Giveaway at the Feathered Nest

Please stop by at Dawn's blog The Feathered Nest. She is having a giveaway. I love her blog and stop by daily. She is truly inspiring. She makes the cutiest crafts and has tutorials to follow or to purchse. Go further down into her blog and see the cute snowman and little birdy she made. I just adore them.

Friday Sketchers-Card Sketch Challenge Entry.

I made this card to be entered into Friday Sketchers Card Challenge. This is going to my best friend Heather this year for Christmas. This is a digi image and I am not sure of where I had got it. Complete Brain Fart Moment!! Hope you like it. Hope I win. Fingers crossed.

A day of giveaway leads!

Today I will post giveaway lead to all the wonderful blogs that are doing giveaways. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I win some. Please show your love and enter. You never know, you may just win!

First, a beautiful apron giveaway from http://reluctantentertainer.com/. Today she made me stop for a moment and think of my favorite moments with my family. Just love that.

A wonderful women named Dawn at The Feathered Nest has a list of giveaways also and while your there check out her cute little Snowman "Pudge". He is just so cute. If you scroll down futher you can see her cute little birdie she made out of paper clay. She has tutorials on some cute projects as well.

Want something to keep those little toesies warm this winter. The Inspired Room is having a giveaway. They are giving away a pair of cozy white bunny slippers. My daughter would just love them.

Lastly over at Fiona and Twig, she is offering her own giveaway but also posted some great giveaway leads.

Hey, I entered them. If I win, I win. So have fun entering and roaming around blogworld. Best of Luck to all.

Oh found another!
Sue's Rubber Stamping Adventure

Alert: Great Giveaway from a Great Friend!

Please jump over to my wonderful friend Lisabee at This and That. She is having a giveway for her 20,0000 visit and her up and coming 30th Birthday. Please run quick and post for a chance to win some great giveaways.

~New~ Fifteen Minute Fridays!!

I love visiting blogs and getting great advice from everything from scrapping, stamping, crafting, cooking, decorating and more. I have decided that it would be nice if I can give out some advice of my own. So I have come up with Fifteen Minute Fridays! Please stop by or follow my blog to get some cool ideas and advice on Fridays. Fifteen Minute Fridays will contain projects or things you can do in fifteen minutes!! It will be on different things every week. You never know what you can do in fifteen minutes or less! So lets begin.

This week's Fifteen Minute Friday is: drum roll please.....

Planning out your week ahead.

So now that Thanksgiving is over and the December Holidays are fast approaching I feel that my time is really being taken by shopping, cooking, family time and everyday life.

So here is what to do to make sure your time isn't wasted but is being used wisely.

1. Sit down with your calendar and a pen, paper and a nice cup of hot cocoa. Chocolate makes everything less stressful. :)
2.Write down everything that has to be done this coming week. Put down the amount of time you think this will take.
3. Take that list and now put it in a list of most important (Tasks that must be done) to least important (Tasks that are not really important but you would like to see done). Do you see where I am going with this?
4. Time to chop the list! If it is least important scratch it off the list, delegate it to someone else or write it down for the next week. This will help to make your list shorter and your week less daunting.

I hope this helps! Thanks for visiting and please visit often!

Jessica

Homemade Laundry Detergent

I don't know about you but this economy truly sucks. No matter what I do to save I don't seem to be getting ahead. I have a family of 5, two of which are teens. We create so much laundry. I am constantly complaining about the cost of detergent and the fact that I have to buy so much. While blog hopping one day I came across a blog called Little Birdie Secrets. Fabulous crafty blog run by a group of friends. The blog is so good I have read every blog that they have written. When I like a blog, I really read almost all of it. Well, one post was about Homemade Laundry Detergent. I was so happy to see this post. Non other do they give the directions but they show how to do it step by step. Today I went out and got the ingrediants and tonight hubby and I will be making our own Laundry Detergent. I can tell you now that this $13 investment is going to save me over $100. Go me! Thanks so much to the ladies over at the Little Birdie Secrets Blog.



So if you are interested in saving some bucks and making your own laundry detergent go here!!

P.S. I'm using Japanese Cherry Blossom essential oil. You can change the scent to your favorite scent. I found it in the craft section in Walmart. The ingrediants I found at the supermarket. Walmart only sells the Borax.

Good Luck!

Jessica~

I love Giveaways!

So, non other do I love paper crafting but I love home design and other crafty things such as sewing. I also love to blog hop. When I blog hop all over the place I do find giveaways along the way. Well, I thought only fair that I share them with you too. I'll post them when I find them. Good luck to all. Fingers crossed!

Blog Candy from Sparkle Creations, btw, love her cards. They are just so beautiful.
http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-candy.html

Beautiful Santa Statues Giveaway over at the lettered cottage.
http://www.theletteredcottage.net/2009/11/hudson-goods-three-wise-santas-giveaway.html

Beautiful Blue Cake plate and knife
http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-bluemosaic-monday-with-giveaway.html?showComment=1258553797732_AIe9_BFvCwlKXUkMIo3KbvioP09mjEm5lYrrx_MT75IjaKoZX2rEAX8aky3kmAMlQGAbmyPnT9B33N2UzJsyoWMDoLAY8VTqXM8kSt2cmcngk4H1lGkQMd-gQTFmNaqUZRbeVWrkQMbz_5Y1tW1GFNCQbDgpiwjlxa3S4jx4RYKIhWtErY3RqZ23AJt5n7w9bqzK4h5vVevt67PJCJhCCtmRplkZEawNcmI9KXJp0RdfUSjgXsrONSva14JL5n9OtjlW4zsie9Hp#c2435167246970787408