to those moments where I sit down on the floor and play with them. I find joy in those quite moments with them... Reminding myself to be that Mom would be a good thing. :) LOVE the contest Emily...love the design on all of them but that was the reason I chose "make it a good one"

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  11. I like the grey and yellow one friend! Although the words on it are a bit premature for me right now - I am sure it will ring true in a few months:)

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  12. You are TOO good girl! I love them and I love all the good you are doing right now. I'd have to say make it a good one is a favorite of mine. I think my favorite part is the "they will remember the time we spent together and the love they felt" Too often I beat myself up wondering if I'm doing everything right but at the end of the day I try to remember that I have shown them my love, I have told them my love and we are doing SOME of the most important things...right.

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  13. My favorite is Ordinary Miracles. August 1st is Wes and my 26th anniversary. For 26 years I have been experiencing these ordinary miracles with a man that is my protector, my lover, my best friend, my spiritual leader. He is only second on my list of loves. My first is Jesus, who is the one who gave him to me. It truely is in the day to day living and not in the big moment that we learn to live out our faith. I could not think of anyone else I would want to share my life with.

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  14. I am so thankful for the reminder to make it a good one. As a mother of five and it being summer I do feel "always tired" and the house feels like it hasn't been wiped down in months, and as for my hair? Who has time to get to my hair lady? But my favorite part in this was that my kids won't remember what my hair or the house looked like. I know that it is the time spent together that matters most. I cherish motherhood. It is the hardest thing I have ever done but I will do all I can to make each day a "GOOD ONE"! THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS REMINDER. SUCH A GREAT ONE FOR OUR FAMILY TO SEE EACH DAY AS A REMINDER OF WHAT TRULY IS MOST IMPORTANT. OUR FAMILY!!!

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    1. oh and as for the Joy I stepped into today was when my son ran out to the garden first thing to see what needed to be picked. My 9yr old daughter who came up and rubbed her face against mine while having lunch at McDonalds, and holding my sons hand while he had a tooth pulled at the dentist, then reconnecting with some long time friends who stopped in on their way down South.

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    2. TRICIA! you are the winner. please email me at pixbyemily@cox.net and we'll get your canvas ordered and shipped!

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  15. Thank you for this post as I have a friend who is pregnant and words of wisdom like that are priceless in times of stress. She is experiencing some pre term labor so she could use a bit of reassurance :) and I found Joy in it as well :) Ps I like the Ordinary Miracles print ;) Jeanette Bedrosian :)

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  16. I couldn't figure out how to leave a comment under my profile so I just chose Anonymous :)

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  17. The line that spoke to me...
    Remember the time we spent together & the love they felt

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  18. I love the red love canvas!

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  19. I stepped in a big ole puddle of J O Y called encouragement. I have not been feeling well for several days; pinned up in my home, alone and feeling cut off from the rest of my life...

    I find it remarkable how a friend can send a simple text stating nothing more than "you rock" because I am going to do her daughters nails and how that simple text can turn my entire day around with a smile! Friends are very UNDER rated and I am grateful for the beauty God has put in my life - that beauty is love and friendship!!

    I stepped in that puddle today and that friend was not even aware she had left the faucet dripping to create that puddle!!

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  20. But rejoices with the truth really speaks to me. Not in the truth, but with the truth. Beautiful!

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  21. Spent joy with you in a cycle class. LOL!

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  22. I know I'm past the time deadline, but I still wanted to say the the Love print is my favorite one.( they all are really wonderful truth be told) you have a God given talent and He has shown His favor to you in your creativity! Thanks for letting me sit on the side lines and watch;)

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