Glorifying God Through Song

Hi everyone!

photo copyright Lindsey Weberg Photography 2012

I am honored to have been asked to write about my journey as a musician and follower of Christ and how the two of those things mesh together. Go have a look at my guest post over at the Delight blog.

God bless!
Rebecca

Unstoppable The Movie and Delight Blog

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to tell you all about a new movie that is hitting theaters September 24th and that is pretty soon, so get your tickets if there is a theater in your state within a reasonable distance. You will not be sorry! My family and I have all been encouraged by Kirk Cameron's other film called Monumental. Unstoppable is the answer/sequel to Monumental. But from what I hear it can also stand on its own, so don't let the fact you have not seen Monumental stop you. 

I also have some blog post ideas that are Lord willing going to be taking shape this month and hopefully be posted by the end of the month or early October. So be on the look out for those. In the mean time do hop over to this blog that I will be doing a guest post series about music for. 

Blessings! Rebecca Ann

Leaving a Legacy

 

Click on the button to go to Angie's blog Leaving a Legacy.

Click on the button to go to Angie's blog about childbirth and see her book called Redeeming Childbirth. Its on my to read list. :)

 

 Hi Ladies, 

No matter what season of life you are in, single, married, young or old you need to listen to this interview with Angie. It was definitely an eye opener, helping me to realize each moment counts. What kind of legacy am I leaving? Is it a legacy that will point others to my Savior Jesus Christ? Does the clothing I wear, the things I talk about, the plans I make glorify my Father in heaven? These are all you might say tough questions, but they are important ones we must think about as believers in Christ.


Angie blogs over at Redeeming Childbirth and Leaving A Legacy and I am so glad my sister Bethany and my friend Jennifer introduced this lady to me.  So definitely check out both of her blogs and if you don't have time for that at least listen to her interview while you make breakfast or fold the laundry. :) Thats what I did today. 

God bless,
Rebecca Ann

Bohemian meets 1930s Outfit of the day

I am sorry in advance for the poor sound quality of the video with the wind and the lawn mowers at the end. Enjoy anyway though!

I asked the lady who made the hat if she could make it without chains like the one in her shop and she kindly obliged. So do ask if you don't want chains on the side with the bow and she can do that. I love the  big bow a lot!

 Please excuse my headphones, I was walking and wanted music to listen to.

My pashmina scarf is from a store called Compass, which is only in Texas unfortunately. The snowflake necklace from Ashley was fun to wear when the snow came and I love how it sparkles.

 My hat is from Felt Fancy's Esty shop and my necklace was given to me by Ashley from Bramblewoodfashion.

God bless!
Rebecca

I heart Thursdays

This week I have been loving listen to Russell Crowe sing Stars from Les Miserables. At first when I saw the movie I did not like him, but now that I have listened to him and other actors who played Javier I prefer his vocals. You can say," Rebecca you are crazy!" if you like, but I love his interpretation of Javier compared to some of the more harsh vocals other actors have brought to the table.

I have also been loving Emmy Rossum's music. I loved her in Phantom of the Opera and thought she fell off the face of the planet, but apparently she did an album. I wish she would do some more music now!

I especially have been loving a youtuber this week, its Mallory from mallorylovesmakeup.
Her video series on curly hair has really be helpful for me since I have curly hair. She also has a lot of fun makeup videos and hauls too.

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I love this hair style and I have rocking it whenever I have 3 day hair thats not cooperating with me. Its easy and I always get lots of compliments on it. The picture of Jessica Brown Findlay from Downton Abby who plays Lady Sybil.

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Another great example of the hair style as well from pinterest. I also love her fair skin and red lips. Today I am going to try to find a red lipstick that is wearable for day wear at the drugstore. Pray I find something. :) It seems like its trying to find a needle in a haystack.

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Another great example of what a crown braid looks like. I am going to try and get a picture of me with the crown braid this coming week. I may even do a tutorial to post on youtube too. Let me know if any of you are interested!

Head over to Ashleys blog to link up too!

Rebecca

Take Back The Land Conference

Friends of mine are helping hold a conference that sounds really good. They are also doing a giveaway over at their blog for the book called Take Back the Land. Head on over here to their website to see more information about the conference.The conference is to inform young people how to make a difference in the United States government in a christian way. Sounds pretty informative to me!

God bless,
Rebecca

I heart Thursdays

I have seen the I heart thursdays blog posts a lot and always wanted to do it. So here I am finally getting around to it. Check out Ashleys blog over at www.bramblewoodfashion.com
Enjoy all of my Les Mis obsession and some other fun things. If you want to do it too please do! Be sure to link up over at Ashleys blog though.

The Rules for this below-

1. Be sure to have I ♥ Thursday in your post title. {You can copy & paste the ♥ into your own post. That is what I do.}

2. Have the button in your post, or link to back to me and have the button in your sidebar.

3. Share anything that you are loving right now. Tutorials, fashion, crafts, music, movies, recipes, quotes, what ever.

4. Have fun visiting everyone's link!

This video about the costumes was really interesting. I love Anne Hathaways pink gown. This movie takes you through so many periods as well costume wise! 

I have been wanting to make my own lipstick for a while and this video was inspiring. I am going to make my own with her recipe soon. I ordered my ingredients last night. I can't wait!

I have been singing a heart full of love all day! Yes I am a crazy person. :)

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I want to perfect my victory rolls for the World War 2 reenactment I am doing this month. Hopefully I will get it down in time!

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My goal for January is to finish Les Mis! I am crazy, but it really helps I am doing it with a friend who is doing it too. :) Let me know if any of you want to do this too! I would be happy to cheer you on.

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I saw this photo on pinterest and I could not help  but share this. Its awesome! But I feel for the piano. How sad to not be used anymore. :(

tinted lip balm recipe

I really want to start making my own lip sticks and lip balms. I bought a whole bunch of ingredients yesterday. So I cannot wait to get my ingredients in the mail so I can get started.

God bless and I hope you enjoyed my favorites for this week!
Rebecca

Liebster Blog Award and Tag

Hi everyone! Vicki over at SunShine and Shadows  has awarded me with the Liebster Blog Award! I was excited to do this tag and share with you all so I did a video vlog response. 

Here are the rules:

1. You must post eleven random facts about yourself.
2. You must also answer the eleven questions the awarder has given you and make up eleven questions for your awardees to answer in turn.
3. Tag eleven fellow bloggers.
4. Notify them that you've awarded them.
5. No tagging back.
6. The eleven blogs you tag must have less than 200 followers.

First the 11 Random Facts About Myself

1. I broke my nose when I was 12 playing baseball, so its actually crooked. :)
2. I was not homeschooled until 6th grade and went too public and private school before that. 
3. I used to play with juggling sticks/devil sticks.
4.  I used to love manga and anime when I was a kid and drew manga style cartoons. 
5.  I used to be a morning person and now I am becoming a night owl. 
6. I have a sister. 
7. I have never been much of a reader. 
8. My favorite color is light blue.
9. I don't own a bicyle. I know how to ride one though. 
10. My favorite soda is coke. 
11. I don't like pickles. ;)

Vicki's 11 Questions-

1. What is your favorite kind of fruit or fruit juice? Orange Juice

2. Did you have a dream when you were a child of what you wanted to be when you grew up, and have you achieved or are you achieving that dream? I am currently majoring in vocal/piano teaching and want to become a recording artist and teacher. So when I was a kid I always wanted to go to Nashville,TN and record. So I am getting towards that goal of recording my songs, but I will be doing them at my house with my own equipment. 

3. What is your favorite article of clothing? Dresses

4. A random stranger walks up to you and hands you three plane tickets to your dream destination - where is that destination, and whom do you take with you? Ireland!!!!!! I would bring my sister Bethany and my friend Lindsey because they have always wanted to go to Ireland too. 

5. If you are in college, what is your major? If you are not in college, what is one subject that you are passionate about? My Major is in vocal and piano teaching/performance. 

6. What is your favorite kind of weather? Winter! Yes I am crazy I know. ;)

7. If you could attend any one concert of your choosing, whom would you go see? Leeland!!!! Hence, the reason why I used Leeland only music for my vlog. 

8. What country/countries do your ancestors come from? Ireland, Scotland, and Germany and a little native american indian.

9. Is there any one theological question about the Bible or something in it that has always puzzled you, and if it's not too private, could you share it? Calvinism as always puzzled me, especially the doctrins of predestination and election. 

10. How long is your hair? It goes down to my waist when its wet and its about half way down my back when curly. 

11. What was the last book that made you cry? Nope its never happened! Sorry. Its happened during plenty of movies though. :)

My 11 Questions for my Tagged peeps-

1.What is your favorite food?

2. What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time?

3. What would be your ultimate day trip with a friend?

4. What country do you live in?

5. What country have you never been to that you would totally want to visit before you die?

6. What is your favorite movie?

7. What is your favorite thing about Christmas?

8. Is Christmas your favorite holiday? Is not what is your favorite holiday?

9. What is your favorite type of music to listen to?

10. Do you sing or play an instrument? If so what instruments do you play or what vocal part do you tend to sing? For instance soprano or alto? Bass or tenor if you are a guy.

11. Do you have any pets? If so what kind?

The people I Tag-

Sorry Ashley! I can't tag you because you have so many followers. 

1.Rachel from Maid For More
2. Marianne fromEsme and the laneway ( Sorry I said Esme in my video Marianne, for some reason I did not remember your name was Marianne, I feel really bad.)
3. Katie from Beautifully Pure
4. Victoria from JusticePirate
5. KatySue from Not All Who Wander Are Lost
6. Beth Ann from Genuine Beauty
7. Sarah from Romantic History
8. Casey from Casey's Elegant Musings
9. Nina from All Tumble Down
10. Shey from A Skirt A Day
11. Olivia from Fresh Modesty

I hope you all enjoy doing the tag and reading and watching mine! Boy was this fun!

God bless!
Rebecca

Get to Know Me Tag

So I saw some other youtubers doing this tag and I thought it would be fun to do so enjoy! I also tag Ashley from Bramblewood Fashion.

Blessings,
Rebecca

Winterlicious Tag vlog

Hey everyone!
I love doing vlogs and tags, so here is another one that has been going around youtube. Enjoy!

God bless!
Rebecca

I received an awesome package in the mail!!!!

Thank you Ashley!!!!!!! This was such a fun thing to open after studying hard for my exams tomorrow. What a nice treat!

Love,
Rebecca

Who's Coming?!

Its coming! Whats coming you might ask?! Its a bird, its a plane, no its the doctor. Doctor who? Good question. ;) 

Make sure you don't miss the Doctor Who Blog party starting this coming week the 22nd of October. As I would say, " Its going to be EPIC!" ;)

Blessings,

Rebecca Ann

A Birthday Alternative to Cake (tart!)

Hey Ya'll! 

My sister Bethany had a birthday in September and I decided to make her a gluten free and sugar free alternative to a birthday cake. I thought to myself what would sound good and taste yummy for a b-day celebration that was just as good as cake? 

Then the idea came to my head, why not do a fruit pudding tart?! I had always dreamed of making some small personal tarts for myself and friends and family, but there was never an occasion. Now was my chance.

So I went to the dictionary/resource of all resources Google. :) I Googled fruit tart and up came this lovely blog. Then I wanted to do an arrangement of fruit on top that was different than her lovely tart. It was pretty, but I did not have raspberries and I wanted to use the fruit we had in the freezer and fridge.  I wanted to be frugal and not have to go to the grocery to buy anything and I did not have to.

So once again I went to Mr. Google and found some fun pictures for inspiration. Yes I know I should start using Pinterest and I might have found something even more epic, but alas I do not want to succumb myself to the temptation to be addicted to that lovely attraction. Although it sounds lovely, it could turn into a not so lovely addiction for me. ;) I regress.

Anyways, so I found this, this , this, this, and this to be very inspiring and helpful in figuring what design I wanted to do with the fruit I already had available.

Here are a few pictures of the 3 different tarts I made over the course of two different days of celebrating.

My dad even thought they were delicious and so did the birthday gal and my mother. We were all happy even without sugar or wheat in there. It was still tasty with a little honey in the vanilla pudding I made from scratch that filled the middle.

I used the crust recipe from the Gluten free fix blog and I used the Creamy vanilla pudding recipe from the Heavenly Homemakers blog. Both are so so so yummy! I substituted the almond meal flour in the crust for raw almonds, which I just chopped up into fine flour in our Vitamix. I also substituted honey instead of sucanat in the pudding since we are doing sugar free tarts. You really should make them sometime with or without the sugar. ;)

I hope you all are having a lovely day! And just to be honest this is the first day in quite sometime I have gotten up when its still dark outside to start my day and I am very excited about all the things I have gotten accomplished before 10am. ;) Am I the only one who has had a hard time getting into a good morning routine of getting up early? Its only by Gods grace and help I was able to. Praise the Lord for His help!

God bless,

Rebecca

The Doctor Who Blog Party

Now I am not a blogger who usually participates in blog parties, I must confess I have scoffed at many blog parties and that was not too nice. ;) This one I could not scoff at because its all about Doctor Who!!! If you are a close friend of mine you would know I love love love Doctor Who and many of my friends think I am weird for that, but hey its a cool show and is hilarious. I will be participating and you can too if you want to come out and admit you love the show too. Hop on over to Natasha's blog and Ashley's blog to find out more! 

Blessings,

Rebecca Ann, yes I am a Doctor Who follower, the truth is out. ;)

Williamsburg Trip Part 2

 Starting our day the 2nd day we decided we would dress vintage inspired. I am wearing a vintage 1950s house dress and Ginny  on the left is wearing some 1940s inspired jeans she made herself. Isn't she a genius!!? They look so vintage and comfy to wear and they still look majorly feminine compared to modern jeans. Don't you think?

Our first stop was the working farm where we saw the farmers using the oxen to till their field.

The beautiful colonial garden was too fun to take photos of! I did not even include hardly any of them, I took so many. :)

My parents above as we walked to the colonial village. They are such godly parents! Yes they are sinners, but I praise God for them and how God provided them for me as godly counsel and friends.

The weaver was very interesting. You can see the shuttle below which they used when they would weave. The paper on the inside is actually either a piece of news paper or a playing card. Which apparently they did often to wind the thread onto.

The weaver/ spinner was very informative and she did such  great job telling us the history of weaving and spinning and the like. The looms in there were huge! Wish we owned one. :)

Carding materials and some fibers in a basket below.

Spinning the flax I believe or is it wool? I can't remember. Ginny?

Another of their many gardens.

 Lovely Ginny, here is full view of her outfit.

At lunch we did not even plan it, but we looked so vintage drinking root beer and cherry soda. :)

The Shoe maker, yes He is not the cobbler. And no he does not make ladies shoes apparently.

The Book bindery was pretty awesome! I never knew until I visited Williamsburg how they made books back then.

The Wig makers shop seen above was very informative and the lady on the right was perfect with her irish accent. I loved her 1st person persona. :)

We all got to play the harpsichord in the Cabinet Makers shop. Yes they also made harpsichords apparently. They even were making one the day we visited in the shop.

The Carpenters shop from the outside above and the stream below that goes underneath the house.

                                         
                                         
           

The inside of the carpenters sop was pretty impressive.

My parents

The Brick yard was interesting. :) They asked us if we wanted to help stomp the clay for making bricks, but I said no as I did not want to ruin my vintage dress. I guess I did not want to get dirty. Sorry guys! 

We found the sign above on the drink fountain quite amusing. :)

Lastly the jail sells of Colonial Williamsburg above and my Dad and I had fun below posing for this picture. :)

I hope you all enjoy! God bless,

Rebecca Ann