Bible Posters 2-1 Timothy 1:15

One of the things I love to design are posters of bible verses. I have been working on creating digital copies of some of these lately. As the first series on my blog, I am going to show these, one at a time, on Sundays on the blog. I hope you like them. At the moment I want all my posters to stay here on my blog, so I have labeled them with my blog address. 

A MESSAGE, a big message! listen up, it is Worthy of all Acceptance.
CHRIST JESUS came into the WORLD to SAVE SINNERS!

A Big Message
I drew this Bible poster while listening to a sermon on 1 Timothy 1:15, which I've got on my sidebar. The verse is about the gospel message, Jesus coming to save sinners. 'This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.'

Paul, who wrote this verse, knows how big the message of the gospel is! It is time to listen up. It is worthy of all acceptance: it deserves your trust. Christ Jesus came into the world to die for the sin of all. 'All have sinned' Romans 3:23. Paul says that he is the 'chief of sinners:' the worst. 

I swapped the colours around to give a chalkboard effect. The text uses a chalkboard effect, but when I drew it the letters were bold and chunky, as in 'sinners,' with a striped background. So it is different from the original (none of mine look that good scanned straight in) but it still emphasises the message. 

Summer Fashion Inspiration: Dresses

As an aspiring fashion designer I'm always really excited when summer comes and I get to shop for lovely new clothes! I've been really inspired by all I've seen to create a few outfits with clothes from various online shops. Here are my picks! Click on the text to go to the item's page. Just to note that I am not trying to advertise any particular shops here, these are just the ones known to me that sell stuff I like! 
My two outfits here are based around summer dresses, which can be casual or dressed up. I have then added shoes and accessorise on a theme to go with the dress. Imagine the further possibilities for these dresses, you could use a whole new set of accessorise I'm sure!

Lace Dress-Dorothy Perkins : Earings-New Look
Sandals-Accessorize : Flower-Accessorize : Ring-Accessorize  

The one above was probably the easiest to source items for. The outfit is light and pretty but looks comfortable too.

Bow Dress-Dorothy Perkins : Umbrella-M&S : Hair Bow-Claire's
Clutch Bag-Accessorize : Shoes-New Look

I have the black dress and it is a lovely fit for me and in a nice comfortable jersey kind of fabric. I normally wear this casually but have chosen more dressy accessories.

What dresses are you liking online? 

Recipe Book

As a lovely gift I received a beautiful blank recipe book which is from Sainsbury's. I've just got round to organising it and writing in it. There are 4 sections, which I have used as: 'Snacks, Salads & Starters,' 'Main Meals,' 'Deserts,' and 'Baking. I thought I'd share a bit of a mish-mash of what I have been adding to it.  I have got my version of nachos in the book, but I couldn't find a similar recipe online. It is written out at the bottom of the post. And a mozzarella, tomato and basil salad which I will write out too.In the Main Meals section I have these Turkey Burgers from Tesco Real Food. They are a really good summer main with great flavour. I made the guacamole from the recipe but didn't like it so haven't added that.I also put Lamb Koftas in, which my sister and I have served as a meal for my parents and their friends, who said they were lovely. We served them with cous-cous, wraps and the tomato salad from the recipe, which I have added to the Salads section. We also made a cucumber mint raita to go with the meal. The recipe is at the bottom of the post.For Deserts I added No-Churn Salted Caramel Ice Cream, which I have not made but have eaten and it is truly amazing! And this quick Banoffee Pie from the Carnation Caramel website.

So, my recipe for Nachos! This fills up our large stone baking tray, so it makes enough for a large family starter or snack.
1 bag of plain Tortilla chips
150g (roughly) cheese, grated
1/2 red pepper, cut into strips
Chili powder and/or paprika
Preheat the grill to medium/high. Lay the tortilla chips out on a large baking tray. I use a stoneware tray. Try to make them evenly spread out. Cut the pepper and sprinkle over. Grate the cheese and sprinkle evenly over the crisps. You want to cover all of the chips so you may need more. Next sprinkle over some chili powder or paprika. You're probably getting good at the sprinkling action here! Grill until browned and the cheese is bubbling. Enjoy!

Mozzarella, Tomato and Basil Salad
1 large tomato
1 ball mozzarella cheese
A few basil leaves
Olive oil
Salt and Pepper
Slice the tomato and mozzarella cheese and layer on a plate. Sprinkle over the basil leaves and drizzle over the olive oil, and add a twist salt and pepper

Cucumber and Mint Raita
1/3 cucumber
2 tablespoons yogurt
A few mint leaves
Grate the cucumber. Squeeze out the liquid in a paper towel. Stir in the yogurt, tablespoon at a time to make a fairly thick mixture. Finely chop/shred the mint leaves and mix into the yogurt and cucumber. Enjoy as a cooling side to spicy food!

I'll post any extra good recipes I find later!