Wonder in Endings & New Release Coming, Soon!

All the decorations went up, beautifully

Do you see what I see, “after all”?

I was doing pretty well, emotionally, this season, until time started to crunch. I had been so busy in the studio I hadn’t even begun preparing for Christmas. There was still a lot of shopping that needed to be done. The house wasn’t decorated. No baking had been done & we planned to welcome two sides of our family into our home for Christmas day. Then I let the facts of the matter get to me and felt 100% overwhelmed! Looking back, I think IF the phrase, “after all”, were included in most of my unfavorite moments I would not have lost hope as I did, for a bit, there.

For example, when the Christmas cookies I pulled out of the oven crashed to the floor and flung hot jam everywhere, resulting in blistering burns on my ankle. Using “after all”, instead of feeling defeated would have saved my heart. I could have said, “When all this chaos passes, I’ll be grateful I kept my composure because, AFTER ALL, God does beautiful things with my messes…even the painful, burny ones. Powerful shift.  

Or when I was furiously finishing up the last of the year’s commissions before I could get to work on my family’s Christmas, a better story I could have told myself is, “I realize I feel like just bagging our holiday plans but everything will come together. I just need to keep receiving the promise of Peace that makes no sense to humans because my Father isn’t one. (Philippians 4:6-7) AFTER ALL, remember all the miracles He’s pulled off on my behalf! He loves me perfectly and I’m grateful he watched out for me.

But all my hope-filled thoughts went out the window when it felt like an end to the holiday that means the most to me. So I’m taking this time to remember and re-story, to set myself up to do better next time I’m in a predicament.

The truth is, there’s so much good chasing after me. But the opposition doesn’t want me to see that. I don’t have to believe the lie that it’s all up to me. I DON’T have to make everything work out. That’s not my place. Now remember that, Kayla! Might need a sharpie to write it on my hand…

As for our Christmas? It turned out wonderfully. One of the best, ever, in my memory. Exhausting but wonderful in so many ways. My heart is full and all the panic was for nothing because, well, you know…

I pray you are so blessed this season and that your heart finds the treasure, truth & wholeness it seeks.

Thank you for supporting my mission and my studio.  Details about the NEW RELEASE EVENT, below.

Blessings, friends!

Kayla    

New Release - Preview

I’m planning an end-of-the-year originals event, “Sketches and mini’s” to share the smaller works I’ve created, this year, with my collectors. Join my Collector's Club to stay tuned and watch for the release. My Collectors get first peaks and the opportunity to submit theirr inquiries before the public has access to releases.

This release will be unframed and super affordable.  They will fit in a tiny frame or larger frame with a mat if you choose.  You can tuck them into almost any space:  A bookshelf, a desk, a small shelf, or a gallery wall.  I hope you love them as much as I do!  They bring a spark of joy, for sure.

NOTE: I’m thinking of doing a live private or public release. If you’d like to attend an online release, reply to this email and let me know! If there is enough interest to do a private one for my Collector’s Club, I’d love to do that for you.

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