Be Real

Be Real.

From The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams:

"Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby,

but the Boy loved him just as much."

"He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off,

and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded.

He even began to lose his shape,

and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more,

except to the Boy."

"To him he was always beautiful, and that was all the little Rabbit cared about.

He didn't mind how he looked to other people,

because the nursery magic had made him Real,

and when you are Real, shabbiness doesn't matter."

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{Preview of what is to come in the Etsy shop this week!}

Shabbiness Doesn't Matter

Sunflowers are a love of mine.

You'll see them all over

in my photographs

and art.

Of course,

my little sass-a-frass here

is another love.

So great light + spontanaeity = sunflower shots.

One of my favorite quotes

is from

The Velveteen Rabbit:

. . . when you are Real, shabbiness doesn't matter . . .

I so agree.

Be Real

is one of my encouragements

to others

and to myself.

Because I am so imperfect.

And I so despise bull.

I hate putting on a mask of fakeness.

I have done it.

And it just ate away at my heart.

So we are just all about

shabbiness and realness here.

So Erin didn't have her hair brushed

yet for the day.

And her shirt wasn't ironed.

And her fingernail polish was chipped.

And the sunflowers weren't perfect either.

And her toenails weren't polished either.

And I couldn't get a real smile out of her.

And the mosquitoes kept biting so she had to itch her legs.

But it was real.

And shabby.

And it was still overflowing

with

beauty.

I'm so stinking excited about all of the

"likes" I'm getting on my new facebook page

for Jodene Shaw, Mixed Media Art & Photography.

I'd love for you to check it out.

I have not figured out yet how to put the "like" button here on my blog.

But I am working on it.

In the meantime, just type me into the search on facebook,

and I'll come up.

Thanks everyone for the PARTY of encouragement, my friends!

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Linking with Jen at Soli Deo Gloria Sisterhood

Such a great group of inspiring women

who love Jesus!

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