link party

Show Me What Ya Got #20

April 19, 2011 By Stacy 18 Comments

I can’t believe we have already done this for 20 weeks!!! How exciting :) I love looking through your projects.

I hope we (RFE Hosting and I) have been able to work out most of the kinks with the switch to Word Press. I bought my domain name from domain.com and they are not easy to work with when it comes to switching servers. It can take up to 72 hours before it works. So sorry to you who couldn’t see this blog for awhile and double sorry to those who still can’t! I went through a ton of frosting yesterday……. lots of stress :(

So cheer me up by linking up your fabulous stuff!!!

*Max of 2 projects

*Link up new things and not things you have already linked up before

*No etsy shops, things you are selling, or giveaways please

*Visit some of the other links and leave comments. We all love comments :)

Get real!

April 15, 2011 By Stacy 25 Comments

So awhile back I did a post about my messy office, among other things, called “The Dark Side Of Blogging”. I got a huge response. Not just in comments but in emails as well. It was brought up more than once that we should have a linky party where we link up posts where we are being “real”. It doesn’t have to be about messy houses or your deepest darkest secret either. You decided what being real means to you. I think there are things that don’t always get discussed and so we feel like maybe we are the only one (or at least the minority) that feel that way. But I would be willing to bet that most of us have the same kind of melt downs, the same iinsecurities, the same fears, the same struggle with keeping a balance in our lives. And for some reason when we share all of that with each other, it makes us feel normal. It makes us not be so hard on ourselves.

So lets do it! I will keep this linky party up for at least a week. Lets see who is brave enough to share :)

Link up a post (new OR old) about something that you feel is “being real”. I can’t wait to read them all!!!

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Show Me What Ya Got #19

April 12, 2011 By Stacy 15 Comments

I am desperately trying to get things back to normal after being gone for 4 days but it is challenging to say the least. It is spring break for the kids and I kind of just wanted to play with them. I have no idea when I will be whipping out a new project but that is okay because I can live vicariously through YOU! I can’t wait to see what you have been up to :)

*Do not link up giveaways or etsy shops. Just projects you have done please.

* Please link up a max of 2 projects

* Please don’t link up something you have already linked up here in the past.

*Link to the specific post and not to the main page of your blog.

*Also, please visit at least 2 other links and leave a comment. We all love comments!

I am not going to require that you become a follower in order to participate, but it is easier. I participate in so many linky parties that it helps to have a reminder. I just scroll through my blog roll and click right on to which ever sites have a party that day. Just something to think about :)
If you don’t know how to link up I created a post with pictures and instructions. There is a link on my side bar.

Please spread the word about this linky party. The more links, the more we all are inspired. Add this button to the bottom of your post, side bar, or add this party to your list. I am not picky. Just put it somewhere! Thanks.

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Show Me What Ya Got #18

April 5, 2011 By Stacy 15 Comments

It is Tuesday! I feel like making up a song for Tuesday since it is so cool. “Today is Tuesday, Tuesday, it comes after Monday, Monday …. Just kidding :)
I will be going out of town this week so I won’t be here to do features. I think I will plan on doing what I did last time and doing a “Features x2″ post the next week. I am going to a blogging conference. I am hoping they will teach this newbie a thing or two. I am excited because some of my favorite bloggers are going!

Just a recap:

*Do not link up giveaways or etsy shops. Just projects you have done please.

* Please link up a max of 2 projects

* Please don’t link up something you have already linked up here in the past.

*Link to the specific post and not to the main page of your blog.

*Also, please visit at least 2 other links and leave a comment. We all love comments!

***Remember that if you made something that was inspired by something you saw here on Not JUST A Housewife please link it up to “Share your project” too. The link is at the top of my blog. I would love to see it! It might get featured randomly….

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Features x 2

March 31, 2011 By Stacy 10 Comments

As promised, I am featuring projects from last weeks party as well as this weeks party. There were some amazing things linked up. This was the hardest week for me to pick things.

A Very Dandoislion Life linked up this drawer turned tray! How unbelievably clever! Now I just need to find an old drawer….

Check this out from The Seven Year Cottage!!! They look like a carrot :) Now I just need to plan a fun Easter lunch!!!

Carrot Cutlery Packets, Napkins, Plastic Utensils, Spring, Easter, Party

Extreme Personal Measures made stuffed red peppers in her slow cooker! Okay, all together now, “YUMMM!”

With My Spare Time made these Mickey Mouse shirts for her little girls with extra buttons she had. She even made matching hair barrettes!!!

Look at these blinged out eggs! Aren’t they gorgeous!?! Landee See, Landee Do has a great tutorial for them.

Do you want to pull a cute April Fool’s day prank on your kids? These eggs and bacon would be perfect! Go to Making Memories to see what they really are. SO FUN!

Big Lives decorated her porch with the amazing old chair. Sometime it is best to just leave things as they are. And I love the wreath she made for it.

At Vintage Skye She used clay to update an old wood sign. CLAY, people! You need to go see her fabulous tutorial.

Mandy from Sugar Bee Crafts made a plywood rug! This sure beats the clear plastic stuff most people use under their office chairs :) AWESOME!

Thank you! If I featured you then be sure to grab my button. It is on the sidebar. Thanks!!!

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Show Me What Ya Got #14….. Brought to you by CSN!

March 8, 2011 By Stacy 13 Comments

Happy Tuesday!!! I am so excited to see what you have to share this week. I noticed last week we had a few repeats. Try not to link up something you have already linked up here in the past. Lets keep things new :)

I had the opportunity to pick something from CSN to review. This was my first review since I normally do giveaways. It was fun to shop around their 200+ stores and I would have loved to get something to decorate with but the practical part of me won this time. I have never had a food processor before. I know, right??? Crazy. And now that I have used this one I have NO IDEA how I managed all these years with out one. I bottle salsa for crying out loud! Huge giant pots of salsa. And every little thing is hand chopped. I get blisters. But I am actually looking forward to canning season this year :)
My kids’ favorite thing was to watch it grate cheese. Their little eyes bugged out when they saw how quickly it worked. And when we went to the store my 4 year old wanted to buy all the vegetables so we could slice and chop them when we got home. Hey, anything that gets your kids to eat veggies is A OK with me! My favorite part is that it holds 10 cups worth of food. I love it! And it came quickly in the mail which was a plus. I am not very patient so waiting for a package is torture. So thank you CSN!!!