In 2014-15, I kept praying for God to show me the path to painting. Holy Spirit provided me with a clear vision of dying a square scarf while I was in art class in high school. I initially thought it was impossible to relearn those skills as an adult and incredibly impossible to apply them to other kinds of designs.

I joined a silk painting group and prayed for God to guide my hand. This yellow silk scarf is the very first scarf I designed.

Hello! I am so excited to share the latest scarf donation with you. During COVID I have been delivering donations only when I can make it out. This month I had five scarves!

I had two people help me create scarves for donation. A mother and daughter attended my recent Water-Marbling Workshop held at Simply Vintage in Suffolk, Virginia and asked to help paint. My husband and I also painted some too.

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Living with, and having multiple illnesses is not easy. Then add to it being a military wife, mom, and owner of a business, and boy does it all get tiring.  I had signed up to be a vendor at an event at Ft. Eustis this weekend and looked forward to being there until it came time to wake up. My alarm rang at 5 am and my first thought was to turn it off and go back to sleep.  Thankfully, my very next thoughts would later end up shaping my day in a way I didn’t expect. “Thank you, God, for waking me up today” is what came to my mind next (this should have been FIRST!!!), and I got up. Achy, tired, and cranky, I got up. Since my husband often travels to events with me and was driving that day, I decided to read my morning Bible reading and devotional, in the car. ‘How to satisfy your soul’, and ‘Seek God day and night’ were both titles in the devotional I went on to read.  I said a prayer afterward, asking God to lead me to someone to bless that day.

We are all well aware of the current situation happening in our nation. If you don't already know, we are a Coast Guard family, so every purchase you make from us right now really helps. Many people have asked how they can help us directly, and we are so grateful for the love and outpouring of support we continue to see.  Thank you once again, for all that you do!

Chrissy

The phrase "a scarf with a purpose" is significant to me because it describes each one I design and donate.

I have severe chronic neutropenia and spend a lot of my time sitting in doctor's offices, specifically hematology/oncology offices. I sit next to people who are very sick, some even dying. Some are alone; others are not. There's always this one little table that has beautiful knitted hats that people make and donate, and, for a while now, I've wanted to add a hand-dyed silk scarf to it.

Up until recently, though, I didn't know how I wanted them to be designed. I know now. I want the scarf to resonate so strongly within the person that they find hope. I want them to wear the scarf and not see themselves as sick, but beautiful and strong. I want them to smile and have joy. Finally, I want them to know that in this world, there is love. Someone loves you and believes in you. That's me.