Talented Tuesday & A Winner!

Happy Tuesday everyone! (Or, Monday evening, since I typically get this posted on Monday and not Tuesday...)

Let's get the first part over with- a winner!

I want to thank everyone who has participated, blogged about, twittered, and facebooked about my contests!

Now, without further ado... The winner for the second contest:

Lucky Number 13!!!!

Congratulations FRUGALMOM!!! You're the winner of the purse pictured below!!

 

          FrugalMom on April 25, 2010 3:56 PM said...

I blogged about your giveaway. You can find the post at Frugality Is Free smartmomj@BLAH.BLAH

FrugalMom, You will be contacted via email by both me, and Brooke from Makin' It Domestic. You have your choice of one of the two necklaces shown below!

 And a GIANT Thank you to Brooke for providing the prize for this contest!!!

This week, I added a new section to my side bars- A feature section, showing off several different items that were posted last week on Talented Tuesday. My goal is to add and swap out the features through out the week, drawing each time from the Talented Tuesday links. If I feature you, you should get a message on the post about it!

And some features here from last week!

Junk Blossoms turned a blah old wooden table into this piece that just POPS!

 Crafty Crafts shows how to turn flowers into clippies!

Bird Crafts turned a tank top and fabric into this adorable summer dress!

 All Things Heart & Home made this great beach blanket out of terry cloth and bandanas! Seriously, how cute is that?!?

Keeping It Simple made this great car-roll-up- it stores matchbox cars, and has a figure 8 race track on it to race the cars around! Perfect for long car rides, Church, and family events to keep little hands busy! 

Lastly, the two links that received the most clicks last week are:

Remodelaholic shows you how to frame your mirror for a LOT less than stores want! 

Stories By Me shows how to make a really unique charm bracelet with your own photos!

Now, on to Talented Tuesday!!

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The Rules

1) Post a blog about something you've made- a refurnish, recipes, a craft project, a sewing project, room decoration, anything you've done!

2) Add a link to your blog post- not to the blog itself, but to the individual posts! You can post more than one project, just add more links! The links should look something like:

http://theherberfamily.blogspot.com/2010/01/love-banner.html

and NOT like this:

http://theherberfamily.blogspot.com/

3) Add the code below to your blog, so that others can post their projects here as well! The list will accept new links through Thursday, so if you make something new, come back and post it!

Don't forget to look at the links on the list, and let people know where you found their post at!

This Link Party will remain open and accepting links through Thursday evening!!

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St Patrick's Day Round Up

You know yesterday, when I said I hadn't finished (or started) a craft the night before? Well, that's kind of like the same as today. I am craft-less today. I wound up meeting Nick for lunch, then doing a bit of thrift store shopping. Then grocery shopping last night, so lots of running around.


So, here I sit without a craft again. Not a big deal, I suppose. The blog isn't just crafts. But, crafts ARE a fun part of what I do. I saw this morning, though, that Heather over at Dollar Store Crafts featured my Shamrock sign! Then I noticed a link to a blog carnival of St. Patrick's Day items, and found some adorable things!

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So, without further ado, some fun St. Patrick's Day crafts!

Maria on Make & Takes made this cute little pot of gold! She used gold foil wrapped eggs, but any gold foil wrapped candy would work. I know Dollar Tree is carrying 3-packs of mini terra cotta pots right now, too!

Kelly at Make It Sparkly Mama made this cute Shamrock wall hanging using wooden hearts. Isn't it just darling?

Kimberly at Attempting Creative made cute little felt shamrock pins to give to her co-workers. They are just adorable, and easy to make!

Stephanie Lynn at Under The Table & Dreaming shows how kids can make these simple coffee filter Shamrocks. They're so cute!

Jessica at Majestic Street came up with this cute Shamrock wall hanging using 3 Heart Shaped straw wreaths from the dollar store! Isn't it cute?

Vickie at Spun Sugar Quilts posted this adorable quilted "Green Beer" table runner. Isn't it adorable? And those dolls are just the cutest!

Erin at Lucky Star Lane made this cute variation on the Book Wreath, using shades of green for St. Patrick's Day. This is cute, and could easily be changed up for other color themes, and holidays.

Serena at Naptime Crafts made this cute plate using vinyl and her Cricut. I just love that slightly un-lined up shamrock in the center!

Now, my own addition to the St. Patrick's Day Fun.

The Homemade Shamrock Shake! I love these, as does the rest of the family, but the price? Not so frugal.

So, here you have it, the top secret copy cat recipe for making your own shamrock shake.

2 Cups Vanilla Ice Cream

1/4 Cup Half & Half

1 Cup Milk

1/4 Teaspoon Mint Extract (Not Peppermint!)

8 drops green food coloring, if you want it green

We found the recipe was a bit liquidy, so next time, we'll probably use a touch more ice cream, and a bit less milk. Otherwise? It was perfect! This will make 2 12 ounce shakes, or 4 6 ounce shakes. 

Enjoy!!

Talented Tuesday Features

I slacked off yesterday. Big time. I slept a LOT during the day. Got several calls from the school about Middle Child, those are always fun. He has a fairly extreme case of ADHD, and yesterday? Well, yesterday was one of those bad, very bad, horrible, rotten days.

I wound up sleeping a lot, as I said. I digress.

I meant to feature some crafts from last week's Talented Tuesday, and never got around to doing it. Hence, the slacker part. So, here you are!

These are crafts from last week, NOT from yesterday's Talented Tuesday. Those will be featured next week. You know, if I'm not a slacker, that is.

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First up! A Wreath made from BATH POOFS! Yes, Bath Poofs! I totally love this idea, and want to try it myself for a Spring wreath (which my door needs, now that the Candy Cane heart is down).

 

Veronica over at A Very Country Christmas made this awesome Dollar Tree wreath for just $4 using a couple of bath poofs, some ribbon, roses, and a Dollar Tree wreath form! Isn't it just adorable?

Jess at Mad In Crafts made this fun Chinese Ribbon Stick for her son, also from Dollar Tree items. This is a fun toy, especially with the Olympics!

One Cheap B*tch over at... well, One Cheap B*itch made this totally great Chalk Board Table for her kids to play with. She found the table at a thrift store, painted the top, and Viola! A fun, and functional piece of play furniture!

Stephanie at Made By Stephanie made this fun Monogram Wall Hanging, along with another one as part of a housewarming gift. They are for the kids- isn't it fun?

Check out this fantastic room re-do by Missy over at The Little Green Bean. See that wall, that brick one? Yeah, totally hand painted. She used painters tape to tape of a grid, then went to town! The chair has been Mod Podged with maps. The whole room is just great!

Thank you for joining us with Talented Tuesday. I started Talented Tuesday just a month ago, and it's been a huge success. I really love seeing all the new projects you talented ladies (and gents!) have created each week!

Check back next Tuesday for new features. In the mean time, this week's Talented Tuesday post is open until 11pm, EST, on Wednesday. Feel free to keep adding in links!!