You're The Star - Extra Feature Week

Welcome to You're The Star - Extra Feature Week!

WELCOME to the December 2019 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!
Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:
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WELCOME to EXTRA feature week of the December "You're the STAR" blog hop!
(Sometimes we will have 5 Mondays in a month - these 5th special Mondays are called "EXTRA feature" days)
Meet all of your STAR Hosts 

Swing by the STAR Hosts blogs:
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
WT @ Unexplained Underfoot Objects
Annie @ 15 Acre Homestead
Colleen @ Butterfly in the Attic
Darlene @ Let It Shine
Mel @ Decor Craft Design
Michelle @ Moms Are Frugal
Bev @ Eclectic Red Barn
Kippi @ Kippi at Home
Liberty @ B4 and Afters
This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories (except for this special EXTRA day - we will be featuring 2 extra).  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#1 GARDEN - gardening, homesteading, recycling &/or preserving (this can include any type of green living,  while remaining family friendly),
WEEK#2 CREATIVE - arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, computer art, fashion etc - anything creative while remaining family friendly)
WEEK#3 FAMILY - parenting, fitness, finances & inspirational (this can include anything about children like: education ideas for children, also self help, beauty etc -  anything family friendly)
WEEK#4 HOME - recipes, home décor, antique/DIY &/or travel (this can include anything about your home - even history posts - all while remaining family friendly)




(All features were chosen from the November "You're the Star" blog hop)

Children's Art Christmas Cards by Dandelion B's Diary of Me

Lighted Fabric Christmas Garland by She's Crafty

DIY Fruit Bundt Cake by Treat & Trick

How To Repot a Fiddle Leaf Fig by Farmhouse 40

If you've been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.
Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!
It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!
(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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Updated Bench

Updated Amish Bench

I bought this bench so many years ago, that I can't even remember. I think it was in Ohio at an Amish place.  It is not a large bench, but I wanted to update it to a more farmhouse bench. 

Merry Christmas My Friends

Merry Christmas To All My Friends

I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas to you and your family from my home to yours. May you all be blessed this Christmas season.

You're The Star - Home Feature Week

Welcome to You're The Star - Home Feature Week

It is the week - yes, Christmas week is here.  Are you ready? I have been enjoying spending time with family. My son is here from Vermont and I love having my grand kids here for Christmas. Just being able to be together is the best gift ever. 

Food has been mostly prepared, presents have been wrapped and Christmas movies are on TV. How is your Christmas preparations going? 

Over The Moon Linky party

Welcome to Over The Moon Linky Party

Happy Sunday. Christmas will be here in a few days. I have been having a wonderful time with my grand kids. We went shopping today, crazy right? Now I am not a shopper, but I gave them money for Christmas so they could buy some clothes or whatever else they wanted. I am tired, shopping is exhausting!! Do you like to shop? 

I want to apologize for not returning your comments last Sunday. It was just so crazy and then it got away from me. I hope to be better this week. 

Marilyn and I would like to let you know that we are taking off next week, December 29th for a much needed holiday break. We wish you all a Happy New Year and will return pn January 5th with another Over The Moon.

I hope you enjoy checking out my features and all of the amazing posts. I had so much fun looking at all of the posts. Wow, you guys are amazing. Have a great week ahead.

Happiness Is Homemade

Welcome to Happiness is Homemade Party  

Oh my goodness the BIG NIGHT is almost here!!!!!  I am so excited to put all of the presents under the tree.  

We have had another terrific year at Happiness Is Homemade Link Party!  The link party will be taking a short break for a couple of weeks but will resume again with our new hostess on Sunday, January 5th 2020.

In the meantime, for all of us at Happiness Is Homemade Link Party to all of you - happy holidays and new year to you!  We appreciate your loyalty to our link party and are always delighted to have so many return bloggers and readers!

Thursday Favorite Things

Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things!

Well, Christmas is coming whether we are ready or not. I hope you are, but don't panic, you still have a few more days. This is the time when I love to relax and enjoy how lovely the house looks. I finished baking today and my father-in-law stopped by and sampled some of the cookies. He loves his sweets.  He says, "I never met a cookie I didn't like". At 90, he still gets around well and plays golf 2-3 times a week. He even beats my hubby when they play together. Not bad for 90.  I hope I have that much energy when I am 90. 


Many of my features come from you my commenters. Don't forget to leave your Linkup Number or Post Title so I can find you and you could become one of my featured commenters next week.  

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!

One week from today is Christmas Eve. it seems as though we start so early to think about Christmas and then before you know it - it is here.  I am done with my shopping and only have a couple more to wrap. I am almost done with my baking. So I am feeling great.  

How is your holiday coming along? Shopping done, baking done, wrapping done?  Are you ready?

You're The Star - Family Feature Week

Welcome to You're The Star - Family Feature Week!

Happy Monday! I hope you had a lovely weekend and are ready for a new week.  I bet you are like me and this week is going to be a little crazy. I am trying to get more baking done and to finish up my Christmas shopping. I mixed up some cookies last night so I could make them today. 

I am still trying to put together dinner menus for Christmas and other day since we are having lots of family coming into town. What are your plans for Christmas?

Welcome to week#3 of the December 2019 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

Over The Moon Linky Party

Welcome to Over The Moon Linky Party

Happy Sunday. I hope you had an enjoyable weekend. Can you believe that Christmas is only 10 days away. The excitement is growing and I have finally started to think of what food to make. My son and family are coming on the 20th and then my brother-in-law and family is coming on the 23rd so we will have a house full. 

I bought a ham for Christmas day and a whole beef tenderloin for Christmas Eve, but other than that, no idea. I am still working on my cookies. I'm sure it will come together. Are you hosting family at Christmas? 

I hope you enjoy checking out my features and all of the amazing posts. I had so much fun looking at all of the posts. Wow, you guys are amazing. Have a great week ahead.

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party

Welcome to Happiness is Homemade Link Party #301! 

In 10 days it will be Christmas. I am so excited - I feel like a little kid. I love this time of year. The decorations and lights makes everything look so festive. We like to drive around and look at all of the lights. Do you do that? 


Don't forget to check out comments from this months hostess below:

Thursday Favorite Things

Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things!

Have you began your countdown to Christmas yet? It is coming up so fast. I am finally done decorating, and I was hoping to start my cookie baking but that hasn't happened yet. I did finally get my list together and I am going tomorrow to buy my ingredients. 

The problem is I keep seeing all of these great and yummy desserts being posted that I want to make and my list is growing. I have to cut back if I am ever going to get it done. 
My neighbor is moving and wants to have a garage sale this weekend and I am not sure I can fit it in. One more thing to add to my growing list. How is your holiday plans coming?


Many of my features come from you my commenters. Don't forget to leave your Linkup Number or Post Title so I can find you and you could become one of my featured commenters next week.  

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

Can you believe that in 2 weeks it will be Christmas Eve? That just doesn't seem possible, but it is a fact. I finally finished decorating. I am so late this year, but at least I am done.  A couple of more gifts and that will be done too.  How is your week going? Are you in hectic Christmas mode? 

You're The Star - Creative Feature Week

Welcome to You're The Star - Creative Feature Week

Welcome to the second week of the December 2019 blog hop called "You're the Star"!  Christmas is fast approaching and I am still decorating. Are you done yet? With thanksgiving being so late this year, I am really behind. We finished the outside and put up the tree. I just need to finish the inside. 

What did you do this weekend? Did you decorate or do some shopping? 

Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share this post from my blog:

Fabric Decorated Candy Canes

WELCOME to CREATIVE feature week of the December "You're the STAR" blog hop!
Meet your CREATIVE week Hosts 

This week is CREATIVE feature week
Swing by the Creative hosting Team's blogs:
Colleen @ Butterfly in the Attic
Darlene @ Let It Shine
Mel @ Decor Craft Design
This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories.  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#2 CREATIVE - arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, yarn work, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, painting, computer art, fashion etc - anything creative while remaining family friendly)

(These features were chosen from the November 2019 "You're the Star" blog hop)

Silent Night Wood Art by My Hubbard Home



Easy Glitz & Glam Oranments by Purple Hues & Me


Mini Embroidery Hoop Christmas Ornaments by DIY Vibes


How To Make a Brown Paper Christmas Tree by Crafts a la mode

If you've been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.
Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!
It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!
(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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Fabric Decorated Candy Canes

Fabric Decorated Candy Canes

Do you ever find yourself wanting to make a simple but lovely Christmas decor but don't have much time? Who has time this time of year, right? 

Well, that was me yesterday. I wanted something, but had no time. I was cleaning my pantry (hoping to find room for baking supplies) when I found some candy canes. They might have been from last year. Yikes! They were still wrapped. 

What could I do with them to make them better and a pretty display as well. 

Over The Moon Linky Party

Welcome to Over The Moon Linky Party

Happy Sunday. I hope you had an enjoyable weekend. We spent the weekend putting up decorations. The outside is finally done and the tree is up. I have some other decorations done, but still need to finish the inside. Hopefully by tomorrow night. 

The weather was so beautiful this weekend. We were out side most of the day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The dogs were so tired that we had to wake them up in the morning - it was 8 o'clock. 

How was your weekend? Are you done with your decorating? Have you done any baking yet? I hope to do some this week. I think tonight while watching a Hallmark movie I will make out my shopping list so I will have everything I need for my cookies. 

I hope you enjoy checking out my features and all of the amazing posts. I had so much fun looking at all of the posts. Wow, you guys are amazing. Have a great week ahead.

Happiness Is Homemade

Welcome to Happiness is Homemade Party 

Happiness Is Homemade is celebrating its 300th party! I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful party and to be able to share with all of these lovely ladies each week. 

I hope you will stop by and share your posts and make this an exciting 300th party. I can't wait to see all of the lovely crafts, recipes, DIY, stories that you will be sharing. I also hope you will check out a note from this months hostess below:

Home Holiday Giveaway

Home Holiday Giveaway!

There's nothing like Home for the Holidays!  We have a special treat for this holiday season.  It’s time for Giveaway 7 of the annual Season of Giveaways. The Holiday Home Giveaway is sponsored by, the lovely Laura, blogger at Everyday Edits. I think we all love Pottery Barn, so I know you will definitely want to enter this giveaway for a chance to win a $75 Pottery Barn Gift Card.

It’s time for the next giveaway at Katherines Corner . I’m joining Katherine, her sponsor and her
hostesses for giveaway 7 of her annual Season of Giveaways. There’s a new giveaway every
Saturday until Dec.14th! 

Thursday Favorite Things

Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things!

I can't believe that Christmas will be here in only 20 days. For some reason it just doesn't seem possible. Are you feeling that way, or is it just me? Maybe because I have not finished decorating. I think this year it just might be slimmed down.   

The weather has been very cool - almost winter like here in Florida. My goal is to get everything done by the weekend and then enjoy. Well, I do have to bake. I like to hand out cookies to friends and neighbors. Do you have any traditions that you do?


Many of my features come from you my commenters. Don't forget to leave your Linkup Number or Post Title so I can find you and you could become one of my featured commenters next week.  

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!

Our hosts just want to say THANK YOU to all those who contributed to last week's party and WELCOME to all the new bloggers who have joined our weekly blog hop. Please invite your blog friends and social network to join us.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and now its time to gear up for the Christmas holidays. How is the decorating going? Do you decorate before or after Thanksgiving?
Let's get this party started!!

You're The Star - Garden Feature Week

Welcome to You're The Star - Garden Feature Week

It's December and Christmas will be upon us before we know it - 23 more days to be exact. I am not ready. I still need to do my shopping and decorate the house. Decorating is on the agenda for this week now that Thanksgiving is over. I hope you had a lovely holiday. 

Did you do any Black Friday shopping? or are you a Cyber Monday shopper? I didn't venture out on Friday. I might check out some sales on Cyber Monday.

WELCOME to the December 2019 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!
Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

Creamy Lemon Chicken

Creamy Lemon Chicken Dish

Creamy Lemon Chicken Dish

Now that Thanksgiving is over, I need something other than turkey for dinner. Although I love leftovers, I was ready for something NOT turkey. So this Creamy Lemon Chicken was easy and tasted great. The creamy lemon sauce is amazing. Of course, I do love my chicken recipes.