Have you Been Here? What Meegan makes!

Have you been to What Meegan Makes yet?

You should!

Meegan is a FAB blogger she is funny and lets face it she has great taste!

I just love all the blues greens and whites (and well all the colors) she uses! And as a Mom, Grandma, former Wedding decorator and all around creative person she has such great projects that save money and look so cute!

Meegan also has her own feature... The "Monday Blues"! Basically her love of blue has her asking facebook followers, Twitter followers and blog followers to email her a photo of a favorite blue item in your home and she will  share it on her blog and brighten up your Monday with the BLUES! I love it and I sent her my blue... (look for the watering can!) early on so pop on by and share you blues or just look at the pretty blues she shares week to week!

She also posts awesome things like Twelve Under $3 Christmas Decorating Ideas!
I seriously loved this... and may have had some similar inspiration as well!

And every Friday she shares her Favorite pins of the week!

Could it get any better???

Pop over and follow Meegan you wont be sorry!

Plus Meegan is her very own DOT COM and all...

Oops another unplanned vacation...

So it seems that I have taken an unintentional blog vacation... for the last MONTH!

Holy cow I didn't realize it had been so long since my last post... but here I am back at it, well sort of...

I am so sorry that I haven't been posting but if it makes you any happier I have been writing in my journal somewhat regularly... It seems that when I am writing in my journal I have so much less time for my blog... The blog to me is about sharing my projects and getting my Momma self out there, as well as sorting out my thoughts when it comes to being a Momma. So I keep my journal to sort out my not Momma thoughts like things that happen in my everyday crazy not Momma part of my brain... things that happen with Robyn, things that happen with friends and family that I deem too private to share with... well.... the ENTIRE WORLD!

(I know the entire world isn't reading right now but once its out there you never know who is gonna log on and take a peep into my world through my bloggy windows... )

So once I feel a little down or upset I turn to my journal for comfort and to sort out how I feel... and then the blog suffers a hit because I've used all my writing abilities on my journal or I'm just too drained emotionally, physically or mentally to sit here and write out what is happening in my head that pertains to crafting or Momma-hood.

Another big drain on blog content is as I'm sure is the case with many bloggers is Christmas... between the busyness of the season (Christmas parties, parades, sing alongs, and tree lightings) and the gift making and cookie baking its just such a difficult time to blog. I don't want to spoil the surprise of the wonderful gifts I'm giving to my family and friends or the super cute items I am working on for Robyn and while I don't mind showing off what Im making for the kids, because lets face it at 1 and 4 they aren't exactly logging onto the blogosphere and checking out their gifts, but I don't want to show the whole world until they get it so its a little fun for Delaney to show off what she got from Momma and well its nice for her to brag that her Momma Made It! (it is after all how I named the blog!)

Either way I know its my own fault... I am making excuses I know that I am...

So here I go again thinking about the blog and how I have it laid out and how I want it to be and what I need to change to make it more me or more intriguing not only for those of you lovelies that are here reading whatever may happen to fall out of my head but also for me to want to keep posting and for me to have a nice little place for things to fall out of my head!

Happy Weekend Friends!
See you back here tomorrow... I hope!

Tell the Truth Thursday! I'm A MAC!

I should have listened to you...
You were so right...
All this time I was sitting around fooling myself... telling myself that I was something I wasn't!
But I have changed my ways... I am working to be true to myself!

Oh Justin Long! I am a MAC and you were trying to tell me for so long... I'm sorry I didn't listen sooner but here I am using and loving this Mac like its nobodies business!

I love these ads and I think they are so funny.... and yes I go around our house occationally saying "I'm a Mac"

But in all seriousness I am loving using the Mac and I have found blogging on a Mac so much easier and if it's up to me I will do everything in my power to continue to use the Mac and likely leave the PC to the Husband as he is willing to deal with all the issues has more patience for it.




(I have not been paid or solicited for my opinion on this... Lets face it my blog isn't that big...  I just really like Macs and wanted to share that I have switched to a Mac and that I am really enjoying it.) 

My New Look!

What do you think?
Does the new look make my butt look fat?

Kidding!

But seriously what do you think?
Pink and grey....
I like it! And I hope that you do too!

I did all of it within blogger with the exception to the header which I got here!
I love StarSunflower Studio and I love this new header its supposed to be an Esty shop header but I like it on the blog... I did make it black and white and add the text in picnic. but all credit where it is due you get beautiful things from StarSunflower Studio!

Let me know in the comments if you like the change!

It's the End of February... Decision Time!

As some may know... that is if you have been following my nothingness over the past while (not that I blame anyone who hasn't been keeping up with my break from blogging or my lame not blogging or caring about blogging before that) I have been on a break from blogging and I honestly wasn't sure what I was going to do about or with this little old blog of mine....

Keep it? Kill it? Keep it? Kill it?

And the winner is?.?.?

 KEEP IT!

I owe it to myself and to those who read what I write, look at the crafts that I make, leave comments and make me feel so great about what I do to pick myself up dust myself off and give this all I have. Not just all I have but all its worth, and give out some blog love to those who share love with me!

I started to blog for the fun of it... for the excitement of it... not to keep up with the other mommy bloggers, or the craft bloggers but because I needed to know that there were other like minded people out there in the world that I could connect with. Even if it is just through a comment or reading an "about me" page and hitting follow because I thought this lady is cool, I could totally be friends with her! (You know if we lived in the same country or even the same town, and some real things in common, met face to face and she didn't think that I was stalking her to see what she was doing everyday...)

Long story short... I love blogging and I love being a momma and I am going to do what I tell my kids to do.... TRY MY BEST to be all of the things that I am because the truth of the matter is I'm happier when  my life is busy full and there is enough space for me to be a momma and to be me!

Plus you never know who you might reach or how until you put yourself out there and offer what you have to give or what you know! I have been the semi-crazed mom out there looking for someone to talk to or listen to, to help find me.

So look for new posts, new projects, and new themes as well as a new look very soon!

Tell the Truth Thursday! I Need A Break....

It's not you... It's me...

I swear there is no one else... well kinda... (my kids don't count right...)

That is pretty much how I feel right now... 

I started this blog a year ago as a way to help me get and stay creative, reach out to others that had the same interests as me and get myself out there and now I am sitting around thinking this was all just a mistake... 

well maybe not a mistake but something that wasn't the best decision.

When I started blogging it was fun and exciting and it was something new and wonderful I had so much fun coming up with ideas and new topics for posts, however I now find myself looking at the computer and thinking why am I trying to write a post about this... or I just don't want to do this... so I haven't been posting. 

It's really a combination of things that has been keeping me from posting and crafting and baking and all.... Our computer has been moved to our room since we moved from our last home so its harder for me to sit here when I have a free minute or two, Max is requiring a lot more attention these days... (apparently that happens as they start growing...), I have started to babysit again taking in a child part time and also we are doing more activities as a family that require my time and attention. There are also these feelings that have been nagging at me over the last little while, I'd say since November or maybe earlier... I find that I am trying so hard to post that I just don't want to, I feel like I am trying to keep up with the all the other mommy bloggers and all the other craft bloggers and why should I try when nothing I do looks even 1/2 as cool as they do... I feel like every time I get a minute to myself I just want to sit still and glare longingly at the TV or pick up a book and just escape... I feel so pressed for time... I feel very uninspired... I want to do so many things but I can't decide on what I will actually do... I feel kinda stunted by Pinterest and overwhelmed with Facebook and twitter.

So I have been thinking for a while that I am going to take a break... maybe if I don't feel the pressure of the blog breathing down my neck, waiting for the posts to write themselves I will find it easier to get back to it and get something worthwhile done.

Don't get me wrong I don't want to go away completely I just want to take a step back figure out what I want to do with the blog and maybe even start over... I need a few weeks to decide what I want to get out of writing the blog, what it means to me now... It seems strange that in just one year I have lost all interest in the one thing that helped to keep me sane for most of last year... 

I just don't want to hate blogging and never comeback to it because I didn't take the time I needed to figure out what the evolution of the blog would be.... 

So for now I wont be blogging but I am giving myself a deadline to work all this out... 

I have until the end of February... 

I'm giving myself 20 days to figure it out.

Guest Posting!

Have you been to Running With Glitter?

I love it!

And I am guest posting over there today... 

Pop over and have a look!

New blog hops!

If there is one thing that I love its a linky party or a blog hop!
Not only do you get to show off what you've made or invite a brand new crop of readers to your blog all in one link but you also get to find other new fun projects that you can make, or be inspired by and also you can find a few brand new blogs to read and follow! 

So when I go to my favorite blogs that have a tab or link to all of the places they link up I have a look and see if there is some place I've never been, there always is at least one on their list that I've never seen or been to before! (check out my list and see if there is a new place for you to check out!)

So today I went to link up to the Friday blog hop at A Mommy's Blog Design Studio I found out that she has a new site that lists different blog hops for everyday of the week!
Its called Blog Hops Everyday!
Check it out, you can add your hop if you have one, or just find a new blog hop or two! 

So today I am linking up to a few new places including the following!

So stop by these blogs and add your link so that you can not only get your name out there but have fun looking at other blogs too!

Happy Sunday!

RSS and Email Subscriptions!

As you may have noticed... or not.... I have made a few changes.

One that my sister will appreciate for sure!

I've added an RSS and Email Subscription gadget to the blog making it easier for all of you lovely followers to well follow me...

I honestly thought about doing this right from the get go, day one, page one and then as I was setting up my blog and having a look at what I was writing and posting I thought to myself....

"That's a little cocky.... and hey its only me reading this dribble anyway why add that stuff to a blog that no one will read...."

Well since then I have been posting so frequently, joining linky parties, adding myself to blog hops, and even got featured on Dollar Store Crafts!, not to mention I got an comment asking me to add it as the poster had wanted to add me to her email subscriptions and couldn't (flattering to say the least!!!). 

So now that I am getting a bit more blogging experience under my belt I've added it for you, so please go ahead and subscribe with your favorite RSS reader or by email if you prefer!