Just to say thanks...

One day when I was perusing Pinterest I stumbled across this picture..

I loved it at first sight.

I loved what it said. 

"Anything good you see in me is because of Jesus Christ".

This is something that I've known since the Lord saved me but in the last several years, I've come to KNOW this with my head and my heart.  

Nothing like a few painful lessons in humility for me to learn this truth in a HUGE way.

"Anything good you see in me is because of Jesus Christ".

No truer words.  For reals.

I pinned this to my "words" board with all of my other inspiring quotes and stuff.

And then it dawned on me.

"This is a necklace!!  It's for sale!!  Stephanie, you can buy this!!  It can be your very own!"

So I tracked down the wonderful creator of this beauty and there I discovered Kate.

She is the owner of her Etsy shop

"The Adopt Shoppe"

And not only did I find a bunch of gorgeous, God honoring,  pretties there...

I also discovered that 100% of her profit goes towards their second adoption!

So, I ordered my necklace as fast as my fingers could type.

 

I loved it even more in  person!

And I just adore Kate.

Here is a little bit of her story.

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I am Kate. I am a blessed mother and wife. My husband and I lost 2 baby boys before we had our 2 biological children. We could not have any more children. Through the miracle of adoption, we are blessed to have another daughter and we are in the process of adopting again!! I opened my little shop to help pay for our adoption expenses. 

Every penny of profit goes toward our adoption(s).
I am passionate about orphans and try to do everything I can for them. Whether it is a child in Africa, on the other side of the world, in a homeless shelter, or foster care system here in America, there is no difference. These children in need {through no fault of their own} need the ORDINARY people in this world {like me and you} to give them help to change their world for the better. We can't change the whole world by helping just one, but the whole world for that one...CHANGES.
There is also a message behind my work. I hope what I make is inspiring to you! I try to design each wooden tile necklace to be a "billboard for your heart".

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Isn't  her heart just precious?

And here are her precious children..

 Aren't they just beautiful?

This is Mia.

Their little love from Tiawian.

Now they are on their second adoption journey and all of the profits from their shop goes towards bringing their baby home.  Yay to that!

Here are some of the wonderful things you can find in her shop.

Aren't these lovely?!  And this is just a teensy taste of all the gorgeousness she has waiting in her shop....she has over 200 items for you to fall in love with!

So please go check out her shop.

{ The Adopt Shoppe }

I just ordered this one for my daughter, Lauren's, 18th birthday...

Kate went above and beyond to make sure it got here on time.

(Cuz she's sweet like that)

Here is Lauren wearing it on her birthday!

A while back I reached 100 followers and I wanted  to do a giveaway to say thank you to all of you for following along with me and my family's shenanigans!

So I bought one for you!

Just like mine!

 To win it all you got to do to enter is leave a comment :)

Just say howdy!

That's it! 


****This giveaway is now closed******

But if you would like 2 more entries you can...

1. go check out Kate's {shop} and come back and tell me what you like.

(Warning: Be prepared to fall in love with everything!)

2.  Go like Kate's Facebook page {here} and tell her I sent you.

Don't forget to leave separate comments for each entry!

I will announce the winner on Friday!

Thanks again for all of y'alls awesomeness!

Really.

Stephanie :)