Happy Thanksgiving!!

As this week is a holiday in America, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish all of you the happiest of Thanksgivings. Whether you live in the US or not, I am sure there are many ways the Lord has blessed your lives, and many things for you to give thanks over.

A Faith Perspective will be taking the week to celebrate. I look forward to seeing each of you right here, next week!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

FaithBuilder Friday

Ok- are you ready? Time for a laugh...you know you need it. I need it. Here we go:

Some Thanksgiving Funnies

Chime In!

So...an obvious question, but a good one, none the less: What are you thankful for this year? People, place, things...your ministry, maybe? Leave a comment and share with us- I love reading your answers!!

Featured Blog of the Week

This week's blog was sent n through a comment- thank you!! I am loving visiting the blogs you all recommend! Let's take a trip over to Scrappy Gram's Design's, this week. Not only does she have some lovely scrap projects...but she also has some truly lovely photos. And I was so uplifted by the verses and thoughts that she put with the pictures! I truly enjoyed my visit, and know you will, too!!

Congrats, Jane, for being this week's Featured Blog of the Week!! Drop me an email at ahouse@scrapbooknewsandreview.com and I have a cute little blinkie for your site...

Page Prompt

Tis the season...are you ready to start thinking about it? This week's page prompt is to do a page for Thanksgiving. Either a page about what you are thankful for--or who you you are thankful for. Be sure to share them with us in the gallery. We want to see them too!!

A Call for Faith Based Pages

Are you ready to be published in the fastest growing online magazine in the industry? Scrapbook News and Review is looking for your Faith Based pages and projects. What we are looking for:

*Pages or projects dealing with Resolutions- making resolutions for the new year, decisions you have made concerning your Spiritual walk, or Commitment pages concerning a Spiritual issue that you are working on.

* Pages or projects that show a year in review, or year end pages. Pages that take stock of where you are, where you are going, or where you want to be going spiritually.

The details:

--All Pages/projects should be submitted by Nov 28th.
--Images should be no larger than 550 pixels on the longest side
--Image names should include card name and your name...For Example: Happy Birthday by Mary Smith.jpg
--Please include complete supply list in submission
--Please include contact information.
--Pages may be previously seen. If chosen, we respectfully request they be removed from any blogs or galleries. An 'Out for Publication' sign will be provided upon request.
--send submissions to: ahouse@scrapbooknewsandreview.com

Faithbuilder Friday

I just finished the best book: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. Dang, this was a great book! She wrote this as a fictional book- sort of a Christian Romance. Really, it is a parable, though. It shows us, in a very hands on way, the lengths God goes to persue His Beloved...hey, that's us!! Definitely a recommended, read!

Chime in!

This week's page prompt was to scrap a page for your kids...what you pray for for their future spouses/marriages. So, the question, this week:

Do you pray for your child's future spouse's? Are you actively praying for the spouse that God will raise up- that He already has in mind for your child? (Not be name, but for their character, their faith, etc)?

Leave a comment, I would love to know!

Featured Blog of the Week

I found the best blog...I love the eye candy, and the tutorials, too. But, I have a confession...I love the fact that she made me laugh. Several times. She is funny...don't believe me? Read until you can tell me about her 'muscles'. LOL!

Courtney- congrats, you are our Featured Blog of the Week! Thanks for being out there, providing a safe haven on the web...and shining His light while you do it!!

Created by Courtney

Page Prompt

Here's a different take on this month's theme: A Marriage of Ideals...do a page for your son or daughter. Tell them of the spouse and or marriage that you are praying for for them. Dream a dream, tell a prayer, use the page to instruct...so many ways you can go with this. Be sure to show us- I would love to see!!

Featured Layout of the Week

How cool is this?! I found this over on the SALT Challenge blog. Yeah, I love their challenges, too. Ruth did this for the Hope challenge. I love it! The color, the 3d aspect, the embellishments...just so fun!! Great job!

Congrats Ruth, you are this week's Featured Layout of the Week!! Drop me an email at ahouse@scrapbooknewsandreview.com and we'll get you set up for a free month of the magazine.

Faithbuilder Friday

Found another site to add to your arsonel...gotta love it!! Crosswalk.com has an entire section for a Christian Marriage. filled with helpful articles, conversations, links to blogs...this could be an awesome resource for you and your spouse!!

Crosswalk: Marriage

Chime In!!

OK- talking marriage, this month...what was your favorite anniversary? Was there one that your spouse just rocked out? Tell us about it!!

Remember- to play along, just leave a comment to this post...I have a great time reading all your answers and getting to know each of you a bit better!!

Featured Blog of the Week

This week, I am going to take a quick break from showing you blogs, for a reminder. We want to see your blogs!! If you are a Christian and you have a blog- even if every post (or every other, lol) is not about your faith...we would love to visit you!! Leave a comment on this post, and share your links! I promise to take a look at every blog posted- and maybe you will have submitted the next Featured Blog!!

Page Prompt

This week I want to encourage you to do something hard...something you may not want to. I want you to consider doing a page about a period when your marriage wasn't perfect. Maybe it was just a dry spell, maybe it was a conflict...whatever. I really believe we need to show the bad times with the good...the struggles with the highlights in our family albums---for a couple of reasons.

1) It's therapeutic for you to get it out, and prayerfully work through it with God's help and insight.

2) It is important for our family (read children, and perhaps the unchurched) to see that marriage- and a Christians life, in general, is not all romance and fairy tales.

So, please- give it a go...and show us what you come up with- I know I would be encouraged to see your pages!

Layout of the Week

Here's another one that is not a layout= but a project...and a grand one, at that! Gail posted this one for a challenge over at Scrap of Faith...and I fell in love! How fun is this?!! I love the pictures mixed in with the bouquet...and what a great way to remember and celebrate your friends!

Congrats, Gail, for being this week's Layout of the Week...drop me an email at ahouse@scrapbooknewsandreview.com and we'll get you set up for a month of SNR.