I just have to share...

I stumbled across a very fun Christmas project this morning. This little advent calendar idea is so cute. I wouldn't have ever thought of using my front door like this. Gather up your little tins... you're going to want to put them to use for next Christmas!!

Click here to see a great idea.

All I can say is...

WOW!
When people think I have a lot of stuff....
I might just have to direct them to this gal's photos.
Isn't this craft room
AMAZING?!
Inspires me to beautify mine a bit more.
Mine is function,
but it's not really beauty.
Maybe I'll have to take that on as a
winter project!

Click on the link below:

Celebrate Creativity's Amazing Craft Space

At my limit...

Oh boy! I just tried to upload pictures and was presented with the message that I have used my photo limit on my blogs... hmm.. that's not cool! So, I have to figure out how to either delete some of my storage or pay for additional storage.

So much to blog about... so little space (apparently!). But I aim to fix this asap.

Home Decorating Ideas?!

When it comes to my home, I am pretty easy going. I don't have a definite style that goes from room to room. I just put up things that I like, and when I get sick of them, I give them away. I don't have candles that I don't burn, and I don't have anything super duper fancy in my house. But I do love seeing what other people are up to in their home designs and decorating ideas. In my bloghopping this evening, I ended up linking to this blog:

TRANSFORMING HOME

I love what this lady, Danielle, does in her home, and how she shares simple ideas to make a house a home. Hope you enjoy browsing her blog.

Copy Cat

Am I a follower? Sometimes... and sometimes I'm a leader. But when somebody comes up with a good idea, then why reinvent the wheel?

I know you've seen them... those "picture a day" and "365 photos" blogs. The ones where people post a picture a day, but nothing else. I'm going to be a Copy Cat and do one, too. I love taking pictures, and sometimes I can't come up with a great explanation of a photo, but if I am going to post about it, I feel the pressure to have a creative paragraph about it, too. Well, on my "Worth 1000 Words" blog, you will find no paragraphs. No words beyond the title. The picture is worth the words (well, at least to me it is!)

I suppose I could just add my wordless images to this (Stampinsars) blog, but I choose not to.

So, if you feel like following my picture-a-day attempt... please head over to "Worth 1000 Words." Let me know what you think!

A Blog to Follow

Do you have favourite and inspiring blogs that you love to follow? Favourite recipes, stamping sites, friend updates?? Well, I have a lot of blogs on my sidebar, and probably 100 more in my "favourites" on my computer, but I find that I don't get to look at the ones on my computer as much as I look at the ones actually listed on my blog.

I just added one that I want to remember to check more often... Stampin' Pretty. Check her out for inspiration, and when you need a little help getting your mojo going... she's got the push you need with her "Mojo Monday" posts!

I'd love to know what your favourite blogs to visit are... I might find a few new faves of my own from you!!!

A New Blog to Follow!

Blogland is so fun... and I have just found out about a new blog called Blue Bird Notes. The author is Koralee, a former coworker of mine. What a delight her blog is, and I promise you, she is just as delightful as all the neat things she writes about! I love your blog, Koralee!!!

Read it here:

BLUE BIRD NOTES...

Dress it up!!

Have you noticed that there are some pretty beautiful blogs out there these days? I wanted one!!! So, I went to The Background Fairy and got myself one! If you want to check out all the great designs (and they're FREE!!!) for your blog, just click the link in this post, or the link will always be in the top left hand side of my blog, for as long as I am using their free designs.

My Blog Updates

I just added a link on the side of my blog, powered by FeedBlitz, that enables you to get an email when I update my blog. If you want to do this, please add your email where it says.

Thanks so much Lisa for helping me figure this out!!!

Mennonite Girls...

Lately, there has been a lot of talk about this blog: Mennonite Girls Can Cook.

Check it out for some great recipes, and fantastic photos!

A Couple new "faves"

I probably spend too much time online... but it's all craft and stamping related... (oh, and a little Facebook :) and I know that some of you can totally relate - new samples on Splitcoast, bloghopping from one blog to the next.... before you know it - it's been an hour! Maybe you've made a few sketches, maybe you have saved a few links in your "favourites," or maybe you've just enjoyed a relaxing time, drinking a cup of tea while browsing for card and scrapbook page ideas!

There are so many talented people out there that share their ideas via blogs and websites. I wanted to highlight a couple that I have just discovered.....

Claire in Australia http://clairedaly.typepad.com/

Shelli Gardner http://www.soshelli.com/

I am going to add these both to my sidebar, so you can have fun checking them from time to time!

New Faves...

Do you like watercolouring? Check out Anna Wight's blog... I love how she watercolours her images. She is an amazing artist, as well, and a photographer... I'm sure she'll become one of your faves, too!

Sassy and Sweet

Here's another one of my recent faves... I love being able to see something demonstrated, not just having to read the directions on my own. If you're like me, then you'll love the video feature on this next blog:

kwernerdesign

Then there's this blog that I go to once in awhile to see what Tamara has posted for new sketches. Sometimes you don't want to have to think about the design, you just want to get to the stamping... so this blog will come in handy for you!

Sketches by Tamara

I think I got it.....

Something happened with my blog header, and I don't really know what was wrong with it.... but I fixed it. I had to create a new blog with the same template and copy and paste the html code from that because I couldn't seem to cut and paste the right codes from my existing blogs... oh I feel so technical. Then I deleted the new blog because, really, how many blogs does one girl need? I already have 2, and Steve has one too... (don't look at what time it is, or you might figure out how LONG it took me to do this!) I am totally exhausted, and a life of computer programming is NOT in my future. But I am quite proud of myself for figuring it all out...

These are some pics I took at my parents' place in Victoria in the summer. Thought it would make a cool banner for awhile. Totally not related to stamping, so I guess it is the "live laugh love" part of it!!!!

This is cool....

Just came across this blog of painted rocks. I used to love painting pet rocks, but I never did anything this cool. Check out Diana's Rocks here.

Question...

I am wondering if anyone can help me out here... How do you get more than one blog under the same person? I can't seem to do it. When I tried it required a whole new blogger username, and a different email address, etc. Can I do it where I have 2 blogs under my one email address? Or is that not allowed? I see under all kinds of people's profiles where they have more than one blog listed.... If you know, please share! Thanks so much!

New Banner!

Just working out the kinks to install my new banner... but it looks great, eh? Thanks to Cindy! Check out her blog at Imagine Dream Create! She has also started a new blog for her Watermark business, and will soon be offering custom banners such as mine...

Another blog to browse

Just a quick note to say I have added Allison's blog to my list of stamping inspiration. Allison is the ultimate source for what's happening in blogdom. She has daily updates on blog candy giveaways, and some really cool links that she shares. I have found lots of great treasures on her blog. Check it out!