Pottery barn knock offs, Valentines day crafts, floral arrangement and more!

Another great Magazine copy cat challenge this month.  For the record the next one will be March 12th..big news on that so stay tuned but in the meantime mark your calendars.
Let me share some Pottery barn knock offs, Valentines day crafts, florals and more! These are my highlights and recap of the partay!

In today's challenging times we are all looking to save money and diy are big now.

Cottage Beach house did a gorgeous Pottery barn shelf knock off.
I love her displays too, very pretty.

I loved Jan from Adventures in  Southern Junkin's Floral turn over knock off..
so simple, yet makes such a statement.



Bliss Ranch got super creative, and really thought outside the box on this one...



This is such a pretty vignette, I could just look at it all day!

L O V E Debra from Common ground's craft. It really turned out super.
Better than the original. In fact all of your copies were better than the originals in my humble opinion!



Next, Sharon from Mrs. Shines class did a gorgeous job on her rendition of the the original...



This truly looks like a magazine photo!


I thank you all for joining me.
It is a fun little party, and I truly look forward to seeing what you all come up with.

See you March 12th for the next one.

Feel free to grab my roo is I crowed about you!

Have a wonderful weekend.

I will be putting up the newbie party link earlier than usual tomorrow, so stay tuned.

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Looking your best!

Hey everyone! I hope today you are all feeling your best and of course looking your best! 

Well.....

 if you are like me at this moment I am sitting in my PJ's still blogging.  However, I do plan on getting up, getting out there and doing a little Zumba today.

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My exercise routine fell to the wayside in 2011.  I promised myself, I would do better in 2012.

Seems the older we get the harder it is to just Commit.  

We can do it, we just choose not to.

How about you?

What are the good habits you are committing to developing?


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What are your beauty resolutions this year? 

For me during the winter months I moisturize a lot more.

Taking care of my skin has always been very important to me.

My Mom started me young on that regime, and I am glad she did.

I do plan on visiting the dermatologist this year as well.

Just for a skin check, and to also ask about some derma-brasion.

How do you plan to shake up and streamline your routine?


 

This is a good question...my first thoughts were I need to break up my routine.

I am a creature of habit and once I get in a routine I tend to stick with it. Whether good or bad, I stick with whatever mode I am in.

My current  routine has been to blog all morning instead of get out there and get active.
Not good! I have the butt to prove it.

There will  HOWEVER, be a change, that I plan on sticking too.

I am going to take a few different exercise classes, ie. Kettle ball, custom cuts, etc.

Most importantly, to stop snacking at the computer.  I have more crumbs around my desk than the kids make in a week around the counter. And believe me, my younger son points that out to me.
I try to hide the bags when they come up. I get busted though.

So tell me a little bit about you, your plans on changing, or what is working for you now!! We would love to hear it.

Thank you Blogher for the opportunity to share a little about me, and my plans to be a better me.

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Home tour feature {rustic log cabin}

So excited to share my first home tour!  When I did my survey back in the beginning of January, it really gave me insight as to what my friends/followers like to see on my blog.

Although, not too much was going to change, I wanted to incorporate some new things to share.

Welcome Dawn from Creative cain.

Welcome to our Log Home!!

Located at Creative Cain Cabin

I am so excited and honored to be participating in Debbie's home tour edition.

Debbie has been a great blogging friend and has helped me with my blog every step of the way.

***Thanks Debbie***

This tour may be a little different for some of you, our home is not the conventional home that most have.  It took my family (all three of us) 5 years of hard work to build, and the best thing about it, is we paid cash and have no mortgage.  Yes, it can be done if you are willing to not have instant gratification.

On with the tour....

The Front Porch of the Cabin with more photos here. 




A white kitchen, with black concrete counter-tops that we did ourselves.

You can see more kitchen photos Here.

An old library table used as a dining table along with the library chairs.

The living room furniture is all slip-covered and can be changed out or washed at any time, making it one of my favorite things about this room.

More living room photos can be seen Here.

The master bedroom is in the loft of our home and is a huge space with a sitting room an all.

You can see more of this room Here.


There's many more area to explore at the cabin.  So drop by and take take a Tour of our Environmental Friendly home.



Thanks for looking and a special thanks to Debbie for having me.



Enjoy!!

Thank you Dawn for having us over to your lovely home.
If you are not familiar with Dawn's blog, head on over, she is beautiful, and very talented too!

Dawn @
Creative Cain Cabin