Happy Mother’s Day!! πππ I say this to all of you, even if you’re not moms, because everyone gets in on the celebration on Mother’s Day, don’t they?! At Mass this morning I saw so many older moms that I see every week by themselves or with their husbands, and maybe sometimes one of their children, but today it seemed like they had all their grown-up kids with them (many that I’ve seen grow up) — and I was so happy for them, what a great way to celebrate Mother’s Day. β€
As I did last year, I really wanted to do something special for you all in honor of Our Lady during her month of May, and also in conjunction with Mother’s Day. I told you all recently about the priest who gave a mission at our church during Lent, and his story regarding the power of St. Gerard’s intercession for couples who are hoping to conceive. Then just recently, someone I know told me she’d encouraged her daughter-in-law (who’s not Catholic!) to ask St. Gerard for his intercession, and they just found out they’re having twins! So I really had it on my heart to do a novena to St. Gerard, specifically for all of you who are hoping for babies. Today was the last day of the novena, and I already said today’s prayers for it, so you’re all covered! I hope you’ll let me know when your St. Gerard babies are on the way! π (I’ll also just die if any of you find out you’re having twins!π―)
Also, yesterday I attended a special celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady at Fatima and the canonization of our new St. Francisco and St. Jacinta ππππππππ at the Auriesville Shrine (I documented it on Instagram!), and remembered all of you and your intentions during the beautiful day. I’m so grateful for you all! πΉβ€πΉβ€
Finally, I wanted to give you something tangible and God provided me the perfect thing! Kortnee is a reader who has an Etsy shop called Studio Senn (she also has a non-Etsy web site here, and she’s also on Instagram, where she sometimes posts promo codes), which is “a watercolor and hand lettering small business specializing in wedding paper, watercolor maps and Catholic goods for families and children.” Regarding its origin, she told me,
“Studio Senn was born a couple years ago after working for a wedding florist/planner who asked me to do hand lettering and watercolor for some small projects she had. I started doing custom invitations and watercolor maps after that. This year I’ve decided to branch out and add more of my passions to the shop: Catholic goods for families and children, baby announcements, and hopefully soon original artwork.”
You guys! She has some ah-MAZ-ing things that I know you will all LOVE as much as I do! Like this ABC Saint Poster (she paints a little saint for each letter! So darling!):
She also has a boy version and a girl version. SO perfect for a nursery!
Then there’s this Narnia map (available in a bigger size too):
And this St. Therese quote:
There are so many sweet sweet things to choose from! But my very favorite is this Custom Saint, Letter, Color Square Print:
Which is why I’m giving one of them away to one of you!! πππ To enter, click here to go to the Rafflecopter page for this giveaway! It starts today and ends at midnight on Wednesday, and I’ll announce the winner on Thursday — the birthday of St. John Paul the Great! ππ
For the rest of you, Kortnee’s offering a special discount code for Sancta Nomina readers! Use SANCTANOMINA15 until June 1 for 15% off anything in the shop! And as a special bonus — she also shared about her sons’ names! They are:
Fulton Douglas
Becket Raymond
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She explained,
“Our son Fulton is obviously (or at least I would guess so for your readers) named after Venerable Fulton Sheen. My husband and I have been inspired by his words for years. His middle name, Douglas, is after my father-in-law. Becket is named after Saint Thomas Becket. We thought he would be a wonderful intercessor for religious reedom in this day and age and we have always loved the work the Becket Fund does for that same cause. His middle name, Raymond, is after my dad and grandpa. It happened to be a coincidence that they are both surnames. Not necessarily a trend we plan to keep but always fun to think of what would go well with them!“
I hope you all found this post as fun to read as I had writing it!! Don’t forget to enter the raffle and check our Kortnee’s Etsy shop, web site, and Instagram, and I hope you all have a wonderful wonderful day!! πΌπΊπ·πΈ
I’ll take the twins π
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Woo!! π
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Letter K for the win!
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I’d love a J for St. John Paul!
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Tough one! I think A with St. Abigail for my little Abby. It is hard to find her image so a custom painting may be the way to go! Love the shop!
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Oh I love these! I want to get one for each of my kiddos (Lucy, Cecilia and Benedict).
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I’d choose an S or T for one of our boys, and then buy the other ones initial as well as one for Baby #3 coming in August. Would probably go for blue or red. Thanks for doing the giveaway!
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I’m happy to do it!
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I love these paintings! I’d chose “J” for Pope St. John Paul II.
I also love reading your blog! My kiddos are Nathaniel Joseph, Jack Michael (our Saint in Heaven) and Teresa Mae.
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I love your kiddos’ names Katie!!
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These are so great!
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What a cute shop. I really love those ABC Saint posters.
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These are darling! I would choose the Virgin Mary
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How fun!! I would choose the ABC print for our classroom/playroom. I think it’d be a great way to learn letters with the saints!
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If I won, I would love St. Agnes, just the way she is. So beautiful! Thank you
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I think I would wait and choose when our baby arrives in August! Based on our short list, we would get either J or P..want to guess names??
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Ooh fun! Do you know gender? Do you have older kids & would you be willing to share their names so we have a sense of your taste?
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I’d choose an F for a friend’s baby. Thanks for letting us know about her shop. Delightful!
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I’d choose either M or W in green!
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I would probably do a M with Our Lady of Knock π these are beautiful!
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Oh, and I think I’d do light blue. Or pink!
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I would choose an E with Mary’s cousin, Elizabeth. She’s a hard one to find. She’s often called Elizabeth of the Visitation. Love it!
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The green ABC poster would be perfect nursery decor for our little green bean arriving in October! β€
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J in orange with St. Joseph. But then I’d need one for my other son too just to be fair. π
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I’d choose a B for our newborn son Benedict in blue.
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What a wonderful artist she is! I would take the letter B in pink if that is Saint Bernadette and if not, then I would want the letter L for Saint Lucy π
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You can choose St. Bernadette for B if you want!
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I love it all!
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