I love handmade things. I could spend hours upon hours at a craft fair. I love handmade so much in fact, that I even dabble in it myself a bit! That's why I was so excited when I was contacted by Cinnamon Moose Crafts to do a review.
After taking a look through all of their photos, I cam across the Safari Topiary and just fell in love. I am slowly going with the "safari" theme in our living room, so I thought this would be perfect!
My topiary arrived earlier this week and I have to say that I was quite excited when it did! I knew what it was immediately because of the shape of the box and tore into like a little kid! I took it out of the box and it was perfect! The craftsmanship is just impeccable and the topiary is absolutely gorgeous! It makes a perfect addition to our living room! Now I just need to get more safari stuff to complete my look!
Aside from the topiaries, the lovely ladies at Cinnamon Moose Crafts make a few other things as well. Their hanging flowerballs {shown on the left} are so adorable!
They also make these cute little ornaments as well as plant/flower picks and hanging name cascades.
These ladies are quite talented and their crafts are just beautiful! If you have a love for handmade like I do, then you will be amazed!
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My mom had a fur coat when I was a little girl. I used to play dress up a lot and I would always go through her closet. After I would find my perfect outfit, I would throw on her fur as well as these really cute grey high heel boots she used to have. I thought I was hot stuff in that fur coat and those spike heel boots!
Ever since then, I have always wanted a fur coat of my very own. I've never had one yet, but maybe some day I'll be lucky and my dear sweet guy will buy me one. Until then, I'll be browsing fur coats for sale in search of that perfect one for me!
I did come across a number of beautiful furs that I would do almost anything to have. There are so many cute {and hot!} ones out there. I couldn't believe the selection! I did come across the gorgeous mink coat to the right while I was looking through fur coats. I think it's absolutely breathtaking and I would feel like a million bucks wearing that baby! Of course, I'd be scared to get it dirty, but I still just adore it!
Happy Fitness Friday! I wish I could say I was being active with you all, but today is a rest day for me. I have been coming down with a cold and it is in my chest at the moment, so I end up battling a cough anytime I try to be active. So a self imposed rest day is in the works for me, but I want to share a fabulous way of keeping track of your workouts.
I came across Daily Mile while reading running blogs last year. Daily Mile is a free site that not only allows you to keep track of your training, but it allows you to motivate others and receive motivation along the way.
According to the Daily Mile website:
dailymile is a social experience for active people. We're a community of people just off the couch to ultramarathoners alike, who encourage and inspire one another as we achieve our goals. Together we've shared over 5 million workouts. Each of them tells a story. Share yours.
Just like with other social sites, you create a network of friends. When you post a workout your friends will see what you have done and likewise you can see the activities that your friends have done. You are able to post comments or send motivation to your friends to help encourage them along the way. It always feels good to get a pat on the back for making it through that tough workout.
If you are a blogger you can post a daily mile widget to your site to share your workouts with your readers. You can see mine below (my numbers are a bit low right now, I stopped tracking for a while and have just started back again!):
Don't want to share the exact details of your workouts? You can share these fun stats:
Weekly donuts earned
Or Hamburgers
(You can find these widgets on the home page after you have signed up by clicking on "Add Widget to blog" right below the add friends options on the right hand column)
Daily Mile is a great way to keep track of what you are doing to stay active. Keeping a record helps you to monitor your progress and see how far you have come. It is always nice to see that you are building strength and endurance!
Head on over and sign up today. Add me as a friend and we can motivate each other (just click on one of my widgets above after you have signed-up and click add friend. If you leave me a comment below letting me know that you added me, I will be sure to approve the friendship!).
This is not a sponsored post. I received no compensation for sharing this site. I shared this site because I have found it beneficial personally and hope that it will do the same for you.
GMC will air on Sunday the World Premier Movie "To Save a Life". A very powerful film about teen suicide, choices and faith. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents and teenagers; To Save a Life aspires to give hope to hurting teens who feel alone and empower students to make a difference in their peers.
Jake Taylor has everything. He is the popular boy in school, he has a Basketball scholarship, is dating the girl everyone wants and seems (on the outside) to have the perfect life.
Roger Dawson was Jake's best friend until Freshman year when he became the popular kid. Now Roger is alone without friends, incessantly picked on and pushed around and no one can see he's hurting and needs someone.
Jake and Roger were best friends when they were little, when Roger had saved his life, until the politics of high-school came into play and left Roger behind for no other reason than because he wasn't cool enough to move forward. After a last ditch effort in order to seek a helping shoulder, Roger does the one thing no one expected, he takes a gun onto campus and awakens everyone with tragedy and Jake's last ditch effort to help was too late.
After the death of his friend, Jake begins to wonder if he could have done something to prevent it and this leads him on a journey to question his life, his choices and what was ultimately important in life. He begins to see others like Roger, in a way seeking them out to understand the unexplained. It cost him everything, his friends, his girlfriend, his dreams and his reputation - but Jake realized that it was more important to find what he wanted his life to be about rather than settle by turning away.
To Save a Life may center around Jake and Roger, but it has a cast of many characters who all weave in and out of the story - some like Roger and others that are just as alone even if the sun seems to be shining on them. It brings into question what faith is, what life is and why each are individually important. It's a wonderful movie, it has some very powerful and dramatic scenes - however is still fit for family t.v. It brings up questions that you can discuss with your adolescents and teenagers regarding suicide and also about how they treat others around them.
During the airing of To Save a Life on Sunday, Christian Hip-Hop Artist KJ-52 will be in a Live Chat to answer any questions regarding the movie and/or about teen suicide. KJ-52 was a lot like the teenagers in the movie, filled with hurt and bitterness which led to negative choices and has also seen first hand what these kids encounter in the movie. You can join the live chat on Sunday 7 and 9pm EST on GMC's Facebook Page.
There will undoubtably be questions after the movie, if you would like some discussion points for your family you can download the .pdf Discussion Guide to help you through. It's a wonderful guide with scene by scene discussion and answers.
You can learn more about the actors and the Live Chat by visiting Watch GMC TV. I must note that although this movie is centered around Christianity, the feelings expressed in this movie and what the teenagers go through is a universal feeling. It is something we all feel at one point in our lives whether on one side or the other. The tragedy that awakens the school is something that has occurred in real life and the people who have caused them are very much like the students in this movie. Having once been a teenager who felt a lot like Roger at one point in my life, I believe in the purpose of this film and I think it brings up many questions and provides many answers to those that need it.
