UPDATE:  THIS KIT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE DAISIE COMPANY STORE.  THE IMAGES ARE CLICKABLE LINKS TO THE STORE IF YOU WISH TO GO SEE THEM.  Here are a couple new views on the kit I’ll be releasing this week called "Purple Pleasures.  It was created for the people who have told me that purple is their FAVORITE color (which are quite a few of you!)

Often when painting in watercolors it can be difficult to capture the deep velvety hues of purple pansies, but I think that these really pop. 

As you saw in the post before this one, this kit can work beautifully for weddings, bridal showers, greeting cards, and other Spring or Summer crafts.

There are some very intricate borders included in this kit .

Featuring pink roses and hydrangea as well as purple pansies, the first border will coordinate with a wide range of colors and projects.  Also there is a fun spring gardeningborder with green checks that coordinates well with the text art piece.  Great for making a greeting card or?

I’ve been asked what I’m working on lately, so I’ll update you on a couple of things.  I am completeing my manuscript for my Mother’s Day book that I will be turning in to my publisher this week.  The coordinating art is from one of my personal favorite collections and it will be bright, cheerful and fun for spring.  When we get closer to the publication date, I’ll let you know its title and subject.  I’ll carry copies here so you will be able to order it directly from me or find it in most Christian Bookstores.  In the meantime, please pray for me to communicate everything the Lord desires within its pages.

For those of you aware of my Target presentation project, the "powers-that-be-at-Target" totally changed their direction after they had given it out and refined it all the way up through their second round of submissions.  That’s just the way these things go, which is why you don’t get too excited until the product is actually in the store… licensing is definitely not for sissies!!  However, I have several new collections that I wouldn’t have had without working on their project and several manufacturers to show them to, so perhaps they’ll see the light of day after all. 

What ever you work on, if you work on it "as unto the Lord," for His pleasure and purpose and not to please man, you will find greater joy in it.  When I work on my art, I think of it as "Refrigerator Art" for my heavenly Father’s refrigerator.  I’m just His little kid and I love bringing Him pleasure.  When I work for Him, I never lose!  Here’s a post that explains this principle more fully http://www.daisiecompany.com/blogs/audreyjeanne/?p=17.  Life is less disappointing when I remember that my Heavenly Father is in control and can be trusted fully!  Have a great day doing whatever your hands find to do as unto the Lord.

THE PROVERB OF THE DAY:  Proverbs 11:1-4  "God hates cheating in the marketplace; he loves it when business is aboveboard.  The stuck-up fall flat on their faces, but down-to-earth people stand firm.  The integrity of the honest keeps them on track; the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin.  A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart, but a principled life can stand up to the worst."  The Message Bible

Audrey Jeanne Roberts