The ARt of doing business.....or something like that!

                     
I'm 63....I've earned a living by working since I was 16.  I have always loved what I have done, some jobs more than others.  Nothing can compare to my "job" now....Never have I felt more like I now have something to share, not just my art but the creator who gives me breath to do it and to share it and to share his word and his grace and his comfort and his joy along with it!!!!! Rosiewildwoman Art to Wear....

Below is a devotional I get each day from http://www.adevotion.org.....Every day it is good and relevant, today more than most.....

Do Business For God

LUKE 19:13,15 ESV
13 Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and
said to them, 'Engage in business until I come.'
15 When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered
these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to
him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

Your working life is supposed to be for more than just meeting
your needs. Your work is an avenue God can use to bless people
in many ways. You should use all that you have been given: your
influence, your contacts, your profits, to bless people and
turn them toward God.

Many people won't listen to a pastor or TV preacher, but they
will listen to someone they know and contact in daily life.

You don't have to be a pastor or a priest to walk with God and
be used by Him. Think of Abraham, David, Moses, and Daniel. Not
one of them was a preacher or a priest. Instead, they were all
involved in agriculture or government, what we consider as
secular jobs. Yet they are among the most famous and revered of
Bible characters.

Also we should keep in mind that Jesus of Nazareth spent most
of His years on earth as a carpenter -- a businessman -- not a
preacher.

COLOSSIANS 3:23 NLT
23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were
working for the Lord rather than for people.

You can see God move just as much in the work place as at a
church meeting. God is interested in blessing people right
where they are.

Where you work and spend your time is your "world." God does
not expect or ask most people to win some other country for
Him. God expects you to be a witness right where you are. Be a
witness of God's blessing and goodness and love. You don't have
to force your beliefs on people, but let your associates and
customers and suppliers and co-workers see God's blessing in
your life, and as you have opportunity let them know it is
because of God's grace and goodness -- which is also available
for them.

SAY THIS: I will bloom where I am planted and faithfully use
what God has given me for His glory and the growth of His
kingdom.

Struggling all the time to NOT be a Pharisee

   Are You A Pharisee?

MATTHEW 16:6,12 NKJ
6 Then Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven
of the Pharisees and the Sadducees."
12 Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of
the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and
Sadducees.

Why did Jesus warn His disciples to beware of the Pharisees?
What did they do wrong?

(An entire chapter of the Bible (Matthew 23) is Jesus' teaching
against the Pharisees.)

The Pharisees were conservative, faithful "church" members.
They accepted the Bible as the written Word of God. They paid
tithes. They believed in miracles (at least in days past). They
wouldn't dream of stealing, committing adultery, or such
things. You would like living next to a Pharisee as they were
model citizens.

But instead of having a living relationship with God, the
Pharisees took the Word of God and made just another dead
religion out of it.

The Pharisee way of thinking is: keep up appearances. "It
doesn't matter so much what you are on the inside, as long as
you keep the rules (at least publicly)."

Notice that Jesus likened their teaching to leaven, or yeast.
Why? Yeast spreads easily and rapidly. Humans are very
susceptible to approaching God in this manner, "Keep the rules.
Just do these 10 things and you are OK."

Different groups may have different rules, but we all
accumulate them. It may be how many times each week you must
attend church meetings, or what kind of clothes you must wear,
or how you must wear your hair. Or, it may be a list of things
you cannot do. But, as long as you meet these requirements, you
are in good standing with your group (or denomination).

But, good standing with God is based on only one thing
according to the New Testament: faith in what Jesus did for us.
That alone is what makes us right with God. Not our works, but
Jesus' work.

LUKE 12:1 NKJ
1 ... He began to say to His disciples first of all, "Beware of
the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

The Pharisees were hypocrites. That is, they put on an act.
What they pretended to be in public was not really what they
were like in private. They claimed to be perfect in keeping
God's law, but as humans they were all sinners, just like the
rest of the people were. Yet, in public, they insisted that
others keep the Law perfectly, or be condemned.

They were quick to pass judgment on others, and slow to extend
mercy or help. The Pharisees had a legalistic view of God's
Word and did not realize that God was merciful and wanted to
help people.

2 CORINTHIANS 3:6 NKJ
6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant,
not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but
the Spirit gives life.

Using God's Word to "kill" instead of using it to minister life
is wrong. God's Word is meant to help people and lift them up,
not place such hard demands on them that they cannot ever
measure up. When we load people down with heavy loads of rules
to keep in order to be right with God, we are ministers of
death.

MATTHEW 23:1-5 NLT
1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,
2 "The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the
official interpreters of the law of Moses.
3 So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don't follow
their example. For they don't practice what they teach.
4 They crush people with impossible religious demands and never
lift a finger to ease the burden.
5 "Everything they do is for show. . . .

If your "Christianity" is nothing more than a list of "do's and
don't's" then you are missing real Christianity, which is a
living relationship with Jesus Christ.

SAY THIS: Jesus does not want me to act like a Pharisee.

Be Who you Are!

As  I looked around the room of eight women creating a sculpted needle felted doll out of wool fluff, I was amazed at how different each doll was.  When my doll who was Mabel on Day one of the workshop turned into Marvin on Day two of the workshop I was reminded about what can happen in your life if you let go....Let GOD.   I think when we are creating we are actually as close as we can get to being our real self.  Not always a comfortable thing but by looking around the room at the finished incredible dolls, I knew that the uncomfort and effort was well worth the finished art.  It is sort of like that with God too.....Let him work in your life and he will create miracles and give you your true self.

                       Be Who You Are

1 CORINTHIANS 15:10 NIV
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am....

ROMANS 12:2  WUEST
2 And stop assuming an outward expression that does not come
from within you and is not representative of what you are in
your inner being but is patterned after this age; but change
your outward expression to one that comes from within and is
representative of your inner being, by the renewing of your
mind, resulting in your putting to the test what is the will of
God, the good and well-pleasing and complete will, and having
found that it meets specifications, place your approval upon it.

God is a brilliant Creator. He only makes originals -- not
copies. According to Ephesians 2:10, you are God's work of
art.

God made you unique. So be all that God created you to be.

Don't try to be someone else. Don't try to be an ear in the
Body of Christ, if God made you a foot. Just be yourself.

This does not mean that you cannot improve, or grow. Growth is
part of God's plan. And we can certainly learn from others, and
imitate excellent actions and attitudes.

But too many people are insecure and hope to gain acceptance
from others by conforming to what they think will make them
popular or successful -- even though they hate it and know they
are not being real.

ROMANS 12:2 PHILLIPS
2 Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own
mould....

Don't let the world pressure you into conforming.

Express the originality that God put within you. God made you
the way you are for a purpose -- His purpose.

This is not to encourage rebellion, of course. But it is not
God's plan for us all to be identical and do everything in the
same way.

I am not saying you have to try to be different. Just be who
God made you -- without fear.

Not everyone may like you, or what you do. But that is normal.
You can't always please everyone. Make it your aim to please
God by expressing what He made you.

ROMANS 12:2 NLT
2 Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let
God transform you into a new person by changing the way you
think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you
will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.

The Bible reveals many truths about who we are once we receive
Jesus Christ. We actually receive new life, a new standing with
God, and new ability. As you feed the Word of God into your
thinking, that new life will be able to manifest more and
more.

SAY THIS: I am what I am by the grace of God. I will be what
God made me and fulfil His plan for me.

Celebrating our uniqueness!   

3 Day Needle Felting Workshop with Kay Petal January 25-26-27 2010

January 25-26-27 2010  10 am to 5 pm

Hosted by: Wildwoman Creations

4030 NE Highway 101 Depoe Bay, Oregon

541-921-0759

$150.00 plus $20.00 supply fee

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3 Day Needle Felting Workshop with Kay Petal Jan 25-26-27, 2010

Introducing Gear and Tees for the Wildwoman

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Submission for Felt United Day October 3, 2009

This was fun. I did not know about 2009 being declared the year of natural fiber by The United Nations and then I found Felt United by chance and their call for Felt United Day was to create something in yellow and red. I looked on my work table and lo and behold there was a neck wrap/necklace/head wrap I had created in red and yellow. (colors I never create in) WOW is all I could say so here is my submission....The young woman with the organ and the mouth piece is the reason for the name of the submission. Normal is never an option....thanks to Linda Danna Wildwoman Two....my bestest friend.

The Purpose of Life

The Purpose Of Life excerpt from our Daily Devotion which Tom and I read each morning...An enpowering way to start the day

God created mankind primarily because He desired to have a
family. In order to truly fellowship with God, man had to have
freedom of choice. Unfortunately, man used his freedom to rebel
against God and fell from fellowship with God.

When man fell he came under the dominion of the devil, because
he followed the devil's suggestion to disobey God. With this
came spiritual death and a new nature which was selfish. Man
became self-centered -- actually worshiping himself by making
every decision based on what was best for him. The result of
this selfishness is evident all around us: horrible misery and
suffering.

God is just and obeys His own laws. Justice requires that
rebellion be punished. To be just, yet allow mankind to come
back into fellowship with Him, God Himself came to earth as the
man Jesus Christ. He suffered a horrible death as the
substitute for all mankind, taking the punishment we deserved
for our sins. Because of what Jesus did, God could justly
forgive all sin, and open a way for all people to come back
into fellowship with God.

Jesus Christ Himself is the only way to God. Only by receiving
Jesus can we enjoy the benefits of His sacrifice, which sets us
free from sin and its judgment.

Our life on earth now is testing and preparation for eternity,
to determine if we qualify to be in God's family. This is not
determined by human beauty or achievement, but by our
willingness to submit to the lordship of Jesus Christ. When we
submit to Jesus, He begins changing us into what He wants us to
be.

When you come to Jesus, He changes you inwardly. As you
continue following Jesus and obeying His Word, your inward
change will continue manifesting outwardly, causing people and
circumstances around you to change also. God will continue
working in and through you until you become like Jesus Christ
in your thoughts and actions, as well as your nature.

Thank you Lord for your great plan!

New mixed media jewelry

Submitted my new mixed media work to the Fiberartsmixedmedia Ning group created by Susan Sorrell August Challenge and won....Have a wonderful painted fiber coming as the prize....

I am enthralled with the process and will be creating more See the winning work and description "Northern Lights"

We just received our video cameras and are going to set them up in the gallery and hope to give demos and who knows what LIVE soon.

Also coming soon "Wildwoman Gear" Shirts-cards-magnets-cups for the Wildwoman in all of us.....

Feeling Good

Daily I am assaulted with "feel good" remedies from lots of "people" who feel they have the answer to "feeling good"

It took time for me to understand that for me to "feel good" I had to ask for it from God through accepting Jesus Christ by which I gained eternal life.

The concept is so unbelievably easy that it can not be possibly so. But, in reality, it is not easy. It takes laying down my free will and accepting and not questioning God's will.

That is hard since I believed I knew what was best for me. But, knowing that I am on the path, not there by a long shot, but on the path, one step at a time makes me feel real good

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Things are hopping at Wildwoman Creations Art and Craft Gallery in Depoe Bay, Oregon on the beautiful Central Oregon Coast.

A PERSONAL WELCOME FROM ROSIE THE WILDWOMAN

A Creativity Retreat....It is right in front of you...FREE

I am researching creativity retreats.....I googled it and am bookmarking the sites to go back and study and find the key words, the selling points, the insight into what people are thirsting for...and why they are willing to pay big bucks for it ....... to feel the cool, cool water of freedom flow over their bones. I find all kinds of places offering spiritual relief, creative relief, artistic relief. We want to escape to these places because living the life expected to be lived is a DRAG.....We want coaches to show us the way to be happy...We engage in an endless loop pursuing  what we believe will bring us happiness. We have not made the decisions on how we want our life to play out....We follow what others tell us  because it is easy....but we follow and find no joy.....Life is blah.....so...we search the web again and find the places that will give us a glimmer of what life could be and we pay our big bucks for that moment of bliss when.....if we opened our eyes and looked around us....we would see everything we needed and wanted.....Right in front of us....FREE for the taking....you just gotta LOOK..... Rosie the wildwoman

I'm SO HAPPY I COULD JUST BUBBLE

I'm SO HAPPY I COULD JUST BUBBLE, originally uploaded by Rosie the wildwoman.

Happiness is not known by the things that own you but by the free bubbles we all have inside us just waiting to be released.

....................Rosie the wildwoman

A Woman's Touch

I hate dirt and I really, really hate MUD!!! I do not want footprints of clay-like material trekking across my floors.

Take soil with lots of clay in it, Oregon rain, Men who tromp and what do you have........MUD....

Now I understand construction requires playing in the MUD. But I have never understood why it is necessary to tromp it all over the place. Could we not have clean shoes and dirty shoes??? Seems possible to me.

So....we are creating a 160 foot baby trench 14" deep for a water line going around the perimeter of the new building. We are high-Tech and using a digging-trenching machine......It moves very slow, in fact slow enough to complete a manicure while you are waiting for it to move. So.....do we stand there at the mercy of the machine, waiting for it to do it's thing or do we attend to necessary matters while we wait???

Women have always been good at multi-tasking....

EVERYONE IS BORN TO BE CREATIVE

I need flip flops so I buy some my size 8....take them home....they are a size too small....OK....send hubby back the next day to exchange for a size 9.....He brings them back....they are still too small.....So I go back.....return them....get the last 3 pairs of size 10 (you gotta be kidding) take them home....they fit but hurt my feet....The design is just screwy....but what can you expect for a buck.....

So when you cant beat em....you create with them........It is all inside us...creativity....everyday....you are presented with opportunities to be creative.....GO FOR IT!!!!! .Voila....A flower arrangement....flip flops, carnations, sand bucket.....

Take some time to see the possibilities and have FUN...... Rosie the wildwoman

To Every thing there is a season

and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down and a time to build up

A time to weep, and a time to laugh;a time to mourn, and a time to dance

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to get, and a time to lose;a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace

Why I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 and 22

I am really enjoying the macro lens and have been drawn to photographing things past their prime, flowers, trees, stumps, us.....Things not perfect...things not pretty to some and yet who is to tell what wonderful adventures they had along the way and maybe it feels good to quit trying so hard to impress people and just be content in oneself where and how you are at the moment. Maybe???

Serenity

This face SHOUTS serenity, peace and joy.... I am loving faces.......


The Original Serenity Prayer

- Author Unknown (Shortened version often credited to Reinhold Niebuhr)

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

Independence is NOT bondage

Wearable art neck piece.  A serene woman mentally breaking bondage and gaining independence.  The clay face was created and then enhanced with alcohol inks and pinata inks, covered with diamond glaze and then resin and placed on a hand cut, hand colored aluminum base wire wrapped (bursting through the wires-bondage).  Earrings are light-light hand cut aluminum colored with inks and resin and wire wrapped. 

A WILDWOMAN ORIGINAL

Celebrating Independence Day

   Independence is the freedom to pick and choose what makes me happy.

  Independence is not being leashed to a cell phone.

 Independence is having confidence in my decisions.

  Independence is acknowledging that my bliss comes from accepting my Lord's plan for my life.

 Independence is turning the TV off.

  Independence is honoring my beliefs.

  Independence is seeing beyond my circle.

 Independence is casting off worldly views.

Independence is not listening to the solicitors of the world that bombard you with what you need, what you should have, how to have more, how to get something for nothing.

Independence is not listening to the weather report. The weatherman never brings good news. It's either too hot, too cold, no rain, too much rain, no wind, too much wind....What happened to the thankfulness for whatever the weather is.....

Independence is not doing what I dont want to do instead of doing it and then complaining about it...

Simple revelation....either do it because I want too and enjoy it or dont do it.....It's so easy....STAND UP....TAKE CHARGE OF MY INDEPEDENCE....BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WAY I FEEL cause it's no one else's responsibility but mine.

I had a wonderful fourth of july holiday doing exactly what I wanted to do and I hope you did too....  

"TO BE FREE, TO BE HAPPY AND TO BE FRUITFUL, CAN ONLY BE ATTAINED THROUGH SACRIFICE OF MANY COMMON BUT OVERESTIMATED THINGS".....Robert Henri

Let's Get it DONE!!!

Yipee....we finally got our building permit for the new studio....Let's dig some trenches for the electrical conduit.  I "can-du-it"  yes I can.....Half the battle of doing it.....is the first step....just try it.....surprise yourself....believe in yourself...Dont listen to the voices that tell you "you cant"......Nike....has it right....JUST DO IT!!!