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Words Matter - Thanksgiving Food For Thought
Ever since I posted the behind the scenes photo of my messy desk, and stack of journals on Instagram / Facebook a few days ago, I have had a few people...
Letting Go
It's back to school time, and I've just added some new cross pearl jewelry to the shop. The orders that I have gotten lately have been mostly large cross pearl necklaces for mothers, daughters, and grandmothers - all revolving around children going off to school. It's telling me that many of us are going through the same thing now ~ immense pride together with the gut-wrenching grief of letting our children go.
Psalms for the Summer - Children Come Home
"All your children are gathering to return to you," the Lord says, "As surely as I live, your children will be like jewels that a bride wears proudly." -Isaiah 49:18...
What I am Working On Now ~ November 2023 ~ Manifesting my Memoir
My life has been transformed by the power and grace of God. I no longer spiral in stress, despair, anxiety, resentment and heartbreak. I no longer hustle and strive each...
I PAUSED MY STORE TODAY (because I've been wanting to write a book since 2012)
You can have hope. Sarah Faulkner; trauma survivor, co-dependency overcomer, mother of an addict in recovery, brain aneurysm rupture survivor, and stroke survivor shares the power of prayer, and her personal, real-life miracle of complete healing. She calls her upcoming miracle memoir THE MAKING OF A PEARL. (coming to bookstores 2024)
Joy Comes in the Morning
Many of the greatest moments of my life have been spent right here in my studio. At my desk, in the early morning hours, with my coffee, Bibles, and notebook... ...
My Greatest Fear
What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true. Job 3:25 It was a sunny, summer Monday afternoon two days after my 46th birthday...
What's the story? The meaning behind my work.
All my work with Milk Velvet Pearls revolves around one thing: a loving God who has great plans for our lives. Whether we are in times of darkness or light,...
Hawaiian Dreams & Tahitian Pearls
It was March 2014 when I had the epiphany that the pearl was a metaphor for my life, and I decided that was going to make pearl jewelry to share...
Lessons from my Rose Garden: Pruning & Blooming
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. ⠀
John 15:2
Carmen Brown's Top 10 Mother's Day Gifts | Milk Velvet Pearls
I'm a fan of The Joy FM, 91.5 and often listen to it in the morning when I take my daughter to school. Last year, Carmen Brown, one of the...
