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you are invited to a pinterest pin-along party… and a heart filled giveaway

By on February 2, 2014 in Pinterest Pin-along, Uncategorized

While visiting my favorite thrift store a few weeks ago, I got into a conversation with a lady in her 80’s.  She was telling me about how much she loved Pinterest and how her girlfriends get together on Saturdays to pin stuff.  I asked her how many of those things they have made and she said “oh none but it is fun to pin them”.  Hmmmm, all this time, I was under the impression that people pull inspiration from Pinterest in order to make them, at least some of them.  So for the past few weeks, I have asked a few more people about their Pinterest activities and it seems this is going on everywhere.

Does this sound like you or are you the type that takes inspiration and runs with it?  Perhaps you are just creative and don’t need the inspiration but choose to share what you have made to inspire others….yes, it takes both types to make Pinterest run doesn’t it.

So for the next few months (or longer if it seems like fun) I will be hosting a Pinterest Partay every Saturday!!  A Pin-along for those of you who need a little push to do something with those ideas you pinned or to share your pins with the rest of us.  So, on Saturdays, I will be posting either my Pinterest inspired creation or my own Pinned project and I would love to see what you have done.  The great thing about Pinterest is that everyone can join in.  If you are a baker, knitter, painter, gardener, decorator, partyer, teacher, it is all good.

The only rules will be

1. to include the Pin you used as inspiration or your own Pin in your post

2. to post a link to the Pin-along party so others can join in too

3.  to visit at least one other pinners post and share the love

You can post a link to your blog post, tumbler page, Pinterest page or project, Flicker, or Twitter.

I do need opinions on what to call it.  Pinterest Pin along?  Pinterest Pinning Party?  Pin-along?  Any other ideas?  And what do you think, would you be interested in pinning along with the rest of us?

 

and here is the fun part.  In order to say thank you for helping me get the word out , I am giving away this cute embroidered love token.  It comes on an embroidery hoop and the back is covered with a grey felt, ready to give to your beloved.  The contest ends next Saturday, February and please make sure I have a way to get in touch with you because it will go out first thing Monday morning since Saint Valentines day is hot on our heels.

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Blog about this with a link back to this post (2 entries)

Post the link to this post on your Facebook (1 entry)

Pin it!!  Pin a link to this blog  and giveaway.  You can pin once for the Pinterest party and once for the giveaway so you could actually get 4 entries for this one (2 entries)

Tweet it (1 entry)

Leave a comment here (1 entry)

Come back and make sure to tell me what and where you did!!!

I am in the process of making a Pin-along button.  This is what I have so far

 

pinalong button

 

or how about this one

pin-along button 2

So to recap,  I will be, God willing (my momma always says this),  hosting the Real Food on a Real Budget Fridays and a Pinterest/Pin along on Saturdays…. should be busy but fun.

The winner of the Embroidery hoop art is:

Elizabeth who said:

This sounds fun! I have pinned so many crafts, but have actually made very few of them. There are so many great ideas out there!

Elizabeth, please contact me (you can find my contact button up at the top right side) so I can get this right out to you 🙂

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hoops for my Valentines

By on January 28, 2014 in Sewing and Crafts, Uncategorized

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First, let me say thank you!  A great big thank you to all of you wonderful mommas who jumped in with the Real food on a real budget blog post.  You really blew me away with your comments and ideas and I am so blessed to have so many women who care about other women.  We all have so much to share and I am so lucky you have chosen to share here.  Already, I picked up so many ideas and we have not even begun yet but I will save that for Friday’s post.  I think I will also post many of your ideas if that is OK with you and please keep them coming.

And now onto today’s post.

Growing up my momma always got me a flower or balloons on Saint Valentines day.   She is cute like that and naturally I thought all mommas regarded their babes as their sweet hearts on that special day.  Somewhere along the line I found out that I was a lucky girl and so I too give my sweeties something special on Saint Valentines Day.  As a much younger momma, also much poorer, I would line up at the local party shop in Miami for their annual .50 cent balloon sale, heart shaped of course.  My older children still remember getting those balloons.  Balloons that would spend their days tied to a bed post until they could not hold themselves up any longer and would be relegated to the playroom as volleyballs.

I have given them chocolates, love notes, pillow cases but this year with all this time spent by the warm fire, I decided to do some embroidery.    With really only two weeks left until Valentines, I have been pulling the needle and thread.  My girls, including Alex who already saw hers, will be getting these little hand embroidered hoops to hang (if they choose to) in their rooms.  I hope it will be a reminder of my love.

I’m really not sure what to give my boys but I am sure whatever it is, they will love it as they always do, or at least they pretend really well 🙂  I’m thinking of something edible since that saying is probably true.  You  know, the one about the fastest way to a boys heart and all.  Yeah, that.  Any ideas out there?

I have also decided to offer these little Valentines to anyone who wants to order one (or two :).  I am starting to gather the funds necessary to build a new farm so once again like at Christmas, I am offering my handmades.  You can find the details at the Facebook page if interested.

I am working on finishing a new cowl I started designing a few weeks back.  Hope to see you here tomorrow for some knitty goodness.  Right now, I am off to visit the beautiful Nicole and see what wonderful handmades are being posted there today.

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