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My spring Mantle and pinwheel tutorial

I have a pretty dark mantle. And that's ok because it is full of things I love. But it wasn't very cheery. It's perfect for fall but I wanted to … {Read More}

Yummy Corn chowder

I made this recipe the other day and it was super yummy!! I put it in the crock pot and just let it go. I know soups aren’t always … {Read More}

Easy Bun

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It’s a crafty Christmas…

Every year, we have 32 people to buy presents for NOT including us and our children. That’s A LOT!! We end up with 8 family parties scattered … {Read More}

How to color the tips of your hair

My girls recently had crazy hair day at school. We decided we wanted to try out a temporary color on their hair. By temporary I mean it washed out … {Read More}

Cheesecake

I LOVE me some cheesecake!! Yummy, Yummy, Yummy!! So over the years I have tried A LOT of recipes for cheesecake and here it is, the very best one … {Read More}

Free Printable…Valentines

It seems like forever since I have done a free printable. {really it's only been since before Christmas but that seems like forever ago} And since … {Read More}

Not your ordinary dye job

I know what you are thinking but you would be wrong. No I’m not talking about hair but these: So now that we have that settled lets see if we … {Read More}

Afters with no Befores

Do you ever get so excited to start a project that you jump in and forget to take pictures? I do that all the time. I know bad!! So I have some … {Read More}

Flower bun with woven ribbon tutorial

To everyone coming over from Blogelina, Grab a comfy chair and have a look around. I would love it if you would sign up for my rss feed, … {Read More}

It’s a crafty Christmas…lifesaver necklaces

We are making these cute little necklaces for my nieces and the girls friends. It seems every time someone comes over to play and they see them … {Read More}

Thrifted Desk Redo

As promised here is the tutorial for my red desk. I love how it came out. Here is what I started with: I got this desk at the thrift store for … {Read More}

Most popular posts of 2011

Last year, before I started my blog I was an avid blog reader. Still am. One of my favorite posts was where bloggers listed their most popular … {Read More}

How to get large prints for CHEAP!!

I have seen this around the blogosphere quite a bit so you might have already seen this tip. But in case you haven't, it is too good not to … {Read More}

Nov 10, 2011

Thankful Thursday {Blog friends}

By Connie · Leave a Comment

These thankful Thursday posts seem all the more appropriate with Thanksgiving coming up. Today I am so thankful for good blog friends. One of the things I have been most surprised about when joining this blogging world is the people I have met. Everyone is so supportive and open and nice. I have made some really good long term friends in a short time. It seems blogging brings people together quickly. What a nice surprise!!

So today I wanted to introduce you to 3 of my bloggy friends that have awesome blogs!!

Alicia @ Little Sprinkles of Fun is such a great person. She is a Kindergarten teacher so her blog has lots of ideas for educational crafts. If you have little ones, you have to check out her blog!! She also has great ideas for us mommas. Plus she is about the most supportive friend I have!!

I’m sure you all know Jessica from My World made by hand. She is the co host of our Totally Tutorials Tuesday linky party. I love reading her blog. It seems like every time I read it, I find myself thinking OOH I want to do that. She has such unique ideas that you will want to do!!

If you don’t know Jamie @ Crafty Scrappy Happy you should. She is current winner of American Crafter and going on to win One Month to win it. Her projects are exploding all over blog land. And everything she does is straight from the heart. My kind of girl!! There you go, 3 blogs to follow and get some great inspiration!! Thanks for reading!!

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Sep 29, 2011

Thankful Thursday

By Connie · 3 Comments

We get the keys to our home today!!

I am SO excited!! It has been a very very long road. We never would have made it without help. And we had the best help available. So today I would like to thank:

First and foremost my Heavenly Father who worked some major miracles and taught me some great life lessons and I will be forever grateful for his guidance.

My Family for putting up with me. My immediate family for helping me through all the stress. And offering me love and support the whole way. And my Mom and Dad who let us move into their basement when we had to move from one house before we could close on the other. It has been a great experience staying here for 2 mos. And I am sad to leave.

My Realtor. This lady has become a friend. She is absolutely the best realtor out there hands down!! She looks out for the client and not her commission. We walked into one house that I was in LOVE with. And she looked around and said there is mold in this basement and it’s been here a while. I wouldn’t feel good about about selling you this house. And I was heartbroken. She could have had a sale. As we were leaving the listing realtor showed up and said yeah we know about the mold in the basement, it’s not a big deal Just wipe it off with a cloth so it will pass inspection. I was shocked. This experience made me realize what a great realtor we had. She would give up a sale before she put my family in harms way. And that says a lot about character. She also really knows her stuff and puts in the time for her clients. But best of all, her current promotion is buy a house with me and I will pay your first mortgage payment. So a week after closing she is going to come over and give us a big fat check. How awesome is that?? If you are in the market for a Realtor, I would be THRILLED to refer Joell to you. Please contact me or click here to see her website. I can promise you, this is one decision you won’t regret!!

My mortgage lady. Talk about a professional. She finagled things in ways I still don’t know how she did. Every time I talked to her, things got cheaper. Now that is my kind of mortgage!! She did things that put us in the perfect position to go to underwriting and get our file pushed through as easily and quickly as possible. I am VERY pleased with the work she did. If you need a mortgage, click here to work with Julie. I’ve had people say to me I can’t buy a house I don’t have a down payment, or I have bad credit. Let me tell you, if there is a way to make it work, Julie will do it. So give her a call.

Thank you for letting me ramble on. I am going to go pack and move now.

{I was not given any compensation for recommending these ladies to you. I just think they deserve any referrals I can send them and you won’t find better help.}

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Apr 21, 2011

Thankful Thursday 2

By Connie · 7 Comments

Are you liking the Thankful Thursday posts? I hope so. I know it has helped me to think of all the good in my life. I am of course so so so thankful for my children but I wanted to take a break from the mushy I love my family posts for a minute so I can be mushy about something else. {hehe}

**As a disclaimer, this post is long and incredibly lovey dovey. But it had to be done. Please take the time to read through it. It’s worth it. You will discover some new blog crushes!!**}

Today I am thankful for you guys!! {and this isn’t some ya ya everyone likes their followers, I truly truly mean it} I have been so over come with everyone’s comments. You guys have been so kind and encouraging. I can’t tell you what it means to me!!

Especially with Book Club. Reading is a passion of mine and it was a little scary to start an online book club. I was worried that no one would read along {I am still a little worried that I will be having a conversation with myself at the “meeting”} But there has been such a positive response. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!

I reached out to some of my blog idols and was so lucky to have some really great ladies help me spread the word about book club.

I wanted to let you know about some really awesome blogs out there that have supported our Book Club. If you are not following these ladies, please do. There is a reason they are my blog idols!!

Mandy @ Sugar Bee Crafts

This lady is the Coolest!! Sugar Bee Crafts is the home of the famous Modge Podge shoes. I mean seriously who thinks of these amazing ideas? Mandy that’s who.

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Holly @ 504 Main

Holly Is such a sweet lady. I’m super excited about her White party. White crafting, white sewing even white baking. If it’s white {or a shade of it} you can link it up on her site.

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Jessica @ My world- Made by hand

This lovely lady was the first one to jump on board for book club. I am honored to call her my friend. A sweeter lady you will not find. Go check out her blog, you will spend hours reading. It’s that good!! Watch for an upcoming giveaway!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wendy @ Craft Goodies

Wendy finished in 2nd place on One Month to Win it. This lady has some mad skills!! You have to check out her Mississippi Mud cake. Yes Please!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mandy @ Tidbits from the Tremaynes You know those blogs that you would read even if they didn’t have great tutorials. This lady is one of those. But she does have great tutorials. She was the season 2 champ on Crafting with the Stars. You have to check out her kids say the darndest things on her sidebar. And her header is so hilarious. And her Craft this button. And… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rachael @ Lovely Crafty Home

Rachael is the kind of friend everyone wants to have. And come on, I mean anyone that can make Brown Paper bags look amazing as flooring is a craft genius!! {brown paper bags, I’m not kidding go check it out}

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Tam @ Sew Dang Cute Crafts

I used to be scared to sew. Before I started reading Tam’s blog. She cured my fear of my sewing machine. Nuf said? Nuf said!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristen @ Kristen Duke Photography

I wish I had her skills with photography. She has the most amazing photos ever!! And great tutorials too. Some day, when I buy me a fancy schmancy camera, I will get her say no to auto eBook so I can learn to be an amazing photographer like her!!

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I know there are many more bloggers out there that have been amazing and helped support Book Club. I’m sure I’ve forgotten someone and I am sick over that. But know that if you have supported me and I have not specifically thanked you in this post that it was inadvertent. That I am truly thankful for all the love and support I am getting!!

And for my followers and fellow Book Clubbers, you are the reason I do this!! Thanks for your encouragement and kind words!!

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