Gracey Lou Designs {Clearance Sale}

Isnt my new Etsy Banner so Cute!!!!

I love it!

(Thanks Gina)

I am clearanceing out some of my inventory in My shop.

I will be adding more things to the ON SALE items this week

I have more pillow cases, crayon rolls, skirts, and Ties. All that will be

ON SALE!!!

Check it out! The good thing is everything is already made and can be shipped or pick up when sold!!

Christmas 2010

I was totally a bad picture taker this Christmas!!! I am a little disappointed at myself. We had a great Christmas though!!!

Some cute Christmas Pictures of the kids!!! They are both growing up so fast.

Ainzleys Proof that Santa came to visit!

Ainzleys Favorite Present was her dress up clothes!!

Izaaks Proof that Santa came!!

Izaaks Favorite Present was his new remote control Monster Truck!

My Favorite Present was my new phone!!!! Yeah I really needed a new one and Santa pick a good one! I also go the most amazing shelf ever. Ok well he had made one for the craft fair and we didn't sell it so I hung it up in my kitchen and then my neighbor wanted to give his wife one for her birthday so I had to take that one off my wall and give it to them which was no big deal I didn't intend on keeping it, but I guess Santa new that I really really like it. So he made me my own. This picture really doesn't do it justice (i took it with my phone). But its really super cute. I will post more picture when I get it one my wall.

I hope you all had a Wonderful Holiday!!!

Don't Forget

{Don't forget that we are hosting a 12 days of Christmas Giveaways on our other blog!!}

We are giving ways some way cute things!!! You really dont want to miss it. Vintage Restorations will be doing a HUGE giveaway at the end of the 12 Days. But to enter in that giveaway you will have had to enter in the previous days. I hope you wall go over and Enter!!!! Hope you are all enjoying this Holiday Season!!!

Day 6 - How can I improve my Thoughts?

Read:
D&C 6:16
Alma 37:36-37
D&C 121:45-46

Ponder: Do I keep all idle, unclean, or negative thoughts out of my mind? What would Jesus think about? How can I improve my thoughts? Do my thoughts affect my attitude? What do I think about when I have nothing to think about?

Myself
I have to live with myself, and so,
I want to be fit for myself to know;
I want to be able as days go by,
Always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
And hate myself for the things I've done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself,
And fool myself as I come and go
Into thinking that nobody else will know
The kind of man I really am;
I don't want to dress myself up in sham.
I want to deserve all men's respect;
But here in this struggle for fame and pelf,
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to think as I come and go
That I'm for bluster and bluff and empty show.
I never can hide myself from me,
I see what others may never see,
I know what others may never know,
I never can fool myself -- and so,
Whatever happens, I want to be
Self-respecting and conscience free

By
EA Guest

WOW!!!! I love this! It says everything. I am going to hang this in my bathroom so I am reminded everyday!!!

Sorry I got A little Behind _ Day 5 Am I a light to the world?

Read: Matthew 5

Ponder: Am I setting a righteous example for others? How can I let my light shine? Do my actions glorify God?

Have you ever stopped to think that perhaps you are the light sent by Heavenly Father to lead another safely home or to be a beacon from a distance to show the way back to the straight and narrow path the leads to eternal life? Your light is a beacon and should never stop burning or lead those who are looking for a way home. Let the lower light keep burning-- you may save a struggling seaman in the turbulent sea of life.

It isn't just nice to be a light for others; it is essential for their exaltation as well as for our own. "Let you light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 5:16)

We are children of light. As children of light, we walk in the light and choose the right and stand for the right.

Choosing the right is a decision-making process. Choose to learn what is the right way to live you life, learning principles and keeping the commandments and covenants that guide and protect you as you exercise your agency in daily choices.

Choose to do what is right because your greatest desire it to love the Lord and to be obedient to his laws, ordinances and commandments so that you can return back into his presence eternally. Choose to do what is right because you love yourself and because you honor those who love you.

Help other to do what is right. CHoose to be of service and be an example of what is right by lifting and strengthening others to do what is right because you care.

Choose to turn around and repent immediately if you ever depart from the straight and narrow path that leads to eternal life. Repentance is a merciful result of our Savior's atoning sacrifice because of the love our Father in Heaven and his Son Jesus Christ have for each of us.

From: "That Ye May Be the Children of Light"
Robert D Hales

As I ponder the questions that have been asked to ponder I am kinda feeling a little guilty. I know that I can do better to set a righteous example for others. I am going to work on that and strive to do better. I do hope that I have been the light in someone's life. I know there have been several people in my life that have been the light. One impractical is a neighbor of mine that befriended me the first day I went to church. If it hadn't been for her and her extending her hand in friendship with me I am not sure that I would have kept going to church. I know she has no idea the what an impact that had on me. I love her dearly. and hope that one day she will see what a great example she is to me and by her example she gives me hope and strength that things do happen for a reason and to have patience and trust in the lord and things will work out. I am grateful for many people that have been the light in my life.

Vintage Restorations 12 Days of Christmas Day 1

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!! WE ARE SO EXCITED TO DO THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS..... I HOPE YOU WILL ALL ENJOY IT AND MAYBE BE ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNERS. AT THE END OF THE TWELVE DAYS VINTAGE RESTORATIONS WILL BE DOING A HUGE GIVEAWAY YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS.... BUT THERE IS A CATCH TO ENTER YOU MUST HAVE ENTERED IN THE PREVIOUS DAYS GIVEAWAYS. SO WITH THAT SAID GOOD LUCK!!! AND SHOW THE GIVEAWAY HOST SOME MUCH NEEDED LOVE AND SUPPORT.


{Todays Giveaway is from Sarah at Papercutz}

She will be giving one Post-it note holder and a $10.00 Gift Certificate.

The holder is a 4 x 6 holder, with a 3 x 3 note pad and a coordinating pen.

She has some other cute things in her shop!!!



To enter in this Giveaway!!

Head on over to are other Blog!!!

Day 4- Am I a daughter of Christ?

Read:
D&C 19:15-24
Mosiah 4:2-3
Mosiah 5:7-9

Ponder: How can I get rid of guilt? How can I put myself in a position to have the power of the atonement cover my sins? Do I understand what Christ did for me? Do I comprehend the great love He has for me?

To those who may feel they have somehow forfeited their place at the table of the Lord, we say again with the Prophet Joseph Smith that God has "a forgiving disposition,"16 that Christ is "merciful and gracious, slow to anger, [is] long-suffering and full of goodness."17 I have always loved that when Matthew records Jesus' great injunction, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect,"18 Luke adds the Savior's additional commentary: "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful"19--as if to suggest that mercy is at least a beginning synonym for the perfection God has and for which all of us must strive. Mercy, with its sister virtue forgiveness, is at the very heart of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the eternal plan of salvation. Everything in the gospel teaches us that we can change if we need to, that we can be helped if we truly want it, that we can be made whole, whatever the problems of the past.

Now, if you feel too spiritually maimed to come to the feast, please realize that the Church is not a monastery for perfect people, though all of us ought to be striving on the road to godliness. No, at least one aspect of the Church is more like a hospital or an aid station, provided for those who are ill and want to get well, where one can get an infusion of spiritual nutrition and a supply of sustaining water
in order to keep on climbing.

Those who will receive the Lord Jesus Christ as the source of their salvation will always lie down in green pastures, no matter how barren and bleak the winter has been. And the waters of their refreshment will always be still waters, no matter how turbulent the storms of life. In walking His path of righteousness, our souls will be forever restored; and though that path may for us, as it did for Him, lead through the very valley of the shadow of death, yet we will fear no evil. The rod of His priesthood and the staff of His Spirit will always comfort us. And when we hunger and thirst in the effort, He will prepare a veritable feast before us, a table spread even in the presence of our enemies--contemporary enemies--which might include fear or family worries, sickness or personal sorrow of a hundred different kinds. In a crowning act of compassion at such a supper He anoints our head with oil and administers a blessing of strength to our soul. Our cup runneth over with His kindness, and our tears runneth over with joy. We weep to know that such goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our life, and that we will, if we desire it, dwell in the house of the Lord forever.23

Jeffry R. Holland

I will get back to you tomorrow on this one. I need a little more time to really think about this.