In honor of this month’s spooky holiday, we’re doing a giveaway!!! And you’ll notice that the sponsors are almost all local Etsy artists – I wanted to do this to share my appreciation for these creative people’s work. I love to buy from individual artists on Etsy because I know my money will go directly … Read more
Our family party this month was a ride on the Sundance ski lift up Provo Canyon in Utah. It was a beautiful drive, and riding up and up and up on the ski lift gave us an amazing view of the surrounding valleys and mountains. If you live anywhere near Utah County, this is a … Read more
The Bible Salesman is an interesting story about Henry Dampier, a young Bible salesman who accepts a job as an FBI agent, only he’s really working as a car thief. The story is about Henry and his boss, Preston Clearwater, and their adventures in the car thief business. Here’s what I didn’t care for: The … Read more
A friend directed me to a website where you can download 6 books for free. There are others that you can purchase, but if you have a library card, you probably don’t need to. Most libraries offer access to an online library where you can download audiobooks, so check with your librarian. Ours is called … Read more
We have our finalists! A day late! I’m really sorry about that, but I promise I have good reasons – you can read my sob story at the end of this post if you’re interested. Congratulations to the 20 finalists – you will need to email me (kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com) a 200 word essay explaining why you … Read more
A while ago a reader commented that I should write a post sharing my craft storage organization ideas and hope that you all comment and share yours so we can all learn from each other, so that’s what we’re going to do today. Because not everyone can have a Minibox for their craft storage/organization, having … Read more
For my very first cooking club meeting the theme was “Things on a Stick” so I made Cupcake Pops (recipe from Bakerella). I wanted to do my own version of a tutorial, so here’s how you make them. They’re super cute and would be a great dessert party choice or neighbor gift. Ingredients 1 – … Read more
I would probably never picked this book up on my own, but my husband works with the author’s husband who recommended it to me. I was glad he did because I really enjoyed it, and like I said, would probably have never found it otherwise. The story is about Beauty, an extremely shy and self … Read more
Martha Stewart is doing a giveaway on her blog – check it out! I found out about it from Org Junkie, so thanks Laura!