? How is your weekend going? Any new and exciting plans for next week? My dad will be here another week, and I have been looking for something fun and unique to do with Charlie during school. I found it when I remembered I had a review due for Loved+Blessed. It is a contest where you can “Enter to Win a full year of Encouragement”.
Loved+Blessed is a box of encouragement inside a monthly or longer subscription box service that gives us a box of tools to encourage ourselves. I needed Loved+Blessed because I have been down and frustrated the past couple weeks where I felt like I can do nothing right and never have.
I have felt like the worst mom in the world, I knew I needed something to change the negativity. Charlie has made it worse since my dad has gotten here. Charlie has been pushed aside a lot due to my dad’s health, and because of it, Charlie has made me feel horrible. This morning it all came to a head. I broke down I asked David to get Charlie out of the house as I couldn’t take any more of them or my dad.
Once they left, I went and opened up my box from Loved+Blessed. I sat down and went through the package item by item. As I pulled each piece out to examine, I could feel myself smiling. The stress started to melt away. I felt like I was ready to take on the world. All I can say is bring it on I am ready.
Inside Loved+Blessed box was a picture for me to color in a white frame full of flowers that will look nice in my office. The description says “we are God’s masterpiece“. Having time to myself to regroup I feel like I am God’s masterpiece and I know that no, matter what happens I can handle it through God’s support.
I am going to let Charlie color my picture next week in Art and use it on my desk since the frame is made to sit up or there is a hook where I could hang the picture up. Once Charlie finishes coloring the picture Charlie may decide he would like to have it for his bedroom and as long as the picture reminds Charlie God is watching over him I am fine with Charlie using the picture in his office.
I know Charlie will let me color the picture with him and coloring with Charlie is something I enjoy doing so coloring this new picture will be a lot of fun. Spending time with Charlie will allow me to relax and the time together is something needs with my dad being here. One on one time will show Charlie he is important to us. Although knowing Charlie, he might want David dad to color with us. Which is fine with me as this would be a fun family affair and something we haven’t had with my dad visiting.
I like that Loved+Blessed enclosed a set of Elite Colored Pencils we can use to color the picture with. Once we finish we can use Elite Colored Pencils in Homeschool Art. Charlie and David like using Colored Pencils, so I am happy I can share Elite Colored Pencils with them.
Although I like to color with crayons so I may print out a copy of the picture and color it with crayons and hang it in more than one room in our home. To remind us all we are “God’s masterpiece.” The images would make excellent Gifts for the ladies we give gifts to throughout the year.
Inside the box was a small note card that had this verse written on it.
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the right things he planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 2:10 NLT
I like knowing the notecard is small enough to fit in either my pocket or my wallet. I love that I can even hang the notecard on a mirror or put it on my computer to remind me I am God’s masterpiece.
Inside the box was a sticker that says “Not mass produced one of A kind” which I gave to Charlie to remind him how special he is and how much not only the Lord loves him but his parents as well.
Charlie stuck the sticker on our bathroom mirror so we can see it every day. Charlie and I liked that the Sticker is orange and has flowers on the Sticker. Charlie is creating a picture with this saying to give his sister Leslie.
Then we found a cardboard piece of paper that says “Make Each Day Your Masterpiece,” and we placed it in our car on the dashboard to always remind us of this. When we visited my sister, I shared the card with her, and she liked the saying a lot and copied it for her desk at work.
All in all, I loved loved+blessed subscription box. I can’t wait till I can sign up for a subscription for myself.
Once I do, I will also get my sister, sister n law, mother n law and daughter Leslie a subscription to loved+blessed because they all need to feel loved as I did through this new Gift from Loved+Blessed.
I hope you take the time to check out Loved+Blessed when you do, let me know what you thought of the services and if you have gotten a box, let me know what you thought of the box. What was your favorite item in your from loved+blessed and why?
Overview of Loved+Blessed
Unlike many subscription boxes, Loved+Blessed® is about hope and encouragement, rather than products.
They measure the value of their boxes a little differently than many other companies. Each month they send a box of encouragement to Loved+Blessed® ladies with a different theme that they hope will brighten their month, help them get through the challenges of life and help them pass encouragement along to someone else.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE to get packages in the mail, don’t you!? Wouldn’t it be awesome to brighten someone’s day!
In each box is a mini poster, reminder sticker, scripture card to keep in your pocket or purse or give to another for encouragement, a keepsake theme card and a unique gift that could be jewelry, prayer accessory, stationery, journal, home decor and more!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
