Friday, April 1, 2011

One Little Word Blog Hop-April

Welcome to my blog! If you are following the hop you should have come from Stacey- if not and you want to check out the other stops start with Margie. Margie organizes the hop and does a lot of work to make it happen- thanks Margie!!

Last month I had a giveaway of a crocheted flower bookmark, and it went to Cassie_lu.  Cassie's favorite flower is a dogwood- creamy white with pink at the tips.  And this is how it came out:



This picture is actually way bigger than the actual flower it came out about 1.5" diameter.

I hope you like it Cassie! It's in the mail today. If you want one...keep reading...
At the end of February I didn't have enough grow pictures...but thanks to some great ideas (some from you) I ended up with 2 pages of pictures.

Here is the whole collection:



One of the things I have been wanting to grow is my business.  Sooo during March I applied for and was accepted onto 2 design teams and I am really excited!!  Check out some of my March posts for my first projects. 

As part of my emotional growth I signed up to take Write Down to your Nitty Gritty at BPC and  it has me working hard and digging deep. It is such a powerful tool.  I also did Stacy's iScrap class it was another amazing Growth Experience...I still haven't finished all of the journaling, but I'm working on it. 

And the challenge in my Log Your Memory Planner for this week was a good one too-10 things that make me smile (except I couldn't stop at 10). Part of my growth is stopping to appreciate things (It helps keep me from losing my temper).
Here's my page:


Coming into April I have a really busy month ahead...I am attending True Scrap,   I am teaching a page class at my Local Scrapbooking store, my one annual holiday (The Memorial of Christ's Death) is April 24th (And is also the anniversary of my husband's death 8 years ago) and if that wasn't enough- I signed up to increase my ministry to 30 hours during April (I can hardly wait)...Lets just hope we all stay as healthy as possible!

And for those of you who read that entire thing...I have another giveaway- once again I will pick a random commenter and send them a crocheted flower in their choice of color...I can't guarantee I can make your favorite flower...but if I can I will.  And in the spirit of growth-(decluttering my scrap studio is growth) I will throw in some random scrap stuff to grow your stash a little bit...Just leave me a comment with your favorite color & flower (and maybe some love) by April 10th, and you're eligible.  And if you don't win, but you still want one...here is a link to my ETSY shop (I only have a couple flowers on there right now, but special orders are always accepted.  If you order in April and use the Code on the sidebar you'll get free shipping (U.S. Only please)).
Your next stop is  Rebekah and in case you get lost or want to jump around here is the entire list:

Margie http://xnomads.typepad.com/blog
Amanda http://scrappnbee.blogspot.com
Donna http://donnabryantdurand.blogspot.com
Joy www.undiscoveredjoy.blogspot.com
Jan http://mysimplelittlelife.typepad.com
Jamie http://jmpgirl.blogspot.com/
Nikki http://www.inkyart.com.au
Monica B2 www.questtoperfectimperfection.blogspot.com
Cindy http://seriousplay.typepad.com
Stacey http://www.TheAcornGarden.com/blog
Katrina http://k84mansramblings.blogspot.com/
Rebekah http://istampscrapcraft.blogspot.com/
Monica http://scraplifters.blogspot.com/
Chrissy http://getcraftywithchrissy.blogspot.com/
Jill http://jillconyers.typepad.com/
Lisa http://makeyourownescape.blogspot.com
Kathryn www.katlodesigns.com
Jennifer www.studiojenn.blogspot.com
Jen www.byjen.com
Sam http://learncreatedo.wordpress.com/
Miranda http://mirandasscrapsite.blogspot.com
Lynn www.crafty-creativity.blogspot.com
Cynthia http://paperpapereverywhere.blogspot.com/
Cheri A http://cheriandrews.blogspot.com
Deb http://blakleyhomeplace.blogspot.com
Nicky www.seejanebake.blogspot.com
Karen D http://womenontractors.blogspot.com/
Tina http://ryzmomplus2.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Kimberly http://foreverdaisies.blogspot.com/
Abbey http://athomewiththerichardsfamily.blogspot.com/
Julie Ann 
Lisa
http://julieannshahin2.blogspot.com
http://backtoallen.com/writers_blog/

I hope to see you next month.


15 comments:

  1. What a fab blog.. and wish you a great hoppin day...tfs

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  2. your blog is cool! Love your crochet flower and the pictures are fabulous. I know those memorial days are tough - I still go through them, widowed over ten years ago.

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  3. and oh!! congrats on your new dts!!

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  4. Huge congrats on your DT's, that is fantastic! I'm so jealous of your crochet abilities. Sounds like you had a wonderful month. Best of luck in April. My favorite color is yellow! xoxo

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  5. Happy Hopp'in! I love your blog and congrats on the DT assignment.

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  6. wow you are one busy lady - what great experiences you are pushing yourself through - well done. If I were to be selected for a flower I'd be happy with anything in any colour :)

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  7. bravo on your classes and dt achievements. no easy task to keep your arms around all those items.
    and beautiful crochet work too!
    ~j

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  8. Congrats on the DTs! You are one talented lady...love the crochet flower!

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  9. Great photos and your smile page is such a great idea! Congrats on the making the design teams. I hope you'll find strength and comfort as you continue your journey through April. Blessings...

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  10. Sounds like you have some wonderful things going on this next month! Enjoy!

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  11. Wow you have busy times ahead. Congrats on the DTs.

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  12. Sounds like a lot of great things going on. Love your collection of photos.

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  13. I also took iScrap - still working on the journaling!

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  14. Congratulations on all your achievements this month and hugs for a big month ahead.


    My favorite flower is a violet, I think, but do lover cherry blossoms too.

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  15. Congratulations on all your GROWTH! Fantastic accomplishments. Thanks for joining in on the blog hop.

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