Craft Organization

I wanted to tell you about my favorite craft organization source, The Original Scrapbox. You’ll never need to buy another storage container again. Pictured is their Mini Box, which is my favorite product. They have an even bigger one too. These desks/armoires are perfect for anyone’s craft room organization. Click here to check it out. … Read more

More Extra Contest Entries

You can now earn another 5 entries for each giveaway contest if you put this button on your blog.  You’ll have to right click and view the image, right click and save the image, then put it somewhere on your blog (either in a post or your sidebar) and link it to vanillajoy.com.  Thanks!

Blog Giveaway – Cricut by Provo Craft

Here it is folks. The moment we’ve all been waiting for – the much anticipated CRAFT GIVEAWAY!!! The $900 in prizes this week are going to blow your mind, so stick around and enter each day. Just like last time, you can earn additional entries. You do have to make a comment on this post … Read more

Getting Ready…

I’ve been working hard on getting this giveaway organized and ready to go for Monday, so I only have one thing to say today. You might want to share this with your children, because I think it’s very good advice that Boyd gave Joel yesterday at dinner: “Don’t chew your food while your fingers are … Read more

Foam Stickers

Instead of fighting with your little girl to get barrettes in her hair, use foam stickers. They go on easy and are as handy as could be. If I had me a little girl, I would get a whole tub of those foam stickers to use every day and match with every outfit. Maybe I’ll … Read more

Craft Giveaway Schedule

I decided to spill the beans early this time and let everybody know what prizes will be available for winning next week. For your anticipation-killing enjoyment, here is the way things are going to go down: Monday’s contest will be for a CRICUT by Provo Craft. ($185) Tuesday’s contest will be for a truck load … Read more

Craft Giveaway Week Starts Monday!

I’ve been working on this for over a month now, and I’m so excited to announce all the giveaways next week! All the prizes are craft products, mostly scrapbooking, and each day I will announce a bundle of products worth about $100. That means we’re going to have 5 winners take home at least $100 … Read more

Kid’s Bookmaking

I’m a guest blogger today over at Skip To My Lou – Cindy is having a week of guests share story time ideas in an effort to spread the word about the “Read to Feed” program. To read my about awesome story time activity, visit Skip To My Lou today. Okay, so my activity was … Read more

Soup Kitchen

I spent last weekend with a bunch of 12-18 year old kids for a church activity that we call Youth Conference. The theme was “Mission: Possible” and we spent two days giving the kids opportunities to serve other people. My group took a tour of Catholic Community Services, an organization that provides treatment and emergency … Read more