Carey Bailey, Author at Carey Bailey

Craft Week: Cake Bunting

July 17, 2012

Cake bunting is such an adorable touch to your cakes. There are so many variations on the concept it is hard to pick just one. Here are directions for the one I made for the Teddy Bear Picnic. Supplies: 2 Wooden skewers Ribbon (3/16" width) Cardstock in color of choice Coordinating ribbon Glue ...

Crafts/Printables

Craft Week: Paper Flower Bouquet

July 16, 2012

Since it is the middle of summer I thought we would have a bit of craft fun this week! Before Cravings was reality I played on another blog called With Joy. It is a really random hodgepodge of stuff but I thought I could share some of the craft tutorials from there. These flowers were made for ...

Motherhood/Parenting

Battling Confidence.

July 11, 2012

Incredible mother Supportive wife Loving friend Prayerful soul Over the top organized Uniquely creative Dedicated employee Compassionate for others Funny to the tickle bone Addicted to chocolate This describes my friend. Doesn’t she sound wonderful? She is! The only problem is that she forgets ...

Motherhood/Parenting, Prayer/Prayer Requests

Helping kids learn that prayer is a conversation.

June 14, 2012

I don’t pray three times a day. I don’t pray five times a day. I don’t pray twenty times a day. I pray constantly…it is never ending. My life is one colossal conversation with God. Yes, even in my sleep we are conversing. My time with God is life giving and therefore it is vital to me that my ...

Devotionals

More than Charlie Brown joy.

June 12, 2012

I am excited to introduce todays guest blogger: My Mama! The woman who gave me my first journal. Thanks, Mama. Now onto her first blog post EVER! * originally posted on 4/20/11Do you remember Charlie Brown talking about happiness? Happiness is two kinds of ice cream, happiness is all 18 ...

Motherhood/Parenting

Confession. I am ending my affair.

June 4, 2012

Pause: A temporary stop in action or speech. Punctuate: To interrupt periodically. Over a year ago I went to a beautiful local spa thanks to my husband and kids. I am always in heaven at a day of pampering. I went in for my massage and the masseuse talked a bit much for my taste. She kept ...

Devotionals

Lessons Learned from Steven Tyler

May 30, 2012

Before I got married I had a little TV with an antenna that only got one channel with decent quality. So I really only knew about shows on NBC. When I started dating my now husband I was introduced to HD TV and reality TV. Hallelujah! One show I met was American Idol. The last couple of years ...

Crafts/Printables

June Printable To-Do List and Memory Verse

May 29, 2012

I should really think before I write things like I did last week about shaking things up. I basically hit publish on that post about my ugly bathroom counter and God said “Alright, let’s GO!” The plans I had made for the next year have been rearranged and I can’t lie I would have rather done ...

Motherhood/Parenting

Fight or Flighter?

May 28, 2012

We are currently in a marriage series at our church that has been very challenging. I can’t help but carry what I am learning on the weekends through our Mama Helpers. Thus all the nudges for love notes the past couple of weeks. This week we are being challenged to “fight fair” in all our ...

Devotionals

The Conductor and His Instruments.

May 22, 2012

It is Sunday. My Sunday off from work which makes it an extra special day. I get to go to church with my family. The kids ask if we get to ride in the same car together and I say “Yes!” They are so excited. I never even knew they noticed we went separately. It makes me realize that they value ...