JOY to the world

Joy to the World , the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

the pictures of Christmas:

Thank you, Lord, for all the many blessings in my life, great and small. Thank you for these children & grandchildren & for the love and laughter that fills our lives every day.

Thank you for the privilege & honor of serving you.

Thank you for the greatest of all blessings - that Jesus Christ was born this day to bring the world salvation.

Thank you for giving your son, who was blameless, to die on that cross for my sins.

Thank you for the resurrection of your son, Jesus Christ, from the grave, giving all who believe in His name victory over the grave.

Thank you that because i have believed in my heart & confessed with my mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord – my name is written in the Lamb’s book of Life.

JOY TO THE WORLD! THE LORD IS COME!

peace -

mercury glass candlestick

we have a little house in south carolina that has no phone & no internet & no cell phone service.

we do have satellite tv now, but shelly’s nephew set it up, so it has no hgtv & no tlc but you can see all the nascar & hunting shows you want! whoopee!

but anyway --------- the reason for mentioning all of this is --------------when we go there, it’s a great time for catching up on reading & quiet time.

we were there for thanksgiving so i loaded up on christmas magazines to read.

in one of them, i read about KRYLON LOOKING GLASS MIRROR-LIKE PAINT.

i got so excited. it said you could make mercury glass looking things. so i looked all over the place while i was there. both walmarts, the one hobby lobby & the one lowes store. actually, there are 3 (yes, three) walmart stores within 30 miles of our house there. anyway, couldn’t find it. came home to ohio, started looking for the paint. finally, last week on a 2nd trip to michaels, i found it. across the aisle from the craft paint, on a bottom shelf. i was so excited. good thing i had a 40% off coupon because it was 11.99!!!!!! but i bot it! because it said you could make mercury glass looking things. i love mercury glass looking things! see - here’s a few -

so i gave it a try on a glass candlestick. you spray the underneath or inside of your object with 5 or more coats waiting 1 minute between each coat.

i think i could have sprayed a few more coats & will go back & do a few more after christmas. i think it really gives a great look!

here you can see the difference between the “un-mercuried” & the painted.

i’m looking forward to playing around some more with this paint & hope if any of you try it, you’ll let me know. i’m not the craftiest crafter or even a good painter but i do love mercury glass !

i’m linking up with kimba

merry christmas!

& peace-