INKLING: Lifestyle Crafts Letterpress plus a Giveaway

I’m so pleased to share with you my very first attempt at letterpress. I’m a huge fan of letterpress and I couldn’t wait to try out my Lifestyle Craft Evolution machine with letterpress plates.

Extra Credit: Beauty Tips for Allergies

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Do you have allergies? I’ve been battling allergies my entire life. Some days are fine and others are terrible. My son has allergies too. Lately, we both switched to ZYRTEC® and we’re both much happier and have our allergies under control.

Little Crafts: kiwi crate holiday fun

I’ve mentioned before that my son is now a teenager – so when Kiwi Crate asked me to review their holiday craft crate geared for kids age 3-7, I had no choice but to borrow some little crafters. My friend Katy also has a teenage son but she has lots of nieces and nephews who were happy to help out. How cute are these happy crafters?

Good Taste: holiday favorites with philadelphia cream cheese

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I have to confess, one of my favorite things about the holidays is all the yummy food. Don’t get me wrong, I am very into the true meaning of the holidays but a ridiculous amount of delicious food is prepared, shared, given and eaten during the holiday season. And I enjoy every bite!

Etceteras: cameo holiday candles

Here’s a quick and easy way to dress up plain white candles for the holidays.

Good Taste: enjoy the holidays with an edward’s pie {giveaway}

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One of my favorite desserts is a chocolate cream pie. I consider it in a totally different category than fruit pies - I love those too but chocolate cream pies are so light and fluffy. And although I enjoy baking, it’s hard to find time around the holidays to make everything homemade.

Good Taste: Martha Stewart treat boxes & my best brownies

I’ve been making these brownies for years. Decades actually. 

homework: reading {quirk books free homemade sampler}

This is such a treat. Quirk Books has released a free downloadable DIY Gift Guide. They’ve taken some of their most popular crafts from their fun quirky books and made us a free sampler.

Fresh Look: Color+Plus with Lamps Plus

I’m thinking about changing the color scheme in my living room. For years, my living room has been beige and white with touches of blue and gold. I need to possibly break out of my neutral phase and get bold.

Celebrations: sparkle & glitter with Tulip Shimmer

It’s that glittery time of year. I’m usually not a sparkle and glitter type of person – except around the holidays. Then I love the look of silver, white and iridescent glitter.

The Dirt: good things at Curbside Chaos

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Can you imagine winning a $5,000 yard makeover. There are so many things I would do to our yard – starting with new privacy trees or hedges along our back yard wall. From there I would redo all my flower beds so I could have beautiful cut flowers year round. It would be amazing!

Celebrations: happy thanksgiving leftovers and a giveaway

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the U.S. I hope you’re enjoying your day with family, friends and of course, food.

Once the dishes are done and you’ve had a second helping of pie, I hope you have to time to enjoy this round up of Thanksgiving leftover ideas. Plus, once you've perused this round up, scroll to the bottom for a special Thankful Giveaway.


Pop over to Jacolyn Murphy to see how she created this ultimate Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich. Oh my – if I weren’t so full, I’d make one of these right now. However, tomorrow is a new day!

Good Taste: good morning with Dunkin’ Donuts coffee

Photo Source: homework

We are a coffee family. Coffee is a must-have every morning. I usually give myself extra time in the morning to enjoy my coffee – usually perusing blogs and creative sites - before I rush out the door. It’s a little bit of “me” time in the morning.

But I miss having coffee with my husband. He leaves for work very early so we don’t even see each other most mornings and the weekend mornings have become equally busy.

Inkling: I {heart} Sharpie®

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I wouldn’t say I was Sharpie® obsessed but it’s very deep love. I always feel very empowered when I use one of my Sharpies because, you know, it’s permanent. These are some of my Sharpies.

Etceteras: martha stewart circle edge punch

Today I’m testing out a new crafting tool by Martha Stewart Crafts. It’s new and completely innovative – an edge punch that cuts a continuous die-cut circular border.

Celebrations: operation christmas child

This year I’m participating in Operation Christmas Child.

Etceteras: dreaming of redecorating

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I would love to redecorate my house. There are some areas that I’m satisfied with but overall there are so many things that need freshening and some areas that need a complete overhaul. If I did redecorate, I would love to go light and bright like this room from Havertys: Discover Something You.

Reading: {making an impression -book review & giveaway}

I know I’ve probably said this before (and I always do mean it) but I am really, really excited about this book review and giveaway.

Celebrations: ghouliciously green halloween {avocados from Mexico}

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Are you having a Halloween celebration? Why not go green on Halloween? Here are some last minute ghoulish party ideas that will be a sure hit!

The Inspiration Board: link party [74]

Now on to the Inspiration Board link party. Thank you so much for joining me on my favorite day of the week when I get to see what you have been creating. I truly appreciate each and every visit, comment and link. Are you working on last minute Halloween goodies and costumes? Or, have you moved into fall decor. Maybe you're way ahead of the curve and working on winter holiday projects. I can't wait to see - I'll be featuring some of the projects on Friday.