Free Shipping on Amy Butler Sweet Life Bags!

I'm ready to close out the year with a special treat. How about FREE SHIPPING on all Amy Butler Sweet Life Bags for all orders placed over the next three days?! Dec. 29-31st That's a savings of between $14 and $16 per purse!

Come on, you've taken care of everyone else this holiday season ... now it's time to give yourself a nice gift! These bags are really incredible, and they'll be great for traveling, taking classes, carrying your crafts with you, attending events and seminars ... whatever your plans, these bags more space and organizational features than you've ever dreamed of!

So, there ya go, a little bene for the end of the year! Now, it's time to gear up for the New Year!

I couldn't be more excited about the New Year and all the promise it holds! Don't you just love a fresh start?! What could be better than the idea of starting anew, with a clean slate and well thought out plans and goals. The enthusiasm is palpable at MakeMinePink and I'm literally vibrating with anticipation of all the new products, new ideas, new contests and fun we are going to have there this year. There are BIG things happening... REALLY BIG! That's all I can say... just stay tuned and you'll see!

I can't believe my hubby did this...!

I just had to share this photo of what my hubby did to our deck last Friday while I was out shopping for Christmas presents. What's extra shocking is that this is the kind of thing *I* would do! Not him!!

At least he didn't burn the turkey he was smoking for our Christmas gathering at his parents house the next day ... it was yummy!

Bless him, he's the most careful, prepared person I know, so all we could do was laugh and say Praise The Lord he didn't burn the house down!

Christmas Sale on Amy Butler Bags!

I've extended my Christmas Extravaganza Sale for one more week on all in-stock Amy Butler Sweet Life bags. I'll continue to offer a 15% discount and $7.00 shipping (US addresses only) through December 18th. I'll ship via USPS Priority Mail within 24 hours of reciept of payment. Take advantage of this great discount on Amy Butler bags, it won't last long!

Merry Christmas!

My Winning Cookie Exchange Tablescape!

Yummy cookies of all kinds were on display yesterday at the annual Christmas Cookie Exchange at Riverside Military Academy, where my husband, Steve, is a teacher. I had so much fun baking cookies with my husband and planning my "tablescape" for displaying our cookies there yesterday. Steve is a fabulous cook, he can make anything and everything he makes is delicious!

I"m sorry to make everyone wait for my virtual cookie exchange, but this has been a whirlwind week of activities over on MakeMinePink.com and here at home. I had planned to combine forces and get everything done this past weekend, but you know how those best laid plans can go. The plan was to bake the cookies and set up my display here at home ahead of time (so I could make sure it would be awesome at the school's exchange), take pics to post here, then take everything to the school on Wed.

Steve did get two batches of our cookies baked for me this past weekend, and I was up until 1:00 Tuesday night baking mine. So... I did the display on the fly with no rehersal, but thanks to the inspiration of my friend Dawn, of Hydrangea Home, I had a good idea of how I would create it.

It was so much fun to start setting it up and everyone was coming around and oooohing and ahhhing over it! I had planned a more elaborate setup, but the space I had to work with turned out to be too small for the snow scene I had hoped to build with white fleece and glitter and such, so I scaled it down and used about half the props I'd brought. Still, I won the prize for best display! A very large and beautiful poinsettia plant! I love winning!

So without further ado.... here's my winning tablescape:

Recipes to come shortly!