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The Catherine Holman Folk Art Giveaway

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I believe if something is pretty and makes you smile, it is a keeper. I also believe in dessert. Our last giveaway of this fun week may not help you do something functional in the kitchen, but all work and no play…. And I believe in playing. A lot! Catherine has well over 100 items [...] Read more »

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The Spice Rak Giveaway

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Grab those high heels. Grab your pearls. And Start Cooking! What? You don’t float around the house like June Cleaver? Well, you will want to at least once when you see how absolutely adorable this little apron looks. Spice Rak Designs, yet another fabulous Etsy shop, is sponsoring our next giveaway. Isn’t it cute! Now [...] Read more »

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Week Over Week Magnetized Dry Erase Calendar A Giveaway

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I always keep several sets of these week over week magnetized dry erase calendars in my bag of tricks. The ones I have on hand at the moment are from Quartet, but I have used other brands I like just as well. Now, these are not my favorite dry-erase calendar (they would be if they [...] Read more »

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The Rubbermaid Premier Set Giveaway

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Jim Deitzel over at the Rubbermaid Blog was kind enough to let us have a set of Premier containers for our next giveaway of the week. I have written about these before when we decluttered our food containers.  I received a set as a gift and liked them so much I bought a second set. [...] Read more »

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If Walls Could Talk Giveaway

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Have you seen all of the beautiful quotes and typography painted on the walls in all of the decorating magazines?  Many of them are actually these vinyl decals that look hand painted! If you want the same look in your home or on your vehicle, you have to check out If Walls Could Talk. She [...] Read more »

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The Purple Pear Giveaway

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I’ll tell you a little secret. I absolutely adore ETSY.  I could get lost perusing there for hours. So when I started thinking about doing this giveaway, instead of just doing a few commercial things, I wanted to go all out and make it a week long event to make sure to include several wonderful [...] Read more »

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Are You Ready For Some Fun?

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This site is something I play with during my ME time. When I first sat down to research how to make a website, I already had a plan for all of the things I wanted to include. I drafted tons of articles including several series. I filled pages with the features I would like the [...] Read more »

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Good Tears

Catching up on my RSS reader today I found a little piece of gold. Whatever – What Matters Most had this video.  Another addition to the Special Finds links in my sidebar. I dare you not to cry good tears.     Pass it on after you watch. Read more »

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Personal Focusing for the New Year and Sites to See for December 27

My Hubby jokes that my annual Frenzy Week has commenced. He sees it as the time I randomly fire ideas and lofty ambitions. In reality I am just getting my focus for next year. I spend the week doing several activities. I promise there is a method to what he sees as my madness. Putting [...] Read more »

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Merry Christmas!

I have been very busy lately taking care of last minute details for Christmas festivities and looking toward the New Year so I haven’t been collecting Sites to See for this weekend. I will also be absent a lot next week. My to do lists look very similar to the ones from Thanksgiving – Mon, [...] Read more »

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Sites To See for December 14

I think people that visited my site for Thanksgiving have been disappointed that I haven’t had a lot of tips for getting organized for Christmas.  But the truth is I have my Holiday plan set up so that on Monday following the long Thanksgiving weekend I put my Christmas cards in the mail and I [...] Read more »

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