Silver Anniversary

My parents recently celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary. It was a small intimate celebration with a few family and friends.  I designed the invitations, party favors, name tags, gift baskets and much more to honor and commemorate this wonderful occasion to a well deserving couple! Through many years, 5 children and 2 grandchildren later, their love continues to grow strong. With the help of their God and Savior, they have reached this milestone Silver Anniversary. They are great examples to us and all those they encounter. I am truly blessed to have such great parents as Mr. & Mrs. Santiago ❤

My siblings and I thank all our family and friends who came to celebrate this monumental occasion!

Mr. & Mrs. Santiago - 25 Years!

Santiago Family (7)

Mr. & Mrs. Santiago - The beginning! 

Silver Anniversary Party Favors

Card I designed for my parents

Silver Anniversary Invite!

Silver Anniversary Invitation I designed

Greenhouse Beauties!!

We wanted to share with you some of the beautiful flowers we captured at the Rockefeller Park Greenhouse in University Circle. This place was full of beautiful plants and flowers, but here are just a few we loved the most.  ^_^ Hope you enjoy and get to visit the greenhouse soon!!

                           
                           
                             

                     

                     

We joined the Cleveland Photographic Society!

Lotts of designs has joined the Cleveland Photographic Society! As part of the society we get to participate in many fun photo contests with other photographers in our area as well as other City Photographic Societies. We have the opportunity to explore hidden treasures in our city and and become a part of something great.

                        

Here's a sneak peak of an image we were able to capture at the Cleveland Greenhouse in University Circle. This place is great to visit and Free! If you are looking for a nice place in town to visit and enjoy some beautiful nature, the greenhouse is the place to go!

Rockefeller Park Greenhouse

A Milestone Blessing

Grandma Lott recently celebrated a milestone! She turned 80 years old! To honor her, I created a special card that would capture her tenured beauty. This card is vintage pink and gold themed.

        

To create this card I used the Sew Ribbon tool by We are Sew Easy to punch holes on the pink shimmery card stock, looped pink ribbon through and layered the paper on the card. I used some glittery foam letters and used my shimmery gold gel pen to tie in the card stock color. I also found a sticker I had left over from a previous scrapbooking project and placed it, and wrote over it with pink to tie all the colors together.



All together, using what I had, I was able to create a simply beautiful card for a very special lady! Sometimes it is better to reuse and recycle then purchase new craft supplies. It allows for more creativity and thinking out of the box. The recipient will appreciate the time spent and the thoughtful labor.  ^_^

Happy Crafting!!
Amanda Lott

Senior Photo shoot!

Shannon's senior year is approaching a bittersweet end. We went out on a warm October day for her senior photo shoot at the quaint town in Olmsted Falls.

We had so much fun capturing her beauty and fun personality. She is a top student in her class and an athlete. These are some of the shots we chose for her proof in the park, on a train and in her volleyball gear and we look forward to track season coming soon!

Mustard Revolution

My hubby and I recently had dinner with an awesome couple. They had such a wonderful story and shared their great testimony. They have a precious baby girl named Chaia and they blog about her story and their journey together. We were so blessed to meet with them and join them in prayer for their upcoming ministry in Columbus, OH 'City church' and for their little Princess Chaia and her heart condition.

We know God has huge plans for their lives and their ministry! We cannot wait to see what he has in store for them and we look forward to being a part of their ministry in some form. If you have some time to check out their blog and read up on what is going on with the Thompson family, please click the link below. For now, I thank you for joining in our prayers for the Mustard Revolution!

http://mustardrevolution.blogspot.com/2011/10/dearest-chaia.html

He (Jesus) replied, "Because you have so little faith.  I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20

Heavy heart!

I couldn't sit still at work all day. My heart is so heavy, not only for the tragedy that happened at Chardon High School yesterday, but for all the darkness in our world today. My heart is so saddened for the terrible decision a student made to take the life of classmates at random. My heart is heavy knowing that there is so much violence not just in schools but around the world.

sad but true...

The signs of the time are so evident and we must prepare ourselves for the Lord's coming soon. We must continue to lift each other in prayer for God's protection, and to reach out to the outcasts and unpopular. There are so many people hurting, maybe if we took the time to offer a caring smile, or a kind word... we could help make a difference.

In the midst of all the bad, we must find good. I had the privilege of visiting the Cleveland Greenhouse this weekend. What a beautiful place! We should be proud of great places like these in our city. This place brought me joy, warmth and happiness. In the midst of all the beautiful plants and flowers I found this precious beauty. A sign of perfection. To me, a sign from God reminding me that he takes care of us. He is the ultimate artist and he designed this flawless flower for us to enjoy. Hope you can enjoy it as well.

With Love,  Amanda Lott