My woodwork

Well after posting the stuff that I did in pottery, I thought I'd post some of the stuff I did in the wood.
After pottery it was onto the wood workshop. I have to say that I spent pretty much all my time in these 2 places. I realised that these were the kind of things that I wouldn't have access too on a day to day basis and I wanted to take advantage of them. The sewing, card making etc I could do any time as I know pretty much how to do them and where to get the resources from but this was something new I wanted to try. Anyway my first thing was to do a pig for my Dad. He loves these animals and I just really wanted to bless him and let him know I was thinking of him when I was away; so here is the multi coloured pig!!


The next thing I did was an idea that I have to admit I stole from another lady there that I had travelled up with. She had written out her mothers maiden family name and was going to cut this out of wood. Apparently that side of the family is very creative and though God fearing they don't have that personally relationship with God. I began thinking about my family and how God has really challenged me about praying for them over the past few weeks and the lack of commitment I have in praying for their salvation. So i decided to make my mum's family name (Roberts) and my dad's family name (Jones) out of wood so they'd be a constant reminder in my bedroom to pray for the family members.



My eye then fell on this pattern of a Cyprus Tree that was like a jigsaw that fitted together. It looked challenging but something that I wanted to do. Like the names above I then covered them in Danish Oil and waxed it afterwards. What was amazing about this was that on the last day all the items that people had made were laid out at the front. Somehow my tree was knocked over and the trunk split in half. I didn't know about this until the end and someone came and told me. I was quite upset about it internally and was chastising myself saying "Nothing you do ever turns out right, it always ends up broken, damaged or just stupid". As I was saying this and I was fighting back the pity party inside God told me that just as I had created that tree, put so much into it, and was upset when it had been damaged, He was upset by the events that have happened in my life that have damaged me. It gave me a glimpse into the heart of God and the fact that I sometimes see Him as impervious and aloof, but infact he is loving, emotional and deeply caring about each one of us. Anyway, sorry for rambling, here's the tree.


Lastly, thinking that I should really do something instead of these 2 activities I went and decorated some boxes for people to keep their trinkets or jewellery in. Don't know if the people I give them to will like them, I hope they do as I realised that when you create something, you put part of yourself into it and if someone rejects a gift, they reject part of you. Anyway here they are.



There is so much more that God spoke to me about while I was there, but too much to write in an e-mail!!! Hope you all well.
~Blessings~