Thankful Notes!

Head over to Crafts and Sutch for these awesome printables. Thankful notes are perfect for lunchboxes, pillows, doors and more. You gotta love it when someone else does most of the work for you.

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See the Printable Thankful Notes!

"THANKS" Pumpkin Set

If you still have some pumpkins left and are wondering what to do with them, I like this idea found at AZ Central by Jaimee Rose (via 30 Days) .Take some black paper letters spelling "THANKS" and glue them on pumpkins!

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See the Thanks Pumpkins set.

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Makia Creations GIVEAWAY (and Silhouette accessories winner)

Have you been invited to one of Makia’s Craft Groups yet?

A Makia Craft Group is a way for you to get together with your friends and have fun doing something you love: making things!

Makia will help you plan, organize and host a successful craft group by simplifying every step. We’ll introduce you to artistic crafts and provide you with ready-to-make kits. Basically your group shows up and gets to the fun stuff. Less measuring, cutting, messes and clean-up.

In a Makia Craft Group you will enjoy escaping from the daily grind and household madness for a couple of hours and become part of a team that is passionate about creative home décor that is ahead of the curve. Makia makes it easy to host your friends for a fun, productive girls’ night out.

Working as a group helps you save time and money on the kits and helps create a group where personalities and ideas come to life.

Top 5 reasons for holding a craft group with Makia Creations?

1. A productive girls’ night out!


2. Save time and money


3. Create home décor that is fun and functional
   
4. Simplicity
   
5. Get to the fun stuff faster!

Check out Makia Creations’s website www.makiacreations.com to view innovative products and see how you can launch a Makia Craft Group in your area.

YEAH!!! Makia is giving away 3 craft kits to one of my viewers!

GIVEAWAY

Ways to enter (Leave a comment for each entry)

1. Visit Makia Creations and write which kit you like the most.

2. Blog, Tweet or Facebook about giveaway.

Winner will be announced next Tuesday.

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The winner of the Silhouette accessories pack $50 is:
#33 - Tania on the Hill

Please contact me at somedaycrafts@gmail.com to claim the prize!

Brown Bag Popcorn Turkey

Have a little fun with Thanksgiving dinner! Make a popcorn brown bag turkey to share at the kids' table (or for a fun centerpiece).

See this popcorn turkey at One Charming Party.

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Found via The Crafter's Filebox.

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A Few Reminders and Points of Interest

Don't forget to enter for the Silhouette giveaway that ends tomorrow. Here are three projects you can make with the $50 worth of product in this giveaway package.

These cuties were made by The Hand Me Down House. Gotta love the vinyl heat transfer packs that created these pillows! Make magnets from your kids' artwork like seven thirty three - a creative blog did!

You can make fun projects like this Christmas subway art pillow from Tatertots and Jello. (Seen at Crazy Christmas Crafter at I Heart Naptime.)

Also, don't forget to enter the giveaway worth $200 for some Redi Shade Simple Fit Shades. They are FABULOUS!!! There are very few entries for this giveaway! Go HERE to enter to win a new shade.

GOOD DEAL!!! HERE.
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Check it out

AND REMEMBER,

Don't forget to vote for your favorite three projects at Crafting with the Stars hosted by Sew Dang Cute. There are some amazing projects again this week! Voting ends tonight at midnight!

If you are into scrapbooking, check out this package at Groop Dealz. It is a 140 piece scrapbooking kit by My Mind's Eye for only $15. Normally, it is $40!!!

VOTE!

Don't forget to vote for your favorite three projects at Crafting with the Stars hosted by Sew Dang Cute. There are some amazing projects again this week!

Voting ends tonight at midnight!

Guest Blogger - Organize and Decorate Everything - Kitchen Cup Organizer

Hi, I'm Leanne at

Organize and Decorate Everything.

I was so excited when Michelle asked me to guest post at Someday Crafts. I read this blog daily and love all the great ideas I get that are filling up my "favorites" box. Now I just need to find the time to work on some of them.

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As you can tell from the name of my blog, I really enjoy organizing and decorating. I believe they can go hand in hand and I try to keep an organized home that is appealing to look at too. I think I've always been organized, but having 8 kids made it a priority for me (I only have 4 living at home now).

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I also enjoy crafts, DIY projects, gardening, sewing, baking (not so much, cooking) and I love spray paint. I also try to do everything on a thrifty budget. Hubby has been out of work for 6 weeks now (not like I'm counting everyday) so "thrifty" is my motto right now.
Here are a few of the projects I've done in the past.

I love my Family Letter Wall. I actually came up with this idea about a year before I finally started on it. It's one of my favorite things in the house. I've added 3 more letters for my newest grandkids recently.

Clipboards are one of the ways I help my kids stay organized. We've been using them for years. These are their latest ones.

After a few hours, I get frustrated and usually pick them all up and throw them in the sink or load them in the dishwasher. Then the kids get new cups out and the cycle starts all over again.

I fould this tray at Target, on clearance for only $2. 40. It's not a bad looking tray, but I only bought it for it's shape. It's getting painted with Krylon paint for plastics. One of my favorite things to do is change up my Mantel for the holiday or season. I'm sure I do this way too often.

Another love I have is for vinyl, so I'm going to share a project with you using vinyl today. But since I'm being extra thrifty, it's actually shelf liner.
Here is my inspiration for this project. I only have 4 kids at home right now, but most days my kitchen counter looks like this.

Black, of course. If you're new to my blog, black is my "go to" paint color.

I cut some letters out of shelf liner with my Cricut.

Then some circles and laid them out on the tray to check the placemet.

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I don't measure everything precisely. I eyeball a lot of things. I started in the middle and worked out from there trying to space the circles evenly.

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Then I added the initals of our first names. Amanda's is the "M". Amanda goes by Manda and the "A" was already taken by Ammon. I really have a thing for black and white so I love how it turned out. Now that I have it finished it kind of reminds me of typewriter keys. Don't ya think?

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I placed it on the small counter between the stove and fridge.

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The ice and water dispenser are right on the door of the refrigerator so this was the perfect place for the tray of glasses. Yay, now the drinking cups all have a place of their own and we don't have to guess which one is which.

Organize and Decorate Everything. I would love to have you join me for We're Organized Wednesday link party twice a month. We share some great organizing ideas we each other and there's always a fun giveaway too. Thanks again Michelle for letting me be a guest on your blog. It's been an honor. Hope to see you all soon.

I hope you'll stop by and visit me at

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THANKS, Leanne!!! I absolutely love this idea! How often do I have a kitchen counter that looks like that too!!!!! Every once in a while I get an email asking about a good blog about organization. I refer them to Organize and Decorate Everything. It combines organization, home decor and crafting! Stop by Organize and Decorate Everything to get some amazing ideas! And head over to the organization parties to see even more ideas out there in blogland. You would be smart to follow Organize and Decorate Everything!!!







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