Updated Favorite Places Links

Check out my favorite places links! I've updated them with some of my most favorite blogs and craft websites. (It got a LITTLE longer...)

Enchanted Broccoli Forests!

You're probably thinking as you read the title that I'm absolutely crazy. Well I'm not:

It's an actual recipe that Christian will be making in the next few days! Looks kind of cute, huh? (I'll post real live pictures when it's finished.)

A co-worker of Christian's lent this to us and I have to say it's pretty cute! I've got some more pretty funny images from the book I'll post shortly. It's a mostly vegetarian recipe book printed in 1982. (Get your own copy at half.com for $.75 before shipping! I just ordered our own copy!) Enjoy!

Don't use!!!

Palmolive Eco Dishwashing Detergent

This is what it looks like! I thought I'd give it a try and it left permanent white, filmy, nasty residue on lots of our glasses and most, if not all, of our plastic ware. I left a fairly nasty comment on the Colgate website (That's their parent company) They said they were sorry with what happened and said that they were mailing me something.... I waited and waited, hoping it was good...
Yesterday in the mail I got their reply which basically said:

We're sorry it left white stuff on your dishes, just wash them again without any detergent and some vinegar and they will be fine. (If I wanted to wash my dishes twice, use twice as much water and electricity this would be a fabulous idea, totally negating the fact that it was an ECO friendly product!) Also included in the letter was a $4.00 check, (I didn't pay this much to begin with.) and a bunch of $.50 and $.75 coupons to different items.

All in all: At least I didn't lose any money but it won't be finding it's way into my house again.

The winner is:

Thanks to the Random Generator:

"Here are your random numbers: 4

Timestamp: 2008-06-12 10:48:05 UTC"

Which means Jeni is the lucky winner! (Email me Jeni and let me know your favorite stamp set and I'll get that to you!)

Thanks for all your comments and concerns about my possible new blog! I've got some ideas that I want to incorporate into it, and I'm having major trouble coming up with a name, so, don't look for it, say, next week, but give me a few weeks to get it all settled down and then we should be good to go!
Thanks again everyone! Erin

New idea!

Ok, so I've been mulling this over for a while, and I'm thinking that I'm going to be starting a new blog without my name... (You're thinking I'm switching because of stalkers right!?!)

Well, I'm thinking of starting an interior design blog....one where people can submit pictures of rooms and I'll choose one a week to "make over" and give design tips...and post little mini design lessons. Does this sound interesting to anyone? Would there be other things that you'd be interested in? Let me know what you think! And for those who leave a comment I'll put you in the drawing for....

A New Stamp Set!!! Value of $12.50 and free shipping! (Also, if you'd like to join the mailing list while you are there that's great too! This will be my last post about my stamp sets on this blog, as I don't want to hound everyone with advertising anymore! My craft/stamp blog will have more information about my stamp stuff.)

Leave me a comment by Tuesday, June 10th 2008 to be entered!
Thanks!

I don't know why...

but I tend to go a week (or two) without posting... It's not that I'm not thinking about it because I find myself pretty much everyday saying to myself: "I should post that!" so here are a few of the things over the last week or so...



I went to Hobby Lobby the other day and was confused. They are putting out their Christmas stuff. (I thought maybe it was clearanced and they were still trying to get rid of it, nope, it's the new stuff.) So buy it up quick before everyone else does..... just kidding!

Any guesses as to what this lump in my sofa is?

That would be scaredy cat Percy. We finally had the roof redone this week from the hail storm in February, or maybe it was March, can't really remember for sure. Anyway, he totally hid under the blanket for the entire 7 hours they were here pounding on the roof!

Also, I had to borrow a can of mace from a co-worker of Christian's. I had a stalker at the bus stop. I even had to park somewhere else for a few days...fortunately I didn't actually have to use it!

I'm sure there's plenty more....just can't think of them right now, but when I do I'll be sure to let you know!