By Design Podcast

This is a great day because today on the show we get to talk to the CalvaryLIVE worship band who just today released worldwide their new album “Who You Are”! These guys { Kurt, Matt and Gabe } were so much fun and gave such great insight into what corporate worship was designed by God for. You won’t want to miss this one!

So I like control. Shocker, I know.

Know what else I think though…? I’m not alone. Today on the podcast Dannette and I chat about keeping our hands open, and how saying yes to the right things takes courage. We chat about how we aren’t to please everyone with just being a “yes man”. We also laugh at how crazy I am with my adult ADD… And our design chat is about curtains!

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So let’s keep our hands open friends. Let’s ask ourselves some hard questions and be bold enough to say no and let go of some of the things we are holding too closely.

What are you holding onto that’s hurting you in the long run?

What do you need to set down so that you can pick up the good things?

Where can you experience freedom? In surrender, and in serving?

Are the things in your hands there because they’re part of your dream, your work, or your calling for this season of life…or are you spending time filling your schedules to keep up with the women around you? 

Heb 12:1b says “… let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus…”

Friends, run YOUR race. Not the people that you admire… you can’t run their race. You were made to run YOUR race! And we’re here to encourage you!! You’ve got this! Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus and run with perseverance.  That word makes me realize that it won’t always be easy and it’s going to take grit.

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We hope you listen along and if you enjoy, leave a review and subscribe to get these every Tuesday!!! We’d love to hear from YOU!

mucho love,

lyn and dannette

{ you can click the link below to listen!!! ↓↓↓ }

 

LINKS TO THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT

JOHN PIPER – a theologian we love and listen to. We shared a quote of his …”if you have a heart to build others up, the Holy Spirit will provide opportunities.”

JENNIE ALLEN on Jamie Ivey’s The Happy Hour Podcast — Happy Half Hour #4 Episode

 

Design Chat: Curtains

HANG EM’ HIGH AND WIDE

* Curtain Rod Height

* We like to hang our curtain rods as high as possible ( preferably at least 6″ above your window trim/frame )

* Make sure you coordinate your curtain rod height with the height of your curtain panels.

* We prefer for ours to either “kiss” the floor, leaving the bottom hem just barely touching the floor…1/4″ above the floor at the most.

* Or puddling. This is our fav! Leave a little extra fabric at the bottom (about 4″) and let them gather and puddle. It’s such a great way to bring a little design drama into your space.

* Curtain Rod Width

* Ultimately, it really depends on how wide your window is…and how wide your fabric panels are…

* But a good rule of thumb is to hang them at least 10-12″ beyond the outermost part of your window.

* This will allow the curtain fabric panel to hang mostly over the wall space next to your window, leaving as much of the glass exposed as possible.

* This will also lengthen the appearance of your window. So if you have a small window (like 30″-36″), stacking the panels on the sides like this will make them feel bigger! Yay 🙂

IF YOU’RE SHOPPING ON A BUDGET…

* Sheets as curtains! Yep, those are sheets beautifully billowing in Lyn’s office at the beginning of this post.

* Lyn bought hers at Target<...

Welcome friends!

Yep, we’re crazy…we’re starting a podcast!?

We know… you’re confused. And to be honest, we were a little at first, too.

BUT GOD. Right? We believe God has called us to encourage women and part of that somehow includes us wearing goofy headphones and talking into microphones while wearing our pajamas. Who knew?

Our hope is that this little adventure will encourage others to follow their crazy callings along with us, and to embrace ALL of who God has made them to be. We believe that each and every one of us were made by design, by the ultimate designer, GOD. On our podcast we’ll talk a lot about that and how it plays out for us in our daily lives as wives and mommas, as designers in our interior design business, and as we lead and encourage and follow His call on our lives.

And let’s be honest here…sometimes what God is asking us to do just doesn’t seem to make sense to us, does it? A few years ago we were both a little wide-eyed when God started pulling at our hearts and asking each of us to step into new and unfamiliar territories. Who were we to lead and teach and write? Well, no one really. BUT GOD…

“When He calls us, He will equip us” — one of our favorite quotes from Christine Caine

And you know what? He did. With each step we’ve taken in faith, God has worked and molded us into the very women he was calling us to be. { Just crazy }. We just had to take those first few steps into the unknown and trust that he would continue to be faithful.

And so here we are. Wearing headphones and shaking our heads because…REALLY? I think it’s safe to say we’re excited and scared, but also, finally ready to take this next step in faith. We hope you’ll listen in and join us on this journey!

We will be releasing a new episode every Tuesday, so look for us { by design } on Itunes and subscribe!

LINKS FROM THE SHOW:

A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman

IF: Gathering and Jennie Allen

Rebekah Lyons

{ Here’s the link to by design Episode #1: Intro Episode … you can listen by clicking on the player below ↓↓↓ }

xo,

Lyn and Dannette

Intro episode - Meet Lyn and Dannette and hear the heart behind this podcast