Sonya Mac Designs

gifts in the breaking ice of winter

Sonya — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:58:08 +0000

Multitudes on Mondays. Today, In continuous moments of Thanksgiving …

#28 … a late freeze n Tennessee

#29 … some early morning inspiration

#30 … the rush to get there before the thaw

#31 … the sound of breaking ice

my new studio has heat & air … praise HIM!

Sonya — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:18:01 +0000

I’m so thankful, so very thankful … but because I so believe in HIM … I would not allow my self to grumble … with HIS blessing of a room in which to create … even if it lacked more than a little space heater … even if cicadas, wanted to move in. But NOW, oh now … my precious Lord has provided … just as HE said HE would (the one & only promise keeper).

Then, I did what sonya does … I gave it away … to my sister … who had no place to stay … that’s one of the many reasons … it’s taken eight months to get to this place. This place of peace. This place of comfort. This place of joy. My sister received the keys to her new home on my birthday! Yes, last Friday … Feb. 10, 2012 … yet, another awesome … amazing gift from HIM … you see … how in the world could we help them … when my very own birth sister … was without a home.

Today, is Sneak Peek Friday … over at Jennifer’s … Studio JRU

(in) Real Life: Southeast Baptist Church

Sonya — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:58:16 +0000

Hey all, just a note or two to let you know, that we will be hosting a most awesome event at Southeast Baptist Church in Murfreesboro TN, It’s called (in)Real Life … created by the creative ladies over at incourage. The event starts Friday the 27th and ends on Saturday the 28th day of April. It’s not an all night-er, we’ll go home and come back the next day. We are super excited about this Event and we would love for you to join us (if your in Middle Tennessee, of course). If not … just check out the World Wide (in) Real Life Map and find the very same event near you. Now, that reminds me of Jesus … you know that same Jesus … the one who never changes … love that about HIM!

A home blessing from (in)courage

Sonya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:49:58 +0000

I am in total and complete awe. This tiered server arrived on my birthday, today … yes today! I won it … over at (in)courage and man … am I ever encouraged & Thankful. I just had to share this with Jennifer and friends … for Sneak Peak Friday … of course there was snow in Tennessee as well … hope you have an absolutely awesome weekend. love is a verb … sonya la

in lower case

Sonya — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:07:22 +0000

something new for us here at sonyamacdesigns … it’s my heart to honor my Jesus in my actions and my words … daily, every day. So this is a new practice for me … to pray with open hands and an open heart and to sign my name to anything in lower case … it’s just, yes crazy … but a constant reminder to self … that bought for a price was me and you … chosen are we.

God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,

1 Corinthians 1:28

years ago

Sonya — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:18:54 +0000

someone shared this little advise with me and now I share it with you. this here is how you get through the hard. This is how my little family gets through the hard. We pray and then we believe HIS promises in HIS book. You know the Bible.

Multitudes on Mondays: hot red tomatoes

Sonya — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:24:16 +0000

Multitudes on Mondays … Today, In continuous moments of Thanksgiving …

#28 … a ripe red tomato in JUNE

#29 … sharing elders

#30 … summer heat … is so FREE

#31 … summer sun … is so FREE

#32 … my son & daughter working for the first time …

sunday spaces: Murfreesboro Secret Gardens Tour#1

Sonya — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:40:42 +0000

I sit here with more than four hundred photographs of six secret gardens from here in the Boro and my thoughts are focused on the people I met or didn’t meet. Each one inspired me in the most humble way. I got dressed up a bit and off I went … just , my camera & me in Tennessee.

Plan on enjoying, each space with me as a special production of sunday spaces for summer 2011. We’re going to take things a bit slower for the summer as we always do in the south. You know kinda … down by the river SLOW.

For a donation of ten dollars, visitors, such as myself were able to drink in the lusciousness of six very different garden spaces. This week for Sunday spaces, I am sharing with you the friendship garden of Kirby McCain.

The secret Garden brochure tells me that Kirby’s garden is an expression of her love of color and these photographs are evidence of just that … would you not agree.

studio sneak peek friday : like an old chair

Sonya — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:10:14 +0000

I feel like an old chair, that my FATHER … sat there. Just sitting and waiting in HOPE for some new cover, some prettier cover to match the new me. The me in progress. The me still in transition. The me who will never see HIS glory … for that too will be a new me … one closer to sanctification … cause this life is all a process of HIM creating a clean heart.

The process of creating something new, from something old … like me or this chair … requires some ripping … here and there. Ripping is painful.

The process of creating something new, from something old … like me … requires some pulling of nail heads … here and there. Pulling is painful and nail heads leave little holes.

The process of creating something new, from something old … like me or this chair … requires some sanding of the wood. Sanding is painful and sanding creates heat.

The process of creating something new, from something old … like me or this chair … requires some … dreaming of new cloth. Glory!

The process of creating something new, from something old … like me or this chair … requires some … shopping for new cloth. Glory!

The process of creating something new, from something old … like me or this chair … requires some … stitching of new cloth. Glory!

…. requires some new nail heads … more GLORY

…. requires some wood filler … even more GLORY

…. requires some wood glue … now even more GLORY

add a little shine and you got NEW … Glory glory hal la lu ya

Joining Jennifer today for studio sneak peak Friday

sunday spaces: studio mailbox

Sonya — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:11:02 +0000

Welcome to Sunday Spaces and please allow me to introduce to you artist and creative girl extraordinaire TJ of Studio Mailbox. This photo of this Sunday Space is the property of TJ and has been republished here with permission & grace. You just gotta love this extremely creative girlie Tari June, another mommy on an Artful Journey … this stop Germany. I’m Thankful to Tari for sharing her photos with us today on Sunday Spaces.

Just click on the links above to discover Tari’s spaces!

P.S. : Be sure to check out Crusade No. 51 on Michelle’s Blog … it’s a bit of a challenge … love is a verb … sonya la