tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66907331527871217912013-05-17T15:58:34.917-06:00A craft blog to share and inspire the creative women with step by step tutorials made by me and other popular craft blogsKatie Adamsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger357125TheCraftyBlogStalkerhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-65023078821942402612013-05-16T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-17T15:01:52.091-06:002013-05-17T15:01:52.091-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QIeJDCGm30o/UZTa7kLA27I/AAAAAAAAJKw/XOnMmmg-BhY/s1600/fun-summer-skirt8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Girl&#39;s No Pattern Skirt Tutorial" border="0" height="276" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QIeJDCGm30o/UZTa7kLA27I/AAAAAAAAJKw/XOnMmmg-BhY/s400/fun-summer-skirt8.jpg" title="Fun Summer Skirt Tutorial " width="400"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is such a fun skirt!  My girls love it, and what they love most is to spin in it!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mntq0DQ8x9g/UZTbHpIW75I/AAAAAAAAJK4/Iu-Jr_j-6gQ/s1600/fun-summer-skirt7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Girl&#39;s No Pattern Skirt Tutorial" border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mntq0DQ8x9g/UZTbHpIW75I/AAAAAAAAJK4/Iu-Jr_j-6gQ/s400/fun-summer-skirt7.jpg" title="Fun Summer Skirt Tutorial " width="232"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The best thing about the skirt is that it is so easy you don&#39;t even need a pattern to make it!  </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/fun-summer-skirt-tutorial.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/4u3O2CFkWkI" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com4http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/fun-summer-skirt-tutorial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-9813318853765570952013-05-15T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-15T20:00:06.701-06:002013-05-15T20:00:06.701-06:00<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="button" height="150" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" width="150"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <textarea cols="24" onclick="this.select();" readonly rows="4" style="font-size: 1.1em;">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; alt=&quot;button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</textarea></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome to Blog Stalking Thursday!  I am so so excited to see what you ahve been working on!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Don&#39;t forget to go <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to check if you were featured from last week&#39;s party! </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the features on Pinterest - so make sure you are following me!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Do you have your own Link Party that you would like me to visit?  Please add</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple;"> it to my</span> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">Linky Party Blog Roll!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thursday-93.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/2EtRn51jqMs" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com21http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thursday-93.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-17687389432896145482013-05-14T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-14T20:00:04.812-06:002013-05-14T20:00:04.812-06:00<br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It&#39;s my turn to feature you!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="by The Crafty Blog Stalker" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" title="Blog Stalking Thursday Features"></a></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There were so many great projects linked up last week, and I had so much fun going through them!  You should check it out to see many more awesome projects and don&#39;t forget to come back tomorrow to add your project to this week&#39;s link party!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the projects to Pinterest. So that is even more blog exposure for you!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Make sure you are following The Crafty Blog Stalker on Pinterest so you don&#39;t miss a single feature! </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/fbKCwEY1-L4" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com4http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-28421843241369490282013-05-12T18:15:00.001-06:002013-05-12T18:15:47.952-06:002013-05-12T18:15:47.952-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JBtJ7V6ijfI/UZApUbBviXI/AAAAAAAAJIg/24aRMiz6fOM/s1600/Fix-a-Necklace-Clasp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How to Fix a Broken Necklace Clasp Tutorial" border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JBtJ7V6ijfI/UZApUbBviXI/AAAAAAAAJIg/24aRMiz6fOM/s400/Fix-a-Necklace-Clasp.jpg" title="How to Fix a Broken Necklace Clasp" width="261"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My youngest was so excited when she bought this cute wiggle eye kitty necklace and was so sad when the first time she wore it the clasp broke.  </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It really is a pretty easy fix so it was time to bring out the Amazing Mom bag of tricks and save the day.  </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/how-to-fix-broken-necklace-clasp.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/0yFGMk-ILs8" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com2http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/how-to-fix-broken-necklace-clasp.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-3570530692980676282013-05-08T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-08T20:00:06.036-06:002013-05-08T20:00:06.036-06:00<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="button" height="150" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" width="150"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <textarea cols="24" onclick="this.select();" readonly rows="4" style="font-size: 1.1em;">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; alt=&quot;button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</textarea></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome to Blog Stalking Thursday!  I am so so excited to see what you ahve been working on!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Don&#39;t forget to go <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thurday-features-you.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to check if you were featured from last week&#39;s party! </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the features on Pinterest - so make sure you are following me!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you have your own Link Party that you would like me to visit?  Please add</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> it to my</span> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">Linky Party Blog Roll!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thursday-92.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/h6_GMrVxy60" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com21http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thursday-92.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-27511721752385667202013-05-07T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-07T20:00:00.738-06:002013-05-07T20:00:00.738-06:00<br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It&#39;s my turn to feature you!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="by The Crafty Blog Stalker" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" title="Blog Stalking Thursday Features"></a></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There were so many great projects linked up last week, and I had so much fun going through them!  You should check it out to see many more awesome projects and don&#39;t forget to come back tomorrow to add your project to this week&#39;s link party!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the projects to Pinterest. So that is even more blog exposure for you!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Make sure you are following The Crafty Blog Stalker on Pinterest so you don&#39;t miss a single feature! </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thurday-features-you.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/krkfgM6_fYU" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com7http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thurday-features-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-2996997118440045112013-05-05T20:36:00.003-06:002013-05-06T11:25:24.781-06:002013-05-06T11:25:24.781-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiUJHDRJ3G8/UYbM4xTKv7I/AAAAAAAAJG0/QFtfdlDvkQE/s1600/pool-noodle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span id="goog_1166029442"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="The Crafty Blog Stalker" border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiUJHDRJ3G8/UYbM4xTKv7I/AAAAAAAAJG0/QFtfdlDvkQE/s400/pool-noodle.jpg" title="What Can You Make With a Pool Noodle: Part2" width="400"><span id="goog_1166029443"></span></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last summer was my original </span><a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2012/06/what-can-you-make-with-pool-noodle.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What Can You Make With a Pool Noodle</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> post and I can&#39;t believe how popular that post was, and I had some many people commenting on so many more uses for the Pool Noodle.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I thought it fitting to do a part 2 and share many of your ideas on <i>more</i>  uses of this fabulous foam tube.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br></span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/what-can-you-make-with-pool-noodle-part2.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/sdZ7iVAEKAs" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com18http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/what-can-you-make-with-pool-noodle-part2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-37513315882839337552013-05-02T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-07T14:42:33.129-06:002013-05-07T14:42:33.129-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-htTzJ0CY9r0/UYA-_AQNf8I/AAAAAAAAJE4/BTDzhTSVXhQ/s1600/kitchen-rug1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="by The Crafty Blog Stalker" border="0" height="331" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-htTzJ0CY9r0/UYA-_AQNf8I/AAAAAAAAJE4/BTDzhTSVXhQ/s400/kitchen-rug1.jpg" title="How to Make Your Own Custom Kitchen Rug" width="400"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Recently I received a fun little package from <a href="http://www.joann.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JoAnn</a> Fabric and Craft Store.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y2SZFhzWGNk/UYA_2yDCGTI/AAAAAAAAJFE/w6gR-oj8BOI/s1600/Kitchen-rug2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="by The Crafty Blog Stalker" border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y2SZFhzWGNk/UYA_2yDCGTI/AAAAAAAAJFE/w6gR-oj8BOI/s400/Kitchen-rug2.jpg" title="How to Make Your Own Custom Kitchen Rug" width="391"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love all of the new <a href="http://www.joann.com/hgtvfabric" rel="nofollow">HGTV fabrics</a> and there are so many fun prints to choose from!</span><br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I debated what to do with this fun fabric and actually went back and forth between a couple different projects.  But while I was at the store getting the extra needed supplies for the project I had decided on, I get a different and even better idea!  I love it when that happens!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/make-your-own-custom-kitchen-rug.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/GuPmFR6EkEc" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com44http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/make-your-own-custom-kitchen-rug.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-57154813060827174232013-05-01T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-01T20:00:01.650-06:002013-05-01T20:00:01.650-06:00<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="button" height="150" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" width="150"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <textarea cols="24" onclick="this.select();" readonly rows="4" style="font-size: 1.1em;">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; alt=&quot;button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</textarea></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome to Blog Stalking Thursday!  I am so so excited to see what you ahve been working on!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Don&#39;t forget to go <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you_30.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to check if you were featured from last week&#39;s party! </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the features on Pinterest - so make sure you are following me!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you have your own Link Party that you would like me to visit?  Please add</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> it to my</span> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">Linky Party Blog Roll!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thursday-91.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/ltt5-p2MeEM" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com20http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/05/blog-stalking-thursday-91.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-8546711509217359562013-04-30T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-30T20:00:00.655-06:002013-04-30T20:00:00.655-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It&#39;s my turn to feature you!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="by The Crafty Blog Stalker" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" title="Blog Stalking Thursday Features"></a></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There were so many great projects linked up last week, and I had so much fun going through them!  You should check it out to see many more awesome projects and don&#39;t forget to come back tomorrow to add your project to this week&#39;s link party!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the projects to Pinterest. So that is even more blog exposure for you!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Make sure you are following The Crafty Blog Stalker on Pinterest so you don&#39;t miss a single feature! </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you_30.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/sVw1flkTXi8" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com5http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you_30.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-70267142885085533872013-04-28T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-28T20:00:00.574-06:002013-04-28T20:00:00.574-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9Usn727HKo/UX2tONLlRZI/AAAAAAAAJDo/PsaHeAnpo2s/s1600/IMG_1378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="by The Crafty Blog Stalker" border="0" height="295" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9Usn727HKo/UX2tONLlRZI/AAAAAAAAJDo/PsaHeAnpo2s/s400/IMG_1378.JPG" title="Tutorial: Pair of Bling Bracelets" width="400"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love jewelry and I believe a girl can&#39;t have too much.  My husband would disagree but that is a silly boy for you!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/tutorial-pair-of-bling-bracelets.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/djShQaA33lo" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com17http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/tutorial-pair-of-bling-bracelets.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-2309337627505797312013-04-25T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-27T08:54:41.715-06:002013-04-27T08:54:41.715-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NfAFtmKJWFo/UXindc0KZ5I/AAAAAAAAJA0/8XInx-l61AE/s1600/Standing+Clipboard+Tutorial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="by The Crafty Blog Stalker" border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NfAFtmKJWFo/UXindc0KZ5I/AAAAAAAAJA0/8XInx-l61AE/s400/Standing+Clipboard+Tutorial.jpg" title="Standing Clipboard Tutorial" width="260"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am really excited about the project that I am sharing with you today!  Last week I went to SNAP! A Creative Blogging Conference.  I had so much fun and learned a lot, but I would have to say my very most favorite part was my fun roomies.  We had 6 woman in a two bed hotel room.  We stayed up late and had some pretty interesting conversations.  We all decided to exchange roomie gifts and this is what I came up with.  </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Aren&#39;t they cute?  </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And the best part is these cool clipboards stand up all by themselves!  If you want to see how, you will have to read further down the tutorial. -&gt; Yeah, I&#39;m mysterious like that! :)</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/standing-clipboard-tutorial.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/V3MA0z8zK2g" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com10http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/standing-clipboard-tutorial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-41285183131280452172013-04-24T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-01T16:15:39.137-06:002013-05-01T16:15:39.137-06:00<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="button" height="150" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" width="150"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <textarea cols="24" onclick="this.select();" readonly rows="4" style="font-size: 1.1em;">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; alt=&quot;button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</textarea></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I had so much fun last week at SNAP! and if you follow me on <a href="http://instagram.com/thecraftyblogstalker" target="_blank">Instagram</a> you have seen a lot of the fun that I had while at the event.  </span><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--N22c7joImU/UXbTpGZxK_I/AAAAAAAAJAk/_Q1291vWxgg/s1600/Snapinstagram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--N22c7joImU/UXbTpGZxK_I/AAAAAAAAJAk/_Q1291vWxgg/s640/Snapinstagram.jpg" width="600"></a></div> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I learned so much and now comes all of the hard work of implementing it all!</span><br> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But let&#39;s get to today&#39;s Blog Stalking Thursday!  Don&#39;t forget to go <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you_23.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to check if you were featured from last week&#39;s party! </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the features on Pinterest - so make sure you are following me!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you have your own Link Party that you would like me to visit?  Please add</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> it to my</span> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">Linky Party Blog Roll!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-90.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/xHt6w0XPVfY" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com1http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-90.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-78372541983358932762013-04-23T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-23T20:00:01.718-06:002013-04-23T20:00:01.718-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It&#39;s my turn to feature you!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="by The Crafty Blog Stalker" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" title="Blog Stalking Thursday Features"></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There were so many great projects linked up last week, and I had so much fun going through them!  You should check it out to see many more awesome projects and don&#39;t forget to come back tomorrow to add your project to this week&#39;s link party!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the projects to Pinterest. So that is even more blog exposure for you!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Make sure you are following The Crafty Blog Stalker on Pinterest so you don&#39;t miss a single feature! </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you_23.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/1bG9kQ1lY4w" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com0http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you_23.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-14565529259931513752013-04-18T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-18T20:00:02.120-06:002013-04-18T20:00:02.120-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qYObgjcP7ak/UUiBvL_RliI/AAAAAAAAI28/x9q9g-D9Kjk/s200/My+Project+2-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dua="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qYObgjcP7ak/UUiBvL_RliI/AAAAAAAAI28/x9q9g-D9Kjk/s200/My+Project+2-001.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hi my name is Ashley from <a href="http://www.ashleysdandelionwishes.com/">Ashley's Dandelion Wishes</a>.&nbsp;Thanks for having me Katie!&nbsp;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> I'm really excited to be sharing my Spring Wreath! &nbsp;Here is what it looks like when it's all finished:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3kowi4okfuU/UVimyJJO5zI/AAAAAAAAFTA/_YKMwl5L6oU/s1600/IMG_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3kowi4okfuU/UVimyJJO5zI/AAAAAAAAFTA/_YKMwl5L6oU/s320/IMG_0046.jpg" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="240" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> My friend Katie from The Crafty Blog Stalker made a wreath using this technique last year. Thanks for the&nbsp;inspiration&nbsp;Katie :) To check out her post click <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2012/04/book-page-paper-wreath.html">HERE</a>. &nbsp;This is what her's looks like:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GQYhsCah9dg/UVirnNrmnYI/AAAAAAAAFTg/6izhqFUjZEA/s1600/IMG_4939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="308" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GQYhsCah9dg/UVirnNrmnYI/AAAAAAAAFTg/6izhqFUjZEA/s320/IMG_4939.JPG" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Ok, now here is everything that you'll need for this project: &nbsp;(except I forgot to put a pencil in the picture.... ooops!)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t2UCjhcbhT4/UVion6K07ZI/AAAAAAAAFTI/gwMSdjb-Gyc/s1600/IMG_0038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t2UCjhcbhT4/UVion6K07ZI/AAAAAAAAFTI/gwMSdjb-Gyc/s320/IMG_0038.jpg" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Then you will take your paper and wrap it around your pencil like so:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ApVfQFwEEFQ/UVipd5SzJXI/AAAAAAAAFTY/egM3eQSXVak/s1600/IMG_0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ApVfQFwEEFQ/UVipd5SzJXI/AAAAAAAAFTY/egM3eQSXVak/s320/IMG_0039.JPG" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Then you glue it down with a bunch of hot glue. &nbsp;And you repeat this process about a million times :) &nbsp;Here is what it looks like part of the way done:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BdaSA2xjViw/UVipNAsY-fI/AAAAAAAAFTQ/tGk96zGuKeE/s1600/IMG_0040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BdaSA2xjViw/UVipNAsY-fI/AAAAAAAAFTQ/tGk96zGuKeE/s320/IMG_0040.jpg" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="303" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> Here is a close up of what my wreath looks like:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d7BvVzsFZ6I/UViuQYcBhnI/AAAAAAAAFTo/1CEw0l8opn8/s1600/IMG_0045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d7BvVzsFZ6I/UViuQYcBhnI/AAAAAAAAFTo/1CEw0l8opn8/s320/IMG_0045.jpg" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="240" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Here is one more shot of my finished Spring Wreath:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LoInwK6ZmGQ/UVimp8z3KHI/AAAAAAAAFS8/9Ia5q6CsocM/s1600/IMG_0043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LoInwK6ZmGQ/UVimp8z3KHI/AAAAAAAAFS8/9Ia5q6CsocM/s320/IMG_0043.jpg" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="240" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I love the way that this project turned out! &nbsp;It is so cute and Springy! &nbsp;This project takes a while, but I think that this is really worth it! &nbsp;What do you think?!<br /> <br /> Here are a couple other projects that I have featured on my blog:<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <a href="http://www.ashleysdandelionwishes.com/2012/08/world-spectacular-letters.html">World Spectacular Letter</a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PKnin5NLlE0/UW2IqYghkNI/AAAAAAAAFv0/jFp-ZwfJU6I/s1600/DSC_0600+(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PKnin5NLlE0/UW2IqYghkNI/AAAAAAAAFv0/jFp-ZwfJU6I/s320/DSC_0600+(1).jpeg" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="211" /></a></div> <br /> <a href="http://www.ashleysdandelionwishes.com/2012/07/diy-lolly-table-decorations.html">Lolly Table Decorations</a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pSfVm9fXWOk/UW2ICUG5-TI/AAAAAAAAFvs/nEJWtMAKI3Q/s1600/DSC_0591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pSfVm9fXWOk/UW2ICUG5-TI/AAAAAAAAFvs/nEJWtMAKI3Q/s320/DSC_0591.JPG" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <a href="http://www.ashleysdandelionwishes.com/2012/07/pinwheel-cupcake-topper.html">Pinwheel Cupcake Topper</a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VDj9jd5MdXk/UW2HThQeffI/AAAAAAAAFvc/eG84RjX6afU/s1600/DSC_0526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VDj9jd5MdXk/UW2HThQeffI/AAAAAAAAFvc/eG84RjX6afU/s320/DSC_0526.JPG" title="Guest Post: Spring Wreath Tutorial" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Thanks for having me Katie! &nbsp;I'd love to meet more blogging friends! &nbsp;Come check me out on:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/ashleydandelion/"><img alt="Follow Me on Pinterest" height="26" src="http://passets-cdn.pinterest.com/images/follow-on-pinterest-button.png" width="156" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/3608759" title="Follow Ashley's Dandelion Wishes on Bloglovin"><img alt="Follow on Bloglovin" border="0" src="http://www.bloglovin.com/widget/bilder/en/widget.gif?id=3608759" /></a>&nbsp;</div> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/Zmv1DmWY6Ps" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com0http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/guest-post-spring-wreath-tutorial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-73914707257273246252013-04-17T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-17T20:00:00.294-06:002013-04-17T20:00:00.294-06:00<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="button" height="150" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" width="150"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <textarea cols="24" onclick="this.select();" readonly rows="4" style="font-size: 1.1em;">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; alt=&quot;button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</textarea></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am having so much fun!  Right now I am at <a href="http://snapconference.com/" target="_blank">SNAP!</a> a Blogging Conference.   I am learning a lot and having so much fun with all of my blogging friends!  But even with everything going on I couldn&#39;t forget about Blog Stalking Thursday!</span><br> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Don&#39;t forget to go <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-feaures-you.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to check if you were featured from last week&#39;s party! </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the features on Pinterest - so make sure you are following me!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you have your own Link Party that you would like me to visit?  Please add</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> it to my</span> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">Linky Party Blog Roll!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-89.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/ziUZk8C56qo" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com18http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-89.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-81091114726255041192013-04-16T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-16T20:00:00.766-06:002013-04-16T20:00:00.766-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It&#39;s my turn to feature you!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Blog Stalking Thursday Features You!" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" title="Blog Stalking Thursday Features"></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">All of these wonderful projects came from last week&#39;s Blog Stalking Thursday.  Check it out to see many more awesome projects and don&#39;t forget to come back tomorrow to add your project to this week&#39;s link party!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the projects to Pinterest. So that is even more blog exposure for you!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Make sure you are following The Crafty Blog Stalker on Pinterest so you don&#39;t miss a single feature! </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-feaures-you.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/DLvFoufy6Ho" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com3http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-feaures-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-86446257070676488502013-04-14T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-13T06:37:33.111-06:002013-05-13T06:37:33.111-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FmsqIn3XtFM/UWrTps6oNJI/AAAAAAAAI_A/fSbyI658zLk/s1600/IMG_1522d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fleece Dog Beds" border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FmsqIn3XtFM/UWrTps6oNJI/AAAAAAAAI_A/fSbyI658zLk/s400/IMG_1522d.jpg" title="Spoiled Dog Bed Tutorial" width="398"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I would like to introduce you to a very special member of our family.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYAtMyMOIgY/UWsizcajh8I/AAAAAAAAI_Q/XQbhsj1lf3Y/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fleece Dog Beds" border="0" height="282" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYAtMyMOIgY/UWsizcajh8I/AAAAAAAAI_Q/XQbhsj1lf3Y/s400/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" title="Spoiled Dog Bed Tutorial" width="400"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Her name is Eva.  Isn&#39;t she cute!  My husband likes to say that she is so ugly that she is cute, but all I can see is the cute.  Eva is mix of Chihuahua and Shih-Tsu.  She is pretty small, only weighs a touch over 5 lbs, and she is SPOILED!!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Eva loves 2 things.  Blankets and her dog bed.  She loves to bury herself under lots of blankets where it is nice and warm, and she wont go into her crate if her dog bed isn&#39;t in there. She will just sit at the door until I put it in, and then she heads in no problem.  </span><br> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Awhile ago I saw on the cutest combined dog bed/blanket that I knew </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">my sweet Eva would love!</span> But I didn&#39;t bookmark it so I came up with my own tutorial instead. </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br></div><a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/spoiled-dog-bed-tutorial.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/iimT-EMXKS8" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com10http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/spoiled-dog-bed-tutorial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-7144860700314282412013-04-11T22:06:00.002-06:002013-04-26T13:37:32.806-06:002013-04-26T13:37:32.806-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F_X0zU3bfos/UWd8e4Meq6I/AAAAAAAAI9k/W56oRZL-WmQ/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="iPad mini sleeve case clutch sewing pattern - pocket - PDF" border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F_X0zU3bfos/UWd8e4Meq6I/AAAAAAAAI9k/W56oRZL-WmQ/s400/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" title="ipad mini case ipad case kindle case tablet case" width="400"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have been eying the Apple iPad Mini for quite some time now.  I have the original Apple iPad and I have absolutely loved it!  (You may remember the fun <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2012/04/silhouette-cameo-ipad-decal.html" target="_blank">Owl Decal</a> I put on the back of it last year.)  But it is big and heavy and doesn&#39;t always fit in my smaller purses.  I had been wanting a new one and kept going back and forth between the iPad Mini and iPad. </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So last weekend we somehow found ourselves at an Apple Store.  (I didn&#39;t plan that at all!)  My Mind was made up when I picked up the newest iPad after playing with the iPad Mini.  I couldn&#39;t believe the weight difference!  I was sold on the Mini and brought home my <strike>fun new toy</strike> business tool.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-beCohWacn-U/UWd_xlNfrdI/AAAAAAAAI90/ACnA1zHBj3s/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="iPad mini sleeve case clutch sewing pattern - pocket - PDF" border="0" height="220" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-beCohWacn-U/UWd_xlNfrdI/AAAAAAAAI90/ACnA1zHBj3s/s400/PicMonkey+Collage1.jpg" title="ipad mini case ipad case kindle case tablet case" width="400"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/ipad-mini-or-kindle-case-sewing-pattern.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/e7Q89PW1GKo" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com31http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/ipad-mini-or-kindle-case-sewing-pattern.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-59098633828517991472013-04-10T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-10T20:00:00.497-06:002013-04-10T20:00:00.497-06:00<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="button" height="150" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" width="150"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <textarea cols="24" onclick="this.select();" readonly rows="4" style="font-size: 1.1em;">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; alt=&quot;button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</textarea></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am so glad it is Thursday! Don&#39;t forget to go <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to check if you were featured from last week&#39;s party! </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the features on Pinterest - so make sure you are following me!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you have your own Link Party that you would like me to visit?  Please add</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> it to my</span> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">Linky Party Blog Roll!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-88.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/Xdc3LibVQA0" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com17http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-88.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-73345998578127104382013-04-09T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-09T20:00:04.885-06:002013-04-09T20:00:04.885-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It&#39;s my turn to feature you!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Blog Stalking Thursday Features You!" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" title="Blog Stalking Thursday Features"></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">All of these wonderful projects came from last week&#39;s Blog Stalking Thursday.  Check it out to see many more awesome projects and don&#39;t forget to come back tomorrow to add your project to this week&#39;s link party!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the projects to Pinterest. So that is even more blog exposure for you!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Make sure you are following The Crafty Blog Stalker on Pinterest so you don&#39;t miss a single feature! </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/6AqQB0VaH2Y" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com9http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-26512633858612933662013-04-07T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-26T13:36:46.352-06:002013-04-26T13:36:46.352-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a_RexdqTZbI/UWHKSb_vVUI/AAAAAAAAI8A/cRGXNFOFkso/s1600/IMG_1443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DIY Designer Jeans" border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a_RexdqTZbI/UWHKSb_vVUI/AAAAAAAAI8A/cRGXNFOFkso/s400/IMG_1443.JPG" title="Bling Your Jeans Tutorial" width="218"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last week my husband took our daughter Allie shopping, just the two of them.  Isn&#39;t he such an awesome daddy?!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">While they were at <span id="taw" style="margin-right: 0;">Aeropostale they found these ubber cute jeans that were on clearance.  Originally $24 down to $4.  SCORE!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span id="taw" style="margin-right: 0;">They fit her really good everywhere but in the length.  They were too long.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><img alt="DIY Designer Jeans" border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_blBXBJdFgE/UWHNCW98dbI/AAAAAAAAI8Q/IGRXuCDLARs/s400/IMG_1390.JPG" title="Bling Your Jeans Tutorial" width="151"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/bling-your-jeans-tutorial.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/IpVF3MPI72k" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com15http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/bling-your-jeans-tutorial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-77260259900033570752013-04-03T22:00:00.000-06:002013-05-03T16:17:24.696-06:002013-05-03T16:17:24.696-06:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This post brought to you by <a href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=9564715" rel="nofollow">iBulb</a>. All opinions are 100% mine.</span></span></div> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xim7W38_aE4/UVudasqhFAI/AAAAAAAAI6I/kiYXZ6w9J5s/s1600/IMG_13365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xim7W38_aE4/UVudasqhFAI/AAAAAAAAI6I/kiYXZ6w9J5s/s400/IMG_13365.jpg" width="400"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I absolutely love </span><a href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=26149&amp;oid=9564715" rel="nofollow">lilies</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">.  It is one of my favorite Spring Flowers and make gorgeous wedding bouquets.  But today I am not going to show you a wedding bouquet but a Pitcher of Lilies.  </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I started off with a shopping trip!  I found this gorgeous glass pitcher at my local thrift store. </span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-utBFXpkgLf8/UVue7VvA31I/AAAAAAAAI6U/qj7TOCytmeA/s1600/IMG_1289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-utBFXpkgLf8/UVue7VvA31I/AAAAAAAAI6U/qj7TOCytmeA/s400/IMG_1289.JPG" width="370"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I loved the shape and it was only $5!  YAY!  </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then I went on the hunt for my Lilies.  There are </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">so many places that sell high quality lilies like grocery stores, garden centers and flower shops.  I purchased mine at the local Walmart. There were so many gorgeous Lilies that it was hard to decide which ones I wanted.</span><br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-difGqf7PuUc/UVuqYsBq-gI/AAAAAAAAI7Y/ZuPrJRmLTqQ/s1600/Pictures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-difGqf7PuUc/UVuqYsBq-gI/AAAAAAAAI7Y/ZuPrJRmLTqQ/s400/Pictures.jpg" width="400"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I really like the pink ones but decided to go with the white lilies.</span><br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OM_mRwXui5g/UVurdfpymOI/AAAAAAAAI7o/nsK1WrJynJ8/s1600/IMG_1318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OM_mRwXui5g/UVurdfpymOI/AAAAAAAAI7o/nsK1WrJynJ8/s400/IMG_1318.JPG" width="400"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> </div></div><a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/lily-bouquet-with-tutorial-giveaway.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/lm2czX6UGMY" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com33http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/lily-bouquet-with-tutorial-giveaway.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-69805484507894144562013-04-03T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-03T20:00:01.452-06:002013-04-03T20:00:01.452-06:00<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="button" height="150" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg" width="150"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <textarea cols="24" onclick="this.select();" readonly rows="4" style="font-size: 1.1em;">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/search/label/Linky%20Party&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8539550701_939dd5e681_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; alt=&quot;button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</textarea></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am so glad it is Thursday! Don&#39;t forget to go <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to check if you were featured from last week&#39;s party! </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the features on Pinterest - so make sure you are following me!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you have your own Link Party that you would like me to visit?  Please add</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> it to my</span> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">Linky Party Blog Roll!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-87.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/isoBMFWTTfM" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com12http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-87.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690733152787121791.post-81104976726192879652013-04-02T20:00:00.000-06:002013-04-02T20:00:04.973-06:002013-04-02T20:00:04.973-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It&#39;s my turn to feature you!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8553325150_4761b5dced_m.jpg" title="Blog Stalking Thursday Features"></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">All of these wonderful projects came from last week&#39;s Blog Stalking Thursday.  Check it out to see many more awesome projects and don&#39;t forget to come back tomorrow to add your project to this week&#39;s link party!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also pin all of the projects to Pinterest. So that is even more blog exposure for you!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Make sure you are following The Crafty Blog Stalker on Pinterest so you don&#39;t miss a single feature! </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/blogstalker/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features.html#more">Full Post Available Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"><p>&#169; COPYRIGHT 2012 <a href="http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/">The Crafty Blog Stalker</a>.&nbsp; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCraftyBlogStalker/~4/-wrkyDoFPTY" height="1" width="1"/>Katie Adamshttps://plus.google.com/103572632893178306527noreply@blogger.com9http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2013/04/blog-stalking-thursday-features.html