Nana's Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Friday, January 11, 2013 // 17 comments



Welcome to “NANA’S BIRTHDAY BASH” Blog Hop!

If you've hopped along from Melissa then you are in the right place!!  If you are just joining me from your dashboard, or reading this via email, please be sure to CLICK HERE to start at the beginning with NANA'S BLOG. (you'll want to catch up on all the FUN!!)...

In addition to seeing a lot of awesome creations, there is some blog candy available too.  Nana a/k/a Miranda is giving away a $25 Michael’s gift card along with a surprise box.  To be eligible for the blog candy, you are required to visit each stop in the hop and leave a comment! 

I have a million family birthdays in the first 4 months of the year! Well maybe not a million but a lot! So here is card #1! This is for my grandson who will be turning 8! He is such a joy!




Next on the hop is Mary follow along to her Blog!

SHOULD YOU GET LOST ALONG THE WAY, HERE IS THE ENTIRE LINE UP:




Goals for 2013

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 // No comments
It was my turn to share my Scrapping/Crafting Goals over at Three Scrappy Gals. Check it out, it is a new challenge blog I am doing with 2 other friends. We will have challenges each month and give away blog candy monthly! You will make sure you want to follow along with us. So head over there to see what my scrapping and crafting goals are.

But, I thought I would share my other goals for the new year with you here! I have quite an extensive list of goals so I am hoping and praying I can stay on top of them this year!

General Goals

  • complete/execute at least 2 new food pins per month from my food related boards on Pinterest
  • complete/execute at least 2 other pins per month from my non- food related boards on Pinterest
  • create organizational/cleaning/routine schedule for maintaining my home
  • stick to the above created schedule
  • walk 30 minutes daily (weekdays)
  • create new entry way display
  • replace all kitchen towels/pot holders
  • replace all bath towels
  • try again for a container herb garden
  • Spring Planting-new plants/flowers 
  • plant vegetable garden



Monday Menu back in full force!

Monday, January 7, 2013 // 2 comments


Monday
Macaroni Cheesy Ham Bake
Cucumber Salad
Rolls

 Tuesday
French Bread Pizzas
Salad
Smores Bake


 Wednesday
Tacos

Thursday
Herb Crusted Pork Chops
Broccoli Casserole
Rolls
Cherry Cheese Cakes

Friday
Meatloaf
Corn Casserole
Mashed Potatoes/Gravy
Rolls

Saturday
Retirement Dinner

Sunday: 
Chicken Tamale Pie
Fried Mozzarella Sticks (Homemade)
Layered Spinach Salad


My Imagine-ation Monday!

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Good Monday Morning! If you are looking for my Monday Menu post go here.




Here at My Cricut Craft Room it is My Imagine-ation Monday. We were asked to do something centered around our favorite book today. Well, I am a book lover...but mainly a children's book lover since I spent 17 years teaching school. I needed a book mark for my brand new 2013 planner. (isn't it pretty?)   So, I thought well let me combine the two things together. My favorite children's author is Jan Brett. Check her out if you have elementary aged children and have never read her books. My class wrote to her several years in a row and we always received an information packet in return, usually showcasing her newest book. Well, there is one beloved character in every single book she writes and this character is named after her pet hedgehog, Hedgie. I used to share all this with my students and they loved trying to find Hedgie in her books in the illustrations if he was not a main character. So, in honor of my love of Jan Brett I created my planner bookmark with a Hedgehog character.



Supplies:
all paper was scrap papers in my stash
Hedgehog was cut at 2.81" on my Gypsy
Circle was cut at 4.90" on my Gypsy
Cartridges used: Create a Critter, Cherry Limeade

Head on over to My Cricut Craft Room to get more inspiration!

Celebrate with Cuttin and Stampin!

Friday, January 4, 2013 // 30 comments




Hello Crafty World,
Here at Cuttin and Stampin we are HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY and in the mood to CELEBRATE.  Today we are having a blog hop Celebrating our new Design Team and kicking off our weekly challenge blog.  Each of us has produced projects to Celebrate.  (If you got here from somewhere other than Robin's blog, please click here to start at the very beginning of our hop.) 

There are 11 new Design Team members and the final stop is where you can enter to WIN blog candy.  There are (2) $25.00 gift certificates to A Muse Studio up for grabs.  So grab a cup of coffee and hop along to meet the NEW CUTTIN and STAMPIN Design Team. 



I’m Teresa and a SAHW. I just recently took a leave of absence from my teaching career to determine if early retirement is for me. I began scrapbooking when my first grandchild was born almost 16 years ago. I have dabbled in all kinds of crafting since I was a very young mom. You name it I have done it. Being a SAHW has allowed me the time to really get back to creating. I am so very thrilled to join in with Tammy and be a part of this new and exciting team. I hope you are inspired along the way to get creative and crafty. Make sure you visit A Muse Studio to see all the great products they have in their catalogue.  

I used the brown cardstock as my card base. It is the typical A2 card size 5.50 x 4.25.
I embossed the top white piece which on the back side is the chevron pattern with my swiss dots embossing folder.
Then, cut a small strip of the dark pink for the bottom. I adhered these two together and then distressed all the edges.
I cut the bird at 3.5" from my Cricut cartridge "Cherry Limeade"
I inked around the edges with chocolate ink. Stamped the sentiment with A Muse Studio's Contemporary Greetings
stamp set. I then used twine to tie around the bottom edge of the dark pink.
I turned the top right corner down and secured it with a pink sparkle brad from my stash.
All product except ink and the pink sparkly brad used to make this card came from A Muse Studio.
 I am in love with their products.


I want to thank you all again for stopping by and being part of our CELEBRATION Hop.  Your next stop is the fantastic and talented Kim. 

Don’t forget to hop all the way through leaving comments for each of the DT members and enter to win blog candy at the end. 

In case you get distracted along the way, here is a complete line up so you can make it to the candy.

 Tammy – http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com
Teresa K – www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com
Janet – http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com
Doris – http://momsbeenscrappin.blogspot.com
Sherri – http://sherri-iloveflipflops.blogspot.com
Pam – http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com
Robin – http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com
Teresa R – http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com
Kim – http://kimross.blogspot.com
CallyAnn – http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
Daphne – http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com

Status of My Weekly Menu Posts and other changes to regularly scheduled blog posts

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 // No comments
I have really fallen down on putting up my Weekly Menu posts. One of the things I plan to do over this first month of the year is to try to do some different things regarding my weekly menu post. Monday Menus just goes so well alliteratively speaking but it is sometimes very difficult to get it up on Mondays. I am going to really try. I also am going to begin linking up the recipes when I post the menu cause it got to be too time consuming to return and link up and give a critique of each meal. So anyhow, here is this week's Monday Menus but a couple days late.
 

Monday:
Ate a very yummy dinner at my daughter's with her family and my son's family.

Tuesday: New Year's Day
Brown Sugar Glazed Ham w/Pineapple
Hoppin John (Black-Eyed Peas) 
White Rice
Collard Greens
Cornbread Muffins

 Wednesday:
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Garlic Bread
Salad
Peanut Butter Brownies

Thursday:
Steak w/Blackberry Sauce
Loaded Mashed Potatoes
Salad
Rolls

Friday:
Fried Pork Chops
French Fries
Succotash
Key Lime Pie

 Saturday:
Cracker Barrel Chicken Tenderloins
Roasted Potatoes
Leftover Veggies from Week

Sunday: 
Macaroni Cheesy Ham Bake (original recipe) I will link this up when I create it.
Rolls
Salad



Also, I am going to share Thursday Thrifty Tips with you but that will not be every week. Well, mainly because sometimes I just plain don't have a thrifty tip every single week! haha...Baking Days with my daughter is only going to happen every other week...in her busy schedule as a SAHM of 3 children she found it just too much to do it every week...so I will have a baking day every other week with her and then the alternate week will be by myself.

I want to really bring some regularness of posts to my blog this year and share both my domestic and my crafty sides of life with you. Hope you enjoy the freshness and renewed happenings around here!!



Happy New Year!!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013 // No comments
Happy New Year to all of you wonderful people! Hope you have a wonderful and healthy new year! I love new beginnings! Change is good and I am embracing many this new year. I will be sharing things that I plan to do over the next few days. But today the first thing I am sharing is my newest blog adventure...2 girlfriends and I are beginning a new crafting blog. I am soooo excited to be sharing this with you. So, hop on over there and become a follower there will be lots of inspiration and some blog candy along the way too!

Three Scrappy Gals is the place you want to be!



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