For the Love of Blogs

Christmas is right around the corner and I'm far from the materialistic, go all out and splurge on unnecessary, unwanted gifts anyways! Who else is with me on being simple, creative and CHEAP??? In my book, there is nothing more special than a homemade, creative gift to shower your loved ones with and on a budget, since times are tough for a lot of people! Besides, they're more fun this way!!!! 1.) Fill a Mason Jar . Last year I filled a vintage jar with a ton of pennies. Who doesn't have a crap load of pennies lying around? I placed a craft labeling tag around the twine and wrote, "LUCKY PENNY JAR" on it. She absolutely loved it! You can fill it with anything: ex: old pics of you two, keys, marbles, food|dessert ingredients, gumballs, candy, love letters on post it notes, bath accessories, just to name a few!!  2.) Bake Cookies . Baking is one of the best gifts ever and so inexpensive! bake a dessert and package it for gift giving! 3.) Puzzles . Who d...

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I've become very interested this past year in taking care of plants and to be honest, I have rescued a ton with little to no experience. It's really simple and not to be thought of too deeply. My daughters great grandmother gave me two of her dried out Christmas Cactus'. I had never heard of them before nor knew anything about them. They looked neat without the buds and flowers, so I carefully took them out of the small pots they were in and you could tell they hadn't been watered in a very long time. Now that doesn't mean you cannot bring them back to life, so NEVER throw a plant away thinking it's dead. Save that beauty!!! 1.) The first thing you want to do is give it a new home, A simple transfer of pots will make the plant feel lively already! The proper size for growth is important, so pick a pot that isn't too small or too big. 2.) Feel the roots. If it's dry, water time. Plants don't need a ton of water. Just a little moisture and by li...

Happy Monday beautiful friends!  We hope that you had an amazing weekend with friends and family!! It's magical monday and make it take it day and we hope you made something crafty to link up and if so, please share! If not--no worries, head towards the bottom to link your blogs to Magical Monday. Check out this pretty watercolor fan by clicking the pic! <a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae219/scenicglory/makeittakeitbutton.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Now if you have nothing to share; wave those wands and start making friends with more fabulous bloggers! Be authentic, no copy and pastes, remember our tips! Have a wonderful day--here's to another great week ahead!   <center><a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r70/VICKT80/mm.jpg...

Happy Monday beautiful friends!  We hope that you are having an amazing holiday weekend with friends and family!! It's magical monday and make it take it day and we hope you made something crafty to link up and if so, please share! If not--no worries, head towards the bottom to link your blogs to Magical Monday. Check out this fabulous tutorial on how to make a pom pom necklace! <a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae219/scenicglory/makeittakeitbutton.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Now if you have nothing to share; wave those wands and start making friends with more fabulous bloggers! Be authentic, no copy and pastes, remember our tips! Have a wonderful day--here's to another great week ahead!   <center><a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i141.photobucket.c...

Happy Monday Lovelies! How was your weekends?! We hope you made something crafty to link up and if so, please share! If not--no worries, head towards the bottom to link your blogs to Magical Monday. Check out this wonderful tutorial on how to make wooden bracelets. <a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae219/scenicglory/makeittakeitbutton.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Now if you have nothing to share; wave those wands and start making friends with more fabulous bloggers! Be authentic, no copy and pastes, remember our tips! Have a wonderful day--here's to another great week ahead!   <center><a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r70/VICKT80/mm.jpg" /></a></center>

Good Monday Morning Crafty Friends! You'll find a new link up each week on Mondays to show off your handmade goods, that way we can take it and try to make it ourselves! Please link to the post not your blogs, we want to be able to find the tutorial right away. <a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae219/scenicglory/makeittakeitbutton.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> If you are itching to JUST LINK UP----Wait a few more minutes and we'll get our Magical Monday Hop Out where those that have nothing to link up can link just their blogs! This Post is for CRAFTS ONLY! thank you, have fun learning new stuff and come back to wave your wands at new fabulous blogs.

We know most of you have craftiness just oozing out of you and we thought this new hop would be a great way to share your talents. We'll call it Make it, Take it and post on Mondays, so you will be able to link up any craft you are working on or have done in the past and share it with fellow crafty folks. The great thing about this hop is that you don't have to be any particular type of crafty. There are some of us that were born that way, where others inspire to be that way. Either way, this will be a fun hop for all skill levels. And you can still post in our Who's Crafty Party as well. The idea is for you to make and for us to take the tutorial for our own. Show us how you make some adorable earrings, candles, flowers or something cute for your kiddos. Whatever you make, we can't wait to take it and try it out. Each week we'll put a new linky up and that will be our start for a fresh new, inspiring week. <a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com" ...

via It's about that time to start decorating the insides and outsides of our homes for Fourth of July. While out browsing in bloggy land I've noticed a few of you already started working on your holiday crafts. Here at For the Love of Blogs we love to show off what you've got. We would love for you to link up your 4th of July recipes, crafts or home decorations that show us your love for this holiday. If you aren't here in the states, you can link up your Independence day recipes, crafts or home items, and share with us how you celebrate. This isn't just for crafty people, it's a celebration of our Country and how you choose to celebrate it.   Share your table decorations via Your favorite recipe via via   Your adorable animal via   an outfit for your kids via   a centerpiece that you're using via Anything that shows how you celebrate and decorate!  This will run from today, until The 4th of July! It gives everyone plenty of time to show off what they hav...

Who's ready to get crafty? We are so excited about this new feature! This is a fantastic way to share your creativity, so get the decor out and start decorating. We also want to see Easter Meals, Baked Goods and Pretty Eggs. via It can be the kids photos with the Easter bunny, their baskets, colored eggs, your home decor, anything that gets us in the holiday spirit. Please be sure that it is ONLY Easter or Passover related, all others will be deleted, and share this awesome craft Extravaganza with your other Crafty friends, the more the merrier.  This will run all month long, the button to the right will link right to this linky. Don't forget to grab this lovely button to remind you to come back and check out the new links to the many inspirations. We can't wait to see what you all have created. <center><a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/FTLOB/ea...

Good Eve friends. We know we've got us some mighty crafty folks here at ftlob and decided to host a Holiday Craft Party for you. Beginning April 1st-April 24th, Easter, we want you to share your Easter/Passover crafts, decorations and/or recipes. This is a great way to show your homes off. We all love to get inspired by your work and your pretty decor and food. You can link up as many posts that relate as long as you LINK directly to the post. All others will be deleted. The Party will be for each NEW holiday. So this one will run until the End of Easter. To prepare, we thought we'd let everyone know so they could get their posts ready for linking. Grab a button to remember to come back on the 1st. Remember we want Easter related posts only. <center><a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/FTLOB/easter.jpg" /></a></center> all photos courtesy of ...

Hi, CRAFTY people! We are super excited about making something for our partners! Everyone will be teamed up with a friend to create something for them. It must be homemade and it doesn't have to be anything extravagant. This is all in good fun and about making new friends-and Showing our Crafts off! Everyone who left a comment here is participating,-if for some reason you cannot fulfill your end of the trade-email us and we will take care of your partner. We don't want anyone getting left out! We understand that things happen, so if you can't play along-just let us know! We will have a month to get everything together and shipped. Hopefully this is enough time for everyone. If it takes you a little longer, no probs. We will get our craftiness on, ship to our partners and then post about it so everyone can see. We will put the Linky up so you can share your post and it will be up for a few months, in case you need extra time! Partners: Kim at My Fairytale Cottage ...

we are getting prepared for our handmade trade . we are making anything crafty to send to a friend. in return we are sharing what we've made here in a couple weeks and linking up to see what everyone got! if you are interested in joining the fun and making friends, we would love to have you! go here for more details- we can't wait to see what everyone creates;-)

♥ hello lovely friends. we are hosting a handmade swap that we think will be oh so wonderful. i've personally been wanting to do a swap for some time now. the idea behind it is to make something crafty and get teamed up with another member to swap. this can be an item from your home that you've already made, a ton of items come to mind. we're all so creative and i just think this would be a perfect treat to add to ftlob. this is how it will work. everyone interested in swapping, {please be very sure that you want to participate so no one gets left out} leave a comment here on this post, saying -"I'm interested." with your email address . once we get enough members to participate we will post a partner up post letting everyone know who their partners are. you can email them and get ideas from one another about what kinds of things you will be making. don't make it too big. something small and from the heart is perfectly fine and appreciated. if y...

Welcome to the Who's Crafty Link Party! This is the place to share your craftiness- ideas, tips and tutorials on anything CRAFTY . We invite you to link up more than one post. It MUST be the direct link to the post, otherwise it will be deleted. Feel Free to add this button to your site. It will remind you to come back to check out new added crafts and fun tutorials. This is an ongoing party. It will be up forever. So come back often to show your stuff off. <center><a href="http://forblogs.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae219/scenicglory/FTTLOB/whoscraftybutton.png" /></a></center> Get Your Crafts On!

Hi friends. We are going to be arranging a crafty link party here at ftlob. It's time to see those weekly crafts. We want you to share anything you are making {sewing, knitting, crocheting, building, refurbishing}. It can be kids crafts or something you made, anything and everything. We were thinking of a day that would be best for you to link up, so we're up for discussion. I was thinking of calling it Who's Crafty but not sure if anyone else hosts a hop like this. I searched and didn't find anything but am up for suggestions also. So, please feel free to shoot some names out there and we will go ahead and make a button then figure out a day that would be best to have everyone link up and share their crafts. pic so who's ready to get crafty!?