Baby, It's Cold Outside. Marlow's Tavern New Wintertime Menu Warms the Soul

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 Colder weather usually sneaks into Atlanta with the new year, and Marlow's Tavern is ready with the hot and hearty comfort foods Atlantans crave. Seasonal ingredients in savory dishes lead to highly satisfying dinner fare including: goat cheese French toast served with wild mushrooms; goat cheese "stuffed" turkey burger with sweet and spicy red pepper relish; grilled Prestige Farms chicken paillard with hand-cut pappardelle pasta, asparagus, Roma tomato, caramelized onion, wild mushroom cream and shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano; grilled turkey meatloaf made from Golden Legacy organic turkey with shaved Brussels sprouts on the side; and crispy Carolina trout with sautéed spinach, applewood smoked bacon and Pommery mustard cream sauce ($9-$17). Dessert brings out a hot and flakey pecan and apple turnover dolloped with hand-dipped vanilla ice cream ($6). A wintry mix of craft cocktails ($9-$11) features Blackthorn Suppressor with Byrrh aperitif and jasmine liqueur; Blueberry Buck 3.0 with Hanger Blueberry and fresh lime; Classic Martinez of Hayman's Old Tom Gin, Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, Leopold Brother's Maraschino and orange bitters; St. George Gin Sour with St. George Botanivore Gin, Rothman & Winter Peach Liqueur, Cardamaro, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup, Fee Brothers Aromatic Bitters and club soda; and the Orchard Manhattan apple-y spin on the classic Manhattan using Riverboat Rye Whiskey. Saintsbury Chardonnay, Carneros, 2010 and Left Coast Cellars Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, 2011 are available by the glass or bottle ($12/$50). Bun warmers, Marlow's Tavern definitely has you beat.

Ecco Stays on Top of Conservation Goals with Rooftop Garden and Condensation Irrigation

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Sophisticated yet casual Ecco in Midtown has always been ahead of therestaurant industry's conservation efforts. Georgia's first dumpster-freerestaurant was also the state's first to receive Green Foodservice Alliance (GFA) certification.The Fifth Group Restaurant continues to grow insustainability and environmental consciousness by adding eight new cedar bedswith "cold frame" structures to its rooftop garden, all of which arecovered with Agribon protective material. Farmer D Organics custom-built the beds and alsoinstalled a new irrigation system with a 250-gallon food-grade tote capable ofcontaining 195 more gallons than the previous rain barrel. All of the waterfilling the tote is collected from air conditioning condensation and pumpedthrough drip irrigation into the beds. City water and a timer also kick in whenneeded for optimal moisture. When dining at Ecco be sure to ask what's inseason on the roof. Right now, Tuscan kale, broccoli rabe and Southern giantcurly mustard are growing for the restaurant's seasonally inspired menu.

More good eating in 2013

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Over here at MLA we are working hard on some exciting restaurant happenings in 2013. Kevin Gillespie is opening his new restaurant in March in the Glenwood Park area serving great flavors in an intimate atmosphere. Chef Ford Fry, owner of Westside's  JCT. Kitchen & Bar and The Optimist and Oyster Bar at The Optimist and Decatur's No. 246, will add two Buckhead restaurants to his family when he opens King + Duke in the former Nava spacein March and another in the old Bluepointe space later this year.  Bantam + Biddy is increasing its family tree as owners Shaun Doty and Lance Gummere open new Chick-a-biddy at Atlantic Station in April. We also can look forward to more delicious tavern fare with another Marlow's Tavern location (maybe two!) coming this year. Meanwhile, seafood lovers will gain one more sweet spot for succulently prepared fresh fish when Bonefish Grill lands another Atlanta-area restaurant. St. Patrick's Day is always a huge party at Fadó Irish Pub & Restaurant - one that spills out onto the street around the pub like a good flow of green beer. And we're thrilled to announce that South City Kitchen Midtown will celebrate its 20^th anniversary in April. One of us over here, ahem, remembers when Crescent Avenue wasn't a very nice street and no one outside the state thought Southern food was anything special. So there's much to celebrate! We're looking forward to another fun year!
 

It's Follow Friday; Meet Our Tweep of the Week @Ariannebar

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You can tell fromher photo she's full of smiles, stories and serious skills for mixing upbeverages behind the bar at new Seven Lamps in the Shops Around Lenox. AtlantanArianne Fielder (@Ariannebar) dubs herself a Southern Cocktail Resurgen,bourbon and American Whiskey aficionado and a "Big Dog Mom." When notmixing it up behind the bar, Arianne tweets about cocktails and her thoughts oncurrent events. 

Too Sweet To Miss: Taria Camerino “Sweet Genius” Viewing Party at JCT. Kitchen & Bar on January 3

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When it comes to “sweet geniuses” around town, Taria Camerino isone of our favorites! This Thursday, January 3 at 9 p.m., head to the upstairsbar at JCT. Kitchen & Bar (or stayif you’re already there) to watch Taria on Food Network “SweetGenius” during a special viewing party! Camerino is the pastry programcreative director for JCT. Kitchen & Bar, The Optimist and No. 246 and she’s also the one responsible forthose amazing European pastry windows at No. 246. She will surely be whippingup some episode-inspired bites to nibble during the party for the episode thatairs at 10 p.m. Even better, JCT. beverage manager, Eduardo Guzman, will bedoing the same with cocktails. What a sweet event!

Little Scrap Pieces - Santa Challenge

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Pin ItHappy Friday!! The challenge this week at Little Scrap Pieces is "Santa"...we want to see a Santa on your project!! And gosh, he will be here in just a few short days!! I have some serious shopping to do this weekend to finish up before the big guy arrives :)


The base of my Santa card is heavyweight paper from Canvas Corp. The patterned paper is from Recollections Jolly and Bright stack from last year.


The scalloped edge of the long piece of paper was cut with a Spellbinders Labels 11. The gorgeous red crinkle ribbon is from Karen. Merry Holidays is from K Andrew Designs Winter Wishes stamp set. Unfortunately, this set is sold out, but there are still a few sets you can purchase at 60% off while supplies last. Click HERE to visit her online shop.


The bottom die is a Spellbinders Fancy Tags One. The next two layers are Spellbinders Labels Seventeen. Foam tape was used between each of the layers for dimension.


I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Red and Green
2. Sunday Funday #4 - Anything Goes

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your Santa project...I can't wait to see what you create!! And don't forget to stop back tomorrow for the Owl Be Home For Christmas Blog Hop!! Lots of prizes to be won :)

Owl Be Home For Christmas Blog Hop

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Pin ItHello Friends!! Welcome to the Owl Be Home For Christmas Blog Hop!!


We are so happy you are here!! You should have arrived from Ashley's blog. If not, please be sure to start at the beginning at Heather Lynn's blog http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com/ so you don't miss out on a thing!! We have all made some super cute owl themed projects to share with you today!! You will not only get some inspiration ~ but you could win prizes, too!! Heather Lynn is offering one hopper a really fun prize:


You must FOLLOW and COMMENT at all of the stops to have a chance to win the Grand Prize!! There will be lots of other candy offered along the way!! Please take your time and visit all of the blogs!! You have all weekend to do so. Please be sure to let us know at the last stop (at Pinque Peacock) that you followed the rules to be included in the random drawing for the Grand Prize!!


For my project, I created Owl-idays treat bags!! I used bags sent to me by my sweet friend Georgiana of Carson's Creations...thanks again, Georgiana!! The papers are from My Mind's Eye Be Merry stack. The larger topper is a Spellbinders Grand Labels 4. The smaller topper is a Decorative Labels One and a Labels One. The owls are Spellbinders Nested Owls dies. The crinkle ribbon is from Karen of Little Scrap Pieces. The banner is a Spellbinders Ribbon Banner Die, lightly inked with Fired Brick Distress Ink. "Happy Owl-idays" is from K Andrew Designs Owly Hoo stamp set.

I have blog candy!!


All you have to do to win is this 6x6 My Mind's Eye Sunshine paper stack (I'd love some sunshine since there are a couple of inches of snow on the ground right now ;) is:

1. Be a follower
2. Leave a comment with a way to contact you

That's it!! I will announce the winner on Wednesday, December 26th.

Now you can head over to Melissa's blog next. Here is the wonderful line up we have for you this weekend!!

Heather Lynn - http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com/
Teresa - http://www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com/
Jenn - http://scraphappensembellishit.blogspot.com/
Jessica Esch - http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/
Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/ < YOU ARE HERE
Melissa Kelsey - http://kelseymel.blogspot.com/
An'Jenic Gibson - http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/
Cindy - http://www.cindys-greencricut.blogspot.com/
Julie - http://jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com/
Joe - http://scrapbookjoeblog.blogspot.com/
Christina Capps - http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/
Janet R - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Paula - http://scrapyourworld1.blogspot.com/
Tara - http://www.craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com/
Heather D. - http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/
Norma - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com/
Pinque Peacock - http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for joining us!! We really appreciate each and everyone of you!!

Decorate to Celebrate #41 - New Year's/Winter Party

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Pin ItHappy Wednesday, everyone!! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!! I'm sorry this post is late...we were hit with the blizzard...so much snow :( We didn't lose power, but I wasn't able to get an internet connection all day.

It's the last challenge of the year at Decorate to Celebrate. For Challenge #43, we are asking you to create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a New Year's or Winter Party. Let's celebrate everything wonderful about bringing in the New Year with your table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more :)


For my New Year's party, I created a wine or champagne topper. The paper is from My Mind's Eye Penny Lane stack. The bottom edge was cut with a Spellbinders Labels 4 die, and the insert was cut with a Spellbinders Classic Rectangles Small. Happy New Year and 2013 were cut from a Tim Holtz Inside Out die. The crinkle ribbon is from Karen of Little Scrap Pieces.

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Decorate to Celebrate to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your New Year's/Winter project...I can't wait to see what you create :)

Birthday Card and WINNER!!

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Pin ItHappy Thursday!! I hope you are having a great week!! We are digging out from a ton of snow. I am not a fan of snow, but it is beautiful when everything is covered in white, looking peaceful and serene :)


I discovered the other day when I needed a birthday card, that I my stash was really low, so I have one to share with you today. The paper is heavy-weight cardstock from Canvas Corp. The bottom two layers were cut with Spellbinders Card Creator Matting Basics A and B. The B layer was embossed with a Cuttlebug Floral Screen embossing folder. The butterfly is a Spellbinders Fanciful Flight die, inked with Angel Pink and embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. A Spellbinders Floral Oval was attached with foam tape. A Spellbinders Classic Ovals Small was stamped with a Tim Holtz Floral Tattoo stamp in Angel Pink from Memento and attached with foam tape. The label is a Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags 1, the top oval inked with Angel Pink Memento Ink and attached with foam tape. Happy Birthday is from JustRite Stampers Fleur de Lis stamp set.


I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Crafty Friends #13- Add a Splash
2. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
3. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes
4. Sunday Funday #4 - Anything Goes

And now for the winner of the My Mind's Eye paper stack from the Owl Be Home For Christmas Bog Hop!! I want to thank everyone who stopped by and for leaving such sweet comments!! Random.org chose as the winner...................


And #73 is...............................


Congratulations, Tracey!! I'll email you or you can send your address to me at indymermaid(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll get the paper in the mail to you!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day :)

Happy St. Paddy's to you Lads and Lassies

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Although Mom isn't big into studying ancestry, with a maiden name like Kennedy she surely has some Irish in her genes. So while doing a li'l bit o' ye old research, I found this Irish saying that Dad and I think is particularly on point with Mom.

"It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money!"

Erin go Bragh!
Our cousin Quest, who's partying in Belridge Maryland, agrees with us wholeheartedly. With his good looks and "knock out" Boxer personality, it's clear that the Katandy Kids are not shy of the camera.
Katandy's Reagan's Quest

Macaulay Culkin Does It 'My Way'

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Macaulay Culkin hit up The Red Door Lounge in Billings, MT last night where he did a fantastic rendition of the classic song, "My Way" -- but did he do it as well as our own Harvey Levin did?

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Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/07/03/macaulay-culkin-my-way-karaoke-billings-montana-video/

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Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds' Divorce Finalized

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Putting an official end to their under-the-radar romance, Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds's divorce became final on Friday, after an out-of-the-blue split late last year.

The final divorce documents were filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, according to E!.

The pair discreetly dated before exchanging vows in rural wedding outside Vancouver in 2008. They have no children.

"Irreconcilable differences" were cited in court papers, and both have said very little to the press to shed additional light on their relationship or breakup.

While Johansson, 26, rebounded this year with a short-lived fling with Sean Penn, Reynolds insisted in a recent interview, "The media was not invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce." And the 'Green Lantern' star, 34, did concede, "I don't think I want to get married again."

"Anyone who gets divorced goes through a lot of pain, but you come out of it," Reynolds added. "I'm not out of it yet. At all. But I sense that as I do come through it, there's optimism. How can there not be?"

He explained, "Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up. I gotta say, I'm a different person than I was six months ago."

While the partnership did not result in any children, the former spouses did produce a unique collaboration: A new documentary about a lost orca whale found in a British Columbia waterway, and the contentious debate among locals about the affectionate animal's fate. You can catch a glimpse of 'The Whale' -- executive-produced by the couple, and narrated by Reynolds -- via the trailer, available on the movie's official website.

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Celebrity Splitsville

Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry
Split
Halle Berry called it quits with her boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, ending their five-year relationship. The couple has a 2-year-old daughter, Nahla Ariel Aubry.

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Source: http://www.popeater.com/2011/07/02/scarlett-johansson-ryan-reynolds-divorce-final/

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You'll do fine

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From the advice column, Dear Sugar, #64:

Dear Sugar, 

I read your column religiously. I’m 22. From what I can tell by your writing, you’re in your early 40s. My question is short and sweet: what would you tell your 20-something self if you could talk to her now?
Love,

Seeking Wisdom

Dear Seeking Wisdom, 

Stop worrying about whether you’re fat. You’re not fat. Or rather, you’re sometimes a little bit fat, but who gives a shit? There is nothing more boring and fruitless than a woman lamenting the fact that her stomach is round. Feed yourself. Literally. The sort of people worthy of your love will love you more for this, sweet pea. 

In the middle of the night in the middle of your twenties when your best woman friend crawls naked into your bed, straddles you, and says, You should run away from me before I devour you, believe her. 

You are not a terrible person for wanting to break up with someone you love. You don’t need a reason to leave. Wanting to leave is enough. Leaving doesn’t mean you’re incapable of real love or that you’ll never love anyone else again. It doesn’t mean you’re morally bankrupt or psychologically demented or a nymphomaniac. It means you wish to change the terms of one particular relationship. That’s all. Be brave enough to break your own heart. 

There are some things you can’t understand yet. Your life will be a great and continuous unfolding. It’s good you’ve worked hard to resolve childhood issues while in your twenties, but understand that what you resolve will need to be resolved again. And again. You will come to know things that can only be known with the wisdom of age and the grace of years. Most of those things will have to do with forgiveness.When that really sweet but fucked up gay couple invites you over to their cool apartment to do ecstasy with them, say no. 

One evening you will be rolling around on the wooden floor of your apartment with a man who will tell you he doesn’t have a condom. You will smile in this spunky way that you think is hot and tell him to fuck you anyway. This will be a mistake for which you alone will pay. 

Don’t lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don’t have a career. You have a life. Do the work. Keep the faith. Be true blue. You are a writer because you write. Keep writing and quit your bitching. Your book has a birthday. You don’t know what it is yet. 

You cannot convince people to love you. This is an absolute rule. No one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it. Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else. 

Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you’ll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you’ll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room. 

One hot afternoon during the era in which you’ve gotten yourself ridiculously tangled up with heroin you will be riding the bus and thinking what a worthless piece of crap you are when a little girl will get on the bus holding the strings of two purple balloons. She’ll offer you one of the balloons, but you won’t take it because you believe you no longer have a right to such tiny beautiful things. You’re wrong. You do. 

Your assumptions about the lives of others are in direct relation to your naïve pomposity. Many people you believe to be rich are not rich. Many people you think have it easy worked hard for what they got. Many people who seem to be gliding right along have suffered and are suffering. Many people who appear to you to be old and stupidly saddled down with kids and cars and houses were once every bit as hip and pompous as you. 

When you meet a man in the doorway of a Mexican restaurant who later kisses you while explaining that this kiss doesn’t “mean anything” because, much as he likes you, he is not interested in having a relationship with you or anyone right now, just laugh and kiss him back. Your daughter will have his sense of humor. Your son will have his eyes. 

The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading poetry and story collections and novels and dead people’s diaries and wondering about sex and God and whether you should shave under your arms or not. These things are your becoming. 

One Christmas at the very beginning of your twenties when your mother gives you a warm coat that she saved for months to buy, don’t look at her skeptically after she tells you she thought the coat was perfect for you. Don’t hold it up and say it’s longer than you like your coats to be and too puffy and possibly even too warm. Your mother will be dead by spring. That coat will be the last gift she gave you. You will regret the small thing you didn’t say for the rest of your life. 

Say thank you.
Yours,
Sugar

Notes from Japan

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Siberia

Two and a half years later, I'm back in Japan. I flew over the Arctic Circle and down through Siberia. I watched the sun rise over the snow-swept mountains and frozen river beds. Then we flew down the length of Sakhalin Island, Russia's oil-rich property just north of Hokkaido, and I spied a tiny plane flying low over the forests. 
I haven't been in daylight in three days. Friday, I left my apartment just after 5 a.m. I arrived in Tokyo the following day at around 5 p.m. and was on the train to Shizuoka after 6, when the sky had already turned black. Today, I woke up at 4:30 p.m. It's so comforting being back though, I feel like I never left. Daylight or no daylight, I'm just happy to be back. 

CONFESSION 63 (updated)

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"Every practice, she was there," she said. "All of my sister's cheerleadering stuff, she was there. Every dance competition. She was doing homework on the bleachers, but she was there. And she was my rock."

From a CNN article about the Sandy Hook Elementary School principal, Dawn Hochsprung, who was killed in Friday's shooting.

I want to be a stay-at-home mom; children need self-confidence and I want to help them build a foundation of self-respect; I want them to know that I'll be there for them.

A man from the Umingmaktormiut,
an Canadian Arctic tribe.
1924 photo by Leo Hansen

I want to create or help improve a community center, where those who need a foundation, who need something to rely on or something to learn or something to be proud of, can find friends and a home.
I want to be a free-lance journalist, and a reporter and editor on a staff that sees journalism as a public good and investigates and uncovers, like Russia's  Novaya Gazetta. 
I want to go back to Mongolia, to ride horses for days from the tiny village of Orkhon north to the Russian border.
I want to explore the northern regions of countries across the world; Alaska; Nunavut in Canada; Siberia in Russia from the easternmost emptiness down to Sakhalin Island, Vladivostok and west across the nine Russian time zones; How do people live? What do they eat? What stories do they still tell, generations later? And to Antarctica. Like a cold moon on Earth. I hate the cold, but I'd gladly go. I'd wrap myself in wool and fur and hats and gloves and beat myself up for putting myself through the freezing cold just to see it all.

Wednesday, November 28th - WYEGW - Make gift packaging

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Today the Design Team was challenged to make gift packaging.... what a great job they did. They are always up to the challenge!!  

Jamie used Christmas Cheer to make this cute tree for this simple gift bag. 
Check out the details on her blog http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/






Tammy S. created a cute gift box, table center piece using Cindy Loo, Art Philosophy.  For more details check out her blog at http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com.




Teresa recycled containers to make these really cute treat containers. She used Jolly Holidays, check out the blog at Fresh and Renewed for more details.


My favorite time of year! 
We are doing a few things different than we did last year..... Instead of the 25 days of Christmas from December 1-25, we ALWAYS like to stay ahead so that you have plenty of time to make your crafts.... so we have started today November 12th. There will be a ton of inspiration and a few of last year's amazing projects, we just might dig them up again for you because they were that great! 

This also is the time of year for our seasonal design team.... 
This is for December 1-31, 2012 This is not for a permanent place on our design team. This is just to help out our design team who works so hard to create and share with you all year long. We give them time off so they can craft for their homes, families and friends, and just enjoy a little R & R. But we want to keep giving you a ton of inspiration. So this term is ONLY from December 1-31, 2012. It is similar to a guest designer, but for a month rather than just one day. So applications are accepted today through Sunday December 2, 11:59pm EST.The Seasonal team will be announced Monday December 3, 2012 To apply please email your application to EricasTeam@aol.com with the subject line Seasonal DT Application Please email me ONE project you have made with your cricut.Also include your name, facebook name, email address and blog address. 
Beginners are VERY VERY welcome. All I ask for beginner and advanced talent, is that when you post try to give as many instructions as possible. You MUST use cricut cartridges, no SVGs and no Digi-stamps. During this time there should be NO solicitation for sales of ANY kind. This is just to showcase your talent and blog.You will be posting at least one project a week during December, you may post more if you would like. 

WEDNESDAY CHALLENGES

• Action Wobble Challenge (Wobble Wednesdays) 
• All That Scraps Challenge Blog 
• Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug Challenge Blog 
• Cardz TV 
• Craft Your Passion KIDS Crafts 
• Crafts and Me 
• Creative Inspirations 
• Decorate to Celebrate 
• Divas by Design 
• Fab 'N' Funky 
• Fresh Brewed Designs 
• Memory Works Blog (Challenge Me Wednesday) 
• Midweek Magnolias (Magnolia Challenges) 
• My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges 
• Penny's Paper-Crafty 
• Pink By Design 
• Simon Says 
• Stampotique Designers 
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday 
• The Outlawz 
• The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog 
• Whiff of Joy 
• Whimsy Stamp Inspiration 
• Word Art Wednesday (Challenges inspired by God's Word) 

My Cricut Craft Room's December 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop!

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Thank you for joining us today for December's 100 Cricut cartridge blog hop. 


The projects this month are GREAT!!!
This will only be a one day hop.....
Have fun and I hope you get a ton of inspiration today!
I know I have already!!!


Next you should go to Jen's Blog http://www.mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/ 


My Cricut Craft Room http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ 
Jen L http://www.mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/ 
Shelley http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/ 
Kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/
Nadja http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/
Sarah W http://craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com/
Erica’s Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
Mary http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com/
Liz http://enchantress2614.blogspot.com/
Teresa http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/
Robin http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
Sarah H http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com/
Tami http://scrappinrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/
Erica’s Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/



My favorite time of year! 
We are doing a few things different than we did last year..... Instead of the 25 days of Christmas from December 1-25, we ALWAYS like to stay ahead so that you have plenty of time to make your crafts.... so we have started today November 12th. There will be a ton of inspiration and a few of last year's amazing projects, we just might dig them up again for you because they were that great! 

This also is the time of year for our seasonal design team.... 
This is for December 1-31, 2012 This is not for a permanent place on our design team. This is just to help out our design team who works so hard to create and share with you all year long. We give them time off so they can craft for their homes, families and friends, and just enjoy a little R & R. But we want to keep giving you a ton of inspiration. So this term is ONLY from December 1-31, 2012. It is similar to a guest designer, but for a month rather than just one day. So applications are accepted today through Sunday December 2, 11:59pm EST.The Seasonal team will be announced Monday December 3, 2012 To apply please email your application to EricasTeam@aol.com with the subject line Seasonal DT Application Please email me ONE project you have made with your cricut.Also include your name, facebook name, email address and blog address. 
Beginners are VERY VERY welcome. All I ask for beginner and advanced talent, is that when you post try to give as many instructions as possible. You MUST use cricut cartridges, no SVGs and no Digi-stamps. During this time there should be NO solicitation for sales of ANY kind. This is just to showcase your talent and blog.You will be posting at least one project a week during December, you may post more if you would like. 

Wednesday December 12, 2012 Bippity Boppity Boo Pretty Little Princess

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Tami used the Happily Ever After cart to create this lovely card. To see how she made it visit her blog at: http://scrappinrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-12-mccr-bippity-boppity-boo.html




On this card Shelley used Princess Party and Imagine Berries and Cream 
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Theme Day Thursday December 13, 2012 Perky Penguin Day!

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Nadja used ZooBalloo and Winter Frolic to create todays card. For more details take a look at her blog at http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/





Kathy used the Animal Kingdom and Teddy Bear Parade to make her card today.Please visit her blog to see her entire project at http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/






Mary used Winter Frolic to create her Perky Penguin card today. All the details are on her blog:http://mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-perky-little-penguin-card.html

Festive Friday December 14, 2012 Snowflake Theme

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Today's theme is snowflakes....
I decided to show you one of my most favorite cards I have ever made.....

 I used the A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge to cut this card out at 7" and the snowflakes at 2 3/4" or 3 1/4" I used the I-top to make the middle of the snowflakes and Bo Bunny Paper Snowfall for my card!  

Here are some additional photos as I was making this card.



This was the way the card was cut out with the snowflakes and snowdrops....Before I added the 3-D snowflakes.


This is the inside of the card. I couldn't write on the brown so I added another piece of paper which was lighter for me to write on. I also had extra pieces so I used the tag and the extra snow flakes for the inside.


Here is a side view to see how dimensional this card really is....


As you saw above I made a different Christmas Card.... Brown and Blue.... I know not typical, but too cute!


Here are my snowflakes from my brown glitter paper.




I turn my I-top punch upside down so I can center what I want for the middle of my brad... 



Here is a close up of the snowflakes and Sentiment




Here are all of the items I used. My I-top, A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge, my I-top punches. I used Brilliance Brown ink not the blue pictured. I used Best Creation Brown and Blue Glitter paper along with the Bo Bunny Snowfall Paper.


I cut this Journal tag from the Bo Bunny Paper
I hope you enjoyed today's recap of last year's card.