About

Welcome! I'm so glad you've stopped by, and I hope you'll be encouraged or inspired by your visit!

I'm Shannon, a sinner saved by the undeserved grace of Jesus Christ. My relationship with Christ is the most important in my life; it is the basis on which all of my other relationships exist. I am first and foremost, a Christian.

So what else am I?

A 30-something Anglophile, married to my very own (very handsome) Naval aviator, and mama to thirteen sweet little ones --

"Little Man" born in 2010
"Rosa" born in 2012
"Laddie" born in 2015
"Scout" born in 2017
"Kit" due Oct 2022

And seven sweet babies with Jesus (Dec 2013, Nov 2018, June 2019, Nov 2019, Feb 2020, Nov 2020, and Feb 2021)


Crafting is my primary hobby, and sewing is definitely my primary craft (at least, that's what the thread snippets all over the floor would seem to indicate). I have expert seam-ripping skills, but let's not go into that...

I've also taken up knitting, because I needed another time-consuming hobby. *ahem* The repetitive motion of the needles never fails to soothe me!

I love reading, and some of my favorite authors include Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, J.R.R. Tolkien, Agatha Christie, and P.G. Wodehouse (apparently I like variety?). My taste in movies tends to be quirky (think Dean Spanley, The Winslow Boy, Penelope, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events), but the 1995 adaptation of Persuasion has long been my very favorite film adaptation of my very favorite novel.

You can contact me by e-mail: thoughtsandthimbles@gmail.com

It's lovely to have you here, and I hope you have a blessed day!