Are we there yet?

Did we survive Christmas?   Have we made it to New Years Day yet?

My holiday was perfect……I’m still holidaying.  One more party tomorrow.  Here.  We’re supposed to decorate cookies, but who’s foolin who?  Who feels like decorating cookies?  Christmas is over.  It’s amazing how quickly I get out of the Christmas spirit.  Once Christmas is over, I go into organizing mode.  How about you?

Since I’m still somewhat on holiday, I thought I would direct you to a few organizing features I’ve done in the past. 

Organize in Style - Krista is actually a neighbor of mine.  We have since  met after I featured her.  She is a power house organizer that I keep threatening to drag into my scrap room.  You can see her full feature here.

 

Or how about Jolene.  She has a flavor for color and color coding.  You should see her pantry.  WOW!

Do you have plans to organize anything?  Do tell.  Got a great organizing site or blog?  Do tell.

 

These two girls sponsored this post.  I bet they have really organized jewelry making areas!

Alyson Garvey Designs 

Kiki & Lele Stamped Jewelry

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The show must go on! In the midst of all this holiday fa la la….I know a few of you are STILL creating! So show it off. Spread the word.

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From me….to you.

Happy Holidays!  I hope your next week is full of memories and peace.   I’ve decided to take the next couple of days off from posting on TCB.  I want to be fully present in creating memories for my son….. and me sitting at the computer or checking emails in between cookie batches isn’t the memory I want him to have.  :)

Take the time to immerse yourself in making someone else’s holiday great and chances are……..yours will be too.

 

Happy Holidays from TCB!

For lots of inspiration, scroll down and see all the links for Get Your Craft On!  So many great ideas and sites.  It’s still open to link your latest project.

 

Thank you for these amazing women who sponsored this post.

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I know you’ve all been busy busy little elves.  Quick…….snap a picture of anything you’ve done and list it here.  I’d love to see your Christmas Tree’s too.  List those too! 

Features of Christmas Past -Week!

It’s Christmas week. It’s crunch time. I’m all for easing up on the schedule when and where you can in busy times. Since each feature takes at least 2 hours of my time…..and sometimes more……I have decided to re-visit a few of my past featured bloggers. I’ve featured SO many people, I hope you take advantage of my featured list. Yes, I need to update it.

Remember Ellen? She’s one of those fancy illustrators. I met her online when I found her. She’s a gem. I love her. We tweet and fb back and forth. I hooked her up with a friend of mine looking for a fabric designer. She sent me one of her original works……which I LOVE!

I have been so lucky to meet such amazing women that I call my friends…….even though I have never met them in real life.

You can read her first featured here.

You can see her blog at

Ellen Crimi-Trent

When you visit her this time, you’ll see she has a pattern for making these cute birds…..CUTE!

I hope you a relaxed Christmas week. If you visit my personal site, you’ll see a few things I’ve been working on

These little birds have sponsored this post. I love them.

Kiki & Lele stamped jewelry

Alyson Garvey Jewelry Designs

Winner

I’m actually on the ball enough to post the winner for the book I gave away for Friday’s Fabulous Giveaway.  Winners for the banner have been notified.

Anyone who has Captain Crunch Stuffed french toast as part of her Christmas tradtion AND only does hand made gifts….AND is making a wardrobe for a special needs little girl in need…surely deserves to win.

GREEN Honey HIve  They are also junkers.  If you dig a bit, you’ll find some treasure.  Love the black cabinet they did. 

Check back tomorrow as I step back in time.

Sugar Scrubs in 10 minutes

I love me a good sugar scrub. So I decided to make some this season. I mean…..how hard could it be right?

I picked up some Almond Oil……some people use olive or sesame, but I wouldn’t use a regular veggie oil.

I used organic sugar that looks a bit off white in color and have also used a brown granulated sugar……before they add what ever they add to make it moist.

I picked up some essential oils from my local Whole Foods. I bought Jasmine and Sweet Orange. The Jasmine will run you about $13, but the sweet orange is only about $7. Both smell great.

I found my jars at Fred Meyer……a one stop shopping store. I bet Target, walmart etc. would have these too. Jars were $3.99.

Mix oil and sugar together until the sugar is moist. Add several drops of jasmine or whatever scent you choose.

Getting into the jar was a cinch too. I cut the bottom out of a plastic baggy. Placed the open bottom end inside the jar. Using a large serving spoon, I scooped the wonderful scrub inside. Gently pull the bag free, close the lid and wrap your bow around it.

You are done!

I can’t wait to take a shower.

Edited to add: I used 3 cups sugar, 1 cup oil, many many drops of scented oil.

Don’t forget to enter my Fabulous Friday Giveaway…..just scroll down.

These 2 amazing women are sponsoring this post. I bet they like sugar scrubs too.

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This week is full of giveaways. Don’t miss the one I did yesterday. If you love banners, then you’ll love this digi download. Scroll down.

Today I’m giving away a book! A wonderful book! All you fabric lovers will love this.

With just a yard, One-Yard Wonders promises gift-worthy solutions for that stash of irresistible fabric-store buys and leftover scraps. At last, it’s time to stop storing and start sewing! Great fabric should never hide in a closet. One-Yard Wonders offers an original collection of designs with hip, contemporary flair 101 projects that can be completed in a few hours, using the most desirable patterns for crafty sewers and featuring a wide range of fabrics from today’s designers. Sewing aficionados Yaker and Hoskins solicited these fabulous fabric projects through a global online campaign, choosing the easy yet sophisticated patterns for all sewing levels. One-Yard Wonders includes everything you need. For each project there is a full-size pattern piece if needed, easy step-by-step instructions, and simple illustrations. Templates are also included wherever needed, and full color photos of the finished product and handy tips on special techniques are there for every project. All any crafter needs to do is dig into the stash and add her own unique flair.

As part of the celebration surrounding the release of One-Yard Wonders, Storey is offering One-Yard Wonders Yard-of-the Month Sweepstakes. For a full year, the lucky winners will receive one yard of fabric every month, along with an extra gift. Visit www.storey.com/oneyardwonders.php for more information.

Please leave me a comment telling me about one Holiday family tradition.

I will choose a winner on Sunday evening 5pm pacific time.

These two sponsors helped pay for the new ignition for my husbands car.

KiKi and LeLe Stamped Jewelry Alyson Garvey Jewelry Designs

It’s your turn….

Giving away 10 FREE Downloads for this Christmas Banner!

10 people will win one of these amazing banners from Elle’s Studio. Amazing things going on there.

Here’s the hoop you need to jump through to be in the running. Instead of me finding all these amazing blogs, it’s your turn to click click click. I did this a few weeks ago and you guys LOVED it. It’s always fun to find sites that you didn’t know before.

See our widget over there? The one that looks like this one? All dressed in it’s winter blues….but far from blue in personality. This little beauty has more than 350 sites listed. Oh the possibilities! We love our peeps!

Click Click Click Rules

1. Click on 3 sites

2. Come back here and tell me which ones you found

3 You are now automatically entered to win one out of 10 downloads for this amazing Christmas banners!

If you are interested in adding your site to our blog roll, see more information here.

Join Skip To My Lou for her Click Click Click and more chances to win a different holiday download from Elle’s studio.

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KiKi & Lele Stamped Jewelry

My Backyard Eden

 

WOW!  The talent and inspiration on GET YOUR CRAFT ON is overwhelming.  You guys are amazing!  It makes it easier to comment back if you take off your verification.  Winners will be announced tomorrow.

 

She had me at Burlap……and having a labradoodle caught my attention too.  My Backyard Eden

Can there be too much burlap?  Not if you’re in my world…….bring on the burlap.  Carolyn decided on a round table cover……then added a bit of holiday flair with a stencil and some paint. With that Southern Living at HOME center piece, and red candle….you can’t go wrong.  (I have that jamestown tray….LOVE IT)She’s handy with the stenciling…..she saw some pillows from Potter barn….instead of buying them….she made them.  That’s my girl! She is kind enough to show us with a tutorial! TUTORIAL!!!After looking at PB’s then hers……….I like hers better.  I do.  I bet you can do with burlap too.  :)I never get tired of looking at these wreaths.  I don’t care how many people make them…keep em coming.  She bought all her ornaments from The Dollar Store and created this beautiful amazing wreath.   She nailed it with combining the colors.  I love it.  I need to head back and read her tutorial.

Being in the holiday mood, she was on top of it and planted her amaryllis.  I also need to get on this with my paper whites.  Such a great delight in the dead of winter to have these gorgeous flowers blooming.  The planters aren’t bad either.      Before I head down Christmas alley, I wanted to show you what she did with this Early American style coffee table.  I’ve seen a few of these in my lifetime.  Even with paint, you’d have a hard time getting around the making this work…….but leave it to her.She used it for her turtle habitat.  I think that’s what she has in there.  Perfect for that table.  And look at cute little Rosie.  She looks related to my Maybelline.OK, back to the holidays………

Easy toffee gift idea.  Love toffee.  She has the full recipe and tutorial.  No excuses now.      To decorate, she MADE these hurricanes.  MADE THEM!  She started out with 3 glasses and 3 candle sticks…..waved her magic wand and TaDa!!!

 

And these ceramic coasters are a very popular gift idea.  Simple, functional and cute.   

So grab your stenciling dabber and get ready for some holiday crafting!

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Guess what!  It’s Get Your Craft On Tuesday and I am giving away 5 Gifts Kids can Make ebooks from Skip to my Lou. So post your link of anything you’ve done lately that’s creative.  Something you’ve made, created, painted, sewn, glued…….you get the idea.  Just add your link below and I’ll choose 5 winners from the link list.  Deadline is Wednesday 5pm.

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