Serenity With Scentsy Violet Leaf

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Around the time I initially wrote my post about my word of the year, I was also getting ready to post about the Scentsy Scentrend for 2013. I had been sent a preview of the new Violet Leaf scent along with some other goodies geared toward helping me relax. I thought it was pretty great [...]

Party Party Prizes

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One of the great things about blogging is getting to connect with amazing women who share your passions. Today I’ve called on four of them and they are offering up fabulous party  prizes with the winner of our Party Party. I haven’t met Do in real life, yet, but I have the other three, and [...]

Finding my Fall Fragrance–A Scentsy Giveaway!

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When I create a party or an event, what I am really trying to do is create a feeling–an atmosphere. Being a very visual person, the way a party looks is important to me, but a great event will speak to all of your senses. The same goes for my home. Ideally, I want to [...]

Becoming a Baseball Mom

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It is important to me that my children are well-rounded and learn a wide variety of skills and talents. Some of these skills are easy for me to  support them in or even teach them, but athletic skills are not really part of my repertoire. I have been know to call practice “rehearsal”, try-outs “auditions” [...]

Makeup for Moms–Featuring elf cosmetics

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  Let’s talk about make-up! I love the way I feel when I have make-up on! I love the way I am more confident and feel pretty. However, in my world, make-up days aren’t as frequent as I might like them to be, and if I have to choose between getting put together for the [...]

GroopDealz Giveaway

GroopDealz Giveaway

Have you heard of GroopDealz yet? GroopDealz is an online deals boutique that offers the greatest variety of on trend jewelry, accessories, home decor, party trends, children’s goods and so much more all at a fraction of the retail price! You know…all the stuff that crafty creative people get excited about. Every day GroopDealz features [...]

Keeping Track with Clipix

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I have just learned about a new way to keep track of your ideas online. I’m all about finding ways to organize the creative insanity! I’ve created a couple of boards on clipix to try it out. It’s quite fun to use! The thing I really like about clipix is that you can determine the privacy level (and change [...]

Party Party Prizes!

Party Party Prizes

The winner of our 4th annual Party Party will be getting some very pretty prizes to aid in future party planning!   The winner will receive one of these adorable handmade Kylie Cake Stands in their choice of colors by Delightfully Lovely (value $30), and $25 store credit to My Little Love — an online party boutique! Here’s [...]

SNAP! the Conference {and AZGNO insider info}

There have been some exciting things going on in my world that I haven’t been able to say much about. And now that I can tell you about one of them, I’m not even sure where to start… Getting to meet up with other bloggers and creative women at our Girls Night Out and at [...]

Thanksgiving Wrap-up

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I know you are all so “over” Thanksgiving and in the middle of Christmas shopping and prep.  But in an attempt to feed my denial that Christmas is less than a month away and that I am turning another year older this week, I’m going to relive our fun Thanksgiving celebration and pretend it isn’t [...]