BUTTERFLY AWARD

I was blessed with another award today! THANK YOU so much!
I received it from CRAFTYMUG at:
http://craftythisandthat.blogspot.com/

The rules are the usual as most blog readers already know.

1. Put the logo on your blog
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you
3. Nominate 10 other blogs for this award
4. Add links to those blogs
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs
6. Give a reason why you consider their blogs cool


I am going to have to procrastinate a bit on awarding this to 10 other blogs for a few weeks. I apologize for that, however, I don't have a choice... I am on my way out of town in a few hours and won't be home for several weeks. My FIL is currently in the hospital and will be released to go home IF and WHEN someone is there to take care of him 24/7. So, I am going to help my SIL get set up and comfortable with the job. I was a CNA for a while in Wisconsin so I do have some experience with this sort of thing. Plus he is my FIL and I'd do anything to help out. SO I am on my there. As soon as I get home again, I will share the love forward! If there is ever a chance while I'm on this trip to relax to do it, I will, however, I'm not counting on that as my FIL's home doesn't have an internet connection of any kind! OH MAN...withdrawals are starting already! LOL! I'll see you all when I get home! In the mean time, please to see Craftymugs site and enjoy all of her wonderful ideas, shares and creations!

SMUGGLES
RhondaSue

SHARE THE LOVE

June from http://censloft.blogspot.com/ has given me an award.
I am so honored and so thrilled by this!
THANK YOU June!

The rules of the award are
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.
The blogs I'd like to nominate that I think have hearts are:


http://www.deliciousscraps.com/
http://thescrappincop.blogspot.com/
http://lisajostudio.blogspot.com/
http://bonscrapatitdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://debeedezines.blogspot.com/
http://kittzkreationz.blogspot.com/
http://flashgraphicscreations.blogspot.com
http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.com/


Every one of these creators shares tons of love every day in their blogs.
Stop by to visit them and feel the love! You won't regret it!

SMUGGLES
RhondaSue

CREATE WITH TLC CLUB

My online friend, Paulette, has a fantastic store with tons of great kits to buy. She also has a CLUB ... It is starting the next one on November 9th. The downloads are sent to your email inbox every day for a month. It is a fantastic deal and tons of great things to play with every day! Here is a sampling of what the last club brought us:



Go to her site and sign up for the next club...You WILL NOT regret it! And while you're there, scroll to the bottom of the page and snag her freebie posted there!

The link to her main site is:

http://www.freewebs.com/createwithtlc/

At the top you'll see the text links to the other pages of her store. Click on the DAILY DIGITAL text to be taken to the page for this club. While you're there, browse around. You'll find LOTS of great fun kits, elements and goodies! There are freebies scattered here and there in her store too. Keep your eye open for those!

Here is the freebie at the bottom of the DAILY DIGITAL page:




Sign up today so you don't miss out on her "PRE-CLUB GOODIES"...
SMUGGLES
RhondaSue

HALLOWEEN SCRAP LAYOUT for you to use

This kit was made using a mini kit made by:
Kristin Aagard Designs and can be found:
at Pickle Berry Pop, Gotta Pixel and Polka Dot Potato
and/or
www.digidelights.blogspot.com.
It is for 300ppi and 12x12 in size.

Thank you Kristin for sharing the kit with us!

DOWLOAD LINK:
http://www.4shared.com/file/69171464/95f36db2/KAargardkit_RSWlayout_08.html

NOTE: this is a new download link because the TOU from the original notepad file in the kit was incorrect with website links. So it has been changed and corrected now. I had to rezip the files and reupload the zip. Sorry for the confusion. If you already downloaded it, would you please take a minute to resnag this file so you get the correct TOU/CREDIT information. THANK YOU!

SMUGGLES,
RhondaSue

HALLOWEEN SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT

This is 7x7 layout using the freebie kit called SPOOKY by Bel Vidotti.
Her website is: http://lafleurstuffs.blogspot.com/
Go check it out! She has lots of great goodies over there!


I created this for a challenge on CUFreebies site...
Link to that is on my sidebar.


I hope you like it. I had fun making it and the kit was very easy to work with!
THANK YOU TO BEL VIDOTTI!


download link for the png file is:

http://www.4shared.com/file/68892393/a5bdb9a8/SPOOKYbelvidottikit_RSW_08.html

SMUGGLES,
RhondaSue

Thanksgiving Seamless Fills

This share is 4 seamless tiles you can use in your creations as a floodfill as well as the 12x12 papers of the same fills. However, they are all only at 100PPI... They are great for craft projects or using for weblayouts, but if you want to print them, consider changing the ppi to at least 200 in your graphics program. My turkey shown here was made by using the tutorial here:
http://www.amandashome.com/tutturkey.html

This is my result of the tutorial:

Is everyone enjoying FALL WEATHER? We finally have some here in Florida. It is only in the 70s all week which for me is like heaven! So I'm having a spendid week. Only thing to make it better was if we were out raking all the leaves of gold, greens, reds, and yellows while wearing layers of fleece!

download link for the zip is:

http://www.4shared.com/file/68788280/87e6c865/WeGatherTogetherfills_RSW_2008.html

SMUGGLES
RhondaSue

Todays inspirational thought

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. --St. Francis of Assisi

101%

101%

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to GIVE OVER
100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101%?


What equals 100% in life?


Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these
questions:


If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.


If:


H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K

8+1+18+4+23 + 15+18+11 = 98%


And:

K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E

11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%


But:

A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E

1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L-O-V-E- O-F-G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
get you there, It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!

It's up to you if you share this with your friends & loved ones just
the way I did.

Have a nice day & God bless!

I received the FRIENDSHIP AROUND THE WORLD AWARD!

THANK YOU SO MUCH Debbie for considering my blog good enough for this award! I appreciate it very much! This award is called the "Proximidade Award" or the "Friendship Around The World Award". The award is meant to highlight blogs that are pleasing or special in some way and to extend the hand of friendship around the world. The rules are that once you receive this award, you must pass it on to eight other blogs.

You should stop by Debbie's blog at
http://digital-keepsakes.blogspot.com/
when you get a chance and check out her
awesome FREE QPs! You won't be dissapointed.

Now for the other eight blogs to share this growing ring of friendship with:

http://flashgraphicscreations.blogspot.com/

http://twinmomscraps.blogspot.com/

http://digifree.blogspot.com/

http://thescrappincop.blogspot.com/

http://censloft.blogspot.com/

http://sassyprintsandcrafts.blogspot.com/

http://lisajostudio.blogspot.com/

http://heartfeltperfections.blogspot.com/

THANKS FROM ME TO YOU for each and everyone of you
having such big hearts and sharing so much generosity!

Please go visit these wonderful blogs and share some love with them
while you snag from their creative shares.

THANK YOU again to Debbie at Digital Keepsakes!
You're a great friend!

HOW TO OBSERVE THANKSGIVING...

HOW TO OBSERVE THANKSGIVING...

Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
~unknown~

HISTORY of the wishbone

If you believe your wish will come true when you win the break in a
wishbone contest, then you're following in the footsteps of civilizations
dating back to the Etruscans, 322 B.C. And -- it started with a hen, not a
turkey.

In those days, when a man wanted an egg he waited for the hen to announce
the coming of her product. This made the animal mystical in that it could
tell the future -- and that led to what became known as the "hen oracles."

If you lived back then, and wanted to receive an answer to an important
question from these oracles, you would draw a circle on the ground and divide
it into the twenty-four letters of the alphabet. Grains of corn were placed
in each section, and the cock or hen was led into the circle and then set
free. It was believed that the fowl would spell out words or symbols by
picking up kernels of corn from the different sections. For example, the
first letter of a future husband's name would be the first kernel of corn
picked. After writing the message, the fowl was sacrificed to a special deity
and its collarbone was hung out to dry.

Then, you'd get to make a wish on the bone. Then two other people got a
chance to make a wish by snapping the dried bone in the same way we do now,
with each one pulling on an end. The person with the larger end of the bone
got the wish -- and it became known as a "lucky break."

The Romans brought the wishbone tradition with them when they conquered
England, and that's how we got it.

God's Gold

God's Gold

Oh, the glory of this autumn day,
When the trees unfold their gold!
Oh, how lifted is my spirit, Lord,
When such beauty I behold!
Like precious coins, each leaf holds on
Through sunshine, fog, or haze;
The memory of this rich display
Will warm my winter days.
~~author unknown to me~~

THANKSGIVING IDEAS

Print this poem on a pretty card or layout and give it attached to a Pumpkin Scented
candle for a gift this time of year. Makes a great hostess gift for your Thanksgiving
Dinner if you're going to another person's house!

Harvest Time at Home
When the pumpkin pie is cooling
and it's spicey scent is drifting,
may that cozy, comfty feeling be especially uplifting ...

When the table looks its best
and the turkey's in the oven,
may you have heaping blessings
of hugs and family lovin'!

May this pumpkin scented candle
light your way
to a heavenly harvest of blessings!

-author unknown

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Here's a cute poem for a baggie filled with jelly beans:

Colors of Thanksgiving

Orange is a pumpkin.
Yellow is the corn.
Brown is the turkey
With stuffing to adorn.
Red are the cranberries.
Green are the beans.
Five delicious colors
In a feast of my dreams.

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Thanksgiving Dinner Table Favor:

Corn
Wrap up 5 pieces of corn (or candy corn) in netting.
Print out the following verse on paper,
cut to size and attach to wrapped corn.
Tie with ribbon and put at each place setting at
Thanksgiving dinner.

The first kernel reminds us of the autumn beauty around us.
The second kernel reminds us of our love for each other.
The third kernel reminds us of God's love and care for us.
The fourth kernel reminds us of our friends.
The fifth kernel reminds us we are free people.

*I have made this with colored popcorn kernels.

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Here are a few HOME DECORATION ideas for FALL and/or Thanskgiving Time


~Brightly colored leaves nestled in a woven basket~
~Pumpkins, gourds, dried corn and acorns~
~Bowls of nuts with nut cracker~
~Baskets or bowls filled with apples and pears~
~Stacked magazines tied with raffia~
~Pinecones in decorative buckets or baskets~
~Eucalyptus swags~
~Dried flowers in canning jars or vases~
~Birdhouses~
~Pussywillow branches and cattails~
~Quilts and throws~
~Simmering potpourri~
~Candles and/or oil lamps~


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Standardized TOU Initiative ???

In my surfing last night, I came across this link/site and find it all very interesting. But I am wondering what everyone "out there" thinks of it because this is the first time I've seen or heard of it and I just happened to come across it by accident I guess you could say. I know on a blog, it is not easy to get discussion groups going at all, but maybe if you see this and want to discuss it or share it, you can start a discussion within whatever groups or sites you do frequent and maybe more will come to have knowledge of it then. This is intriguing to me, but I'm not stating right now if I agree yet or not... But I am seriously giving it thought!


http://dsd-professionals.com/stoui

I'd love to know what more of you think! RhondaSue

THANKSGIVING PLACECARDS

Two more Thanksgiving Day ideas to make your dinner table complete. Decorate these place cards and cut out round the hat or the turkey feathers but fold on each side of the hat/turkey to make the hat/tails pop up. You can laminate them if you want to save them to use from year to year. NOTE: Turkey cards are already decorated. Fingerprint cards need your touch!




Snag these printables
Thumbprint Faces
Multicolored Turkeys