Maria L Kelly

Cross-stitch fans, rejoice! Here are 1,000 exciting cross-stitch motifs suitable for embellishing clothing, gifts, draperies, or anything else under the sun. The stitches are organized by category, and include such motifs as flowers and foliage, celestial bodies, favorite pastimes and hobbies, and m...

What kind of God can do miracles. . .but chooses to allow suffering? The doctors had left David with no hope. The family was scared. They told Maria she may need to flee from her mentally ill husband. David, on the other hand, planned to take his own life. God had other plans. When it was all said a...

Weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, and christenings: everyone's life is marked by joyful events that call for celebration--and a very special stitched card or gift to observe the occasion in high style! From small tags easy enough to complete in a single evening to a commemorative wedding sampler a...

Transported by rats and fleas in the trading vessels plying between Ireland, England, and France, the plague appeared in Dublin and Drogheda in the summer of 1348. By land and sea it penetrated many regions, reaching outwards to Waterford, Youghal, Cork, and Limerick, wiping out whole communities in...

Wynn Bullock was one of the most significant photographers of the mid-twentieth century. A close friend of influential West Coast artists Ansel Adams and Edward Weston and a contemporary of Minor White and Frederick Sommer, Bullock created work marked by a distinct interest in experimentation, abstr...