Tuesday Treasure - Martha Stewarts Entertaining Book Giveaway!

I am so happy to have my daughter home for the next two weeks that I thought this

would be a great time to do a giveaway!

This is the most recent book released by Martha Stewart and it showcases her home(s)

and parties that she's held during the past four seasons.

Who can resist these chocolate bunnies for decorating at Easter time?

I love, love, love this big bunny, don't you?

What a gorgeous table setting for Christmas.

And nobody does this better than Martha Stewart!

Wouldn't you just love to be out walking and peak into these windows?

Stunning!

Love this idea of smores and making homemade graham crackers cut out as Christmas trees.

definitely an extra touch...how fun!



And I never tire of looking at what's inside her cabinets...

I am always so amazed at the number of items she has...

So if you'd like a chance to win this book...

here's what you need to do...

Become a follower of Cherished Treasures and leave a comment on this post...

Become a friend on facebook and leave a comment on this post...

Two chances...

I'll pick the one lucky winner on Friday, Feb 10th

(the day Ashley goes back to S. Korea)

Good luck!

Reorganizing My Scrapbook Room

I know I've shown you my space so many times...but I decided to use the Michael's 

gift card I got from my hubby for Christmas to make the most of the room..

Let me show you what it use to look like...

I had brought in some plastic stackable containers and while they would work just fine...

the truth was that under the table there was a lot of space being wasted...

And I realized that I only really need one area to work in instead of the two as shown here...

actually the area on the left side ended up being the dumping ground for any overflow...

Okay, let me show you what it looks like now.....

I got rid of one of the folding tables and bought six more organizers from Michaels...

I shifted a couple from the other side to this side too...

Now I have storage all the way down instead of just on top of the table...

I have some countertop but not enough to let things stack up...

I want to keep things looking pretty...

I placed all my patterned paper packs here...

much easier to find what I want..

The table got shifted to the middle of the room...

I love working with all the natural light shining in...

My newest project which I'll show you later this week is sitting on the table...

keywords:Hello Kitty/Valentine's Day!

On the opposite side of the table are more of those wonderful

organizers from Michaels...I moved the Cricut and my cartridges
here to make it more convient....

And I have a place to showcase some of my favorite projects....

you can see my vintage flip Christmas calendar here...
I have another project coming up later on with it for Valentine's Day...
just not enough time in each day to get everything done..

I love my huge bulletin board...

as you can imagine..it's been blogged about too...

Also in the space is the computer and printer....

we're talking about getting a laptop and getting rid of this set up so

that it's not so crowded....

I love my space and spend a LOT of time in here!
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Have a great week!!

Sunday Blog Love - Linky Party

Yeah - it's the weekend! Did this week fly by or what?

On Thursday, we received a phone call from Ashley (daughter who moved to Korea)

that she is coming home on Monday for two weeks!

We're so excited to have her come home and also get to see

her niece for the first time!

Now onto Sunday Blog Love!

First of all - thank you to all who linked up last week

and also to those who left a comment(something I really need to work on!)

Let me show you my top five favorites link ups from last week and

then I'll show you what the most viewed link was!

Suzanne was one of my top picks last week and as you can see - again this week..

I get hungry just looking at this picture of monkey bread....warm, yummy, sweet, sticky... :)
I also have it from Suzanne, that she's going to have a giveaway next week too..

Elaine from Sunny Simple Life takes us on a Valentine tour...and if you haven't checked

out her fifites kitchen(so cute), you really need to stop over there!

If you follow me on Facebook, I would love to make a rag quilt...but my sewing skills are lacking....

Kimberly at Creating Your Home shows off another one of her beautiful rag quilt...

Lynn from Cottage and Creek shows us her great finds at an estate sale...

and she is right when she titled her post - Estate Sale Bounty!

Farm House Porch shares how she found this screen for her bathroom window.

I just love her writing style, I feel like we're best friends right away...

And now for the most viewed from last week......

I always love a makeover and Crafty Teacher Lady shows us her laundry room

that she transformed on a budget...

Thank you so much for linking up ladies!
Feel free to grab my featured button to add to your blog.

Now it's on to this weeks linky party....
I hope you'll join me this week and show what you've been busy with..
All kinds of posts are welcome--whether it's about your family, a craft project,
thrifty find, a favorite recipe or maybe it's decorating your home or a giveaway....

The only requirement is..you must link back to my party...

(besides it's blogger ettiquette to link back...)

Not required but if you become a follower - then you know if you've been featured....

and will also be added to my Sunday Blog Love on Pinterest.

Skeleton Leaf Flowers

 I saw a video on You Tube on how to turn skeleton leaves into flowers and I just had to try to make some myself. What a clever idea to take a leaf and turn it into something so pretty.

Let me show you how I did it..

I got the skeleton leaves from Simply Paveena...100 leaves for $2.95...I got the small and
big and will probably go back and buy the large size...

Gently fold them in half the long way and cut the middle stem off...keep the two pieces together...

Then accordian fold it and manipulate to get the shape you want...

it gets easier the more you make....

Add some hot glue to the bottom and gently squeeze to bring the end to a point...

after the glue dries, you'll want to cut off the point..be careful not to cut too much off

as you want it to keep the shape...

then start gluing onto a small circle of paper....

I glimmer misted my first flower Strawberry Shortcake...love the texture of this...
this one was made with a combination of 5 large and 5 small leaves...

As I made more I started using more large leaves to get more ruffles...

The color of this glimmer mist is mustard yellow but it turned out to look more green than yellow...

the flowers are 2" and this size is perfect for cards or layouts...



I also made a blue one....love the shimmer....

Then I decided to try to make one for Valentines season...this is the natural color

and I added a heart brad...

Fun and easy....and who would believe these were made from skeleton leaves?

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I Just Might Be Looking For You!

Back in November I had my blog totally redone and I so love how it looks now. My next step into blogging is to begin to offer advertising(sponsorship) and having guest posts.

Right now I have three great sponsors on my blog...

Andrea from The Cottage Market...

Not only does Andrea have a super blog but she has two Etsy stores and continues to blog daily.

How she does it all, I have no idea...super cute blog and one of my favorite features is on Friday and her hubby's love of thrifting and his latest finds. (He really does have a good eye for great things!)

Barbara from Snip It Up by Ragbags has such cute quiled blankets, totes, kits and more in her shop...

I love her profile..she quilts and quilts and quilts and then when she gets tired - she takes a quilting class...how many of you can relate to this?

Last but not least is Junk Garden, Angie mixes different styles to make

some cute charms and right now she has several Valentine charm necklaces

that you'll want to check out.

And if you are have a new Etsy store or even an established Etsy store - I would love to work
with you and get your name out there to my readers. My prices are super low and I only do
this for fun, not to make money....

And if you aren't interested in advertising, there are other ways to promote your blog or business, click here for other ways to network with me...

Please keep in mind that I have the right to reject any offers that don't fit my interests.

Tuesday Treasure - $5,000 Appliance Giveaway

I recently received an email letting me know about a contest where I have the chance to win

$5,000 worth of new GE appliances...and this giveaway is for one very lucky blogger!

I love this refrigerator...two freezer doors and the water/ice dispenser...

and I'd sure love to have a double oven and new microwave

this one comes with pizza mode...if you know what this is, please let me know...

And because this giveaway is for bloggers, you can also enter this giveaway!

To enter the contest you need to write a post using one of the topics outlined  at partselect.com

Some of the topics are:

Tell us about your proudest creation or empowering DIY moment!

Tell us your best “If my appliance could talk” story!

What is the coolest thing you upcycled or repurposed in your home?

For more details about this contest, click here

Contest ends Jan 31, 2012, so time is running out!

Wouldn't winning this contest just get 2012 off to a great start?

Macie's Baptism and Nursery Pictures

Hard to believe but our little granddaughter, Macie is now 2 months old.

Today was Macie's baptism  and wouldn't you know it, I didn't check the camera batteries

before we left and the light was flashing...but we still got some great pictures..

Even though we were close to the front of the church, they were facing away from us so

I had to take my pictures from the big screen...Crystal, Macie and Stuart are on the left side

with the Macie's godparents, Jon and Libbie..

Macie's little baptism dress was so cute...lots of layers of tulle and lace..



The proud parents and Macie..

Don't you think little girls, especially babies are ADORABLE when they have headbands on..
and this flower is so pretty!

Of course I offered to hold Macie the entire time we were there....

The baptism cake was made by Libbie(godparent) and she made such a

yummy cake and use fondant for the frosting...

Now let me show you Macie's room/nursery...

After Macie was born, it was time to girl-la-fy the room and the first order

of business was to paint the room pink....

and added Macie's name(Pottery Barn) and I think the butterflies are from Target...

I took this picture even though Macie's baptism dress is laying there..

I wanted to show off the pictures from  Galeris Anais on this wall with some more butterflies..

And I love to check out other people's closets, don't you?

Thought I'd share Macie's closet..don't you love all the pink?

For now the toy shelf is in the closet...looks pretty cute in there..

This is the wall opposite of the crib...

three more pictures from Galerie Anais

and the baby onsie that I made before Macie was born...

I might need to make a girlie one now...

I'd sure love to have you join my weekly linky party, Sunday Blog Love

going on right here...

Linking up to these parties...