Featured Artist - Glowblocks

Suzanne, owner of the Etsy Shop Glowblocks has a unique shop of trademarked glass block night lights. She uses recycled steel wire racks from crushed car bodies and recycled plastic from discarded library dust covers. Take some time to visit with Suzanne and see all the wonderful art work she has created. Simply click on any of the photos below.

Sleeping Cat

Believe/Partridge in a Pear Tree

Morning Coffee

Handmade Spotlight - Sky

Sky

Hair bows for girls Large hair bows Boutique hair bows Big hair bows Stacked hair bows Hair bow for teens for toddlers Navy hair bow AccessoriesHair $7.00	blue drop earrings copper wirewrapped DolgovaSvetlana $8.50
Clay doll with bear, Art clay doll, OOAK Art Doll, Polymer clay doll, Handmade doll, Collecting doll, sculpted clay doll, miniature doll NatsDoll $50.00	Blue Sea glass lampwork necklace Seaglass delicate necklace Ocean wave aqua lampwork pendant Sterling silver Handmade beach jewelry gift JuliaCreaStyle €25.00
Women's Crochet Slippers, Crocheted house shoes, Slippers for the Home, Custom Order, Light Blue, Woman handmade shoes, Crochet Booties JoyForToes €27.00	Stud Earrings Resin Jewelry Real Flowers Dangle Earrings Natural Forget me not Flowers Sky blue earrings Statement jewelry Gift Idea For Her SweetLine $31.00
Digital Print on canvas, Still life, Portrait, Abstract Art, Wall Hanging Decor, Gift Ideas, For Him, Bright Home Decoration, Modern Art SvitArt $125.00	Ranunculus bracelet Polymer clay jewelry Fairy bracelet Polymer clay bracelet Blue yellow flowers Ranunculus jewelry Pastel Flower bracelet Eternity31 $45.00
Blue whale, needle felted whale, floating in oceans katuasha $31.70	Bracelet with quartz and crystals, gemstone bracelet, gift for her, crystal quartz, free form quartz, bridal bracelet, eryday jewelry BijouVarni $24.99
Blue Teapot Pendant, Teapot Necklace, Silver Turquoise Teapot, Silver Light Blue Pendant,For Tea Lovers,Tea Party,Teapot Jewelry,Blue Teapot NaTavelli €16.00	Turquoise Owl, Crochet earrings, Wooden beads, Statement jewelry, Eco friendly style, Gift Mother Day, Woodland style ColoredYarn $14.10
Small dandelion pendant Real dandelion in resin Handmade unusual violet purple pendant Handcrafted jewelry One of a kind Best gift for her CreationsOfTrueFairy $17.00	White Baby Hat. Newborn Hat. Crochet Hat. Crocheted Christening Hat. Baby Toddler Accessories SvitlanaSky $18.00
Turquoise Teardrop Earrings Blue Howlite gemstone dangle earrings turquoise imitation long earrings summer fashion sea beach office casual SanaGem $22.00	Wedding Ring Box, Engagement Ring Box, Holder Pillow Bearer Box,Shabby chic Wedding Ring Box InnaHandMade $19.90

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Kidz Korner - Egg Carton Art

Here's a great way to recycle those cardboard egg cartons and get your kids to make some great wall art too! Mod Podge Rocks blog has the complete tutorial to get your kids creating today. Simply click on the photo above for the instructions.

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Needles-n-Pins Stitcheries: Vintage Sewing Patterns

So how many of you sewers out there that make clothes remember all the old styles? I use to make all my own clothes and my children's clothes when they were young. I don't sew clothes anymore as quilting took over my life. LOL! :)

I was looking at some vintage patterns on Etsy the other day and it brought back so many memories of all the "vintage" styles and I thought maybe you all would like to see some of them too so I thought I would show you a few of them today. Now I am probably going to age myself on these as I do remember making and wearing some of these styles.. :)


Ok....I actually do remember making these dresses and yes....wearing these dresses. I remember they were fairly easy to make...I think.....anyway agesanderas has this pattern if you would like it. 

Remember these easy summer dresses that LadyJanetvintage has the pattern for! I do! I actually use to make wrap around skirts like this also. They were so easy to make and comfortable to wear too. 

Look what I found! There are so many tote bag patterns now-a-days and it seems everyone has tote bags now (and yes....I have them in my shop too. :) ) that I was surprised to find a pattern from the 1980's for tote bags! If you want to make one in this style OnceUponAnHeirloom has the pattern. Maybe you can give it a try. :)

Ok....so how many of you made your children's costumes for Halloween or the school play.....(my hand is going up!) I made a few of them. One Halloween I made pumpkin costumes for my kids....boy that was a nightmare! :) Well if you made them for your kids and want to try them for your grandchildren or your children here is a pattern for Raggedy Ann and Andy from kidschannette if you want to try it. 

So this was a few of the patterns that I found as I walked down the memory lane of sewing. Makes me wish my grandchildren were little again and then maybe I would take the plunge to try sewing a costume again....NOT! LOL! :) :)

Happy Sewing!

Colleen :)

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Dimensional Wall Art

Andrea from The Cottage Market was a recent guest contributor on The Graphics Fairy blog. She used this beautiful sunflower printable graphic and recreated it into dimensional wall art. Very clever Andrea!

For the tutorial, simply click on the graphic above. To visit Andrea, click on her picture below.

Social Media Link-Up #8 - Pinterest

Looking for ways to grow your social media? Each week we will open up the opportunity to link up and make connections with one another through the many social media platforms, such as Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, and Instagram. 

To kick things off, we will start with Pinterest. Feel free to link up your Facebook account, then come back and make some new friends with others that are here.

Don't forget to come back next week for a new opportunity to link to a different social media platform! For your convenience, you can sign up for our weekly email reminder by clicking on the Subscribe button.

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Grilling Recipe Roundup

With summer in full swing, there are soooo many wonderful grill recipes out there. Alyssa of The Recipe Critic has rounded up 30+ Summer Grilling Recipes. Each one looks absolutely delicious and is sure to please one or a crowd. Click on the photo above, invite a few friends over, heat up the grill and get a party started!!!

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Kidz Korner - Rainbow Bubble Snakes

Kids of all ages love to blow bubbles! Blowing rainbow bubble snakes is sure to entertain them for hours. Tammy of Housing a Forest has this fun tutorial on her blog. Simply click on the photo above for the complete instructions.

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Needles-n-Pins Stitcheries: Upcycled Birdfeeders

Hope everyone is having a good summer so far. If you like the heat...hope you are getting lots of it....if you don't.....hope yours is cool. :)

I don't know if you are like me, but I love birds and I feed my birds year around. I have so many birds here in the summer as we have a lot of migrating birds that visit us in the summer and then they have their babies here and then.........watch out.....we have babies everywhere!! You walk out of the house and get bombarded by little babies flying around. Like my hubby says......"makes you feel like the movie The Birds!" LOL! :)

Anyway....I spend a lot of time feeding all of my little birds and with that I thought of all the different kinds of feeders there are. So I thought we would look at some upcycled bird feeders today from some great Etsy shops.....


Now this is a way to use the antique china gravy bowl that Aunt Martha left you and you never use!! :)  UpcyclingEtc has this an a few more feeders available. 

Now I don't know how many of you have the availability of getting a coconut shell, but what a great idea MyFrizzledFarm has for recycling a coconut shell. 

Hey...for all of you that have that old lamp sitting in the garage or storage here is a way to make it a bird feeder! What a great idea MeadowlarkNaturals has!

Now we can't forget our little humming bird friends. All you need is a bottle and some accessories to make a feeder just like BottleRedux shows here. 

There are so many different ideas of upcycling bird feeders. Some of them are so cute. So if you have those little feathered friend around be sure to feed them. They can bring you hours of pleasure. :)

Happy Birding! 

Colleen :)

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Social Media Link Up #7 - Facebook

Looking for ways to grow your social media? Each week we will open up the opportunity to link up and make connections with one another through the many social media platforms, such as Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, and Instagram. 

To kick things off, we will start with Facebook. Feel free to link up your Facebook account, then come back and make some new friends with others that are here.

Don't forget to come back next week for a new opportunity to link to a different social media platform! For your convenience, you can sign up for our weekly email reminder by clicking on the Subscribe button.

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Overnight Blueberry French Toast

With blueberries in abundance at this time of year, there are so many wonderful recipes to try. The Overnight Blueberry French Toast would make a great Sunday morning breakfast and I know the family will love it!!!

For the complete recipe, visit with Jaclyn of Cooking Classy by clicking on the photo above.


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Featured Artist - From CJ's Wheel

Today's featured artist is Carolyn of From CJ's Wheel. Carolyn makes and glazes all the pottery that you find in her shop. Most of her pieces are wheel thrown and some have decorative or hand built elements. To see the beautiful pieces she has available, click on any of the photos below.

Multi-Purpose Stoneware Dish

Cobalt Blue Soup Bowl

Pasta Bowls

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Handmade Spotlight - Halloween Finds

Halloween Finds by OFG artists

Enjoy these cheery Halloween items from OFG team artisans.

Pumpkin hooked rug sjcountrycrafts $65.00	Primitive Witch Vacuum Cover AWESOME Rabbithollowprims $134.95
Bright Yellow Hand Stitched Halloween Spider Wool Felt Candle Mat - Penny Rug - Primitive - Folk Art - Needle Craft - Applique - Home Decor JennysToleShed $36.00	Carved Halloween sign. HAPPY HALLOWEEN with pumpkins SignCreation $60.00
Set of 3 - Rustic Primitive Pumpkin - Happy Fall Harvest - Halloween Mini Pillows Grungy Ornies Bowl Fillers Cupboard Tucks Ornaments ChooseMoose $8.49	Primitive Halloween Silhouette Pumpkin Pattern, Digital PDF Pattern, 3 Silhouette Designs, Halloween Silhouette, Holiday Decor rockriverstitches $10.50
Candy corn shelf sitter with straw hat and raffia hair SandysPaintinPlace $4.95	Halloween Black Cat Bottle Cap Magnets Set of 6 scaredycatprimitives $7.00
Rustic Black Pumpkin, Primitive Halloween Pumpkin, Autumn Harvest Decor, Folk Art Fabric Pumpkin, Made in the USA PrairiePrimitives $25.00	BEST SELLER -Pumpkin Raisin Royale Primitive Grubby Pumpkin Cupcake Scented Wax Tarts Melts HomemadeScents $10.95
Halloween Pumpkin Vintage Inspired Tag Wool Felt Sequins Beads Handmade woolhearts $4.00	Reserved 4 ANDREA Scary Face Halloween Pumpkin spooky cute anthropomorphic Whimsical farm fall harvest decor Primitive HaFair Ofg HAGuild emsprims $18.00
Burned At The Stake ClutterJunkie $23.00	Boo to You Sign, Halloween Sign, Framed in Green, Halloween Decoration, Framed in Reclaimed Wood, Hand Painted on Black Screen barbsheartstrokes $26.00
Rake, Pile, Jump Fall Decor Sign PunkinSeedProduction $38.00	Halloween Placemat, Halloween Fabric Centerpiece PearcesCraftShop $9.95

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