Taking care of business!

Did you sing the song when you saw my post title?

I have a few orders of business that I need to take care of! First of all I have received two awards this week.

The first was given to me by ginger over at  
Support Blog for Moms of BOYS!

      

The Craftiest Crafter award

What you do:

Include your award in a post, passing it on to at least 5 other bloggers!  Let them know that you've given them the award by posting a comment or email.  And display your award with pride...you've earned it!

So I am passing this award onto these crafty ladies!

Linda @Craftaholic Anonymous

Larissa @ Just Another Day in Paradise

Tiffany @ Making The World Cuter

Tami @ My life as a Craftaholic

Aleesha @ Ready Set Create

The second award I received was from Craft Mummy over at

Mummy Crafts

She awarded me the Trendy Blog Award!

To receive this award you have to promise to share this with 

10 other BLOGS that you think are Trendy too.

Post about your award in your blog. 

List your Top 10 Trendy Blogs. 

Share with them. 

Leave a link to the Trendy Blog Button. 

Tell them they need to give this award out to 10 as well.

 I am passing this award onto the 5 crafty women I just talked about and these 5 crafty ladies as well!

Missy and Kim over @ if i could
Helena over @ Life in the Pitts
Jill over @ Creating my way to Success
Becky over @ Realynn at Home
Sarah over @ a little of this, a little of that



This week I was also contacted by Lisa from This Is Me asking if I would
show off her  
Beach Chair Cover!

Go check out her tutorial on how to make this cute chair cover out of a beach towel!

Few that took awhile to put together this post! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

They just keep on coming!

That's right. I receieved another award from my SIL Angela over at  

Comfie Country Crafts! - Thanks Ang for the cute award.

Here are the rules for recieveing and passsing it along!

1. Accept and thank the person who sent it to you.

2. List 10 things about yourself.

3. List 5 additional things you don't like.

4. Pass the award on to 10 other bloggers.

10 things about me!

1. I am the oldest of four kids, 1 brother and 2 sisiters!

2. I am double jointed in my thumbs.

3. I have an obsession for painting.

4. I was a single mom for 5 years.

5. My parents own a pizza restaurant.

 6. My mom owns a vinyl business (I am workin gon an Etsy page for her)!

7. I met my husband online (shhh don't tell him I told you)!

8. I have a 7 year old boy and a 1 year old girl!

9. I love pasta!

10. I have taught Special Education for 3 years!

5 things I don't like:

1. I don't like milk! YUCK!!!

2. I am not a big chocolate fan!

3. I am scared of mice!

4. I can't stand when people lie!

5. I hate winter, because of the cold that comes with it!

I am awarding these FaBuLoUs blogs this award:

Kaysi from Keeping It Simple

Restlessrisa

Jen Glam Girl from Craft~o~manic

Elizabeth over at Sunny Bug

Pati at A Crafty Escape

Alison from Oopsey Daisy

Missy and Kimi over at If I Could

Suzanne at Midwestern Gone Idahoan

Laura from Paring Down

Stacie at the Creative Create

Are you kidding me?

I was given the Versatile blog award from Amanda over at
The Modern Brady Bunch. How sweet is that. so here is what I have to do for recieving this award.

The Rules for the award are:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic! (in no particular order...)

4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

Alright so I am going to start off my thanking Amanda! I am honored that she would choose my blog to give this award to. She has such an adorable blog and she even used my changing pad tutorial! Amanda you ROCK!!!

7 Things about myself

1. I love the smell of paint (no I don't sniff it)

2. I love PEPSI!!

3. I love to watch reality TV shows

4. I met my husband online (shh don't tell him I told you)

5. I love the smell of fresh cut grass.

6. I hate cold weather

7. I don't really care for chocolate

I would like to pass this award onto the following blogs!

1.Tere @Pony Tails & Fish Scales

2. Joy @ Mommaskindacrafty

3. Beckie @These Creative Juices

4. Mandy@Sugar Bee Craft Edition

5. Andrea@See it! Love it! Win it!

6. Tonia @Not So Crafty

7. Angela @Comfie Country Crafts

8. Suzanne @Midwestern Gone Idohoan

9. Alison @Oopsey Daisey

10. Cheryl @Sew Can Do

11. Pati @A Crafty Escape

12. The Sewer, the Caker, the Copycat Maker

13. Janel @Mackenzie's Crafty Mom

14. Gay @Its A Hodgepodge Life

15. Kami @Sweet Charli

Thanks ladies for being such an inspiration to me!

I am also joining the blog hops today and you should come and join me over at...

On Cloud 9!

I am so happy that it is Friday! You know what that means? That's right it is PARTY time with the blog hops. Before I head out to search for new fabulous blogs I was given an award this week and I need to share the LOVE!

My award was given to me by Gay over at It's A Hodge Podge Life. This is such an adorable blog if you've never been there then you definitely need to check it out. So this is the award...

Now it seems I am to pass the honor along. Here are Tara's guidelines:

In order to receive this award you have to promise to share this with 10 other BLOGS that you think are Trendy too! It is just that simple.

Just post about your award in your blog

List your Top 10 Trendy Blogs

Share with them and

Leave a link to the Trendy Blog Button (so they can grab it to)

Make sure you tell them the same, that they need to give this award out to 10 as well.

So here are my picks of Trendy Blogs that I love.( I tried to give this to blogs that I haven't passed off an award to before. So if I didn't pick your blog it's not because I don't adore your blog, it is because I am trying to share the LOVE with others)

Amy over at Positively Splendid 

Beckie over at Theses Creative Juices

Shelley over at House of Smith's

Alison over at Oopsey Daisy

Kami and Jena over at Sweet Charli

Holly over at 504 Main

Misty over at Creative Itch

Kim over at Seven Thirty-Three

Missy over at Little Green Bean

Andrea over at SeeItLoveItWinIt

I hope you enjoy checking out these amazing blogs and ladies if I mentioned your blog, then please follow the rules and pass it along.

I also was FEATURED this week on one of my favorite blogs!

Craftaholics Anonymous!

Linda featured my fabric pinwheels and I was so flattered that she would pick one of my creations to feature.

Thanks Linda you made my day and so did Gay for giving me a wonderful award!

On to the parties! You can find me participating in the following blog hops!

Sunshine Award

I am so thrilled that I have been awarded the SUNSHINE AWARD from Alison over at Oopsey Daisy! I just adore her blog! She always has cute ideas and crafts posted on her blog. 

I'm suppose to share The Sunshine Award with 12 other bloggers that spread sunshine. There are so many great blogs out there, but I can only pick 12. I am going to do what Alison did and post one thing from each blog that I LOVE! 

So in no particular order here are the blogs that I am awarding the Sunshine Award to...

1. Eighteen25 This is a new blog created by 3 sisters that live in Vegas. It is such a cute blog and they have amazing ideas!  My favorite was their post about YOU"VE BEEN EGGED! Go check it out!

2. Tatertots and Jello always floors me! Jennifer is the creater behind this blog and she makes lots of fantastic things out of burlap. I am in the middle of making her burlap table runner right now! I am never disappointed when I click on her blog!

3. Sew Dang Cute is one of my newest blogs that I adore! Tam is so creative and has some great tutorials! My favorite think about her is that she loves MODA fabric! I am so in love with these little girl dresses!

4. Comfie Country Crafts is a blog created by my SIL Angela. Her blog has a variety of fun stuff! I especially love that if I need her to make something for me than she does it! Check out these yummy crochet cupcakes she made for my daughter's 1st birthday party!

5. Not So Crafty is a blog by one of my other SIL, Tonia! She started her blog around the same time that I did. She likes to find projects on blogs and then tweak them a bit! I love her HOME tile and how she made it look so elegant to distract from the saying. Too funny!

6. Not So Idle Hands is my next blog.  Emily has amazing ideas and posts! I always get excited to view her blog.  I love her Freecycle Fridays. One of my favorites is her empty jars turned to cute container holders

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7.Mandy over at Sugar Bee just found my blog and I am thrilled! She has some really cute tutorials and link parties! I think her apron tutorial is fantastic. Go check out this cute little momma's blog!

8.Someday Crafts is one of my favorite blogs! Michele is amazing and I love her link parties! She always finds the cutest ideas that SOMEDAY she is going to create! Look what her and her kids did to try and encourage spring to come! Spring tree and snow cones! So cute!!!

9. The Little Green Bean is another fabulous blog! Missy has an adorable blog where she creates amazing things. I have so many favorite, but the one I am going to feature is her perfect camera bag! I really want to make one of these cute things!

10. Make It and Love It is a blog that I have been following for a long time! I am always excited to see what new creation is going to be featured on this blog! My absolute favorite tutorial from this site is the Mod Podge shoes! 

11. Minutes to Spare has the perfect name for a blog! I love this name, because I am a procrastinator and things get done in the nick of time. Stephanie has a love for Moda fabric just like I do. She always amazes me at all her fantastic projects that she creates! She just recently made an adorable pin cushion!

12. Last but not least is The CrEaTiVe Crate! What a fantastic blog this is! Stacie is so creative and talented! Everything she makes is FABULOUS!!! I envy her cupboard door picture hangers!

Alright ladies here are the rules for the Sunshine Award!

1.  Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
2.  Pass the award on to 12 other bloggers.
3.  Link the nominees within your post.
4.  Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5.  Link back to the person from whom you received this award.