Today's Featured Shop ----- Sweet Creek Soaps

Today's featured shop is Sweet Creek Soaps.    The handmade soaps and beauty products are vegan friendly. 

Lip Tints, oval tube, choice of four varieties

Whipped Butter, 2 oz. jar, choice of varieties

Soap, Bath, Fruity, vegan friendly, choice of varieties

Mask, Dead Sea Mud recipe, 4 oz. jar, vegan friendly

Be sure and visit Kathleen's shop,   http://www.artfire.com/users/sweetcreeksoaps    Check her studio announcement for her special promotions.

Thursday Giveaway Link Party -- Add Your Giveaway

We are continuing our weekly link opportunity for you to share your giveaways with our readers.


The rules are easy:
You must be a follower of our blog.

Add our logo to your blog sidebar.

When you enter the title of your giveaway, please add the end date of your giveaway.

Be sure the url is the direct link to your giveaway blog post.

Family friendly giveaways only.

Handmade Spotlight - Down on the Farm

Farm Fresh Sign - made it to... creeksidecreat... $22.00	Primitive Nest Bird Eggs Ha... SweetLibertyPr... $6.00
Reproduction Feed Flour Sack... wvluckygirl $12.99	Sunflower Ornie - Peg hanger... tinsandtreasur... $5.00
Feedsack Pillow French Count... HandmadeByBett... $17.50	Primitive Handpainted Sheep ... Primgal $11.99
SPRING SALE Old barnwood Sh... CreationsinBar... $39.99	Felt Country Heart Cream Sim... primitiveseaso... $3.00
Handpainted QUILTS Wood Sign... oldecountrycup... $16.00	French Country Apples Bag Ke... misseskwittys $12.00
Farmhouse Kitchen Soap MasonJarPrimit... $5.50	Primitive Stack o'Sheep ... CountryAcres $9.00
Primitive Rolling Pin Wooden... firecrackerkid $35.00	Brown Farmhouse paper mache ... ameliasparlor $7.00
PriMiTiVe FarMhOuSE VinTagE ... catnapinnprimi... $13.99	Printable Farmhouse Labels -... ewenmeprintabl... $2.50

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Tuesday Tutorial ---- Rag Quilted Mug Mats

Since I need to make myself some new mug mats,   I thought I would share this tutorial with you today.

If you have never done any rag quilting,   this is a super easy way to start.

Supplies For One Mat:

Two 6 inch squares of fabric
One 5 inch square of warm n' natural batting
Matching thread

Lay your first fabric square down with wrong side facing up.  Center the batting on the fabric square.

Lay the second fabric square on top of the batting with the right side facing up.   Pin together in a couple of places to hold it together.
Now stitch from corner to corner,  sewing an X on the mat.   I used a light thread so you can see the stitching.

Now you need to stitch a square 3/4 inch in from the edges.

Clip a square out of each corner.

Now just clip the outer seams in 1/4 inch increments to make fringe and you are done.

Hope you enjoy making some of these.

Thanks for visiting today.

Bette

Transform a Closet into an Office

Bette and I found this article on how to give an overlooked storage spot a major makeover in one weekend at www.countryliving.com

Imagine going from this...

to this...

... in one short weekend. You can find all the details at... www.countryliving.com

Thanks for joining us.
Deena Davis
www.byyourhands.blogspot.com