Make Bake Create #15: Hooded Towel with Handles

  

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Check out featured host, Vanessa's, cute tutorial on making a Hooded Towel with Handles.

This week, I'm sharing a Bible study on Missions that I put together for my kids.  You can check it out at my guest posting on Misty's blog: Simply Helping Him. 

There were lots of great ideas and yummy food featured last week.  Here are a couple of my favorites.  If you're featured, make sure to grab a "featured button" for your blog!




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Penny showed us how she painted up this older electric typewriter and used it in a cute display in her home.  I love her blog, Penny's Vintage Home.

You'll never believe the items Amber used to create this Armillary Sphere.  Yep, that's what it's called.  There's even a bit of a history lesson in this great posts from Salt Tree.  Thanks, Amber!

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Power Up Your Oral Health with Philips Sonicare #cbias #powerupursmile

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My husband, Jamie, is a gadget guy and he loves to try out fun and innovative products.  He works as a computer software programmer, so anything "techie" is right up his alley.  When he found out that we would have the chance to try out the brand new Philips Sonicare PowerUp toothbrush, he was pretty excited!  It's the little things, right?

One thing we were excited about when we received the brush in the mail was the quote on the front of the package, "A month's worth of brush strokes in a day."  Wow!  That sounded awesome and we couldn't wait to see if it really held up to that claim.

After the very first use, Jamie declared this electric toothbrush to be amazing!  He sometimes has trouble with plaque build up on his bottom teeth, and said he could tell that the brush had already removed some that first night.

The brush has a two minute timer which helps him to make sure he brushes for an appropriate amount of time.  He has been using the brush for seven days now and his teeth are noticeably whiter and there is less build up than before.  He thinks this is the best brush he's ever used, and I think that quote I mentioned on the package is right on!

Now that he won't be needing that toothbrush anymore, I asked Jamie what he thought the old one would be good for:

If we give one to each of the kids, we'll have those bathroom walls sparkling in no time!

Toothbrushes are one of those things that we just can't imagine living without.  However, have you ever thought about how we've come by our modern styles of brushes?  Check out this neat video from Philips about the evolution of the toothbrush.

You can find the new Philips Sonicare PowerUp toothbrush at Walmart.com for less than $20!  What an amazing price for such a great product.  For more information, visit Philips Sonicare here:
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Sharing Books for the Homemaking Party

Thanks so much to my Mom for letting me feature her pretty cup and saucer set.  The saucer is marked, "Marco" and the cup is English Bone China in the "Rosina" pattern.  Though they weren't made to match, I think they fit very well together!

A few days ago, as I was thinking about what I'd like to write about today, I realized that there's a big part of my life that I've never shared here: BookCrossing.

About seven years ago, I was introduced to an excellent, world-wide community of book-lovers who love a great game of hide and seek.  You can visit BookCrossing.com for all of the details, but here's the basic idea:

Here is a book I "released" in my neighborhood.

After you've registered (for free!) on the site, you find a book that you want to "release".  You can use books that you own that you're done with, or grab a stack from a thrift shop to rescue. After obtaining (from the site) a unique BCID (BookCrossing ID number), you place that in the book and then leave it somewhere for someone else to find.  When you've released your book, you come back to the site and make a journal entry, telling all future "finders" where you left the book.

After someone else finds it, they can leave an anonymous entry in your online journal, or they can also register and leave a journal entry as a member.  The idea is that you can track your books and see where they've been and what other readers thought of them.  I currently have 7,975 books, all over the world, in which I have left a journal entry.  Over 6,000 of those are ones I have personally released.

You can even go hunting for BookCrossed books in your own neighborhood, using the site's "Go Hunting" feature.  Once you make some friends on the site, you might want to swap books as well---or participate in a travelling book box.  

Are you interested in knowing more?  Visit BookCrossing.com or shoot me an email and I'll help you out.  My username on BookCrossing is: Elizardbreath.  Want to know why?  Check out my profile page to find out!


I love to feature some of the neat posts that are linked up---Please make sure and put my button or a text link on each blog post you link up. The reason that I (and many other party hosts) ask for a link in each post that you link up is because it acts as sort of a trade off.  I host your specific link every week on my post and, in turn, you host my specific link every week on your post.  If you only share my party on your one "linky party page", then you are only hosting my link one time forever---and it's only visible if someone clicks onto that page.  I try to only choose to feature those who have actually put my link within the featured post, but I have a hard time keeping my own rules and checking to make sure the link is included.  So, I'm not making this a mandatory thing to be featured---just asking that you'd consider it!

Here are a couple of my favorites from last week's party:

My oldest daughter, Lynzie, blogs at Thoughts From a Young Writer.  This week, she linked up her recipe for Challah Bread.  She's been writing her blog for a couple years now, and has put up many of her stories, poems, and other thoughts.  Please take a minute to visit and encourage her!  (She is BookCrosser, IonaofKells, by the way.)

Lori at Life, Love and Laughter in a Large Family shared her tutorial for making a cute skirt from a pair of jeans.  I love this idea and her tutorial was very easy to follow.  Thanks, Lori!

Carol from Health & Home & Heritage posted photos of the beautiful things she saw on a recent trip to Michigan.  Aren't these Lupines gorgeous?

Thanks to everyone for the great posts!

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Thriving Thursday @ Serving Joyfully
Homeacre Hop 
Tutorials, Tips and Tidbits @ Stone Gable  
Think Tank Thursday @ Saving4Six 
Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home 
Open House @ Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 
Share Your Cup Thursday @ Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson
Inspiration Friday @ Dear Creatives
Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home
Beverly's Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound
Family Fun Friday @ Happy and Blessed Home
Farm Girl Friday @ Let This Mind Be In You
Fit & Frugal Family Friday
Wisdom Wednesdays @Simply Helping Him
Winsome Wednesday @ My Daily Walk in His Grace
Whole-Hearted Home Wednesdays 
Encourage One Another @ Deep Roots at Home
A Wise Woman Builds Her Home
Homemaking Link Up @ Raising Homemakers
Home @ Rose Chintz Cottage  
Inspire Me Wednesday @ MamaBuzz
What's Working Wednesday @ NextGen Homeschool 
Watcha Work-Up Wednesday 
What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants 
Simple Living Wednesdays @ Our Simple Farm
Wednesday Link up at Adorned from Above
Shoe Lace Linkup @ Living In the Shoe
Home Link Up at Raising Arrows