Leopard and Lace Boutique

Leopard and Lace Boutique I am married & love my children. I am Apostolic. I love making pretty things. I love cross stitch

I got to go see my grandpup this weekend! 🥰🐾Meet Wrangler! He has over 30,000 followers 🤭 so basically, he’s more famous...
08/16/2026

I got to go see my grandpup this weekend! 🥰🐾

Meet Wrangler! He has over 30,000 followers 🤭 so basically, he’s more famous than I am. 😂

Wrangler is an Irish Wolfhound, just 9 months old, and already weighs 120 pounds! 😳 He has the sweetest personality and is such a gentle giant.

The only problem is… he thinks he’s a lap dog. 🤣

And honestly, when you look at that sweet face, it’s pretty hard to tell him NO 🤭❤️🐾

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Some hurts change you quietly 🥹I’ve learned that sometimes staying quiet isn’t weakness. Sometimes it’s choosing not to ...
08/11/2026

Some hurts change you quietly 🥹

I’ve learned that sometimes staying quiet isn’t weakness. Sometimes it’s choosing not to say everything you could say because you love people, you value relationships, and you don’t want your pain to become someone else’s issue.

There have been times I was deeply hurt and still chose grace.

I could have defended myself. I could have told the whole story. I could have made sure people knew my side.

But I didn’t.

Not because I had nothing to say. I had plenty to say but, it would not have produced good fruit in my life.

I simply decided that protecting my peace was more important than proving my pain.

There are things I’ve carried quietly that others may never understand. Tears they never saw. Prayers they never knew I prayed. Moments when I had to ask God to help me forgive while my heart was still hurting.

And I’m learning something:

I don’t have to tell the whole story to prove that my heart was genuine.

God knows my heart.

He knows what happened behind closed doors.
He knows what I gave.
He knows what it cost me.
He knows every time I chose grace when bitterness would have been easier.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean what happened didn’t hurt.

Grace doesn’t mean giving someone the same access to your life.

Boundaries don’t mean you stopped loving someone.

Sometimes loving someone means forgiving them while also accepting that the relationship may need to look different.

I’m not interested in exposing people to prove anything. I just want to keep my heart right before God and sometimes that looks like humility. Not a popular opinion 🤷🏼‍♀️
I know.

Because He knows the whole story.

And if He knows, I can let that be enough.

Maybe this is part of becoming more like Jesus is choosing grace even when it costs me ( pride 😖)

Not because the hurt didn’t matter…

but because I refuse to let what hurt me change who God is making me 🥹

If you got this far leave me a ❤️ My Instagram page is not happy with my lack of post lately 😆

Teacher in-service started this week, which means school starts next week… and that means I have Amelia ALL WEEK LONG! ❤...
08/05/2026

Teacher in-service started this week, which means school starts next week… and that means I have Amelia ALL WEEK LONG! ❤️ She keeps me on my toes ? Where does her energy come from?

Yesterday she got to spend the day with her bestie, Sarah, and those two packed about three days’ worth of fun into one afternoon. They swam. They ate. They played with the raccoon. They swam some more. They ate again. They played baby dolls & ended the day with facials. I’m pretty sure they only stopped long enough to catch their breath. 😂

Now let’s talk about Trouble…

They trying to teach him how to climb trees because, you know… he’s a raccoon. 🦝🌳

Turns out he’d rather outsource that responsibility to someone else. I was a very convenient friend yesterday 🤣 He’d climb from one limb to another, then just sit there crying until I came to “rescue” him 😅😂
Sir… you were literally made for this.

After a whole lot of encouragement (and me pretending I wasn’t coming to get him), he FINALLY figured out how to climb back down all by himself. As soon as he found us on the swings he ran to us as fast as his little legs would take him. He soon discovered the girls in the swimming pool played with them for an hour or so.

I’m soaking up every one of these last little summer days. They’re loud, messy, sticky, chaotic, and full of memories I wouldn’t trade for anything!

What have you been up to this week?

Some love stories don’t need a crowd… just two people that are in love This weekend I finally received the pictures of C...
08/03/2026

Some love stories don’t need a crowd… just two people that are in love

This weekend I finally received the pictures of Colton and Kallye as they exchanged vows in the beautiful mountains of Colorado. It was a quiet, private ceremony surrounded by God’s incredible creation.

Wrangler took his job as best man very seriously… well, at least until something more interesting caught his attention. 🤍🐾

And Wrenley absolutely loved watching “Honey” marry her momma. That sweet little smile says it all.

Marriage is one of God’s greatest gifts, and our prayer is that the Lord will bless your home with love, faithfulness, laughter, and His guiding hand through every season. And while we’re making requests… may He also bless your home with a whole bunch of babies for me to love on! 😂😉🥰

Congratulations, Colton and Kallye. We love you both and are praying that God writes a beautiful story with your lives together.

“And the LORD make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men…”
1 Thessalonians 3:12 (KJV)

Some seasons leave us with more questions than answers. We pray, we wait, we wonder why… and sometimes all we can do is ...
07/30/2026

Some seasons leave us with more questions than answers. We pray, we wait, we wonder why… and sometimes all we can do is place it back into God’s hands.

I’ve learned that surrender isn’t giving up—it’s choosing to trust the One who sees what I cannot. His timing is better than mine. His plans are higher than mine. And even when the path feels uncertain, His hands have never failed me.

The older I get, the more I realize that peace doesn’t come from having all the answers. It comes from knowing Who is holding my future.

Today I’m choosing trust over fear, faith over worry, and rest over striving. I know he is faithful with all I choose to place in his hands 🙌🏻

Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is let go and trust God. Can I get an AMEN 🙏🏻 🙌🏻👏🏻

There are some projects that are beautiful because of the stitches… and then there are the ones that are beautiful becau...
07/29/2026

There are some projects that are beautiful because of the stitches… and then there are the ones that are beautiful because of the memories they hold. ❤️

I finally found the perfect frame for Cherished Friends, a design by Heart in Hand that was released at the Nashville Needlework Market this year. The minute I saw it, I knew I wanted to stitch it in honor of my friendship with Sister Carylon.

Every stitch reminds me that some of God’s sweetest blessings come in the form of faithful friends who walk beside us through every season of life. Those friendships are truly priceless.

I’m so happy this piece has finally found its forever frame because it deserves a special place in my home… and in my heart. 🥹

Do you have a stitched piece that means more because of the story behind it.

🎄✨ Christmas in July… because it’s never too early for gingerbread housesThis is the Gingerbread House Sewing Book Nash...
07/28/2026

🎄✨ Christmas in July… because it’s never too early for gingerbread houses

This is the Gingerbread House Sewing Book Nash, and I have to say… she’s a cutie.

I used my own color conversion and stitched it on 22-count Hardanger in Rose Hips from Under the Sea Fabrics. If you’ve been following me for a while, you probably remember this fabric’s little adventure. If you’re new here… let’s just say coffee was involved. ☕😂 I re-dyed it and somehow managed to bring it back to life. I’d call that a Christmas miracle in July 🤭😊

Now, I would love to stand here and tell y’all I stitched every single bit of this myself…

…but that would be a lie. 😅🫣🤭

After I spent way too much time trying to figure out where I had made a mistake, my friend Kim The Snitch Stitcher came to the rescue.

And y’all… that’s how I know she loves me.

Kim doesn’t stitch on 22-count Hardanger.
Kim definitely doesn’t stitch 1 over 1 on 22-count Hardanger.
Yet there she was… stitching on 22-count Hardanger… 1 over 1… because she loves me. 😂

Thank you, Kim. I owe you one. 🫶🏻

Putting this little sewing book together also reminded me that I might be a little rusty in the finishing department. My very first accomplishment? Sewing the ribbon onto the wrong side. 🤦🏻‍♀️

So here’s your free public service announcement: if you’re making one of these, the ribbon goes on the opposite side from the front. You’re welcome. 😂😅

In the end, though, I absolutely LOVE how it turned out. The ribbon for the scissors is one of my favorite details, and instead of adding extra wool for the needles, I decided to use that little front pocket. It keeps everything cohesive without making the book any thicker.

I guess this project is proof that even when there’s coffee on the fabric, mistakes in the stitching, and ribbon sewn in backwards… it can still turn into something beautiful.

Now tell me… who’s already stitching Christmas, and who’s pretending it’s still too early? 🎄❤️

Well… this project did NOT understand the assignment. 😂🍋🤦🏼‍♀️I set out to make the cutest little scissor fob, and somewh...
07/28/2026

Well… this project did NOT understand the assignment. 😂🍋🤦🏼‍♀️

I set out to make the cutest little scissor fob, and somewhere along the way it decided it had other plans. 😅

I even took it apart to start over (which is always a risky decision), and once I did, the fabric started fraying. At that point I had two choices:
🗑️ Throw it in the trash.
🎨 Figure out something else.

Thankfully, my creative side won.

So… this little house by Cathy at Hands On Design got a second chance. It may not have become the scissor fob I imagined, but I still couldn’t bear to waste it. Sometimes creativity is just refusing to give up on something because the original plan didn’t work out.

If I’m honest, I almost didn’t post this. I have a tendency to only want to share the projects that come out exactly the way I pictured them. Perfectionism and I have been wrestling with each other for a long time. 😅

But art isn’t about getting everything right. Art is play. It’s experimenting, making mistakes, changing directions, and occasionally creating something completely different than you planned.

Maybe our “failures” are just projects waiting for a new purpose. 🍋💛

For anyone stitching along, here are the floss colors I used (or at least the ones I remembered to write down… because apparently we’re riding the Hot Mess Express today 🤦🏼‍♀️😂):

🧵 Gentle Art Spring Grass 0180
🧵 DMC 601
🧵 DMC 336
🧵 Blanc
🧵 DMC 991

The yellow and one of the greens? 🤷🏼‍♀️ Your guess is as good as mine. Apparently I forgot to write those down. 😂

Tell me I’m not the only one… what’s a project that completely changed directions but ended up teaching you something?

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⛪️🔥 Every purchase helps us rebuild Support San Angelo Apostolic Church by shopping our Rada Cutlery Fundraiser! Whether...
07/27/2026

⛪️🔥 Every purchase helps us rebuild

Support San Angelo Apostolic Church by shopping our Rada Cutlery Fundraiser! Whether you love to cook or prefer takeout, you’ll find quality kitchen products, mixes, and gifts you’ll actually use.

Our church continues rebuilding after the devastating fire on October 5, 2025, and every purchase through our fundraiser helps move us one step closer.

🛒 Shop the link in my bio 👆🏻

If you can’t shop today, would you consider sharing this post? Your support, prayers, and encouragement mean more than you know.

Thank you for helping us rebuild! ❤️

07/27/2026

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