MOTHERHOOD

"About every true mother there is a sancity of martyrdom-
and when she is no more in the body, her children see her with
the ring of light around her head."

Godey's Lady's Book, 1867

THE ART OF DOMESTIC BLISS

.....in a time lacking in certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of it's lost heart. -Louise Bogan
“And there are my children!
My darling, precious children!
For their sakes I am continually constrained
to seek after an amended, a sanctified life;
what I want them to become
I must become myself”.

~ Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Arbor Day Craft (Plant a Tree for Me T-Shirt)


Teach kids the importance of our natural resources and make a fun wearable t-shirt at the same time. As a society we continue to learn about the significance of planting trees, including the air that they provide and the homes they offer to animals.

What you'll need:

  • White t-shirt
  • Fabric paint: brown, pink, yellow and 4-5 shades of green
  • Small leaf foam stamp
  • Medium paintbrush
  • Small paintbrush
  • Alphabet foam stamps
  • Squeezable silver glitter 3D fabric paint
  • Cardboard

How to make it:

  1. Insert cardboard into t-shirt and place on a flat surface.
  2. Position letters on t-shirt (spelling out “Plant a Tree for Me”) before adding paint to make sure you have them where you want them.
  3. One at a time, paint alphabet stamps liberally with dark green paint and gently yet firmly press onto t-shirt. Lift straight up in the air to remove.
  4. Use a paintbrush to paint the trunk of the tree onto the t-shirt.
  5. Use different shades of green paint to add leaves all over the top of the tree.
  6. Use the small paintbrush to add two baby trees, one on each side of the large tree. Use the same paintbrush with green paint to add a few leaves to each baby tree.
  7. Use the handle end of the medium paintbrush to dot on pink flowers with yellow centers.
  8. Use the small paintbrush to add stems of the flowers and grass.
  9. Carefully outline the letters with squeezable 3D paint.
  10. T-shirt should be allowed to dry for 24 hours.

Tips:

  • If you don’t have a leaf shaped stamp, use an old household sponge and cut into a simple leaf shape.
  • If you don’t have fabric paints you can use acrylic craft paint mixed with textile medium. Find textile medium at your local craft supply store and follow the instructions on the bottle.
  • Make this t-shirt and then have your child wear it and help them plant a small tree in your yard.
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An Island of Security....A Mother at Home

Very largely does the wife hold in her hands, as a sacred trust, the happiness and the highest good of the hearts that nestle there. In the last analysis, home happiness depends on the wife.
  • Her spirit gives the home its atmosphere.
  • Her hands fashion its beauty.
  • Her heart makes its love.
And the end is so worthy, so noble, so divine, that no woman who has been called to be a wife, and has listened to the call, should consider any price too great to pay, to be . . .

the light,
the joy,
the blessing,
the inspiration,
of a home.

The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies.

A true mother is one of the holiest secrets of home happiness.

God sends many beautiful things to this world,

many noble gifts;

but no blessing is richer than that which He bestows

in a mother

who has learned love's lessons well,

and has realized something of the meaning

of her sacred calling.










~ J. R. Miller, "Secrets of Happy Home Life, 1894" ~