Roses for St. Rose

I have always been partial to St. Rose of Lima (duh, I mean, look at my name).  She was called Isabel at birth, but was given the nickname Rose because of her rosy beauty as a baby.  The nickname stuck as St. Rose grew in age and beauty.  She was a lovely woman inside and out, though she often wished she was ugly because she had given her heart to Jesus and wished to be sought after by Him alone.

It is said that when she spoke about Jesus, her eyes sparkled and face glowed with the joy welling up inside her.  That is exactly what I want in my life.  I want to love Christ so much that it cannot be contained inside me and has to spill out onto others.

the Project

Our project today was one that we've done before with a few small added elements.  Simply, use the bottom of a head of romaine lettuce to stamp roses onto paper.  Add green leaves with a paintbrush.

We spent some times mixing paints to make the perfect colors for our roses.  We began by mixing white in with some colors to make them pale.  After stamping the initial pale layer of roses, the girls went back and added some rose stamps in a more bold color to create a lovely layered painting with a bit more depth to it.

Elise's masterpiece

Kayla's first masterpiece

and her second

I'm working not just to be distracted by Pinterest, but to be inspired and motivated by it, so here is another lovely pin I found that pretty much sums up what St. Rose was all about.  See the pin here and follow me on Pinterest!  And I'll make it easy and just post it here too....

LOVE this.  

St. Rose of Lima, pray for us!