He who promised is faithful! {Free Spring Printable}

I recently worked on a fun project for friend, Heather Fignar @ heatherfignar.com. She was invited to speak at a women's retreat on the shore and was looking for something lovely to give the women as a takeaway from the weekend. So we came up with these beautiful art prints! (We always do our best work together!) She blogged about the importance of this truth here and, as always, her words are spot on.

Go on on over and read it! Or, if you have found yourself over here at Lovely Dwelling Design from Heather's blog, let me first say a big welcome! You can get this beautiful free download below after signing up for LDD's monthly newsletter.

GET YOUR FREE PDF DOWNLOAD {Hebrews 10:23}
This download includes 4 color choices and is available for your personal use.

As always, God's timing is perfect. Through the unexpected struggles, decisions and unknowns of the past few weeks, this verse was there as that gentle and quiet reminder that God's got this!  

He is trustworthy, and He is faithful! I've tasted and seen the reality of His faithfulness through His provision, His comfort, His Word and His people this week.

 Where have you experienced His faithfulness recently?

Blessings,
Erin

DIY Mommy & Me Photoshoot {Mother's Day}

When you are longing for some good photos (not the iPhone kind, although those aren't too bad) of you with your boys who are growing too fast, but don't have the time, energy or budget for a professional photo shoot, you throw some polo shirts on your boys (kicking and screaming) and hand your camera to your husband, with a prayer that you'll get through this with at least one decent photo. Then you head to the backyard after dinner promising play time and dessert if they will sit for a a couple dozen photos.

And this is what we ended up with. Not bad after some photo editing. And absolutely priceless to me! Our yard even looks kind of pretty.
 

 

Then there were rare photos of our Beagle to prove that he is indeed part of the family.

Followed by soccer in the back yard. One of my favorite family activities.

Not a bad way to end to our Mother's Day!

~Erin

Are you ready for Easter?

I wish I could say that I spend more time preparing for Easter than I actually do. It tends to sneak up on me. This year my excuse is that there's still snow on the ground and my son's birthday falls the weekend before Easter. I can really only handle one thing at a time and the fireman birthday party comes first!

That said, I really do look forward to Easter! The snow is melted and Spring is on its way (well, maybe not this year, but one can hope!)... egg hunts ... Easter basket goodies ... Spring colors ... brunch ... coordinating dressy outfits for my boys ...

But most of all, I love the celebration at our church that takes place on Saturday evening and Sunday morning when we remember that Christ conquered death — and that makes all the difference! 

I'm also looking forward to teaching our almost 3-year-old about Easter. I love the excitement that a preschooler has for learning new things. What will you be doing with your kids? Do you need some ideas? Valley put together some great Easter resources for families. We'll definitely be doing the Resurrection Eggs this year!

And finally, here's a free printable for decorating your home this Easter. All you have to do is download, print, trim and put in a cute frame. It's really that simple!

I love linen card stock, so that's probably what I will print mine on — the same card stock that I use for all the prints in my Etsy Shop. (I promise it will go up on our mantel just as soon as our little boy's fireman birthday party is over!)

My Redeemer Lives 8x10 PDF

Playing around with chalkboard style. What do you think?

Sunday's Coming 8x10 PDF

These printables are for personal use only. Feel free to share by linking back to my blog. And don't forget to like my Facebook page!

Happy Easter!
~Erin