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Blogging Growth and a SCARY New Opportunity

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The bundle referred to in this post is no longer available. No previous affiliate links will generate any sales or income. Be sure to subscribe to my blog to learn about the next Ultimate Bundle! Read on to learn about a fantastic opportunity I have as a blogger. Like most bloggers out there, I am always looking for ways to grow and learn as a blogger. I like trying new things, whether it be in blog design, social media, or challenging myself in my writing. There is always a sense of accomplishment when I finally get the hang of something new - like the time it took me two hours of being buried in my HTML to figure out the picture flipping-thing in this post . Seriously, how fun is that!!!!??? The picture flipping-thing I mean, not the two hours of HTML. :) That is one of the main reason I am so excited about the blogging books offered in the Ultimate Homemaking eBook bundle . There are some fabulous books here that I didn't even know existed before the bundle, and I can't wai

The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle - 78 eBooks are 95% off, starting today!!

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This bundle is no longer available. No affiliate links will generate any sales or income. Be sure to subscribe to my blog to learn about the next Ultimate Bundle! By popular demand, 100+ homemaking bloggers are bringing back The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle, and it's better than ever! The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle  is a complete library of great eBooks on homemaking— a truly valuable knowledge base you’ll use for many years to come. Unlike a library, though, you don’t have to spend years building it up. The Ultimate Bundles team has done the hard work for you, searching the web to find the very best eBooks from top homemaking authors and combining them into one essential collection that you can buy in one simple purchase. Act now to get the ultimate eBook collection on homemaking at a once-in-a-lifetime price. I'm confident you won’t find a more comprehensive set of homemaking resources anywhere -- and certainly not at this price. Bought separately, they’d cost a total of $698 (

The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle - coming to you tomorrow!

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This bundle is no longer available. No previous affiliate links will generate any sales or income. Be sure to subscribe to my blog for the scoop on the next Ultimate Bundle! Tomorrow is the release of the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle. I can't wait for you to get your hands on this fantastic resource! This bundle includes: There are 78 eBooks, plus 10 bonus offers that include free products. Just the free products alone add up to a total value of $197.45, and you get all that plus 78 eBooks for less than $30!! You may wonder if it is worth it to purchase this bundle. After all, these authors are also bloggers and the information in the book is all from their blogs, right? WRONG! We've been discussing this on our FB group with the authors, and they've assured us (and our readers) that these books are full of new content...in fact, this bundle is the ONLY way you can get some of these books! Here is a run-down of things you need to know for tomorrow: 1. There are two bundle opt

Hello Vacation, Hello Monday!

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**Disclosure: There are affiliate links in this post. That means when you make a purchase through those links, I receive a compensation. This helps support this site and the time it takes to keep it running.Thanks!** Its Monday, time for some hellos!  I love greeting the week with an excitement about what will be accomplished in the days ahead. Some people dread Mondays, but they don't need to! Its a new week with new opportunities. A great reason to greet it with a smile! I'm joining the community at  Lisa Leonard's blog  where everyone is saying hello to Monday. Will you join us?  Hello Monday. HELLO TRIP TO CANADA!! Leaving tomorrow, and I can't wait! Hello shop vacation. Hello new product when I get back . Here is a sneak peak: I'm so excited about this!!  Hello colourful scarves. I'm wearing the white one and the pink stripe one the most! Hello Resurrection Sunday. Hello to an Easter play on Good Friday . Several of my cousin's kids were in it, a

Weekend Wind-Down #15

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Welcome to the Weekend Wind-Down Party! It is week #15, and I'm so excited to get this party started! I'm so thrilled to be able to bring you this party each week along with 5 other fun bloggers. We're excited to get your posts out there and see what you have to share with us! To start this party we've picked 6 unique features from last weeks party . These are bloggers who have linked back to us from their posts or blogs...sorry, we can't feature you if you don't follow this rule!   Here are this week's fabulous features: Free Printables on Pinterest via Best Things in Life are Mistakes Spring Cleaning with Small Children via Kenarry Variegated Easter Wreath via It's Always Ruetten Peeps Houses via Yesterfood Stumbleupon for your blog via Barbie, Bieber and Beyond Upcycled Footstool via Redo It Yourself Inspirations If you've been featured, congratulations! Feel free to grab this button and display it proudly! =) {just right click and save to y

Coming Soon: A Homemaking eBook Bundle you won't want to miss!

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**Disclosure: There are affiliate links in this post. That means when you make a purchase through those links, I receive a compensation. This helps support this site and the time it takes to keep it running.Thanks!** Hang on friends, because you might be blown away by the fabulous resource I have to share with you today! There are $850 worth of books and resources available at a 95% discount. Read on! Last year I participated in promoting a similar eBook bundle, which had over 35 ebooks available at a highly discounted price. These year, bloggers and writers across the continent have gotten together an even bigger and better bundle at the same discounted price! What will you get in this fabulous bundle?? As an affiliate for this bundle (meaning that I am helping to promote these books and authors in exchange for a percentage of the sale) I was given access to the bundle ahead of time to review and share with you all. I purchased my own copy of the bundle yesterday, and I am already so

Re-Upholstering a Large Armchair

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Over the winter my aunt enlisted my help for a pretty big, new-to-both-of-us project: re-upholstering her large, well-loved chair! I had read several tutorials about re-upholstery, and I brushed up on what I'd heard before starting this project. Every chair is so different, however, so there was no guarantee that our "after" was going to work. Yikes! We really didn't know what we would find once we started pulling things apart, but there is only one way to find out, right? :) Here is the almost before picture: As you can see I had started pulling the fabric off the back, and the cushions are gone. The arms, however, show you how badly this chair needed some TLC! I'm going to walk you through our process, and share some tips we learned along the way. Just remember, no two chairs are created equal, and our methods may not work in every circumstance. We started on the bottom of the chair. The very bottom was covered with a black interfacing (similar to this from Joa

Hello Monday! April 14, 2014

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Its Monday, time for some hellos!  I love greeting the week with an excitement about what will be accomplished in the days ahead. Some people dread Mondays, but they don't need to! Its a new week with new opportunities. A great reason to greet it with a smile! I'm joining the community at  Lisa Leonard's blog  where everyone is saying hello to Monday. Will you join us?  Hello Monday. Hello last week of work. Hello trip to Nova Scotia. I can.not.wait!! Hello to stocking up on things my mom can't get in Canada. Hello last minute shop updates . Hello visiting with good friends. I am so glad our paths cross occassionally! Hello picking out cute baby fabrics . I know soooo many people who are pregs right now! Hello to a fantastic senior recital for a friend's son . He played both the violin and piano, and it was some of the best playing I've ever heard in person! Hello to a great Shakespeare play put on by a homeschooling group. Hello to fun opportunities with cou