tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39307994662767893752024-02-18T21:30:48.085-08:00Creative HomeA place for inspiration and creativity, to collabrate and learnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930799466276789375.post-87457228376892330872013-04-25T17:20:00.000-07:002013-05-03T14:22:00.393-07:00To Blog on Blogger or not is the Question....<br />
I started blogging here on Blogger in 2009 with my first blog "Carrie's Craftroom". It all started by me wanting a place to share my crafting, however it turned into so much more. Not only did I enjoyed sharing my crafts with everyone - I have learned so much too. Also I have met so many sweet people here.<br />
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I'm not saying good-bye here, it's just that I have made a decision to move my blog to Wordpress. The last couple months I have been researching Wordpress and blog designs, blog themes,domain names and hosting companies. I have to say that the pro's of having your own website far out weights the cons. So I bit the bullet and made the move. <br />
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If you have enjoyed my blog in the past I am sure that you will love the new and improved blog on Wordpress. My new blog's name is "<a href="http://myhousewifeadvice.com/" target="_blank">My Housewife Advice</a>". I am still ironing out the kinks but feel free to stop by there and check it out. <br />
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So my friends here at Blogger it's been a great journey we had together and the fun doesn't have to stop here. I still have so many ideas and projects that I would like to pass on so this is not the end of our journey. I thought it would be fun to see where this blog has come from to where it is today, so I made this little video - I hope you enjoy it.<br />
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I found this quote today and it gave me a lot to think about. Sometimes we are so focus on the every day sequences of our life that we let life past us by. I catch myself often saying - "Some day I will ________", I'll be happy if I _______ (fill in the blanks). Have you ever said these phrases? </div>
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This one quote has resonated with me. It got me thinking boy if I keep waiting for all these "What Ifs" I'll never get any where. We are a society that is so focus on the future that we waste our lives saying those catch phrases (Some day, I'll be happy when).</div>
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In the beginning of the year I promised myself that I was going to make a change things were going to be different. We are already in the third month of this year and I can see so much potential by just following what the above quote says. If I keep holding my breath for more money, a better job, a better relationship with family and friends I am going to be left standing in the same place.<br />
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So I've been working hard trying to better myself this year. Trying to be more focus on what I have now and not so much on what I don't have. I have to say that I've seen some changes in my life. I am more present in my life and more grateful the things and people in my life. When I first starting out on my journey of a better year I was a little afraid of what might pop up along the way, but I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised on all the gems I have found along my path. <br />
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The path is a long one but I'm not worried at all because if I keep focusing on the important things like bringing order to my life, living in harmony with the people and things that are already in my life, by simplifying my life - only good things can come from that. <br />
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Instead of looking at what I don't have and feeling down about not having the most expensive car, not having all the money I want and not having the kind of relationships I want. I am making a conscious effort to really enjoy what I have in my life now and it's working out great. <br />
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I am declutter the house to bring order to it. I am setting a side time to find out what makes me and family/friends happier. I am living with what I have and those things mean more to me then the next shinny new thing I can get my hands on.<br />
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Hi everyone - I am back with another video. This one is regarding my craft table. I received a request to show how my desk was made. <br />
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What can I say - I am one lucky girl because my husband made this table for me about 5 years ago. He basically made it from; 2x4s, stock molding, and eight organizational cubes(that I got from Michaels). Since this was made over 5 years ago I wasn't able to film him putting it together, however, I did manage to find a few pictures of him putting it together. So I thought I would try to make a video to try to at least explain(to the best of my abilities - I am not handy with power tools or building things) how he actually put it all together. So if you are interested in seeing this type of video please press play.<br />
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Well I finally finished updating my craft room. Mainly things stayed the same, however, I added a office to my room. A lot of hours of purging and sorting and this is the results that I came up with. I am truly excited to show you my updates and would love to hear your responses. <br />
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Most of my furniture in my room is from Ikea and my craft desk my sweet husband built for me a while back. If you would like I could post how he made it. I hope you enjoyed the tour and I will see you really soon.<br />
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Just putting the finishing touches on my new office/craft room. So watch out for my video of my newly rearranged office/craft room coming soon. I added a few things but the most important thing is I took a lot away. (Umm I don't think my garbage man is going to like stopping by our house this week) - I have to admit I lost my creative motivation there for a while and I needed a change.<br />
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I decided to add an office to my craft room. Prior to moving my office to my craft room I shared an office with my husband in our loft upstairs it worked well for us for a while. Now that my husband is working more from home it works better to have separate office. I added a lot of color in my room this time and I don't know if it because we are in the middle of winter and I live in the Midwest but all this color has got me thinking again. <br />
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I'm in the process of making a video showing the before and after pictures so as soon as it is ready I will post it here. <br />
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I am so excited about this New Year. Every year I set out and make my New Year Resolutions only to have them fizzle out before January ends. This year I feel it's going to be different. I am looking at this in a whole different light and approaching it differently this year. I have so many plans for myself, my family, my house and my blog this year. I am inviting you to come on my journey of change with me. <br />
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So there is no time like the present Right? So let's get started. <br />
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Some of you might remember a post I did last year on the <a href="http://carriecreativehome.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-happiness-project.html" target="_blank">Happiness Project</a> (click on the link for my post). That book was so great and I highly recommend you read it if you haven't already done so. It is definitely worth the time and effort. <br />
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Well because I had such a great time with that book I was on a hunt this year to find a similar book. One that will help me with one of my New Year Resolution (being more present in my life), well I am happy to say I found one and I want to share it with all of you<br />
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I am having such a great time reading this book by Sarah Ban Breanatch. The author of this book believes in six principles which are<br />
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I love the concept of this book. It is a book that is simple set up on a daily basis and it gives you several blank lines where you are to put at least five things that you are grateful for in any given day. I noticed that by focusing on things that I am thankful for in my life it keeps me focus and present in my life. I take this book to bed with me and the last thing I do before falling a sleep is write down my five things that I am thankful for that day. How great is that! Ending your day in such a positive way I can't begin to tell you how this has started to change my outlook on my life.</div>
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I just love this time of year. My most favorite thing is decorating for Christmas. That is what we celebrate in my little creative home. I love to looking through Magazines for decorating ideas. I'm always a sucker for Pottery Barns website during this time of year, however, unfortunately I don't have quite the budget that some of those magazines do. One of my most favorite magazines to pull ideas out of is call<br />
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What I do each year is find pictures of Christmas decorations and I go out to find reasonable duplicates for my favorite layouts that I pulled from website, magazine and sometimes even my own little noggin. Now this doesn't have to break the piggy bank girls. A lot of my decorations come from Home Goods, Hobby Lobby, T J Max and I know it's hard to believe but the Dollar Store.<br />
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Home Goods and Hobby Lobby always have really great sales prior and after the holidays. For instance all of my decorations that I picked up there this year where when they were running their 50% off sale. I even was able to score some really nice quality items at the end of the holiday sales and if I can remember correctly two of the items I got for 75% off. That's my trick I try not to buy anything full price unless I absolutely love it. Also this year I found a new source to pick up things it's call Lakeside.com they have really adorable Christmas and other holiday items for a great price and if you are lucky you can even find that they run 50% sales too.<br />
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So with out any more delays let's take a tour of my house for this years decorations shall we....<br />
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Let's start in the living room. I decide to keep the decoration simple this year. I choice to mix my Christmas decoration within my every day decoration. I love this idea because I don't have to worry about packing away my every day decoration (and worrying they get broke). <br />
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I bought a couple of new items for this room this year. The pillows you see on the couch I got at Hobby Lobby at there 50% sale I think I snagged them for $10 for each of them. I just love that store for buying Christmas decorations. They have a great selection no matter what type of style you are looking for. <br />
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Next on our tour is my formal dinning room. The theme again this year SIMPLE. I bought a new table cloth at Home Goods (another favorite store to shop for home decor.). I also picked up the Christmas tree candles they were in the clearance isle. The hurricane glass candle jar I picked up last year at Kohls it was a great find it was a $80 mark down to $25 it also was in there clearance bin. My center piece was last year wreath that hung on my Kitchen light. The poinsettias I had for a long time I picked them up at Michael's a few years back.<br />
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Moving onto the Kitchen. I really didn't decorate too much in here. I just put a couple items out this year. I threw a couple ornaments and some picks in my fruit tower to give it a little bit of a festive look. On my top shelf next to the cabinets I put my favorite Santa that my mother made for me. She is so talented. Believe it or not that bottom shelf is a dollar store container for cookies. I just filled it up with old glass ornaments and then added some holiday picks that I picked up last year from Michaels and Hobby Lobby after Christmas sale. <br />
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Now I think that the Family room decoration is where the magic begins. I decided to redo my shelves and mantel this year. I just love how they came out.<br />
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New items this year the little pipe cleaner trees (from Home Goods), Santa Claus portrait (from Hobby Lobby 50% off), candle sticks along with Wooden Angel were (Home Goods), and new stockings this year (from Target)<br />
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On the right side of my fireplace this is how I decorated this year. I purchase a couple new items for the shelves this year. Those houses you see on the third shelf I got them at the dollar store.<br />
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On the left on my fireplace is another built in shelf the only thing that is new here from last year is the on the second to the top shelf the Santa I picked up from Hobby Lobby when they were running there 50% sale. <br />
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This year I had a little helper decorating with me (or should I say for me). It turned out that when I wanted to get the decorations up this year I caught the flu and it knocked me out for three whole days. While I was down and out in my little flu induce coma my mother came over and decorated my house for me. I don't know what I would do with out her. I love how it all came together this year.<br />
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I hope you had fun with your decorating your house this year and that you see that decorating doesn't have to be expensive. If you pick up items that you love and you watch for sales and you slowly accumulate these items you will find that this really can be inexpensive. A few of my decoration came from the dollar store and would you believe those are the decorations that everyone seems to go wild over. <br />
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A well packed luggage means you can take more in less space. Now a days checking one bags comes with baggage fees. Checked bags fees have gotten way out of hand. So I try to pack efficiently. Having less bags means less hassle too. I love to pack and over the years I have put in place many packing systems. I am always looking for ways to pack more in less space.<br />
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In my quest to pack more in less space I have fell in love with a packing system from the Container store called Eagle Creek. They have several pieces to their system. I absolutely love the Eagle Creek Pack-It Folders. They keep my clothes wrinkle-free, plus I'm able to pack more with this system. Each Pack-it Folder comes with a special lightweight board that helps you fold your clothes so they can fit into the folders. I have been using these for a while now and I will not go back to my old system.<br />
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What I love about these packing cubes is that they make my life easier. All I have to do is pack these cubes up and once I reach my destination I just have to take them out of my luggage and pop them into the hotel drawers. No unpacking needed. (Chorus of Angels inserted here). I have found that since I started using these I am able to pack a week worth of clothes in a small carry-on bag. That means less hassles at the air port which who wouldn't love that. <br />
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Now I know these little babies are kind of expensive (but truly worth their weight in gold) so if you can't purchase these for your packing there are alternatives. Prior to finding these cubes I used to pack using zip-lock bags. Yes zip-lock bags! </div>
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Zip-lock bags are useful if you have small children. I used to pack a whole outfit in a quart size bag for my young child. I would be able to put a shirt, shorts, underwear and socks in one bag squeezed out the air and pack the zip-lock bags into my luggage. Using them saved on space and also made it easy for my child to pick out there own clothes while we were away.<br />
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I also used zip-lock bags to organize electronics that I took with me on trips. This helps when you have more than one cell phone charger or DS games. You can put it in a bag and lable them for each member of your family. <br />
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When packing cubes and zip-lock bags aren't an option. Then try rolling your clothes. If done right you can get to your destination with wrinkle free clothes. I usually fold a t-shirt in half then fold in the arms of the shirt then start rolling. What I don't like about these system is that you are not always guaranteed that your clothing will come out wrinkle-free.<br />
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I hope you find these tips helpful. <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930799466276789375.post-16280439573354982312012-07-08T18:42:00.001-07:002012-07-08T18:42:22.831-07:00I'm still here!Sorry for the long break, but it was a much needed break. Lots going on around here. With the kids off school and family issues I've had a hard time concentrating on my blog. Things look like they are slowing down and I miss blogging. I have decided to branch out into different areas besides crafting with my blog and I hope that you will continue to visit me here. <br />
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Thanks for understanding and stay tuned for new post soon.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930799466276789375.post-76640285012625587992012-05-16T05:40:00.000-07:002012-05-16T05:40:01.746-07:00Where did it go?<br />
Some how some where I have lost it. That is my creativity..... I feel like I should apologize for being such a bad blogger. My mind is so far from being creativity at this time, but I have to say that I've been busy doing my 2nd most favorite thing and that is organizing. I am trying to tackle some big projects around the house. They are organizing projects. I have already cleaned out, sorted and reorganized my storage room. That was a huge project and has taken me a long time to finish. I decided that I needed to clean out the storage room prior to picking up my son who has been away at college, because I knew he would have a truck load of stuff that he was bringing home with him that he wouldn't be using during the summer. <br />
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After finishing that project I was thinking maybe I should of blogged about this since I don't feel like being creative at this time and I love to organize and reorganize things. I have a few more big projects in mind to do around here and I decided that I will bring you along with me this time. So stay tuned.<br />
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This is the first year that both my son and daughter were not on the same Spring break schedule and I wasn't prepared for this as you can see my posting dropped off at the start of my son's break. Today my daughter return back to school from her Spring break. <br />
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I have a few projects that I am in the middle of and will be posting on these this week. Stay tuned folks....<br />
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Have you ever wished that you could some way capture your video and put them into your Project Life album? Is it even possible you are asking to yourself right now? Well I am here to tell you that it is possible. All you need is a smart phone. Now I know a lot of you out there already taking pictures with your IPhone to use in your Project Life Album. Now you can start shooting videos too. It's really simple and I am going to walk you through the process right now.<br />
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First thing first have you ever heard of a QR code. A QR code is a matrix bar code (or two dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, Mobile phones with cameras and smart phones. I bet you have seen them. They look like this...<br />
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That's all you need. The first step is to shoot your video on your smart phone. Then you need to upload to a site like Vimeo or YouTube in order to create a URL link. You can sign up for free to both Vimeo or Youtube. Follow the directions to upload your video. After uploading your video you need to copy the URL link and paste it into the a QR code generator.</div>
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I have received an award from one of my dear blogging friends <a href="http://pajaluspapersfabricsaddiction.blogspot.com/">Paula</a> at Scrappy Me. Here is how it works:<br />
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So here goes. I've decided to give this award to the following lovely bloggers, all of their blogs are so worth seeing and I get great enjoyment in reading about their latest projects and their life in general. Please stop by all of their blogs to see for yourself I think you just may become a follower too. </div>
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1. Natalie from<a href="http://northshoredays.blogspot.com/"> NorthShore Days</a> a very talented lady - I have just started following Natalie's blog and her projects are a must see,<br />
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2. Karen from <a href="http://somewhatquirkydesign.blogspot.com/">Somewhat Quirky</a> I just love her post they are so well written and her projects don't get me started, please pop over to her blog to see for yourself.<br />
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3. <a href="http://feedingfourfood.blogspot.com/">Feeding Four</a> her blog is full of wonderful recipes and her last project turned out so well. Why don't you skip over there to see what I mean.<br />
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4. Debbie from <a href="http://beautififulthings.blogspot.com/">Beautiful things and trashy</a> she such a creative and talented lady and she has so many wonderful projects on her blog.<br />
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5. Paula from <a href="http://pajaluspapersfabricsaddiction.blogspot.com/">Scrappy Me</a> I don't know if this is allowed since she gave me this award but Paula is a very talented and creative card marker. I've been following her blog for a very long time and she is such a sweet lady. Please stop by her blog to see for yourself.<br />
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Okay I have to confess something - At the end of last year I finished reading the Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and thought wow this is a great book, but deep down I questioned if it would really work. So I set out to do my own experiment to test it out. </div>
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If you haven't read this book it's all about how the author Gretchen Rubin took a year of her life to do things that would bring her more happiness in her life. Each month she focuses on something new which she thought would bring her happiness. It's a very inspirational book and it got me motivated for sure.<br />
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So starting on Jan 1st I wrote my goals down that I wanted to accomplish in order to bring more happiness into my life. To tell you the truth I don't know if I will make it through the whole year but I am happy to say that I've made it happen for two months now and that's encouraging to me.<br />
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I think that any time you get a chance to reach outside of your comfort zone you receive rewards. So far my little experiment has only proven me right. <br />
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So what have I've been up to in these last two months?????<br />
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<b>To act like I wanted to feel - </b>This goal might be confusing to you. How can you act like you want to feel? Simple it meant instead of letting outside matters control the way I felt I concentrated on how I wanted to feel, So many times I've simply let people in my life affect the way I felt. For example if I ran into a crabby kid I noticed that I started to feel that way too. So I decided to focus on how I wanted to feel and stuck to it. No matter what I ran into I choose that I wouldn't let outside interference change the way I wanted to feel.<br />
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<b>To do what ought to be done</b> - I noticed that when I set out to do something and I did what needed to be done it felt so good. For example I've been really working on sticking to my cleaning schedule that I made for myself. When I stuck to my goals the house was kept cleaned and I was able to do more things which increased my happiness factor. Also in the beginning of the year I joined Ail Edwards one little word workshop and picked the word DISCIPLINE. So these two little goals went hand in hand together. It takes discipline for me to get the things done that needed to be done. When I achieved what I wanted to get done I couldn't help but to feel happy.<br />
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<b>To count my blessings - </b> I have fond this goal to bring me the most happiness. At first it wasn't something natural for me to do. Most days I would walk around not even thinking what I felt blessed about. However, when I started to make an effort to be grateful for what I had around me it really did make me feel happier. <br />
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<b>Focus on something I really enjoyed - </b> I wanted to focus on one thing that I really enjoyed. This goal was a tough one for me, Let's face it I'm very crafty person I enjoy crafting and I enjoy showing people what I have accomplished but I found that I was always scattered. I would have three projects going at the same time. As much as I tried to stay focus on this goal in the beginning of February it didn't turn out. So I decided that I would change the goal up a little. I knew that no matter what, I wasn't going to change the fact that I had more than one project going at a time so I decided to focus on my blog. By just picking one thing to focus on (like my blog) I got enjoyment out of it. I focused on setting goals for my blog and by setting these goals I've accomplish one of the things I always wanted to do and that's to grow my blog. I got a few more followers and that gave me a thrill like you wouldn't believe. <br />
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Like Gretchen observed in her book it takes a conscious effort to be happy and by being a little bit more aware of that fact any one can set out to be a more happier person. <br />
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This past weekend I attended a baby shower. This was the first shower that I ever could remember where the gift register was completely taken. I mean there was nothing left to get on the list. Every item was taken. Needless to say I began to sweat a little, what the heck was I going to do? Then I remember a post on Pinterest a few months ago about these onsies with the months on them and I sighed a little breath of relief. <br />
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I bought these star shapes from the Silhouette on-line store and added the text (using the text tool on my Silhouette) for each month. I printed them on my home printer onto iron-on transfer paper. Cut the shape out and ironed them onto the onesie. I went to Joann Fabric and got the Wilton cake box to package them in. This was such an easy project to do and I've been wanting to make these ever since I saw them posted on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/81031524/grow-baby-grow-set-of-12-onsies-circle?ref=v1_other_2%2F">Pinterest</a>. <br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">This caught my eye when I saw it on </span><a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/craft-blogs/#more-9601" style="text-align: left;">Today's Creative blogs</a><span style="text-align: left;"> this past Tuesday. I thought it would be interesting and fun to join in. You can click on the link below to find more out about this link-up party. Where you tell your five goals for your blog for this year.</span><br />
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Lets start off at the beginning shall we...... I started blogging back in 2008 not sure what I wanted to do with this blog other than having a place for my family and friends to view the craft projects I have completed. Fast forward a few years and I find my blog a place that I use for socializing. I have followed and made friends with so many talented creative ladies. Press the fast forward button again and that brings us to today. With me contemplating what I want my blog to be when it grows up. <br />
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I want my blog to have value. I want to set goals to make my blog have some type of purpose that is fun and practical. What I've observed lately on my blog is that a few of my project tutorials have been pinned and re pinned on Pinterest. I've given some thought to making some video tutorials so that you can see the complete process of these projects.<br />
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I want my blog to be clear and well written. I would like people to come and visit my blog and read my posts to the end. I would like to find some avenues to improve my writing. In the past I've taken workshops to improve my writing for my journals on my scrap book pages and I've found that they were very helpful. My favorite class was taught by Ali Edwards called <a href="http://in%20the%20past%20i%27ve%20taken%20classes%20to%20improve%20on%20my%20journals%20for%20my%20scrap%20book%20pages%20and%20that%20helped%20out%20%20a%20lot.%20%20my%20favorite%20class%20was%20taught%20by%20ali%20edwards%20called%20storyology./">Storyology</a>. I've even thought about taking some type of class in order to improve my <a href="http://www.thewritingfaculty.com/">writing</a>. I've always enjoyed writing so what do I have to lose right.<br />
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I've kind of borrowed this idea from Linda at <a href="http://www.itallstartedwithpaint.com/2012/02/what-do-i-want-my-blog-to-be-when-it.html">It all Started with Paint blog</a>. I want to grow my followers and have this be a blog where people want to keep coming back to. I would love to be more involved in party link ups like this one and maybe even hosting one too. I also want to host give a ways. I love give a ways and get excited for the chance to win. Maybe I can find sponsors so that can happen.<br />
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I want this to be a blog that is fun and that builds friendships. A place that we can gather to collaborate on ideas and give each other inspirations. By participating in blog hops, link up parties and so on. I want to be genuine, and real - because let's face it not every project, picture or post is 100% perfect I want you to see the real me.<br />
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Last but not least I want my blog content to be retrieved easily. I want to give more thought to the tags I give to each post so that when some one wants to retrieve a post regarding a certain project or post content that they don't get frustrated and give up. I want my blog to look neat and inviting to people.<br />
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I'm so glad that I decided to participate in this link up party. It gave me a lot to think about and things to strive for. <br />
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Let me start off this post with the fact that I've been researching the many ways to transfer a picture onto canvas ever since I saw them posted onto Pinterest. There are so many ways to accomplish this task, however, I was limited with the fact that I have an ink jet printer at home. So that being said - I found several posts on-line describing different ways to transfer pictures to canvas using a ink jet printer. <br />
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Today I set some time aside to test out two of these methods of transferring pictures. The first process was using tracing paper and the second process was using tissue paper. The steps I used for both process are listed below.<br />
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Both of these methods preparations a very similar. First I took a piece of tracing (or tissue) paper and wrapped it around some heavy card stock.<br />
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I taped the edges onto the back of the card stock as shown above. Next I place the covered card stock into my printer with the back of the card stock facing up.<br />
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I opened up my picture in my Photo Shop Elements 10 program and resized the picture to print out 8 x10".<br />
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Once printed I cut the picture out and coated the canvas with Modge Podge. Then I placed the picture onto the canvas being careful not to crinkle up the paper. <b>Tips - I found that when you coat the canvas with the Modge Podge that it helped to let it sit for a few minutes before putting the picture onto the canvas. Also I learned that with the tracing paper method it was better to put a second coat of Modge Podge over the picture once it was placed on the canvas but it was not helpful to complete this step when using the tissue paper. Another thing I found out while doing this is that you do not want to over load the canvas with the glue because it will cause the ink to bleed. I found with a light touch and minimal amount of glue I had a better result.</b><br />
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For the tracing paper method I found it help to smooth out the air bubbles using a gift card I had laying around the house. I would not suggest to do this with the tissue paper method because it will cause the paper to tear.<br />
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I have to say that the out come from both methods I was not pleased with. However, I can say that I have a few things that I would do differently if I did use either of these methods again. Also like I said above I have a couple of other methods that I would like to experiment with first before I commit to one certain method. This project was and is a project with a learning curve. I think once I get the technique down I will love the results as for now I think I will keep searching for a different method to accomplish this. Now here is a peek at my results using the Tracing Paper Transferring Method and Tissue Paper Transferring Method.<br />
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Above is the Tracing Paper Method. You can see that there is a lot of wrinkles. I believe the reason for that is that I did not wait for the glue to set up before I put on the picture. Also it is very important to make sure you have an even brush stroke when putting the glue onto the canvas.<br />
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Above you will find the Tissue Paper Method. I think out of the two methods I like this one a little bit more. I don't know if you can see but there are some wrinkles on this picture too but not as much as when I used the tracing paper. Some of the things I would do different with this method is - I would not put a second coat of Modge Podge over the picture I would stop with just putting it onto the canvas (reason being that the ink did bleed a little). Secondly I would have made the picture a little bigger so that it would of wrapped around the edge of the canvas. <br />
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Stay tuned to see how my other methods turn out. Until then thanks for stopping by.<br />
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There in, There in! The Project Life page protectors style "A" are restocked on Amazon today. I am so excited I've been waiting for these to be restocked. Also those cute pocket pages are restocked too. This is turning out to be a very good day in the land of Project Lifer's.<br />
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Just dropping in with a Project Life update. So far so good - I have managed to keep up with it so far. I can't wait for the products to come in so that I can get my hands on the page protector set "A". I'm not to happy with my album so far, but I didn't want to just sit back and wait for the page protectors to come back in stock so I went head and used some of the new page protectors that were available at the time I ordered my Project Life kit. Here is a peak of my progress so far:<br />
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Week One<br />
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I used C-Line flap protector<br />
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Week Two and Three - (not a lot of pictures for week three)<br />
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I used 8 x11 page protector to include the letter my daughter wrote to the President. On the other side I put my son's Honor certificate from the Dean of his university.<br />
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Week Five<br />
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I took a cue from Ali Edwards and did a Day in Life of my daughter.<br />
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Well Happy Birthday to myself people! Goodbye Cricut - Hello Cameo Silhouette ! Yes that's right I am joining in on the band wagon. Happily hopping on it I guess you can say. My Cameo should be arriving here sometime next week and I'm so excited. Prior to me buying my Cricut I owned the original Silhouette, however, I hated the fact that it couldn't cut anything bigger than a 6 x 12 image. So I ditch my beloved Silhouette and hopped on the Cricut band wagon. I thought I would be satisfied with the Cricut but to tell you the truth I was always looking back at my Silhouette wishing it would grow. I wasn't really thrilled with how Cricut cuts small images and I always loved the idea of buying individual images rather than a cartridge which I almost always only liked a few images that were on the cartridge any ways. I miss checking out what Kerry Bradford was up to on her blog and store too. Well I don't have to worry about that any more thank haven for that. Let the count down begin!!!!! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930799466276789375.post-74778935935979568672012-02-06T21:07:00.000-08:002012-02-11T02:42:46.749-08:00Owl Pillow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm just popping in with a little Valentine gift I made for my daughter today. I would love to share with you how I made it,<br />
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Fabric (Pink from JoAnn Fabrics)<br />
Accent fabric (Had laying around the house from another project)<br />
White felt<br />
Black felt<br />
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First of all I was inspired to do this project by watching a Youtube video made by diydish.com <a href="http://www.thediydish.com/2010/09/the-diy-dish-season2-episode1-look-whooos-back/">you can get the pattern here.</a>, however, as usually I have modified it. If you go to their blog you can down load the pin cushion pattern (I blew it up on my copier a little).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Once that was done I continued by cutting out both of the owl's wings from the pattern.</span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I pinned it onto one of the accent fabric and cut it out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did the same with the beak and the eyes,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After sewing on the wings, beak, and eyes I pinned right sides together and sewed<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a simple and fun project to do</td></tr>
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Happy Crafting<br />
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Carrie<br />
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PS: This was posted to <a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/">Today's Creative Blog</a> and <a href="http://www.notjustahousewife.net/">Not Just a Housewife</a>, <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/02/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-100-craft-pack-from-mindys-minute-market.html">Tatertots and Jello</a><br />
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First I took the glass panels out of the frame and cleaned it with glass cleaner. Once it was clean I placed my stencils where I wanted them.<br />
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I think it turned out pretty good. I can't wait to go back to Target and get more frames. The possibilities of what you can etch are endless.<br />
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PS this was also posted on <a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/">Today's Creative Blog</a>, <a href="http://www.notjustahousewife.net/">Not Just a Housewife</a><br />
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This is my story of the nightmare I walked into yesterday, The last few years I've prided myself on how well I've been keeping to my cleaning schedule but I have something to confess to you. While on the surface my house may seem clean it's only been an illusion. That's right an illusion. </div>
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Yesterday - I had errands to do and while I was at my last errand I locked my keys in my car. Thank goodness it wasn't that far from the house just about a 2 mile walk. Well I decided instead of calling for road side assistance I would walk home to get the spare keys. After walking home in the wet, cold weather I proceeded to look for my spare keys. I kept looking, and looking and I came up empty handed. I couldn't find my keys to save my life. </div>
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I stood there for a few minutes looking around my house and my house seemed to be in order - sinks where shinning, dishes where in the dishwasher, a load of laundry was ready to be switched, floors were swept. How could it be that the more I dug around for my keys I felt like my house was in disorder and why wasn't I able to find my keys. After all I have done everything the Fly Lady said to do.</div>
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Then I realized my house was only cleaned on the surface. All those closets and drawers and fancy boxes where filled to the brim with clutter. Uggh what can I say people I felt left down. </div>
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So I've decided to do something really drastic I heard of a challenge last year called the 48 bags in 48 days. It's where you take one bag a day and get rid of all the clutter, all the things that you are holding onto but don't need to be holding on to. I am in the process of going through all those nasty hiding grounds that clutter seems to be lurking and taking a big green bag with me to get rid of it all. </div>
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My intentions for the New Year is to bring calmness, a renewal of health and learning to myself and my family. I have a plan and this year I will try my hardest to stick with it.</div>
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I'm so looking forward to the New Year this year. I have signed myself up for some classes that I can't wait to start. First off I have joined Cathy Zielske's Big Picture class Move More, Eat Well. <br />
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I just love Cathy's sense of humor and the way she just tells it like it is. I am looking to change a few things in my life and this will help with a couple of them. Also I have lined up a seat in Ali Edwards Big Picture class One Little Word. </div>
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I am so looking forward to this class. I've wanted to join it last year but had to much on my plate to commit to it, but I am making time for it this year. <br />
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Carrie </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930799466276789375.post-10654608385701172612011-12-26T15:42:00.000-08:002011-12-28T02:45:42.945-08:00Preparing for the New Year<br />
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I always start right after Christmas getting ready for my New Year. The first thing I do is take that pile of Christmas cards sort them. So that I can update my address book. <br />
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<li>I look for information like newly weds (usually they have new addresses), new babies names etc.</li>
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Next on my list of things to organize is my desk. I don't know if you are like me but at this time of year my desk seems like a great big pile of papers. Here are some of the things I do..<br />
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<li>I gather up mortgage statements, house tax paper work, interest statements and 1099 I will be receiving and place them in one file marked Taxes.</li>
<li>I file away this year credit card statements, bank statements, and make new files for the coming year. (I try to keep only one year of statement in my desk then I move them to the file cabinet)</li>
<li>I take the time to make a list of office supplies I need. Also I take a note of what school supplies the kids might be missing and buy them too.</li>
<li>I have a bill binder that I keep track of my bills with an excel sheet so I update that.</li>
<li>I also have a home binder book and as much as I try during the year to keep that tidy it never fails that I always have a pile of things that I have to update or file away in there too.</li>
<li>I get out the new calendar and look up kids school information for the coming new year and put special dates on the new calendar. I mark down important dates like birthdays, anniversaries and upcoming events too.</li>
<li>In my desk I always seem to have one draw that gets full of junk, where miscellaneous things seem to pile up - so I take the time to sort through those things and get rid of any thing I don't need.</li>
<li>During the year if I have purchased any major appliance for the home I keep warranty information and manuals in my home binder. Usually at this time of year it never fails that I forgot to file some of those away so I do that at this time too.</li>
<li>Usually when I get done cleaning my desk out I always have a pile of papers that have private information that I don't want seen so I schedule a couple of days to shred those types of papers.</li>
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<b>Getting the house organized</b><br />
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There are so many great sites out there with organization tips so I won't bore you with a whole list of my preparation. I will share with you a few of those sites that I found this year. What I wanted to say here is a year ago I was reading one of my favorite blogs called <a href="http://www.memoriesoncloverlane.com/">Clover Lane</a> and she gives out organizational tips too. The one thing that stuck out to me is the way she approaches organizing her house. <br />
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She said, that she looks at her house as if she was going to put it up on the market to sell. She pretends that she is about to have an open house. She goes through each room and makes a list of things that need to be organized, de-cluttered, and fixed. Then she breaks down each of those thing down and assigns a time or a month when she knows that she can tackle those problems. Isn't that brilliant!<br />
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Here are a few of the websites that I found had great organization tips.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mysimplerlife.com/2012.htm">http://www.mysimplerlife.com/2012.htm</a><br />
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<a href="http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/p/iheart-project-gallery.html">http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/p/iheart-project-gallery.html</a><br />
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Hope everyone has a wonderful, prosperous and healthy New Year!<br />
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