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October 2, 2012 Filed in adventure project,africa,awesome bloggers

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i need to giveaway my piano.
if you want it and can come and get it (newton, ks) then leave a comment or email me ok?

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it's great and i hate to get rid of it but it's just taking up space at the craft house and there is no room at the farm house.  my children have all said they don't want to play piano anymore.  Since i don't see any future prodigies amoung them in piano…i am ready to let it go.

it's in "antique" shape.  it's been well loved.  but there is nothing wrong with it. 

let me know if you want it.
i will be so happy for her to go to a good home.  :)

i wrote a post about it earlier this year.  (makes me sad now) 

it's taken now.
SIGH. 

 

SECOND – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - 

my friend Lisa Leonard announced something pretty darn awesome today. 

join me in praying for their family in this new COOL journey they are starting.
prayer is effective….let's lift them up!

a tv show??? it's pretty amazing.
be sure to share her video on facebook, twitter and pinterest.

 

 

THIRD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

i love The Adventure Project.
they put action to their words.
they find ways to provide a way out of poverty and they GET AFTER IT!

they offer ways for me to help out….sitting in a little kansas town all the way on the other side of the world!!

TODAY IS AN IMPORTANT DAY and we need your help.




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ok…. TODAY ONLY…. all our donations will be matched up to $5,000.
so i want you to HELP.
lets make a difference today.
it's so simple.
and so HUGE!!!

i set my goal to provide 3 pumps today….$1200.
and honestly i think that is kind of a wimpy goal.

please tell me we can exceed that.

imagine if you had to water you own garden….let alone your crop to feed your family and make all your income….with no hose?!
and you did it for years and years and years.

AND THEN someone offered you an irrigation pump at a price you could afford because someone very far away cared about you.
that someone heard God say "help today"
that someone gave from their heart and that made a difference!

BE THAT SOMEONE TODAY.

i know how many of you come here everyday.
i know this goal is too easy.

prove it.

DONATE HERE TODAY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Michael Kors Skorpios - Ho, tiu komikso estas bona amuzo, nu, oh

Kim - So excited about the Lisa Leonard show! I’ve worn my Lisa necklace for almost six years now, proudly displaying the names of my two precious sons. 🙂

Jill - Wow, The piano, REALLY think about it before you give it up. Personally, I would hang onto it even tho they are having some kid moments of not wanting to play anymore.
I quite lessons and I’ve allowed my son to quit too but I sure wish, as an adult, that I’d continued. I miss it. I miss being able to play it.
I got my mom’s wacky piano in my house. Yep, takes up space but every now and then my kids will sit and pound the keys. Someday, I just keep telling myself, someday… Until then my son has taken up the French Horn. I’m hoping one of my 3 daughters will go for piano.

Julien - Just yesterday I was thinking about how much I would love a piano. Sadly, I live in California.

Lisa - I grew up in church with Lisa! (I was more friends with her two younger sisters who are also twins!) Such a cool idea! Am sharing it on Facebook now!

Cynthia Leal - Megan would you please tell me the name of the book that your kids use play piano? My daughter wants to start playing piano and since we cant afford to pay for her classes I’m looking for a book that will help her start learning.
Thank you
Cynthia

Lindsay - Megan, I might want your piano. Let me talk to Ryan…do you have measurements on it? Thanks.

jenny - You have NO idea how badly I want to hop in my mini and venture to your house to meet you in person and hang out…ahem, I mean get your piano. 😉

ira lee - i want to work for lisa!!! her story is amazing and so inspiring! i love her crazy curly hair, her ideas, and her work! thanks for sharing~!!!!

Heather S. - What a worthy project! I’ve given to many of your ministry plugs in the past, and I’d love to give today, but I cannot. Right now we are setting aside our extra cash because in December my husband is leading a group from our church to Honduras to dig a well for Living Water International. So today I just pop in to say that water is SO IMPORTANT and I will totally support this in prayer – if you can give, ladies – GIVE! Jesus is the key to eternal life…but water is the key to a healthy life here on earth!

Niki - WOW! What a day of exciting things! God is always moving but I love the days where He really shows himself in awesome, big ways!! Love it!

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a few answers.

October 1, 2012 Filed in awesome bloggers,me me me,parenting,photography,q&a,random,things i love

well…i got up today with a plan in my head.
i would go running, take a nice hot relaxing bath at the craft house
and then make Vlog answering some of your questions.
i did go for my run but then the school called and said Scott was throwing up.
so…i am stuck at home still in my stinky running clothes and i will be writing and not vlogging today. 

you guys ask great questions. 

let's see….

1. Did you ever convert the attic in the craft house?  

nope.
we just never had the energy and the money at the same time.  :)
who knows what will happen though….we may still do it.
i have dreams for it.  Maybe a store? Maybe more work space? Maybe more bunk space? Maybe a little apartment? My running buddies suggested making it a full gym so we could workout together all year long. 
and i am LOVING that idea.

2. Are you on Pinterest?

ummm….i am.  
but it's the only place online that i am private….i have a fake name.
i just like having all the ideas i like in one place but not sharing what i love with everyone.
that may seem weird but… it's what i am doing and i like it that way.  

3. which is your favorite camera and lens?

i have a canon 50D and the 24-70 f/2.8 Canon lens.
and that is all.
i own one lens.  :)
it works for my needs…i dream of the 70 – 200 and the 35mm….and a 5D camera body.
but for now and the past two years….just that.
nothing else.
so that is what is in my camera bag.
and by camera bag i mean my purse.  HA!

4.  How do you edit your photos?

i upload my photos into LightRoom and i use their settings to edit.
i usually bump up the exposure…the vibrance….the fill light….sharpen and that's it.

5.  what settings do you use on your camera?

i almost always shoot in AV mode.  i shoot at an ISO of 200 and at 2.8 or 3.5.  does that help?
someome asked about my settings for indoor shots in the evening…well i just try not to shoot indoors in the evening.  because i think those pictures are always bad.  So i have no settings to share for that.
 
i love wendy&tyler from blue lily and they have helped me immensely with understanding my camera. they have workshops where YOU can learn about your camera too. you should go.
and Ashley from Under the Sycamore has an AWESOME online class that you can learn about photography…her next course is coming up soon.  

i have never felt great at explaining cameras or putting it into words but both of those blogs do it well!

6. Will you come to Washington?  

yes.  :)
i would love to do that sometime…. 

also i was worried it was going to be raining for my run this morning and your quote went through my head Leann "once you're wet, you're wet" and had decided i was going anyway.  thankfully… it stopped before i ran.

7. where are the glasses from in the post with the happy things to look at?  And the afgans?

i found that pic of the glasses on pinterest….and it linked to martha stewart…who else? but the link was not for the pic…but i think it probably came from her site.

and the afgans linked to flikr….just plain old flikr.

that is the downside of pinterest…messed up links and not getting a real source.

8.  does having a GOOD dlsr camera make that much difference?

well… 
i think i wouldn't want to go without my dslr.  But getting a dlsr won't make you take good pictures.  there is a lot more that goes into getting good photos than the camera.  instagram is great example of that.  it's figuring out the lighting, composition and your angle.  and that is where having a nice dslr camera comes in…and makes the shot clear and crisp.  where a point and shoot may have a grainier shot? possibly.
if you just want snapshots to keep your memories then a point and shoot is fine.
if you have an interest in photography…any desire to learn more….i think you need a dslr.  

9. Can i get a top ten book list of your favorite books?

this is a funny question mommyjulia.
because i don't know that i have read ten books in the last ten years!
but i will share again what i have read the past few months…

i read 7 and then Interrupted….loved.
Now i am reading "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years"  and this book is making me think in ways i never have!!! it's challenging me.  it's making me do hard things.  it's so good.

i love the book Crazy Love.
i loved Calm My Anxious Heart….good for a mom.
Long Way Gone was a book to prepare for africa and it was so good.

i don't read very much….i get so distracted and i don't make time for it.

i definitely don't read fiction.
IF i am reading a book it's going to be about something that i want to learn about…change in myself…get a new direction.
and thankfully i got glasses so at least i don't fall asleep as soon as i start reading.

10. can i have your pattern for the apron? can you tell me how make all the stuff you make at craft weekend?  can you do tutorials on all those things that the craft weekenders paid for?  (i am paraphrasing here)

nope…sorry.  :)
that would not be fair to all those Craft Weekend girls at all.
but i will be selling these things in my shop someday.
and i can't wait for you girls to get your hands on them… everything takes time.
i have five kids and i am running a business so things take a long time to get done.
i wish i could snap my fingers and have my shop filled and everything done…but i just cant.

i am grateful you are patient.

11. tell us about Lauren….you never do…she is ignored….why don't you talk about her…WHY?!?
(again…paraphrasing)

lauren is 17…almost 18.  She requested quite a few years ago for me to not blog about her.
so i don't.
i love her.  she is crazy smart.  she works on the weekends.  she is an awesome volleyball player.  she wants to be a doctor. 

maybe someday i will be able to talk more about what it's been like raising our first teenager but for now she doesn't want me to talk about her here.  

and that is that.

12. Kirsten J asked all these at once:  do you make lists?  yes…very messy lists   Do you ever ask for help?  yes. a lot. YOU HAVE TO or you will drown.  Do you ever future trip?  i don't what that is…dreaming about the future? not much i guess.  Will Lauren go away to college?  yes she will.  we don't where yet but she will.  Did you ever have a penpal? YES! i used to write letters constantly.  when craig got home from one year of college he had TONS of letters from me.  i had two from him.  ha ha haaa.  also my sister got letters from me constantly. My grandpa and i wrote too.  i always signed my letters to him Love,  Megan the GREAT!! i would tell him my grades and about my boyfriends and my dance recitals and he would send me money for good grades and call me out on my bad ones.   my 101 year great aunt and i wrote for my entire marriage until she passed away this year. i love writing letters.  Do you ever just veg out in front of the tv? Reality tv? Or talk shows? NCIS? i do occasionally veg with tv… Parenthood of course, Office, Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy and Saturday Night Live.  NO reality tv.  i can't take it.  NO singing shows…or dancing shows…or dating shows. it makes me want to poke my eyes out.  i did like Amazing Race and Survivor…in the beginning…but not anymore. AND i miss Oprah…really really miss her show.  What blogs do you read regularly?  Julie,  Ashley, Kimberlee, Shauna, Jess, Megan, Leslie, amy, shannon, sarah, lisa and michelle just to name a few….i have over 50 more in my reader.  :)

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i wish there were some pictures to go along with this post.
how about some george?

George
 
yes…i did just take 15 minutes and made a george collage in picmonkey.
don't judge.
just enjoy….it's easy….

 

there over 100 comments on that post so it will take me awhile to get through them all.

hope you made it through all those answers.

ok…i am going to make all the appointments i have been putting off forever since i am stuck at home.
you know what i mean…. dentist, eye doctor, exterminator, ob/gyn, sewing machine guy, specialist and anything else i can think of.
the part i hate more than making the appointment….GOING to the appointments! 

wish me luck.

 

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Penny Smith - You handed me your camera and asked me if I “back focused” and I froze… then I read this-I too shoot in AV (and do the “focus and shift” (that made me think of “bend and snap” from legally blonde. Ha!)… though I also have the 50mm f1.8 (it’s $100) for those inside shots you speak of! 🙂 I have a Tamron lenses when the reviews had little difference (yet hundreds of dollars less) so that is how I have more than one. (28-75 f2.8, 17-50 f2.8, and 70-300 (but that came with the camera-and isn’t a fixed f). I think I used the 50mm and dialed the AV for my first couple years of my rebel, and even a lot at first with my 50D a couple years back (Karen Russel influenced-but I am still in LOVE with this lens!!)
OK-I’m babbling… I was happy to hear you edit with lightroom… cuz I was thinking that Blue Lily only uses photoshop and would basically expect everyone should too (regarding the workshop), so I would be lost on it from the get go)… good to know…
🙂

amber reece - HAHAHAHA! Loved all your responses and the collage of George! FUN! Your blog always brightens my day! Thanks for posting about Jen Hatmaker too, just got finished reading both the interrupted and 7 books and LOVED them! God Bless You and your Sweet Family!!!! xoxoxo

Michael Kors Monogram - Via artikolo estas bone skribita Yeah,

Tere - To think, you answered some of my questions when I didn’t even ask any. And you are coming to Washington? This “Washington” is coming to see you soon!!

shauna - i really love adam too.
but, is my marriage stable?
i’ll have to think about that….

shauna - get out.
you bragger.

shauna - oh gosh! good call on the george collage. that is a real gift.

megan@contentedsparrow - my only comment…..
george.
i die.

Kim Barlow - I love you…thanks for sharing!

cassidynoga - I read “A Million Miles…” a while back. It sticks with you, for always. It was a wonderful book and I have hit many of my friends over the head with it so they would read it. They always do and then we gush about how great it was and how it relates to our lives. I’m a writer so it was twice as rewarding.
I just wanted to share that you won’t forget this book easily! (:

Jeannine - Haha love the George collage. You’re awesome!
Thanks for answering some of our questions! And I think it’s wonderful you’re respecting Lauren’s wishes about her privacy.
If you go to Washington State, I’ll drive down from Vancouver to buy you a cup of coffee and maybe go for a run 🙂

Su@TheIntentionalHome - Oh I never thought of having a fake name on Pinterest. You are brillant!!! I so wanted Pinterest to create a way to have some boards private. . .you know for research I am doing, future blog posts, etc. But now I know how to do that. Oh, thanks for sharing that!!!

Su@TheIntentionalHome - Me too. . plus I am a faster reader than I am a video watcher 🙂

Karen - For those asking about the flower glasses, they are old sour cream jars found fairly easily in antique stores (I have no idea where your picture is from 🙂 ). I have lots of them. They are really fun! Well, except for the fact that you should really wash by hand and not by dishwasher to preserve the integrity of the flowers!

Amy - Hey Meg, regarding Question #7…the afgans…I totally knew those afgans the second I saw them! I have pinned them, swooned over them and even hooked up a couple of her patterns for my own collection. They are part of a beautiful handcrafted and well loved collection by Lucy of Attic24. She is a sweet bloggy friend from England. If you or any of your readers are “happy hookers” {as in CROCHETERS}! Check out her Attic24 blog! Just wanted to help give credit where credit is due.

Kori - So I had a fake name on Facebook in the beginning and then my friend made fun of me. I TOTALLY wanted a fake on on Pinterest because I also wanted to be private with the things I loved. I went ahead with my real name and it’s still weird to me when my friends start following me there. Not such a big deal with strangers, though. Go figure. Maybe I worry my friends will think me crazy for having as many pins as I do. 😉
I LOVE GEORGE. In fact I’m watching “Out of Sight” right now. 🙂 And I don’t think twice about you spending 15 minutes making a collage. In fact it doesn’t sound like very much time to peruse pics of him.
HA!

Leslie @topofthepage - I always think of you now when I watch Parenthood since last year you threw down for Team Adam. As you know, I’m on Team Crosby. Which is maybe why you have a stable marriage and mine, well, keeps me on my toes :). Somehow, I know that’s just where God wants us too…

Jenn - LOVE the fake name! I so am going to do this too! Thanks for the idea!!!

mommyjulia - You answered my question!!! Yay! Thanks, Meg! 6 books is better than 10, anyway 😉 Loved your answer about Lauren- she seems like a pretty awesome young lady. Anywho, I need to go purchase some books and get reading. Thanks again for taking the time to answer me!

Tiffany - Oh Meg, you crack me up. Your “It makes me want to poke my eyes out” comment was so true! Nice little Q&A… It’s fun getting to know you better!

Andrea - Thank you for sharing!! And thanks for the eye candy. I have another question- do you think you will ever stop blogging? I love reading about your life. You’re so real and honest too. Love that. I would be sad if you did, because I am not attached to you and your family! Is that weird? Please dont ever stop!

Kelly - Go you with a fake name on pinterest!! LOVE IT! I like my privacy from time to time too. Is it funny that my pinterest “fake name” is totally tied to my blog and I don’t care about that but I didn’t want to put my real name? hmm . . . have a great one! Oh and do you ever go see what people have pinned from your blog? I’ll bet there is a lot. I know I myself have pinned stuff from your craft room (before it became the whole craft house) as inspiration as I continue to create my craft room and the whole reason I came to your blog right now is to look back at bathroom pics and pin as a bathroom remodel just *might* get to be in the works soon. Trying not to get my hopes up and remember to the upheaval that would come with it. Kelly

Amy - Thanks for the George…what a wonderful way to end Monday!!!

ginny - Thank you for typing it out, and not vlogging it. (even though you maybe seemed a tad annoyed with some of the questions lol). I don’t like to watch videos. I’m usually on the couch with laptop while hubby watches tv. He doesn’t want to listen to what I’m doing. So I would so much rather read that watch videos. 🙂 JMO 🙂

Lisa - Its funny to me that people would think Lauren is ignored or question you not sharing much about her here. Anyone who knows teens would understand that most of them want their privacy and space. From your blog you seem like a great mom. Not perfect but loving, purposeful and invested. 🙂 btw this post was fun to read. And keep your pinterest secret. You deserve that!!

Anne - I love/hate that you’ve got a fake name on Pinterest. Completely respect your privacy, and think its quite clever to have a fake name, but its killing me to know you’ve pinned some amazing ideas that I don’t have access to. Ha! 🙂

Jocelyn Pascall - I really loved this post. Great answers and also, the pictures of George made me laugh out loud.

April R - Me too 🙂 Sassy, mysterious, and free
(And I think it’s funny people didn’t guess why you don’t blog about Lauren much)

Kimberlee Jost - Is this a good time for me to mention (again!) that I met George Clooney on my honeymoon? Just checking.
🙂
I love you more than I could ever love George.
For real.

Molly - I love reading your blog. You are a great example and inspiration for me. I really appreciate that you listened to Lauren and don’t blog about her. I need to remember that. Also, I totally get that you have a fake name on pinterest! sometimes you just want to keep those ideas to yourself!!!

Terri Christian - Can you get through one episode of Parenthood without crying…..cause I can’t! Terri

lc - Thank you for answering the question about Lauren. I think a lot of parents overshare on their blogs. Thank you for respecting your almost adult daughter. If Lauren wants her business on the internets, she can start her own blog!

Terrie - I will live in your apt. and clean before and after craft weekends…
of course, I may have to take full advantage of a craft house and craft until dawn each day!
So proud of you for respecting your daughter’s privacy.
Reading Crazy Love now…loving it!
I agree with you on the dslr…loving mine!
Dreaming of the 70-200 lens and the 5D…sigh
although…shooting in av confuses me.
Crazy, right?!
I’ve been shooting in manual ever since I took ashley’s course online
two weeks after I got my camera last year. She was fabulous!!
Totally recommend her online course if you are new to dslr cameras.
And you can never go wrong with a little george! Happy Monday!

SammaMichelle - Hey Meg!!! Loved the answers to the questions but I mostly wanted to tell you that the 15 minutes you spent making a George collage WAS NOT WASTED!! ;0) Love it and him and you!!!! Thanks for always reminding me to be happy!

sara @ it's good to be queen - i think you’re great. 🙂

Lisa M. - Thank you for sharing, Meg!
Love your blog!

seriously sassy mama - My sister has a super big crush on George Clooney. Pinterest is my crack. I am on the computer more than the TV. I cannot stand reality TV. I like the store idea for yur attic. I need a big old house!

happygirl - I like looking at George, I don’t like hearing him talk. 🙂 Thanks for doing a post like this. You remind me it’s the talent that cannot be bought. It has to be developed. Love it.

Angela A - Loved this post. And you should just put pictures of George on here everyday.

Alicia @ La Famille - lovely stuff! thanks for the share 🙂

Heather S. - I totally wondered if Lauren wasn’t on b/c of a request made by her! I can see that. Totally. And George, while I’m not really a fan, really does just get better and better with age. 🙂

Tiffany - cracking up. loved your answers. you really are human, nooooo? meg on pinterest: private, eh? – good.for.you! lauren wants to be private too – good for her! even stevie wonder could figure this one out. teenagers like their privacy, readers. duh. also hooray for her wanting to be a doctor, luv that – girl power!!! reality shows blow, real actors need jobs, not those clowns. ok that may have been harsh, but man some of those shows stink to high heaven. one day, craft weekend, i need/deserve/want it. i was wondering if maybe you would do a craft weekend “guest” giveaway?! just sayin, consider it, they would have to be a helper of course. i would recommend, say….myself? ha! 🙂 Happy Monday!

danielle - Oh my word! I love that you have a fake pinterest name. I would love one, it would make me feel sassy and mysterious!

Kristin S - This post is yet further proof that you are my favorite blogger! I have about 200 in my reader and am cutting more each day. Yours will only leave when you stop blogging.
Thanks for sharing Meg!
And I love that you are honoring Lauren’s request.

Amy - if you come to Washington State I want to buy you dinner!! 🙂 And go for run and I’ll show you the most beautiful mountains!!!

Kerry - Hey Meg, I’ve checked back onto your blog for most of the day – mainly because I was interested to see if you answered the question about Lauren, I’m so glad you did! My 12 year old daughter has also requested I blog ‘only if I really have to’ about her as her friends are so into Social Media and they click through to my blog posts from there – she gets a little embarrassed 🙂 So I’m so glad I’m not alone!
Great blog list too by the way – I already read Kimberlee’s, Joy’s & Lisa’s on your recommendation – I just signed up to the rest too!
Happy Monday Meg xx

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it’s monday.

September 10, 2012 Filed in awesome bloggers,me me me,things i love

hi.
how was your weekend?

craft weekend was wonderful.
i am so happy about it.
can i just say….how awesome is the internet?  
i know that it can have really awful stuff but for me it has been AMAZING!
God has blessed me with SO many friends, so many ideas, so much inspiration, so much FUN through the internet the past few years.  I get to connect with and meet women that are so completely awesome that i never would have met otherwise because of the internet!  
i love LOVE LOVE that God is in the details of everything…even the internet.

(these are instagram pics from the past few days.)
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michelle allen from close2myart was my blogger/teacher/helper this craft weekend.
i don't even know who found who as far as blogs and how we connected.
we have been emails friends for a few years now and we finally got to meet.
she is a life long friend now i can guarantee.
i loved her.
(and her hair was soooo rad)
she was even better than i imagined and i had made her pretty great in my mind already! 🙂

so yeah….i love the internet and i am not afraid to say it. 

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this is my loot from the barn on saturday.
an old RC crate that is really rough (which is why i like it), a old metal box that seems like maybe it was a breadbox, a Super Nutro Hog feed bag, an embroidered runner with horses, a little quilt to make into pillows, a small candy jar and some doilies. 
i love the internet AND i love old junk.
:) 

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these three books arrived for me this week.
i am starting with A Million Miles in a Thousand Years tonight.
i have basically been told by God in about 10 different ways that i am supposed to read this book.
seriously.
He couldn't have been more clear.  
so i will let you know how it goes…. 

i read Interuppted and my world has been ROCKED.
so i am equal parts nervous and excited to read this one.
because i knew i was supposed to read Interrupted too. 

 

was i just too open right there?
i feel a little vulnerable about those two paragraphs. 

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here is my front seat on my way to craft weekend.
my backseat looked the same.
happy car!

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right now i am sitting at the craft house (because i came to town for paint & the internet is so slow at the farm)
i stopped by the thrift store this morning and picked up a few dishes, some fabric and a globe.
i can't NOT buy a globe when it's at a thrift shop because they are so much cheaper than at an antique shop.
i made mini bunting here last night while my husband attempted to fix the dryer we got on craigslist.
it's a bummer when people are dishonest on craigslist don't ya think?
i guess ANYTIME people are dishonest it is sad but when they take your money….ugh.
(so that would be a down side to the internet…)
i picked up a gallon of Kilz to start a big paint project this week.
and i have now finished off the candy corn we had left from CW….for lunch

 

i need to get working.
i have stuff to paint.

are you on instagram? i am @megduerksen if you aren't following me yet.
it's so fun.
i am….addicted.

happy monday to you.

 

 

 

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Georgia - I love the internet too, as without it i wouldnt have found your blog!!! xx

Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft - Hey Meg I saw these rainbow donuts and thought of you. 🙂
http://justbakedbyme.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/mini-rainbow-vanilla-bean-donuts/

Kate - Meg! I have really enjoyed reading your blog after finding it a few months ago. I’ve bought several books because of your recommendations! Don’t ever feel afraid to share where God is leading you!! Can’t wait to hear what you get out of the most recent ones.

Sarah - i just had the same problem. just type her name without the @ symbol and with a space between first and last. that finds her!

Tracie - I just got “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” to read. Did you read “Blue Like Jazz?” That is a beautiful book too. “Radical” was a tough read, but a wonderfully convicting book. And Happy Monday!

Stephanie - Love her kiwi earrings!!!

Shannon Phillips - A million miles in a thousand years is absolutely one of the most life changing books I have ever read!!! It is going to rock your face off!

Marla - Donald Miller is totally awesome I loved Blue Like Jazz…didn’t know he had another book out…I’ll check it out on my nook….The Irresistible Revolution is very interesting…I was upset at times reading it…it’s been a few years but I remember not being sure about the whole thing…be interested to see what you think

Amy - Don Miller is an amazing writer and you’ll love the book. I reread it immediately after finishing it just so I could soak in his words. It’s a great book to hand to a nonbeliever in hopes that they might consider the gospel as they choose a new story. He speaks about a man named Bob Goff and I’m currently reading his book, Love Does. Try it next.

Angela - Vulnerable, sure. But we were made to live in community (…and the internet community totally counts), and vulnerability is just a part of living in community. Too open, never. YOU just might be one of the thousand ways God is leading OTHERS to read a book that will drive them closer to Him. So sure, feel vulnerable, but never ever feel sorry for opening your life and your faith to the world.

Lisa - I started Irresistible Revolution last week. Oh. my. Haven’t read A Million Miles…guess I need to check into that one! Looks like a happy couple of days at your house. 🙂

Heather Crawford - For some reason, I can’t find you in Instagram? Weird…

beth - Hey Meg….
Just wanted to say not to feel vulnerable about the books. I wish to hear more about your faith walk on this blog. ….and picking up tips on good books at the same time is just bonus!

Terrie G - Not too vulnerable…I love how authentic you are!
I <3 instagram too! so much fun!
looking for a washer/dryer for our son...think I'll stay away from craigslist...
sorry you got swindled...makes me frustrated when people are dishonest.
gorgeous flowers and so happy you had a great craft weekend!!

Julie Kittredge - I just finished “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.” It was good! An easy read. 🙂 Plenty of earmarks … in the book that belongs to the library. Maybe I’ll pick up “Inturrupted.” 🙂 Sounds like a winner!

Christy - Irresistible revolution is pretty intense as well! I have radical on my list, but my husband read it first. Irresistible is a tough read, but I feel God used it to change my perspective on a lot of things! Good for you for listening to the still, small voice even when it makes you uncomfortable!

Kara - Curious where you heard about Jen Hatmaker? I was able to meet her and hear her in person this spring at a women’s retreat. (The one Nicole Quiring headed up!) Jen was AMAZING! She has challenged me more than anyone else in how I’m living my life. I have loved reading Seven and Interrupted and am leading the Interrupted book study at church. I am hopeful the church as a whole is turning around and more people are getting on board with her message!

Lisa - Not too vulnerable. I think God is using your blog to tell ME to read Interrupted. I keep hearing about it and you keep mentioning it. I’m addicted to instagram too. Like seriously addicted. 🙂

ko. s - I love that you can put it all out there in your posts! The way you give glory to God, be you, be honest, be vulnerable, it’s why I keep coming back to read! You ROCK my dear! Thanks for being a huge light 🙂

Flower Patch Farmgirl - Can flip phones do Instagram? Haha.
Your stack of books pretty much seals the deal: We must debrief. M to the U to the S to the T.

Martha - Finding a globe at the thrift store is a major score! I’m interested in how the book turns out. 🙂

DanaD@BoysMyJoys - Not too open at all!
It was HONEST!
That’s why we love you!
And, I love it when God shows me things clearly, sometimes my ADHD-self truly needs Him to be crystal clear!

Katie - Isn’t it crazy when you know that it’s God leading you to do something? The results can be mind-blowing. Happy Monday!

Ashlyn@Pinecone - Michelle’s chalkboard art looked so great – wish I had the skills on the chalkboard!
Too bad about the Craigslist dryer – I don’t know why people want to do stuff like that?! Weird 🙁
Happy Monday ; ) xo

April R - <3 instagram
and I'm glad to see you there now too

Siobhan - Your awesome everything about you. Your transperancy makes me love you more. Thankyou for trusting us with your vulnerbility.

Brooke - I love that you said you were a little too open in those two paragraphs. BAH! Let’s get real. Tell them about your cw devotionals. That might be too open. I love when God is CLEAR about what to do. So often, I’m left waiting and asking, so I’ll take clear (slap me in the face) answers any day. I am in a craft fog today, so tired. I didn’t get to nap yesterday! LOVE the internet, love that we got to hang out. You were super fun. If I lived in Newton, KS, I believe I would force myself into your friendship circle. Or just show up at the farm. with chickens. You would be so happy.
My new globe just found a new place in globe city at my house. Snuck the wire baskets in so my hubby wouldn’t complain about the massive amount of things he hauled to storage while I was gone this weekend (while I proceed to haul new stuff in!). Good times. Happy Monday!

Cheryl E. - Just finished reading A Million Miles in a Thousand Years thank to your friend, Kimberlee! I read her blog, too and once she posted about that book, I knew I had to read it.
LOVE the new finds, by the way. Such fun!!

Sarah{Handbags*N*Pigtails} - Totally weird, random comment but your mums? Love em. I got the biggest one Ive ever seen over the weekend at Sams Club. Its burgundy and I cant wait to put it out on the front porch to welcome fall.
Have a great day! (Boo to dishonest Craigslisters)

Cori - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years may just be my favorite non-fiction book of all time. Radical was amazing, too! Enjoy 🙂

Alicia @ La Famille - full fun day indeed! happy monday to you, ms. meg 🙂

Trysha - I’ll have to look up those books! I’m looking forward to Joel Osteen’s “I Declare”.
I was reminded of God’s love this weekend as I photographed a wedding. We didn’t have pens to sign the Marriage Certificate, there was a mad scramble and I sought out a guest who had a purse. She managed to find two pens at the bottom of her purse, matching from a random local church. The Bride looked at her and said “See, The Lord will always provide. Always.” 🙂

Amy - InterRupted….AMAZING!! Radical will be a good follow up….
I may have to go pick up the one you just mentioned! Don’t you just love it when the Spirit leads you….you just HAVE to do it….Enjoy the quiet time on Monday!!

Suzanne - Happy Monday! I hope you enjoy your books, and I hope God rocks your world. I love it when He does that ~ and hate it… but mostly love it! Have a great week!

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blue lily is my fave.

August 28, 2012 Filed in awesome bloggers,crazy stuff,me me me,photography,special

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hello.

our last day of GoPro we had a session of discussing business plans & ideas, a flash seminar, camera cleaning, personalized critiques (that's a good thing) and two more shoots.

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some of our group went up on the gondola and hiked around.
but i could barely walk around the house and up the stairs so i wasn't up for a hike.
i stayed at the house and we practiced on each other and did headshots.  :)
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i am thinking my editing looks funny on all of these….hmmm.
it's hard to learn something new!

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there was a fox that was all around the house during our stay.
he was wild but seemed to really not care that we were there.
we were all very close and he ignored us.
weird.
and cool. 

i promised the girls that if he attacked i would be sure to take lots of pictures of that.
and then of course i would try to help save them. 

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we had our group photo very impromptu… with some taxidermy.

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coolest group photo ever taken….NO OFFENSE.

 

we went out in the evening to practice some harsh lighting shots.
wendy and tyler had us turn our backs and then when we turned around this is what we saw!

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how crazy cute are those masks?!!
so so funny.
these are their kids…not wendy and tyler in the masks.  :)

(ps…their kids are so lovely…i want to squeeze them.)

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they said the masks were ordered from amazon.

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not as cute on a grown up….

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my new friends.  :)
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we went on to our last photo shoot of the weekend.
i was so excited.
i was going to be one of the models!!

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everyone was helping wendy set up.
it's looking cool already….
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well….i don't have many pictures yet since i was IN the shoot….but it ended like this.

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that's my kind of modeling job.
 
we had a big paint war!!!

6 of us threw paint on each other while the other 16 people photographed it.
it was washable craft paint mixed with water to make it fly faster. 

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it was SO MUCH FUN!!!

and you can see our photo shoot last year with colored powder here.

i can't say which one i liked better….they were both AWESOME. 

you can read about it here on the Blue Lily blog and see when the next GoPro workshop is.

if you are considering going to a workshop….DO IT.
you will learn so much.
you will be encouraged.
you will meet people who love what you love and have great ideas.
you will be SO glad you took the leap and tried something BIG.

and check their travel schedule….they take pictures ALL OVER THE WORLD.
get signed up for a photo session with them near you! 

you will be so happy you did it.

thank you AGAIN wendy & tyler.  
i loved my time with you.

 

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Jodi - I LOVE this recap! Your photos are awesome and thanks for including photos of me! Oh, and the striped shirt is from Anthropologie! It was my pre-reunion splurge.
I loved meeting you in person, Meg. You have been a long time inspiration of mine and it was nice as you said….to come full circle. The real Meg only strengthened my adoration for your blog, your photography, your words, and all of the inspiration that I feel when I am here at your blog!
Hugs!

Tracy - Loved this post! The foxy fox pics are amazing. Also love the paint pics. O a personal note I am so excited as we’re doing a family shoot with the awesome Wendy & Tyler in October…one of my bucket list things will be done! Now if I could just borrow your amazingly gorgeous hair…

Carol Short - oh, wonderful pictures!
i love the fox stretching out
(sudoku puzzles)

Peggy Lee - Fantastic!Really its very owsome!I like very much this post and i would like to forward this to my friends to visit this page.Thank you lot.
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Amy@littleforalittlewhile - So much awesomeness in this post I don’t even know where to begin! You are gorgeous and your hair is rockin in these pics!

Donna R - Fantastic! Great pics of an awesome weekend. You were a great sport to get pummeled with paint!

Kelley Wenzel - Such an awesome weekend all around. Loved the shot you got of the fox yawning and the cougar over Wendy’s head as it was being carried around. Enjoyed Sunday morning getting to know you better, as well as the drive back to Denver. Thanks for sharing so many of your pics!

Ashley F. - Seriously awesome weekend, I don’t think I fully appreciated it until seeing it all laid out like this! I am SO happy to have met you and discovered your awesome blog. I have pictures to send you. 🙂

Lisa - The paint picture of you is seriously amazing. What an awesome thing to be a part of.

Tiffany - The paint war looks like a blast! And you look adorable all paint splattered! I recently got word that I’m going to Craft Weekend, and I can hardly contain my excitement! I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog and following you on instagram, and love it even more knowing that I will actually get to meet you soon! Is that so strange, having a total stranger so excited to meet you? I told my husband it’s like I’m getting to meet a celebrity! 🙂

Flower Patch Farmgirl - 1. I am so stinking fascinated by that striped shirt with the orange lace up top. Yum.
2. You have good hair and look beautiful with paint splatters.

Tiffany - That photo of u after the paint war is full of color! Its a great shot. This post was full of encouragement, go big or go home!

jackie grandy - What an amazing weekend and those photos totally rock! I especially love the ones of the fox (so cool) and the one of you covered in paint is a keeper. Maybe you should get it framed and hang it up. It has tons of color and it’s so modern looking! I’m being serious here!
I need to work on taking more photos of people. I’m taking way too many shots of food and not enough of my family and friends. I have been trying to change that and my kids are like “get that camera away.”
I think I may have to look into a weekend photography course!
Jackie 🙂

Karly Shelton - Reading your blog ALWAYS makes me smile and think of all the good things there are in life! Beautiful pictures and I want to do a paint war soooo bad!

Agnieszka - Just a word of caution about wild animals that are not afraid of humans. Sometimes it means they are infected by rabies. Apparently that’s one of the symptoms. And they may look fine otherwise. Keep it in mind for the future.
Looks like you had sooooo much fun! I’m jealous, especially of that last shoot 🙂

Lisa M. - Oh Meg, it looks like you had such an awesome time! I love the paint war!! Wish I could get some of my friends to participate with me in somehting like that!! 🙂 Blue Lily is coming to a town near me, but it is unfortunately about 2 hours away and we are already so full of obligations that day, but I’m trying to work it out!! I love their work and it would be such a privelage to have them photograph me and my family.
Great post! Thanks for sharing!

Kati - Love the masks and the color paint throwing!! So much fun!

Brooke - I have ALWAYS loved Blue Lily…back before you could “pin”, I had one of their photos bookmarked and I have always thought back on it when I am taking photos of people. I’m saving up for one of their workshops…but honestly…saved up for craft weekend first… 🙂 So glad I’m coming that in just a couple weeks!
I am dreaming of a paint session with friends of mine this fall…I”ll have to get all the deets about how that went down. It looks super fun. I was thinking of having a canvas that the whole family could paint on during the session (as they are throwing paint), so that they have something to hang on their wall afterwards.
in other news…those masks are AWESOME.
Your friend in the blue/white stripe shirt with the orange lace…I WANT TO OWN THAT SHIRT….can you hook me up with her? Her info?

Lori Austin - Had to show my hunter husband the animal pics. He said “that mountain lion
probably cost about $4,000 – sure hope they didn’t drop it!” Ha! 🙂
My little guy LOVED the fox pics.
Fun weekend.

happygirl - Love the pics after a paint war and those masks are adorable. What a wonderful experience this looks to be. Good for you for pursuing your passion.

Jennifer - LAUGHING OUT LOUD! WHAT fun?!! Those masks! HILARIOUS!

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contest!!!!

July 31, 2012 Filed in awesome bloggers

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i keep forgetting to tell you something really cool.
Laura Windslow is having a Wall Art Love Contest and i get to be a judge!

YOU can submit your photos of your wall art in your home or studio to be entered.
but since i forgot to tell you….you only have till AUGUST 2 to enter?!!

i am so sorry i gave such short notice.

check out the rest of the judges: 

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pretty lovely company if i do say so myself.
🙂

 

ok….GO to Laura's blog….READ the details of the contest.…and ENTER the contest.

TODAY!!!

because did you see the prizes?!
the prize list went ON and ON and on. 

how awesome is laura??

i can't wait to show you all the choices to vote on!

 

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Allison F. - omg! I need to know what font that is she used to list the judges names! Love it!

Sarah - Ok, seriously might have to fight you for that green cabinet! Love!!!
Also, so excited for the CW girls! I wish I could come back. 🙂

Amanda - Oh boo, I wish I had my wall in my craft studio done! Oh well, can’t wait to see all the great designs! 🙂

rachel - excited for this contest! entered my walls when the contest was first announced by laura! 🙂

happygirl - Cool contest. Now to learn how to photograph the art on my walls. 🙂

Laura - Thanks so much for sharing and for being a part of the fun! You rock! 🙂 xoxo

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happy home!!

June 5, 2012 Filed in awesome bloggers,craft weekend,etsy goodness

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loving all this new fabric that arrived….for pillows or aprons or bunting or craft weekend….

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it's all from fabric.com.

doesn't just looking at those colors and patterns make you smile???

it does for me!

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all of these boxes are from Poppy Seed Projects for craft weekend!!!

i get to play around with it this week and show you what i make!
so excited to rip open these HEAVY boxes.

more swag is rolling in everyday….

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from ablemabel….

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from graphic anthology….

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from say hello….

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from rags to stitches...

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and from Ike & Co….

check out this FABULOUS lamp that was sent from colton + cadence to decorate the craft house?!!!

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it is so perfect.
thank you stephany!! i know EXACTLY where to put it!
ps….your blog is adorable. 

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my children have all different plans today so i can squeeze in four hours here at the craft house to work.
there is lots to do to prep for craft weekend THIS WEEKEND again.

if you are worried about not getting an email yet about coming to craft weekend
or worried that you might not be on the list anymore….
do not worry.

here's the deal….if you got on the list…YOU ARE STILL ON THE LIST.  :)

but the list is very verrrrrry long.
and we can only take 12 women at a time.
so just cross your fingers and hope you get picked.  
and we hope to have MANY MANY MANY more so you will get to come.

 

i have talked about my love for Jennifer Paganelli and her fabric for SIS BOOM and her books before.
today i get to give away one of her newest books….

Happy Home.

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isn't it a gorgeous cover?!!
and the entire book….with patterns….is just as beautiful!

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leave me a comment today to be entered to win this book!

(i am sorry i had to add the Capcha Code to the comments….i woke up to over 200 long spam comments recently so it has to be there for awhile.  i am Sorry…i hate them too!  it's too bad there has to be lame-o spammers who ruin it for the good guys.  they stink…yeah…i am talking to you John Rambo!!)  

 

 

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Katevp.blogspot.com - wowee! what a wonderful and inspiring looking book!!

Marilyn Gregory - looks like a great book

melissa n - I need to find a craft partner! Thanks for the giveaway

Annette - Love your blog and would love to win that book! It looks awesome!

Corry - OOOOOHHHHH…..I really, really would love this book. Due to work, I’ve been on a sewing hiatus. I tore my meniscus in my knee 2 weeks ago, had surgery last week and am officially “off” work for the summer! I’ve been searching for inspiration- this book is it!

gina parker - Im glad you wrote that abojt the list lol, i was starting to get worried – and antsy when i saw all the prep for this one…it looks sooo fun!!!!

Amy Wathen - Would love the chance to get my hands on that book. Summer goal is to brighten up this house! Thanks for the chance.

Alyson @EisleyRae - Love JP!! Such a fun book, I’d love to have. All of the craft weekend swag is SO fabulous!

Janelle - Fun Happy Book!

Melissa @jonahbonah - *fingers crossed* this book would be perfect inspiration for my new house! {we’re moving!}

Janell Anderson - Looks like an awesome book! Hope I win!!!

Jayme - Such a beautiful book with wonderful ideas!!

Heather - I love free swag!!

Karen - Oh, I would love that happy book for my happy home.

Winnie - Love your blog. Always brightens up my day with all the colours and photographs & Phil 4:8. I love summer time too although where I come from, it’s summer all year round and it gets too hot. Yup, I live halfway across the globe in Singapore. I would love to win the book (though I’m not sure if it’s open to overseas readers) and get some great crafting ideas! Oh and I love your dog Waffle! The 2 loves in my life. How apt. 🙂

Heather Overton - Love your blog Meg! Would love that Happy book for my Happy Home!

Hope - I love her fabric! And I would love her new book!

Katrina - That is an amazing cover. Awesome. I would LOVE to get my hands on a copy.

Amy Hartman - Great colors. The book looks like fun!

jen smith - that book looks fabulous!!!

Pam - Beautiful book! I have Craft Weekend on my Bucket List and I can picture myself there right now!

Lisa - That book looks amazing! Would so love to win it 🙂

Melissa - Oh man! I think I’m too late! But just in case… The book looks so cool!

Amy - Meg, I love you’re blog and the book looks awesome! It would start my summer holiday off superbly if it would arrive in my mailbox…thanks for the chance!!

Jess Mead - Awesome swag!

Jennifer M. - That book looks like so much fun!

Sarah - I love her fabrics, I used some last year in accents in my daughter’s “vintage inspired” room! SO PRETTY!

Christa - What a beautiful book!

Jenn - LOVE the colors in that book. Reminds me of my favorite blogger! Have many walls that need paint… now that the wallpaper is gone. Maybe some inspiration in the book!

Cindy Mcallister - Beautiful book cover…makes me want to open it up and start making all the fun things in it. I would LOVE to be able to afford Craft Weekend and hopes maybe someday.

Kimberly - Love your creativity! If I wasn’t so busy with my 3 littles, I’d get myself on your list to come to your adorable craft house for a weekend!!

Erin Civey - would love to win!!!

Kerri - I am the only girl in my household – I need some happy!! 😉

Melissa - Would love a new book for inspiration! Two kids under 3, just moved into the most unique, awesome, and difficult-to-get-a-vision-for house ever…I need help!

Stephanie C. - The book looks great!

Angie G. - Oh, I love this post!!! I love the pictures! I love the Craft house!!! I love this book!!!! I love youuuu!!!! hahahahaha

Janet in WI - What a fun looking book!! Thanks for the chance to win!

Leah - The book looks lovely! leahclaireh (at) gmail (dot) com

Cori - Looks like a great book! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂

Bernice - Love the swag! I hope by the time I make it back to the same continent as you I can still add my name to the CW waitlist! I would love to come 🙂

connie - Count me in, Thanks for the giveaway! ~C

giving - the colors in the book are wonderful!!! 🙂

She Loves Life - Happy Home just looks so colorful and happy!

kristen b - would love to win the book! And I adore that globe lamp with fringe! have to make one for my desk area in Kindergarten maybe :^)

Prairie Jenn - Love the happy colors of your fabric and this book!!!

Pom Poms and Polkadots - Your craft weekends look like such a blast!! I have been following Jennifer P. for years too and love her use of bright happy colors and patterns!! Keep the inspiration coming!!

Jolene (Homespun Heritage) - Great looking book! Giving me a case of the crafty’s!

Jenna - I’m inspired by all the colors! Makes me want to brighten up my home! Maybe the book with inspire me even more!!

Lisa - Looks like the perfect book to read in the hammock while ignoring the laundry!

Anne - What a cute looking book! It’s so bright and cheery looking. Happy Summer, Meg!

Laura - LOVE happy books! 🙂 I bet I’d get some great ideas to brighten up my kitchen and family room!

Sam Andrews - What a fun book!

Lizz - I would love to have some new patterns to challenge my non-sewing hands! 🙂 Have fun at craft weekend!

Melissa - Pick me, pick me!!

Tiffany Smith - This book is Beautiful! I would love to get inspiration to decorate my home beautifully “happy”!

Megan - Would love the book!
I think you have the best “job” in the world… running the craft weekends!

Melissa Lawwell - I love it!! I’m already inspired just from the cover!

Ashley K - The book looks lovely!!

Amy - Looks like such a fun book! LOVE the color!

Vonda - That looks like a beautiful book! I definitely need it! I love your blog!

Karen Gerstenberger - Oh, I love the look of that book! I want so much to become a better seamstress. Please enter my name in the giveaway – thanks, Meg!

Carrie - This book looks so fun. I love, love, love all the colors.

Becky - Looks like an amazing book, and I cannot wait to come to craft weekend!

Terri - I hope it is not too late to enter. Thanks for all the fun things you write about.

Wendy - I would love ‘Happy Home’ … all those awesome colors 🙂

julie - Book looks awesome!!!! Would love for it to inspire me 😉

Kelly D - Great looking book! Thanks for the giveaway.

Lisa - That’s a great light fixture! So perfect for your craft house! And those new fabrics look so fun! 🙂

Gina - This book would make me smile:) A definate “happy place”!!

Lisa - looks like a great book!

Amanda - Oh that swag! Oh those colors! And oh that book!

melissa erin - pick me. pick me. this book looks so fun. as do your craft weekends. 🙂 love your blog.~mk.

Annie - Love the fabric… LOVE the book. would LOVE to win my own copy!

Jamie - I am SO looking forward to the day I can come to one of your craft weekends. They look amazing. And so does that book! It’s beautiful. 🙂

Amber L Peters - Gorgeous swag! And that book looks so inspiring!

the domestic fringe - That book looks SO fun! I want one. 🙂
~FringeGirl

nancy beach - What an awesome book! Would love love to win this one.

Sarah Russell - That book looks amazing! 🙂

cindy - Looks like an awesome book! thanks for the giveway! have a happy Craft weekend.

Kimber-Leigh - sorry about the spam 🙁 never fun. but that book looks AMAZING! and seems like one that you SHOULD judge by it’s cover! 😉

Jen - We are looking at buying homes right now…so this book would be perfect timing!!!

Cindy Braziel - This book looks AMAZING and I would LOVE to win it. Can’t wait till it’s my turn to come to craft weekend. Hope I’m still on the list. Thank you so much for sharing.

Angie Vincent - That book looks like beautiful eye candy! Would love to look through that often!

Les Basinger - I was just trying to win the giveaway from your clorox post! ha My computer let me write the comment, but wouldn’t let me post it! help

Jenny - I could use some beautiful craft inspiration right now!!! Cooped up with a sicko little girl and a stir crazy toddler 🙁 Lots of snuggles though

Stephanie - I’m really wanting to learn how to sew better… this book could be my inspiration:) Can’t wait to see more Craft Weekend pictures!

melissa lorenz - This book looks so happy and upbeat. Love it.

Deanna - I LOVE that fabric! It makes me smile! 🙂

Janel - Would love to add the Happy Home book to my happy home 🙂

Lori - Love the fabrics. Isn’t is amazing what 4 hours without kids will let you do…it’s like purposeful play…you are cleanig yet playing with beautiful fun things…it’s a GIANT BARBIE DOLL HOUSE. :0) love the blog. love the book. love everything.

Talia - What a beautiful book. I’d be thrilled to win!

DWall - Lovin all the bright on this site.

Ashlyn@Pinecone - Looks like a fabulous book – I would lovvvveeee to win!!!

sara @ it's good to be queen - oh yes i’d love to win! and i’d LOVE to come to a craft weekend. who wouldn’t? and oh john rambo….what a name.

Annette - looks fab!!! love all that happy color…

Kate - pick me! pick me!!! I need a new book.

jen - yes please!!! that book looks like it’s bursting with inspiration!!

Jamie Forsyth - Looks like the perfect book to flip through while sitting in the sun sipping something cool!

Juliann Brenner - HI Megan – that book looks great!!

Angela - Love the colorfulness of that book!!!

AmandaChandler8 - I hope I win. This book looks awesome.

Wendy C - I heart happiness – thanks for the giveaway!

Jeana - Beautiful book!

Jill - I would LOVE to get this book. My girls and I could sit and drool over all the possibilities together! LOL

Jen Lemke - Would love to see all the eye candy in the book!

Denise Spillman - Happy, Happy, Happy 🙂 I love your blog, and I love this book.

Hannah O - ohh.. ohh.. that book looks amazing! pick me : )

Su@TheIntentionalHome - oh, what a happy post. Love this kind with all kinds of links to fabulous shops. I want to find a place to put that globe pendant lamp. $35 is a great deal for that!! I would love to win a copy of Happy Home. Thanks for a generous giveaway. And a blog that makes me smile. . happy. . .inspires. . makes me want to create.

Regina - The book looks happy, happy, HAPPY! 🙂 And the globe lamp…I’ve been saving two “halves” of a globe for a very long time to do just that, and now you’ve given me the kick in the pants that I need to get that project completed! Errr…but I’m not so sure where I’ll hang mine…

Margaret - Haven’t even gotten to the coffee yet this morning, but this post, these colors and patterns, and the hope of winning this book have started off my day with a happy kapow-zing!

Tina Münch - I love to book! Hopefully it will find the way to germany 😉 !!

Sarah Burgis - Happy bookshelf awaits in happy home, down a happy road with a happy family, who happily accepts books into their happy hands and hearts.

Liz Butler - Oh my goodness, that books looks absolutely delicious! The colors! The patterns! The pictures! Love it all!!!

Amy Reed - So cute! I would love to be inspired.

Stephanie - I’m in love with the globe lamp. Wow. I would love Jennifer’s new book! Thanks for the chance!!

Eliece - This book looks like it would make me happy! Beautiful colors and patterns…oh my!

Melinda - Perfect sewing projects for me and my daughter to sew for her house in college. Love the fabrics!

katherine - would love to win 🙂

Barbara Nelson - Love the book it looks so happy, and that globe lamp it’s perfect for you cute. Love the giveaway
PS it looks like the EAT in the kitchen shot is FAT somthing is blocking the E LOL.
Dumb spammers!

Lindsay Soetaert - I just want to touch the book and feel all of the beautiful fabric! What a great giveaway!

Shairee - We are moving and I would love love love this book!!!

Kelly - Seen this book online last week & was thinking about ordering it…..it looks like a fun one!!

Brianna rowell - this book looks awesome! i would love to win it!! Thanks Meg

Jennifer - Oh! What a great offer…such lovely colors! Fingers crossed!

Annalee - I am seriously drooling over so much stuff in this post!!!

Melyssa - What a beautiful book!!
I’ve told my fiance quite a few times that the ultimate gift for me would be attending craft weekend. It looks so perfectly me every time I see a post.I told him he could save up my gift budget for every occasion until we can afford it. Hopefully someday!!

Sarah B - Looks like a fantastic book!

Kathy@mishmashmom - What a lucky girl you are! I wish I got fun mail like that. I would love to win that beautiful book!

Rachel - Love the hello sign and the typography prints!
I want a happy home! Pick me!

Claire - I love looking through all of the colors! This book looks amazing!

steph - ahhh john rambo!!!
forgot about him!
hahahahahaha!
that book looks awesome.
so colorful and happy!
and jeez… i cross my fingers to get a craft weekend email at some point!!!
i can only be so lucky!!!

Amanda Fuentes - Today seems as good as any to WIN!

Tiffany - i love your blog and can’t wait for the day that i get picked for gcw. 🙂

emily - love that book! where is it for sale??

Makila - Wow. Love all the fabric and the book looks GREAT.

Heather M. - The book is gorgeous! I’d love to win. Thanks for the opportunity!

Aby Gittings - I am SOOOOOOOOO HAPPPPPY!!!! I got drawn for a Craft Weekend in October!!! (my favorite month by the way!). I Just got the email tonight!!! I CANNOT wait!!!! Yay!!!!!

Kathleen - I got a box from Fabric.com today too ! Nicey Jane laminated cotton. I am going to have a banquette installed in my dining area and am using laminated cotton to cover the cushion!

Erin - Would love to win a copy of the book! Thanks for the chance!

sam - I am patiently waiting for my name to be drawn!

Rachel M. - Looks like a really awesome book! Thanks for the giveaway:)

Nicole W. - Thanks to your blog we’ve added more COLOR to our home … this book looks color-sprational too!

jackie - Can’t wait to hear about another craft weekend. One of these days I am going to have to get on the list. What a wonderful book! Would love to win.

tiffany gardner - just the colors alone make me want to open that book!

Elizabeth Beesley - What a happy happy book! Yes please!

Elisabeth - Ooooh! Fun book, and I love the lamp!!! Thanks for the giveaway!

Amanda - That book looks amazing! Craft weekends look amazing! You inspire me, Meg!!

colleen from alabama - That fabric in the pictures of her book is A MA ZING! Must get some soon 🙂

Jamie - I would love this book : )

Vera - Fun! I love your happy {formerly} home and look at it when I need some color inspiration. Hoping for more pictures from the farm house 😉

Jenny - i would love a “happy home” full of colors and patterns! i adore my rags to stitches macbook cover! 🙂

Stephanie Berry - I have never known exactly what my style is or how to create it. But, by reading your blog and a couple of others, I find myself always saying “I love that. I want to do that in my house.” My favorite color has always been blue but now I realize that happy turquoise is my FAVORITE. I love all of the colors that I see put together in this book. I know that it would help me decorate my house. I hope that I win it!

renee - book looks pretty 🙂 i like pretty 🙂

Kristin S - There are no words. happy happy

Erin - Looks like an awesome book!! Everyone should have a happy home.

Annie - me!! i’d love this book – what a gorgeous post this is! full of goodness!

Kim - The book looks awesome! What a colorful resource!

Christy - Added your craft weekend to my bucket list!! One day I hope to make it to one 🙂
I love Jennifer’s fabrics., Looks like an awesome book

Audrey - Beautiful book!

Debby - Wow…that book looks awesome!

Rebecca - Oh, I want a Happy Home!

Cori - You always have the “in” for the cutest stuff! I love your blog so much!

Katie - This book looks GREAT. I could really use a Happy Home pick me up right now. I’m trying to get my nursery redecorated in preparation for our little Ethiopian Princess to come home to her forever family. This book would be a great help for this project. Hope I win. Thanks for the opportunity.

Lindsay - Looks like a lovely book!

Michelle Z - That looks like such a fun book. If I don’t win, I’ll have to check it out from the library.

Steph Sytsema - What a gorgeous book! Wouldn’t it be perfect for a second grade teacher who starts summer vacation tomorrow and hopes to sew the summer away;-)?!

Mona D - The book looks fabulous! Thanks for the chance to win

diane - Looks like such a fun, interesting book!

debi brown - Fun looking book! Thank you for the give away!

Stephany W. - would love to use this book to decorate my new house!

Suzanne - Oh my goodness, that fabric is sooo swoon-worthy! Such happy colors and patterns. Thanks for sharing such a fun looking book!

Lisa - Oh…would love to win this book. I have her book on little girl dresses and the pictures are sooo lovely.

Linda G - Fabric and fun! If I win the book, will you sign it for me? 🙂

Margo - I would love to win this book!

Vicki - This book looks so cheery! My house needs a good dose of color. Send this girl some inspiration!!! (Not that you don’t every day already.) :o)

meredith - please enter me! And have fun with all that wonderful swag!

Melissa - Would love the book!

ginger - would love this book and craft weekend!!

Elizabeth - I would love to win!! That book is awesome!!

Kristy - I bought her first book and loved it! When love to have this one too!!

Kathi - What a happy book! It makes me smile just peaking at these few pix. =)

Colleen - WOW, I am wiping the drool off my chin here. That bubbly fabric…oh, love.

Tammy - Wow, awesome giveaway! Love all the colors!

Melanie Christensen - What a sweet book!! I have five boys and need to get some color and fun into this house–this book would definetly give me some much needed inspiration:) Thanks for a great site!!

Juli - Would love the book; thank you!

jenny - I’d love that book to add another dash of happy in my home! 🙂

happygirl - Gorgeous fabric and a great hanging lamp. 🙂

Lynne - Beautiful book! I want the yellow polka dot pillow with pink trim I saw. Gorgeous. Thanks for the giveaway!

Karie - Fun book!

Ronda - Jennifer Paganelli is one of my favorite designers. I love her happy colors. This book looks amazing!

Jody - How FUN is this book??!!
crossing fingers…

Caitlin - Ooooh, I’d love to win the book!

Ali - That globe lamp for the craft house is AMAZING!! Fingers crossed that I win the book. It looks fabulous!

JJulie Wearmouth - This book looks amazing….love her fabrics and I am sure her book is beautiful too. Thanks Meg!

Janna - This book is currently on my Amazon “wish list”–it looks like so much fun!

Lisa - pick me! pick me!
Love your blog, Meg!
It inspires me to create my own craft weekend with my sisters.

Tiffany - Yes please!

Halley - YES PLEASE!! Hot cup of coffee plus this book=heaven. Keeping my fingers crossed…..

Leah - That book looks beautiful! I’ll take it.

michele fry - looks like a great book!!! Love your craft weekends!!!

katie s - So many bright and fun things!! The book looks wonderful, I would love to win it!

Donna - This post made me smile!! All sorts of happiness in the craft house 🙂

Molly - that book looks so…..happy!!!

Andrea - Oh my word… Just the few photos you showed from the book rocked my socks! Fingers crossed, but if I don’t win I MUST buy!

Trish - I love Jennifer Paganelli!! Her fabric is actually what inspired me to learn to sew!!

julia - Because I’m enough of a loser to mention this…I liked Jennifer P. before she was cool….

Lucy F - I love your blog!! And the book looks awesome!

Shawna - Needing some new happy ideas 🙂

Lisa - That “globe” lamp is awesome. And the book looks amazing. And boo for spammers… 🙂

Joy - I can not wait until my littles get big enough for me to leave them behind and sign up for craft weekend. So much fun!

jenni - All kinds of gorgeousness going on there.

Jenniferjkeating - The book looks amazing! =)

roganne - oh my gosh! my heart just flutters for that fabric you picked! you have such a great eye for color and design 🙂 oh yeah…and i want that book. bad.

Heather S. - All that crafty stuff makes me smile!!!! I would love that book.

Jane - Such lovely fabric and swag – oh how I wish I could come to a craft weekend but alas I live in Melbourne, Australia! then again maybe you should come here and have one down under!!

Shelby A. - This book looks so incredibly GOOD!!! I also love all of your sponsor stuff…how fun!

nicki - WOW! What a gorgeous book…and awesome swag…I can’t wait to get to the point where I can put my name on the CW waiting list! 🙂

Ashley - How happy!!! And that fabric– ooh, la la!

Cheryl E. - I couldn’t wait for the giveaway…..so I just purchased one! LOVE IT!!!

Allison - what a beautiful book!

Angel/TaDa!Creations - I would love to have that book! Your craft week-end will once again be amazing I’m sure.

Angie Rathbun - My house needs more color and this book looks wonderful. Thanks for the chance to win!

Melissa - I would love to win this book! I actually saw it in a bookstore and carried it around looking at it for ages before I had to put it back…don’t have any disposable income right now. So I would love to have it!

Jess - I love all the new fabric…and the book looks awesome!

Jen H. - Looks like a really great book!!!!

Shannon - I would love this book. Thank you for the chance.

Rachel Beachy - swooning over that book! so pretty!

Maria - Love your blog…can’t wait to come to craft weekend someday!

Lorie - It is a beautiful looking book! I would love to have it. You are constantly an inspiration to me. However, I am STILL trying to figure out…is your old house JUST for craft weekends? I am so jealous

Jenn D - I can’t wait to start building my own “Happy Home” 🙂

lacey poag - o me o my!!! i would LOVE to sit down with this BOOK and a cup of coffee! yes, please!

Amanda - Small Home Big Start - I love all the colours in the book. So much inspiration 🙂

Dani - This book looks so FUN! I love all the fabric and the swag!!

Routhie - I’m learning to sew and this book would be an awesome source of motivation to keep at it. 🙂 Thanks!!

ann - This book looks amazing – I’d love a copy soooooooo much

Molly B - I would love to win this book. . .it looks gorgeous! thank you

Becky Joyce - This new book looks amazing! And I sure hope I get picked for craft weekend soon!!! 🙂

Hanah - I love the happiness on your blog. And love following you on instagram too. Would love that book. But mostly just like reading your blog! thanks for sharing!

Julie A - The book looks lovely and so do all your craft weekends… Fun!

J Cole - Would love to win the book. I love those kind of books!! love the globe – Junk Gypsies did one kindof like that last week on their show.
Am patiently waiting for my name to come up for Craft Weekend! (well, not sooo patiently!)

Christina - I’d love to win this lovely book!

tara - that book looks so … FUN! :] thanks for the awesome giveaway.

robyn - i am SO excited to come to craft weekend in September! and the book looks so lovely 🙂

Janyce - Such a fun book! I see some summer projects in my future! 🙂

AmyM - So fun! Looks like a great book! Always love reading your blog and seeing your photos! Happy Summer!

Kari - Just dropping a line to say I love your blog, Meg! Thanks for always sharing such wonderful details of your life!

Tawny - Your blog always make me smile. Thank you for that.

Jen - I’d love to have that book!

colleen - this post made me happy…love the colors
winning this book would make me very happy

Cathy - I’ve been around for awhile reading and looking at your pictures, but not posting much. But today I must come out of lurkdom. I would love to win a copy of that book. Thanks for the opportunity.

April R - Love the title font!
And the happy colors on the cover!
you know . . . there are 70 days of summer break left here,
it would be really fun to fill some of those days with 21 happy crafts 🙂

Lisa - You are just so fun to read. You inspire me to get up and do something.

Sarah - That book looks amazing! 🙂

Tanya - I have her other book sitting on my nightstand, on loan from the library, I don’t know how many times I have looked through it, so gorgeous!

casey - That looks like an awesome book! Dangerous though, I would probably end up lusting after all those beautiful pictures! (c;

Becki - I love your globes there! Craft weekends look so awesome, and the craft house is amazing. I’m jealous of all the great fabric!

Robin - Desperately needing some inspiration! I want this… Bad 🙂

Maya Catching Butterflies - Beautiful book! Speaking of beautiful, when will you post more images of the cute rooms of your home? I love it all!

Sara Torbett - I have this book on my amazon wishlist! 🙂 I would love to win a copy :). Your fabric is very happy and thanks for sharing where it’s from. I hope you got everything done you needed to today and that Craft Weekend goes beautifully!

Michelle - oh my, that book is looking like a happy place for sure!

Christy - This book looks so cute!

Agnieszka - Just looking at that book makes me happy 🙂 Love all the colors!

Jennifer - That book makes me smile:)
I would LOVE to attend one weekend. Maybe one day…

Lennie Jackson - That book looks AMAZING!!!! Would love to call it mine 🙂 Thanks for the chance!

Linda B - Oh dear, I had forgotten about John Rambo. So sorry the spammers are making life a pain! I so wish that I had the money and time to come to a craft weekend, but with a new house and 2 little ones, I will just have to live vicariously through your Craft Weekend posts.

Kim - What a fun book! Thanks for the giveaway.

Seriously Sassy Mama - Love the fabrics. I am hoping to put together a little corner for me in my new bedroom to create. I think I will check out some of those sites!

marcie millholland - Love the fabrics and the book looks awesome. I’d spend hours looking through it, I’m sure. Marcie

Mary Jo - In love with all the color on your blog and this book I’m trying to win 😀

Katie - Cute book! Love the bright fabrics.

Julie - i get so happy when i see your posts. thanks for the neat giveaway!

Sandy - Would love the “Happy Home” book! Looks to be full of fun!!!

Randi-Dukes and Duchesses - That book looks so beautiful … I’d love to have a copy! LOVE all the goodies for craft weekend!

Rebecca Sutton - I LOVE THIS BOOK!!

secret mom thoughts - I hate spammers too. That book looks so pretty.

Tina B - i love all the colors!

kristen - oh how i would love to win the Happy Home book!! and that globe lamp is such a great idea!!

Laine - That book just looks lovely! And I think it looks like you and your home! =) I love reading your blog, btw…it’s such a happy and fun place.

emily (justem) - This book looks incredible! I’d love to win. Thank you for the chance!

jenn - I would LOOOOOOVE to win this book! Super fun!!!

birdie blue - looks like a fun book, meg. thank you so much for the chance.
xo
molly

Tere - Oh I have a happy home, but would love a Happy Home. And I’m crossing my fingers that you pick me for your craft weekend soon! xoxo

Melissa Hermon - Books looks fun- plus now I want to go order me some fabric!!!

adrienne - looks like happy things to do to make my summer full of… happiness!

Michelle - The book looks delish and happy!

jennibell - That looks like the *greatest* book. Thanks for the chance to win!!

Karen H. - It’s all SO lovely! I’d love to win the book…thanks for the chance. Hope you have a fabulous crafty weekend!

chantelle - pretty colors = happy home… i want that book! 🙂

Alisha - Oh!! That book is AWESOME!! It would be the exact inspiration I need to boost the color in my house!

Kristina - Now I have to go fabric shopping! That book looks wonderful. I am so envious of your cheery, bright craft house. I would love to see it in person some day.

Susy Manduley - The book looks great. What great color!

nicole i - do you need a craft weekend helper?!!!

Jenn - Oooh! Awesome, awesome stuff! Makes me smile, lucky ladies! The book looks just lovely 🙂

emmeline - would love to win – looks like a fun book!

Kate - I love reading your blog, all the colors put a smile on my face! Thanks!

Sheila P. - That book looks divine! Would love to win.

megan - Can I have the book AND more crafty time? Please?

Heather - I think I might actually NEED that book. 😉
The craft house is looking soooo spiffy. Sigh.

Sara - Sigh….craft weekend would be therapeutic. Enjoy!

Jenn Baker - OOO love it— i have been eyeballing that book for a bit… and her fabric! My husband just started my craft room/garage makeover this week— so let the decorating fun begin! 🙂 (It’s my 10 yr anniversary gift! best.husband.ever!!!)

Yvonne - I love the vibrant colors…all popping out! I have a plain beige color wall and when I saw how colorful it is, I think I’m gonna splash some colors on it!

Meg - Hi Meg!
I would love to make it to a Craft Weekend one of these days!
LOVE Jennifer P. she is my favorite fabric designer! Looks like a great book!
Thanks for the giveaway.
~Meg

Dawn - Love those fabrics and LOVE that book!

Ellie G - I keep crossing my fingers for a Craft Weekend email 🙂 I love the sunshine your blog brings to my days. xoxox!

Peggy - Oh how i would love to attend a craft week end! Seems like so much fun.
I also love this beautiful book! Great giveaway

Kristin - I just got some fabric from fabric.com, too! LOVE.

amy j - beautiful book!! have fun this weekend 🙂

keely - The book looks awesome! And I’m still holding out hope that my sister and I will be chosen for a craft weekend soon!

Kristi K - i’m loving the globe lamp. my 11 year old has started collecting globes from antique stores 🙂
i’d love to win the book, love the colorful pictures.

Heather F. - That book is so beautiful! Your craft weekends look like so much fun.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - LOL ~ Too funny. I am thinking of you and wishing you a wonderful Craft Weekend! Those women are soooo blessed to spend time with you and Kim.Burly. I’d love to win this book. Thank you for the opportunity!

Amy K. - oooh! such a pretty book!!

Shar - would so love to win this book; if i don’t win, will have to buy it, looks so great! thanks! for everything!

shawnette Hansen - The book is gorgeous! I am building a house now and welcome fun ideas!

Kathi - Pretty:)

amy cornwell - I just ordered the book! Yay! I still hope I win it to give it to my best bud though 🙂 Thanks for introducing it to us!

Lisa - How pretty! Looks like a great book. We are in the midst of building our house and will be moving in next week. Figuring out new ways to decorate our house is how I fall to sleep every night!

Lorelei - Those prints! Those fabrics! Gosh. So bright and beautiful.

Ashley - That book looks BEA-uuuutiful! I am so hoping to get my hands on it!:)

Kim - The book looks wonderful and I would love to win it but I simply LOVE flipping through the amazing colors and fabrics that you have in your life too.

northern cottage - would ADORE winning this lovely book. A HAPPY HOME indeed – isnt’ that all of our goals? Just visiting your blog makes me smile with all the fun, funky, fresh colors and wonderful vibe! Bring it on baby!

Rebecca @ Enjoy Life - Oh, how lovely!

Meghan - i’d grab some coffee, sit in a sunny spot and just pour over that book for hours!

amanda - LOVE all the fabric!! i need some more chevron stripe in my life!

Mindi - What a beautiful book!!! Thanks for the chance!!!

jen@thecottagenest - Meg, that book really, really wants to live with me!!!

Laura Phelps - if you visit me, we can drive to Jennifer’s house 🙂
I love you

Danielle - LOVE the cover! Would love to add this to my collection of crafty reading!

Jessica - I would love a copy of this book, Meg! Everything you showed of it looks so pretty!

megan berry - What a gorgeous book!!

brandi - i love pretty things. and pretty books are rare. what a gem.

Alicia - Just the cover alone has awesome ideas! The fabrics that arrived on your doorstep are just lovely…might have to purchase a few myself!

Nicole - lovely book!

Michele U - Would lov this book, it looks awesome!

Karen - What a PRETTY book! I’m in need of a little color around here! Our new home is beige-o-rama! Also, I love the fabrics you choose! Can you share their names?

Cara L - this book looks like great inspiration for a wanna-be crafty decorator!

elizabeth - oh i would love a happy home <3

Andrea - This book looks exactly like the title says Happy!

Christie - Beautiful book!! It’s on my list for sure…if I don’t win it! : )

Michelle Whitlow - What a gorgeous book!!! Love it 🙂
Just curious about the waitlist for craft weekend…are you still adding people? Cause if the list keeps getting longer and longer I just don’t see how any of us who’ve been on since the beginning are ever going to get picked 🙁 Just wondering! I know there’s lots of us who are dying to go!! hehe

Kari C. - What a fun looking book! I would love to win a copy!

Holly - what a cute book! and I love all of that fun fabric!

Emilee - Wow!!! I would totally love this book!!! We’re about to buy a house and I need some decorating inspiration!!!! Thanks for the giveaway!!!

Anna - I would love to read that book! The new globe light is ridiculously cute as well!!

Stephanie - I’d love the book. It looks fantastic.

April - What a lovely book! You have so many fun boxes to open. Hope your craft weekend is great!

rachel - How could all the color in this post not make a person happy?! 🙂

Anna Marie - Wow, all that fabric in the book (and your home) is so fun and happy!

Sarah@Life in the Parsonage - Your blog has so inspired me to add color to our home, and NOW it is just so much more FUN!
The book looks amazingly happy!

kim - your craft weekends sound like so much fun! i’m curious as to how much they cost to go to them once you are picked?

amanda - happy home… had me at the title.
i’m all for making this home of ours as happy as possible.
LOVE all the colorful fabric!

Kate B - Looks like an awesome book! And yes, those fabrics make me smile. They make me wish I was home right now crafting.

Tracy - The book looks wonderful…inspiring.

Jen - i love that pic from the book with the gold and pink pom pom pillow. i wish that came hidden inside that book.

Meredith - In some dire need of inspiration to add some color to my neutral world. My ideal home is your craft house. Love it, hope some day to see it.

Stephany - Hi Meg-
Thank you so much for sharing my lamp! (and thanks for saying my blog is adorable…it’s just a little bitty guy)
I can’t wait to make it to a Craft Weekend one of these days!
And, if I don’t win the Happy Home book, I am going to buy it.
There is nothing better than a bright, cheery, happy home!
Happy, happy…
Stephany

Sharla - Happy blog posting! Love that book too (and lamp!)

Jen N. - Your craft house is beyond beautiful! I love all the color!

Etsetara - such a fun lamp – i added c+c to my favorites on etsy. =]
hope you have a fun and productive time at the craft house!

Jennifer - I just went and ordered my very own “hello” sign and even a “goodbye”, too. Thanks for the advert..

Emily B. - What a super-fun looking book! Would love it for inspiration!

Amy G - Your craft house is simply HAPPY!
I would love some new summer reading!
Have a wonderful weekend!

Tracy Fisher - i want to roll myself up in a quilt and rest my head on a pom pom pillow! that bood looks amazing…. expecially to a gal that loves loves loves color. 🙂 tracy

Rebecca S. - Happy Home looks like a Happy Book! I would love to win a copy.

Heidi C - Oh man! That fabric makes me soooo happy!

Lisa - I would love to win this book – my basement needs some inspiration!!

Anne-Marie P. - Love the book, would love to add color to my house!

Nikol - What a beautiful, fun, colorful book!

Beth K. - Love the book! If I win I will share it with my friends. 🙂 Love all the colors – in your material and in the book.

Nicole - I love all of the fabric! Do you have a favorite website for buying fabric?
The book looks fantastic as well!

Sabrina - The book looks amazing and inspiring!

Katie - would love to win the book.
would love to come to craft weekend.
would love to meet ya!
thanks for all of the inspiration!

nicoleigh - Color! I love it! And that book, looks fabulous. 🙂

Julianna - Me, Me, Me – Pick Me! 🙂

Christy K - Wow… I can’t believe there is another CW right around the corner! It seems like just yesterday that we were there for the last one! I have been wanting to get this book for a while now, everything in it looks so bright and colorful! It would be great to win… thank you for the opportunity!

Mary Beth - I haven’t seen that book. I need a happy home…….

Shannon - Awesome book! Would love to sit and devour it!

Jennifer - I love all the bright, fun colors and patterns you’re incorporating into the Craft House and it looks like that’s what’s in the book, too!! Thanks!

Molly - So cute!! I would love to get my hands on this pretty little book!!

Trish - that book looks beyond rad! i would love to win. i had to do a double take on the word “EAT” sitting on your counter. there is a can or something in front of the E and it looked like an F 🙂 i was wondering why you would have the word FAT sitting on your counter. i figured it out 😉

Kimberly B. - I would love to look at that book in more detail! I love all the happy colors!!

Sara Manring - The book looks lovely! Thanks for the giveaway. And I agree with Katie – you do look skinny! (Just a friendly stalker from MI.)

Suz - here’s my comment 😉
how exactly does one get on the list for craft weekend? I am very patient and love crafting!

Katie N. - Such a beautiful book – I would love to win. Also wanted to say how skinny you looked on race day – do you feel fabulous or what?!

Laura O - the book looks so fun! I am drooling over all that fabric!

kristi - such fun fabric- such a fun book!

Meggan D. - What a gorgeous book! I can’t wait to flip through it. If I don’t win, I’ll have to pick up my own copy 🙂

Wendy - So excited for your weekend! You inspire me, Meg. I am sad you can’t take my family pics this year but I know you have to make tough decisions just like me about balance or lack thereof. You seem to do it all! Would love to come to craft weekend sometime if I can save up the moola! Everyone always looks so happy, must feel great to be able to do that! Thanks for the giveaway, looks like a must have book! Love your blog, love your vibe. Sometimes I want to live in your world if just for a day!

Jennifer - this book looks awesome…love all of the happy colors!

Kim T - That looks like such a HAPPY book, and I’m in serious need of a little happy right now! Thanks for the giveaway! Love your blog.

Alice H - Thank you for the giveaway. I want to come to Craft Weekend so bad. I just hope that if/when my name gets drawn, I will find a way to afford it.

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make and takes

May 2, 2012 Filed in awesome bloggers

i met Marie, the author of Make and Takes for Kids when i was SNAP.

how cool that she turned her blog into a book?!!

today i get to give one away to one of YOU!

you know that i looooove making crafts with my kids.
love it!
love letting them get messy.
love making crafts right alongside them.
love it all.

Make and Takes Large Cover (2)

Make and Takes for Kids offers 50 projects to make with kids centered around holidays or seasons.
 

The ideas are unique and simple to produce and thoughtfully constructed and designed. 


Each craft requires little prep, few supplies and almost everything can be readily found at home or the craft store.

Crafting isn’t just playtime; there’s a purpose to all the gluing, cutting, and coloring!
 

If you’re a parent, teacher, or caregiver looking to enhance the time you spend with young children, Make and Takes for Kids makes it easy to have fun crafting with kids.

doesn't it look like a fun book?!!

it would make a great mother's day gift for some mamas in your life!

you can find it on amazon, walmart, barnes and noble and wiley.com

tell me your favorite craft supply in the comments to be entered to win Marie's book!

mine is paint.
watercolor paint.
but i bet you already knew that….

 

 

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Nicole - I may be too late for this but my fav at the moment is a coin toss between felt and Martha Stewart’s Stenciling Line!! :o)

Briana - For kids – construction paper!

Cindy Nguyen - GLITTER! AW YEAH!!! 🙂

Kasey - My favorite is also watercolor paints!

Angie Allen - crayons- we love our crayons around here!

Wendy B., NJ - I absolutely love to do papercrafts with my kids!

Stacey - Felt I think

Dawn - Water colors and sharpies!

Laurie - i love adding food coloring to elmers glue with my kindergarten kids at school. They love adding thick red lava to a volcano! so fun!

Kimberly - Mine is oil pastels 🙂

linda - scrapbook paper! thanks for the chance to win!! that book looks awesome!!
🙂 linda

Gina (aka East Coast Mommy) - I really using googly eyes with the kids… and personally, I love felt. 🙂

Chantelle - My favorite is mod podge for sure!!! My kids favorite is paint for both of them.
🙂

Becky - I buy more scrapbook paper than I know what to do with. They’re all just so pretty, I can’t resist!

Kimberly Dial - I love colored pencils & markers … craft paint too! 🙂

cailan - Construction paper. Just a whole world of possibilities : )

Stacey - Looks like a GREAT book! Fun paper is our favorite supply!

TonyaElise - I love ribbon!

Kim Stachowiak - We love any paints, but mostly watercolors. We just graduated to the 24 color sets! : )

Heidi - double-sided tape. works wonder with kids and moms with low patience levels 🙂

deb - glitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Talia - Love me some glitter!

Sara - Glue gun and glitter. The messier the better.

heather - Ribbon…all colors…all textures!

CJ - Cornstarch! I can make just about anything with that stuff!! Edible paint, goop, fizzy stuff!

melissa - toilet paper and paper towel rolls! i’m a sucker for re-purposing. 🙂

Angela - I LOVE new crayons! And beads. And paper. And sequins. And paints. I think I have a problem…

lisa - oh my gosh .. PICK ME PICK ME!!!!! PLEEEASE?!!?!? my favorite craft supply .. right now … is colored pencils. my son just turned 2 so it’s been crayons, stickers, poms, markers. but ooooo pick me!!!!

Melissa Hermon - So hard to choose just one but it would have to be mod podge! I am especially hooked on the glitter modpodge:)

sandi - scrapbook and construction paper

sonya - lilsoak + friends - Probably scissor and paper…..i love cutting shapes out.

Susan - Tape! My girls love tape!

Lindsey@ Piecefully Home - fabric. most definitely fabric. but i really love oil pastels too

Mandi - Love my hot glue gun–would love to use this book with my first grade class!

Cassandra - Oh man that’s tough, right now it’s crayons & watercolors!

Amy - I love Mod Podge. 🙂

Nikol - Mine is paint and glitter – everything looks better with a bit of glitter.

amy cornwell - My favorite craft supply is ModPodge or my sewing machine (if that counts)

Janelle - buttons!

Jill - With out one thought it is PLAY DOH/CLAY any MOLDING fun, sticky gooey COLORFUL medium! BRING! IT! ON!
LOVE!

Julie - would have to be the glue gun!!

amanda c - Hot glue. 🙂

Sylwia - shaving cream and food coloring:)
I love this book, such great ideas!

Wendy - Construction paper!!

Jennifer W. - My favorite is crayons…we have bowls of them on our table ALL the time. I especially LOVE a new box of crayons. 🙂

Tiffany B. - Construction paper! You can use it in so many ways, just LOVE it!

Kameron - Felt and a glue gun and I can be occupied all day!

Angie - My favorite craft supply is markers, especially when they are new.

Kirsten Dehmlow - Oil pastels – children love the intense colors they make.

Linda - Did you know it takes 2 large sized bottles to glitter the train of Nebuchadnezzar’s royal robes for a play? Could not find any material overseas but the school did have massive bottles of glitter. My love affair was complete! I even poured some in paint I used for the entry way. I love glitter!

Sarah @This Farm Family's Life - My glue gun! Love it. I bought two small ones at Joann’s like your kids have and my girls can actually used them by themselves. This looks like a great book.

MegM - Pipe cleaners! I love making twisty creaters with them!

melissa erin - love to see the kiddies create with watercolors. beauty. 🙂

Su@TheIntentionalHome - Oh what a generous giveaway. Googly eyes are one of my favorite…they come in all sizes. And even come in colors now. I have a whole bin of them. . .they would be perfect to add to a watercolor fish or seahorse or turtle!!

GretchenP - glitter!! what a mess but so pretty! 🙂 thanks for the giveaway!

Shaun - gotta love model magic/clay!

Becky@sweetbeehollow - Twine- I use that on almost every project.

Pat - Scrapping supplies – can’t resist!

Shannon - LateLy, I would say fabric. And scrapbook paper gets an honorable mention!

Tonya - Scissors. And I buy way too many paint brushes. Pretty much every craft we do calls for scissors and paint brushes, and I would have them sitting next to me even if the craft didn’t officially require the tools, they’re just so necessary.

Gina f. - Paper, every kind all colors, card stock, patterned paper, tissue paper, epherma, junk mail…….looks like a great book!

Amber Brott - I love Modge Podge! My girls love to pick the scrap book paper to modge podge with. : )

merran tatum - fabric. paper. hot glue. markers. oh, there are too many!!!

M. B. - Crayola crayons

Amy @ Little for a Little While - What a fun book! My girl and I could surely put that to good use! Picking just one favorite craft supply is HARD! But if I have to do it, i’d say crayons. We just love to get lost in drawing and coloring 🙂

Stefanie S. - Anything that the school lounge can supply these days…which is paper, crayons, and pencils!

Jenn - My favorite is fonts! I love using fun fonts for all different things!

Dawn - Definitely a Tombow tape runner. I use them for so many projects that I should own stock in this company!!

Lisa - Love crafting with our kids – this book looks amazing!
Thanks for introducting me to it.

karen - SPARKLES!!! It makes any craft FABULOUS!

Christy - My glue gun, without a doubt!

lisa - I love oil pastels…just recently discovered them after almost 8 years of crafting with my kids!!

Julie - Felt. Definitely felt!

Brianna - cardstock! i can make some serious crafts with a sturdy supply of cardstock.

Julie Wearmouth - Fabric….in all colors of the rainbow!

kathy dugan - Glitter! It is the best!! Makes everything look pretty!

robyn - fabric 🙂

Beth Ann - I love hot glue!

Raine - Felt. Even the polyester cheap stuff. Love the colors, texture, and versatility.

Linda J. Etherington - My favorite is paper – plain paper, cardstock, wrapping paper, graph paper, construction paper, butcher paper, tissue paper, all colors of paper (solid or designed), I love paper. I have six precious grandchildren and I love to do crafts with them and paper is always involved!

Christie - hot glue gun…cant live without it

Linda R. - I love watercolors too, but i also love seeing what my girls do with their oil pastels. Would love to have that book for the summer!

Jody - Love the Glue Gun!

Michelle - Markers….I am such a sucker for good, quality markers.

Beth - You know, I love them all. But, if I had to choose one, I think ti would be glitter. Wait, maybe polymer clay. Ok, I can’t choose.

Donna - Gotta love Magic Nuudles 🙂

Leah - What a great book! My favorite craft supply is scrapbook paper and stickers.

Janna - Patterned paper:)

Kathi - What an awesome book! My fave craft supply for kids is pipe cleaners, in rainbow colors of course!

Debbie - Googly eyes of all sizes!

Tonya - glue, any kind of glue and lots of it!

Amy Mak - watercolor paint too. Love it. Thank for the giveaway!

Amber - I love glue.. seriously what could we do without it?

Jayne Barbour - Modge Podge!!!

Caitlin - That’s a tough one.. Does fabric count? If not, I’d say paint!

Melissa H - Ah! what a fun book! I love construction paper and markers. So much can be done with those! 🙂

Sonya - Glue dots! This book looks AMAZING! 🙂

Rachel B. - Love me some Mod Podge!

Mindy - I’m a sucker for gems and sequins. Thank goodness I have two littler girls that agree. The more sparkle…the better

Tina Jacobsen - Love my Martha Stewart Punches!

Jolene (Homespun Heritage) - Erasable markers or colored pencils are my fave!

lindsay - well i would say mine is paint.. but i work with one year olds and it can be super messy. I love using things that make art pop, just give it that something extra. We made handprint sunflowers the other day and we glued sunflower seeds in the middle. totally made the project. the moms loved it. since i do an art project 5 times a week, i would love this book!

the whyte house - mod podge is the most used around here….but secretly i still love markers. 🙂 haha.
okay, so i said hi to jess after her bible study today. i broke the poor girl’s stride while she was carrying her 45 lb carseat…but i said “hi”…and blamed it on you. lol.

Laura - Pom pom trim!

Stacy Hyatt Costner - I love markers. You can even make them look like watercolor!

Donna - Oh my, pick just ONE craft supply? It would have to be a canvas. We love to paint them and make lots of creations!

Nicole - As a teacher, my favorite crafts supply is pretty scrapbook paper. You can make so much with it and it’s cheap!

katherine - i love markers and paint!

april - I would have to say glue////my boys can make anythings cool with glue…lol
xoxo

Emily - A hot glue gun works magic 🙂

Meredith G - I LOVE chalk and using egg cartons. Not together, but great craft supplies 🙂

Halley - Watercolor paint, glue sticks and glitter…top 3! This book looks wonderful. Fingers crossed!

Katie g - Construction paper!!

Jenny L - That book looks like so much fun! My kids would love it! My favorite craft supply would probably be colored paper, but paint would be a close second. :0)

Kim - Double sided tape. So much less messy than glue 🙂 Our summer needs that book!

Lindsay - I love washi tape! This book looks fabulous!

Mary - Paint!

Ashley S - Definitely Mod Podge.

Dee D - I’m currently loving brads…so tiny & colorful 🙂

Aby Gittings - Mine is YOUR BLOG!! It’s where I get ALL of my kid craft ideas!!

Tracy - Crayola markers rock my world. I wish there was a “Heavy Metal” font to use as I type this. Crayola ROCKS!!!

Megan Duerksen - We love the stick-on jewels at our house! They make everything look pretty!

Momof2 - So many to choose from…..probably are favorite right now is finger painting outside with this great MN weather!!

Melissa - Love my glue gun! Looks like a fun book.

Melinda - Construction paper! As a nanny I use it daily for crafts with the kids I care for. There are so many different things you can use it for!

Jenny - GLITTER! I love sparkly things. 🙂 Buttons & feathers are a close second.

Rhonda Fendt - I am a fool for cool paper and a nice box of crayons! Thank you

michelle - Glue sticks turn anything you have into a project, so I love them. The book looks great!

Donna - pattern paper – endless possibilities!

Vicki - I love fancy pens and a handful of freshly sharpened pencils. They make me feel crafty. Also – paint. and fabric scraps. ooo! glossy magazines for decopage! and the ever-handy glue stick. I love it all.

shara - we share the same favorite. i love nothing more than sitting with my kiddos and watercolor painting. not too messy and so fun!

Angie G. - My favorite craft supply has to be glue, any kind of glue! There´s no craft without glue!!! Love the book….it sure would come in handy with my kiddos!

Heidi Henderson - Crayola Crayons love them and the smell and paper all kinds.

Juliana Whisman - Mod Podge!!

Stephanie - Looks like a lot of fun! My favorite craft supply is fabric, hands down.

Sara W - Hot glue gun – it fixes anything!

Anna Marie - I really like glitter but I also like Mod Podge and pom poms.

ko. s - Felt felt felt!

Melissa - Fabric! Or paint. And tissue paper. :0)

kim york - Paint…though really we LOVE it all..anything we can craft with ;0)
Kim Y

Tracy H - Love the book! Oh man, just one….well when I do crafts with my kids I love to use pipe cleaners….you can use them for just about anything and can do almost anything with them and the amount of colors they come in is so fun!

Amy Parker - Fabric is my favorite craft supply!

Amanda - My favorite craft supply with the kiddos is dot paint. I have a two and four year old and this makes both happy!

Lisa - Fabric! Vintage and lovely. My girls are totally into felt these days. And buttons. Who can choose just one?!

Linda B - I really love crayons!

Karen Martz - New markers fresh out of a box and playdoh.

holly - Felt and googlie eyes…ooh and feathers, buttons and little slices of tree branches oh and rusty washers from grandpa’s shop and some magnets……should go vacuum now but this got me all sidetracked. i wanna make something….

Julianne Brimner - My recycling tub…. My daughter lives to make treasures by reusing recyclables

jaimie Cahill - hot glue gun

Angela - paper. I love collecting pretty paper, and my 8 year old can make anything with paper.

danett - I love hot glue — work magic on most everything!

Jenni Kuhns - Probably fabric. I love Amy Butler & Heather Bailey to name a few:) Love, Jenni K.

Ashley - GLITTER! Definitely my favorite. 🙂

mrs. dunbar - We love stamps. I think its the combination of colors along with the pounding that my boys just have so much fun with.

Trudy - Seems I can never have enough adhesive. I love the Scotch Adhesive Dot Roller for everything. Birthday posters, school projects, albums, and even the Mission project we just completed. Love it!

Aimee - I have too many favorite supplies to pick just one so I will tell you my five year old artist’s favorite supply. Paper! He gets so excited when I get him more paper. Whether it be colored or just plain white drawing paper. He draws on it, paints on it, cuts it up into little pieces and makes tiny drawings on them, glues pieces together and his favorite thing to do with it is make “books”.

Amy G - Hmmm…for kid’s crafts it would probably be toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls. So many possibilites! 🙂 This looks like a great book!

Seriously Sassy Mama - Glitter hands down!

shea B - I love felt! And my glue gun.

Robin Riley - Construction paper or coffee filters! Lots of possibilities.

colleen from alabama - ooooo, thats easy! E6000!

Kim - Definitely paint! It’s so easy to transform and create with paint.

Carolyn Mackie - Paint! It’s my kids favorite activity!!

Gina - That’s a tough one…probably paint, kids love it:)

Morissa - I love glue sticks!

Jen Brandt - Double stick tape. Love the stuff! Her book looks great!

Michelle - My favorite lately is spray paint…so many things you can transform with it!

sara @ it's good to be queen - hot glue. 100% i NEED this book.

Gretchen - Colored construction paper. It’s my go to for crafts with my three kids.

Jill - My favorite craft supply is definitely yarn. I just love how soft it is!

Chantel - Crayons! I love that we can draw and color with them and that pressure or heat makes the pictures so different!

Janelle - Oh too cute…I do need this as I am NOT a crafter but my kids are constantly asking me for a project to do!
Love markers though…

Emilee - My favorite is scrapbook paper!!!! I have an addiction to scrapbook paper!!!! 🙂

happygirl - Mine would be scrapbooking.

kristiina - I love tissue paper…love that with a little mod podge and the kids make the prettiest things.
Thanks 🙂

Maureen Troop - My boys have recently discovered the joys of crafting with duct tape! They are making the most creative wallets, hats, flip flops! Love it

robin scott - Love, love, any kind of glue.

Alison K - oh my favorite is Mod Podge!!

jamie - markers, markers, markers.

Caroline - Definitely googly eyes! My daughter loves them!:)

Kelly - I love decorative, scrapbooking paper! This books looks great! I have been collecting art project ideas to do with the kiddos since summer is right around the corner!

Erin - Glue gun – oh the things that can be done and fixed with the power of a glue gun!!

rachel - Fine Point Sharpies & Scrapbook Paper, oh how i love thee…And of course watercolors 🙂

amber - hot glue gun…makes every project EASIER:)!

shiela - pretty papers, pretty adhesive tapes, pretty scissors, pretty craft everything!

Erin - For kid crafts, any and every type of crayons…I’m partial to Crayola brand! Great for all ages and you can do so much with them! Favorite these days are Crayola Slick Sticks. A must try! Thanks for the chance to win this fun book!

Katie - GLUE! Can’t craft without it! What a neat book.

Jessica - I am a big fan of handprint art so I would have to say paint….fun giveaway!

Jen Randall - My kids & I LOVE to get messy with paint…any kind! Looks like a wonderful book!!

kelly - i love paper – all colors of cardstock! and i love make and takes the blog….would love to have the book too!

karen peachey - I love water color paint as well! the colors are just so pretty!:)

colleen - It is a toss up paper or paint (acrylic and watercolor.
The book looks great!

Caroline - construction paper…looks super fun!!!

Mindy Harris - hot glue. it’s my main source for all i create!

Meredith - For crafting with my kids paint in the craft supply of choice. I think because they are boys and love to get messy it is always paint.
I am going to have to check the book out. I love crafting

Dani - We love craft at my house too! We call it crazy crafty time. My favorite is Mod Podge, but I don’t let the kids use it much. My kids favorite…. EVERYTHING!!

Southern Gal - Paint!
Looks like a fabulous book. Thanks for the chance.

courtney child - I love to use watercolors and crayons…so many possibilities with each. Love your blog.
thanks, Courtney

Andrea - Paint there is no other like it!

Carrie - We are big fans of patterned (scrapbook) paper here…and a little glitter, too!

Nancy - Right now mine is…STICKERS! I love them because both my three year old and my one year old can do them, they don’t try to eat them, and the possibilities are endless for their creativity.
Love your blog too!

Selflesslovediary.blogspot.com - Just made an awesome craft using Mod Podge! That book is awesome..I may have to get it since I probably won’t win.

julie - mod podge!!! thanks for sharing! i’m an elementary art teacher! this book would be awesome to own!

Nicole - I love brand new, never been used crayons!

laura b - mine fave is acrylic paint….the color choices are endless. Thanks for sharing!

Kelli - Cute! I love colored pencils!

Nicole - Hmmm I would have to say it’s a tie between glue and paint, but I also love pom poms – ok I can’t pick a favorite.

Liesl - Modge podge all the way!!!!

Iris - My favourite would probably have to be all sorts of different kinds of paper. Sooo much you can do with fun paper.

Janelle Shultz - paper, definitely!

jacqui anderson - markers ….. i could color for hours!!

Jessica - Play-doh. Not so much crafty but great for playtime and the creative possibilities are endless.

Maria Bryan - My Favorite craft…what I always walk out with from the trance inducing Michaels in my town is….PAINT and CANVAS…and you can never have too much Hot Glue! 🙂

Gretchen - Scissors. Even though the same elf that eats the socks from my dryer seems to eat scissors as well. 🙂

Johanna - love beads, love making necklaces with my kiddos:)

Lindsay - Scrapbook paper. Oh the possibilities!

Linda@Restyled Home - Mine is glitter, Yeah, baby!!!

Jen - Mine is paint and. Cardboard – so many possibilities!

Adrienne s - Crayons! Love them. They have to be Crayola. I buy a new pack almost everytime I am at Target. My kids think I am crazy.

Karla - I would have to say my glue gun!

Amy - I have a thing for felt. I have a huge stockpile in every color imaginable.

Lennie - Our favorite craft supply right now are “googly eyes” my two yr old loves them!

Danielle - What a cute book! I’d have to say scrapbook paper is my favorite, I love all the pretty different designs.

Tami - I can’t choose just one. Glue, Glitter, Clay, Paper, Vinyl, Paint, we use it all around here. Looks like a great addition to our summer crafting day. Hope I win.

Lori Myers - Paint!!! I love using all kinds of paint! Looks like a great book!

Maureen - I love sparklies and don’t use them nearly enough. Glitter, glitter pens…More lately I have been getting into sewing and have become a fabric hoarder.

Fallon - My fav supply is glitter, everything needs to sparkle!

Megan - empty water bottles….so fun to cut and use!
I am a teacher and could use it with my classroom and at home with my own kids! 🙂

Alyssa - what a great book! My fav is glitter, hands down 🙂

Shelby A. - fabric…so many options!

amy m. - i love googly eyes!

Amy M - Paper! Scrapbook paper!! I love to look at it and I love to feel it!!

Andrea - Crayons or Markers!

Sierra - That book looks amazing. I have two little boys and they both looove to craft! Our favorite craft supplies would have to be a brand new pack of crayons and googly eyes! They’re fun to stick on everything. 🙂

Ashley - sharpie marker!!!

Crystal Swoverland - There are way too many to choose just one! Scrapbook paper and a glue gun have to be at the tippity top of my list though!

Meg - Markers! A brand new pack… I love to doodle

Jennifer in VA - crayons, i love the simplicity and the boldness of the color of crayons….

Cindy McAllister - I Love paper…any and all kinds! This would be a cool book to give my daughter for mother’s day, she loves doing crafts with her 3 year old daughter.

angela - My tabletop laminator is my favorite! I use it for everything….lay it down, and I laminate it!

Kimmie - Love to have fresh, unused crayons or colored pencils!

beth - I was going to say paint, too! 🙂

Janel Sagert - i’m all about the paint!

Sharla - Those flower cookie pops are adorable! My favorite craft supply is probably fun paper or decorative scissors to make pretty edges with

Julia - Construction paper.

Gretchen - I’m a newly appointed CASA (court appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children now in foster care) and recently completed an art therapy workshop to learn how to use craftiness and art when spending time with the child in my case. I had the BEST time with the conte crayons — I used vivid rainbow colors and smeared and smudged with my fingers — and did it in a Mandala (new term for me).
I can’t wait to use the art and crafty techniques I learned with the young girl I have been appointed to advocate for. A book like this will give me more ideas to do with her so that she and I can bond and she can feel comfortable and safe with me. Hopefully I can impact her life in the best possible way, and have a positive effect on a life that’s already been through so much.
Can’t get better than that, right? Art for the good of a child in real need?
Thanks, Meg!

Courtney - Oooh! RIBBON! Extra love for polka dot/striped ribbon, Swoon!

Kimberly - I’ve been having fun with felt lately!

Molly - scrapbook papers and glitter….oh and a brand new box of crayons. 🙂

Anne-Marie P. - Glitter glue…

Lauryn - Pens, markers, any writing utensil with COLOR!!

Allison - I love colored pencils – that’s what I color with while the girls use crayons or markers!

Mary - Acrylic paint! I love it, can’t get enough of it. Thank you for the giveaway! I would love to win Marie’s book!

Jennifer - Oil pastels and watercolors, but I also love some new fabric. 🙂

Danielle - It’s gotta be fabric! Lots and lots of fabric! 🙂

Jennifer - Elmer’s glue. My daughter loves to put piles of it on her art work and then, the best part, can sit for quite sometime peeling all the dried glue off her fingers giving me enough time to clean up the mess left behind!

Sarah - Crayons!… or maybe a glue gun.
Looks like a great book!

Alice H - Glue gun!! My 2 year old loves his scissors! LOL! Thanks for the giveaway.

Tori - Paper….. construction, scrap book and tissue. Almost every craft I do with my kids involves at least one of those!

Jane Frederick - My favorite craft supply is glue sticks. Book looks like it is filled with great ideas!

allison - do i have just pick one? 🙂 CRAYONS! Especially a brand new box!

Sarah H. - Mine is a toss up b/t paint and Mod Podge. I do also love pom poms too though.

Jacci in Ohio - Tempera paint 🙂

Naomi Williams - I love construction paper…and felt…and glitter…and craft paint…oh, it’s too much! I love craft supplies 🙂

Tina B - Glitter! It makes everything shiny and pretty (including my floors)

Jessica - I love so many craft supplies, this is HARD! For kids it is construction paper. You can use it to make so many things. For me, personally, I love chalk pastels.

Jane - My grandchildren and I like to make crafts with different type food. Example: one Thanksgiving we made turkeys out of a cracker,hershey kiss, and candy corn.
I would love to win the book!

Michele U - Glue, you can do anything with glue

Kelly O. - my fave craft supply is felt.. lots of it in bright colours!

Lynn Cole - I love freash crayons and markers! I would love book!!

Mollie D - toddler hands! They make everything from turkeys to fish to crabs!

Kathi Mahoney - It’s a toss up between crayons and googly eyes, everything is more fun with googly eyes!

Toni :O) - I have to say colored pencils…my kids use those all.the.time! If I won this book, I would give it to my daughter’s daycare provider…she would put this book to such great use with her little ones and would love the new ideas. She got my daughter started on the right track and I’ll be forever grateful…what a great gift to show my appreciation!

Katie - I love pretty scrapbook paper and glue guns!

Sheila P. - Construction paper.

Nicole Q. - New Markers … I know it’s simple but I love opening a pack of new markers where every color will be vibrant! The book looks great; I’d love to win it to use the ideas at preschool and home.:))

Amanda O'Connell - My favorite craft supply is glitter glue.

Megan - Markers!

Karen - My favorite is colored pencils! I love seeing my kids’ detailed drawings with colored pencils; we recently scored a big bag with glittery and sparkly colors from the thrift store too! And I LOVE Make and Takes! Been reading her blog forever it seems.

Beth - I would love to have this book! So awesome. I love the paints – all kinds.

Sandy - Couldn’t go on without my Sharpies and glue gun!! Would love to give this book to my daughter, a first year teacher who has learned oh so much this year and is oh so ready to end this first year and move on to her second and prayerfully better year!!! Second graders……enough said!!!

Jody - All the fun variety of scrapbook paper or fabric – it’s a toss up!!

tinycandi - For myself…I love painting…especially oil painting.
But with my kids? My favorite craft supply is probably paper! You can do so much with it and it comes in lots of pretty colors and designs. 🙂

Heather S. - My fave craft supply is food! A craft is so much better if you can eat it when you’re done!

Joy - ohhhh….. I love crayons all day long!

Jennifer - Love my glue gun! Also, nothing beats just a brand new box of Crayola Crayons

Allison - Paint! There’s so much you can do with it. The kids love it!

Julie - Watercolors and oil pastels used together = my favorite
The book looks excellent. Thanks for the opportunity.

Jessica Anne - markers!

Robyn B - Probably my trusty glue gun…..seems most crafts/decor/projects I do lately requires one! What did people do before glue guns? 🙂

Kari C. - My favorite craft supply is my glue gun. I feel like it’s not a complete craft until I get to use my hot glue gun!

Jenn - Just one?! I love ribbon, but paper comes in a close second. That is such a cute book. My girls are big crafters….

Marsha - Glue and construction paper!

FeFe - Looks like a fantastic book! My favorite craft supply is crayons.

Lisa - we love tissue paper!!!! wow! what a great book! thanks for the chance! xx

Renae R - My boys will paint anything that sits still but their favorite thing to use (besides the paint itself) is paper plates. The plain, cheap ones are the best. We haven’t crafted much lately…I think maybe we’ll do that this afternoon!! Thanks for the inspiration Meg!

Stacy M. - My favorite is pipe cleaners. Great looking book!

Wendy - COLORED CHALK! Love the book 🙂

Lora - I love glitter. I worked as a Playschool teacher and the janitor hated the stuff. I had to sneak it…and he still always found out! Also love new pads of construction paper. All those colorful pages just full of possibilities!

Amy - My favorite craft supply for my kids is glue sticks. They are 6 and 4 and they can make projects any time without making a big glue mess.

Kristin - glue – just about any kind. makes for easy projects with my preschooler and i like the hot stuff! 🙂

jill - Our favorite is “mama’s paint” (acrylic craft paints). We use it to transform thrift store finds, make paintings on canvas, etc! That book looks fabulous!

alyssa - wooden beads and pipe cleaners.

Kassondra - I am a sucker for crayons!

Amy G - Oh how fun!!
I would have to say tissue paper!

Kate - Construction paper…
That books looks amazing.

Sara Torbett - What a neat book! My favorite craft supply is my glue gun 🙂 . Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

Lori Austin - This book looks fantastic!
Fluffy pom poms – in tons of colors. So fun!

Sarah - glue gun….

Penny Dorado - Glitter! It’s a mess but I love the stuff. 😉

Carla G - Glue dots! Love ’em!

Lindsey - My favorite craft supply is Kool-Aid playdough…love that stuff! Have to have plenty of flour, salt, and a rainbow of Kool-Aid packets on hand at all times!!

amanda - My favorite craft supply is Mod Podge!!

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