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A Simplistic Book, An Awesome Book, and a Book of Beasties!

by Marie November 20, 2010

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered. Congrats to #29 Quinn B who won Organized Simplicity, #20 Vanessa who won an Awesome Book of Thanks, and #7 Anne Marie who won a book of Beasties! Have fun with your Winter reading! I have a few new books to share with you: a [...]

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Craft With Less and Win a Windows Phone 7

by Marie November 15, 2010

This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to #227 Emily. Have fun with your new phone to help you do more with less! This giveaway is brought to you by the new Windows Phone 7. Less MIA. More PTA: Learn about Windows Phone online and see it in person at local T-Mobile stores today. I hope that by now [...]

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Giveaway: Gourmet Snacks Gift Basket

by Marie November 5, 2010

This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to #100, Andrea! Enjoy your basket full of bounty! You’re going to be drooling by the end of this post as I have a Make and Takes sponsor, FondTimes.com, here today offering a really great Holiday giveaway. They are giving away this Gourmet Snacks Gift Basket, valued at $79.95. [...]

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Fall, Home, and a Mad Libs Story

by Marie November 4, 2010

I’ve been featured a few places this week and just wanted to give them all a little shout out. (photo above taken with the Hipstamatic app. Love it!) As Fall is my favorite season, especially here in Utah with all the beautiful colors, I was able to share a fun photo essay over at Cafe [...]

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Giveaway: $100 Gift Certificate to Spend at Big Picture Classes

by Marie October 29, 2010

This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to Denise #40. Have fun with your photos this Holiday season! Big Picture Classes, a Make and Takes sponsor, is here today with $100 gift certificate to spend on any of their fabulous online classes. And up for grabs now, just in time for this wintry season, is Tracey [...]

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Get Your FREE Monster Mania eBook

by Marie October 15, 2010

I’m happy to announce that Make and Takes is now offering a free monthly email newsletter, sharing all kinds of fun crafts, food, and fun to make and take with your loved ones. And simply for signing up for the newsletter, I want to giveaway my Monster Mania eBook for FREE, just in time for [...]

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Running in the Mud at the Dirty Dash

by Marie October 15, 2010

Remember that mud run I was telling you about a few weeks back, The Dirty Dash? Well, I ran it and it was AWESOME! Here’s my team of Dirty Divas all clean! With the theme of Divas, we chose some crazy hot pink tank tops, tulle tied skirts, gold band bracelets, and pink glitter crowns [...]

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Sesame Street: Smell Like a Monster Video

by Marie October 11, 2010

You’d think that one more Old Spice parody would be overkill. But furry ol’ Grover has pulled it off. Here he is “smelling like a monster” and teaching kids about the word “on”! Don’t you just love this cute furry monster? We do! Try making our crafty Grover hand puppet.

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Getting Inspired at The Creative Connection

by Marie October 1, 2010

I just got back from The Creative Connection in Minneapolis (where I celebrated my birthday!!). TCC is the brain child of Jo Packham and Nancy Soriano, two amazingly smart creative women. They filled the weekend with crafts, classes and panels taught by very gifted people. And with the help of my sponsor Deco Art, I [...]

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It’s a Halloween Celebration Over at The Blog Frog

by Marie September 30, 2010

From costumes and candy to pumpkins and ghosts, do you LOVE everything about Halloween?! Well I do, and am excited to be a community leader of the new Seasonal Celebrations Community for Halloween over at The Blog Frog. They’ve just launched their new community so we can gather in one hot spot to talk about [...]

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