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Last week, on a dark and rainy night, we had a visitor. It seemed apparent that he was homeless, and my heart went out to him. Instead of ringing the doorbell, he managed to balance himself on our window ledge, vocally announcing his presence.  I tried to invite him in, but he seemed frightened and refused.
He did agree [...]

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Click here to download this free 16 page sample e-book by Lasting Expressions.
It contains tons of ideas for creating captions, titles, quotes, etc for your scrapbook pages or other craft projects. Topics include adoption, age, animals, anniversary, babies, bathtime, beach, beauty, bikes, birthday, baptism, children, christmas, computers, diet, family, food, friends, graduation, heritage, holidays, home, hunting, love, memories, [...]

I had to share this cute little application that I found. You can personalize your own stick figure family.

Make your Stick Figure Family at FreeFlashToys.com

First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who entered My First Blog Giveaway – Beaded & Silver Necklace Made by the Akha Tribe of N. Thailand, and all of you who participated in the End of Summer Blog Party and Giveaways at Multiples and More (which included a set of Christmas Monogrammed Bentley Drinkware from me).
I [...]

This is my first of hopefully many giveaways that I will host on my blog. It will go from now through Sunday, September 6.  I will use Random.org to select the winner, and will announce the winner on Monday morning.
Several years ago my family and I went to Thailand for 2 weeks to visit and travel [...]

Multiples and More will be hosting a ton of giveaways this Thursday and Friday, including jewelry, makeup, photography, strollers, and more!
One of the prizes will be a Box of 8 16-ounce Christmas Monogrammed Tumblers from Bentley Boutique (that’s me!) These durable tumblers are made from restaurant quality SAN plastic, and are dishwasher and microwave safe.

The tumblers are light [...]

I’ve been tagged!
My blog buddy, D2 of D2the4thPower, tagged me in this fun photo game. Here are the rules: Go to the place where you upload all your photos. If you don’t upload them online, just go to wherever you store your pics on your computer. Open the oldest album, and post the first photo. Then tell [...]

For the bookmark, just click for a larger view, then save to your computer. Print on cardstock. If you like, laminate with contact paper before cutting out. More bookmarks can be found here.
For the bookplates, click for a larger view, then save to your computer. Personalize if you wish, using any print program. Print on adhesive-backed paper [...]

Free eBook: America’s Favorite Pork Chop Recipes featuring 52-pages of quick and easy recipes.
 

These bookplates were inspired by Elise of The Royal Ballet. She has such a beautiful blog that is dedicated to photographing and interviewing professional ballerinas. So I thought I would make some bookmarks and bookplates for the ballerinas out there!
For the bookmarks, just click for a larger view, then save to your computer. Personalize if you [...]

I couldn’t resist “reblogging” this article that was posted by Kat from Heart 2 Heart. It  just made my day:)
A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist, and a member of the ACLU.
One day [...]

Looks like I’m on the back-to-school theme here. Next up are printable bookplates. As with the Back to School Printable Bookmarks, click for a larger view, then save to your computer. Personalize if you wish, using any print program, but print on adhesive-backed paper or 2×4″ labels (instead of cardstock). Peel and stick to the [...]

Oh my, summer passed way too fast. School started this week for us. The boys were SO not ready to go! So in honor of the new school year, here are some bookmarks for the kiddos. Just click for a larger view, then save to your computer. Personalize if you wish, using any print program, [...]