December Flexi of the Month

The December  Flexi of the Month is Adora...

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Black Friday Sale at Lilla Rose!

There's a huge Black Friday sale going on now at Lilla Rose!  :)

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May Flexi of the Month and a Sale!

Hi ladies,

The May FOTM is Floressa, and it's a beauty! It's on sale now through the month of May.

The monthly special at Lilla Rose is spend $75 and get pair of the new u-pins! Also, there is sale beginning now through May 3 @ 11:59 pm PST - 10% off new and returning May styles and free shipping on retail orders $60 and over.

Thanks for your support.  :)

Nature Exchange #5

Hi, friends!

This post about our most recent nature exchange is a bit overdue. As in, 6 months overdue! 

 For a little background, our first 3 nature exchanges were with Silvia.  You can read about them here, here, and here. 

Our fourth nature exchange was with Celeste.  Then, last fall, we arranged a fifth nature exchange with Amber.  

We spent many fun hours searching for treasures to send to Amber and her family. Since Amber and her family live about 2,000 miles away, we searched high and low for unusual items that they might not have in their area. My children enjoy

the searching part as much as they enjoy the receiving part.  :)

We found butterflies, moths, insects, feathers, snail shells, flower seeds, a lump of pine tree sap, a mantis egg sac, a snake skin, milkweed pods, etc.

The children sketched some of the treasures so they could look back at their Nature journals and  remember what we sent.  Here's a peek.....

Naomi sketched a Monarch butterfly, a pigeon feather, and a snail shell.  I love her Monarch butterfly.  :)

Ian sketched a wood beetle, snail shell, and a Spicebush Swallowtail.

Love the detail of his wood beetle.  :)

Aaron sketched a wood beetle, a Monarch butterfly, a pigeon feather, and a dragonfly.

Love it!  :)

Natalie sketched butterflies and a feather. Even though the Giant Swallowtail was a bit ratty around the lower edges of the wings, she  sketched it accurately.

Asher's sketches..I love the horsefly.  :)

The detail on his cicada was impressive.  :)

After sketching, we carefully boxed everything up and mailed it. A short time later, Amber's box arrived. 

We were thrilled to open the box and see what Amber and her family sent us - 

 - all tree-related treasures. :)

Everything was carefully packed and labeled.

The biggest pine cones we have ever seen!

And to top it off, Amber enclosed a very informative letter with a detailed explanation of each item. It was like a tree-based Science lesson in a box!  :) We compared the tree specimens with similar trees in our area. Lots of hands-on learning and fun. Thanks so much, Amber! 

Sharing with Celeste.

April Flexi of the Month

Hi friends!

The April Flexi of the Month is Felicite and is available now. 

Also, the Lilla Rose special for this month is a free hairband with orders of $80 or more!  :)

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Thanks for your support.  :)

Keeping Company with Amy Carmichael

From Gold By Moonlight, by Amy Carmichael, chapter 3, The Ravine.

          "Love, travelling in the greatness of His strength, 

                    Found me alone, 

            Footsore and tired by the journey's length,

                    Though I had known 

            All the long way many a kindly air,

            And flowers blossomed for me everywhere. 

            And yet Love found me needing Him. He stayed: 

                      Love stayed by me. 

            'Let not thy heart be troubled or dismayed, 

                      My Child,' said He.

            Slipped from me then, all troubles, all alarms,

            For Love had gathered me into His arms." 

(You can read my previous posts about this book here, here, here, and here.)

Sharing with Celeste  and Dawn.

March Flexi of the Month

Hi, everyone!

March is here and that means the Flexi of the Month is available now. It's so beautiful, and it's called Trinitee....

Also, the March special at Lilla Rose is a free Bobby pin for orders of $40 or more, and 2 free Bobbies on orders of $50 or more.  www.lillarose.biz/LisaKnight

Thanks for your support!  :)