16 FREE Valentine's Fonts from {Ella Claire}

Hi CJToo friends!   I'm here to share a quaint little blog I ran across that is offering links to 16 of her favorite FREE fonts for Valentine's Day projects.  {love}  She's put together a wonderful collection.  Thanks Kristen!   Please click here to see this fabulous collection.   

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{Thanksgiving Burlap Banner} from Pinkie for Pink

I am most always completely amazed by the creative talent that I am so blessed to see each and every week on the  T.G.I.F. Linky Party.  I get seriously giddy, my heart races and I feel my head spinning a bit when I see everyone's wonderful projects.  Thank  you! I'd like to share this Thanksgiving Burlap Banner this week!   l.o.v.e.!! Thanks Nichole for sharing this fabulous tutorial and your decorated Thanksgiving mantel with us!  

  (click here to see this tutorial) Lots more pictures including step by step tutorial.  Stop by Pinkie for Pink and let her know Tracy sent ya!  =)

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Pick of the Patch ~ Here's 30 Pumpkin Ideas to Share!

♥ To me pumpkins are the essential Fall decor.  Big, round, tall, skinny, fat, doesn't matter -- if it's a pumpkin that means Fall to me.  Stick them in a wagon, sit them on a porch, hang them off of a ladder, decorate them with eyes, glue or glitter, carve them with a knife, eat them, use them in a pie or loaf of bread, pancakes, muffins or casserole….they are just the essential Fall item.  

♥ I'm happy to share these pumpkin ideas with you for some added inspiration and Fall decor.  

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{Back to School} Birthday Treats - Scrap with Suzy

Hi everyone!! It's Suzanne here from Scrap With Suzy. I am SOO excited to be a guest on Tracy's blog today. (Thanks Tracy!!) I'm REALLY enjoying all the back to school fun she has going on this month. If you recognize myself/blog, you know I'm a first grade teacher by day :) I wanted to share my perspective on BIRTHDAYS as we're preparing to start the school year.

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{Back to School} Guest Bloggers ~ Occasionally Crafty

Hi CraftJunkie Too readers!  

We're Valerie and Laura from Occasionally Crafty.  We are sisters who love to craft and enjoy sharing our creations with you!  We live two states and 13 hours apart, so we love that we can blog together.  We do a little bit of everything on our blog, so we hope you'll come check us out!

We're excited that Tracy asked us to be a part of the Back To School Series.  It's hard to believe it's already time for that, but some of our kids have started the school year already!   Anyway, today we're sharing with you some Re-usable Lunch Notes for your kids.

We've seen lots of printable lunch notes to stick in your kids' lunches, and they're adorable.  But, if you want a more eco-friendly option (not to mention saving on the cost of paper and ink to print them out), we hope you'll consider using ours.

We each designed a "boy"-themed note and a "girl"- themed note.  Simply right click to save them to your computer.  Then you can print them out, laminate them, and use a dry erase or overhead marker to write your notes on them each day.  If you don't have a laminator, you can either get it done at an office store or use self-laminating pouches from the store.

Here are Valerie's notes:

These are Laura's notes:

(We've got to say that making these is addicting!  We could've made designs all day long!  If ours aren't your style, it would be pretty easy to make your own-- you could use Publisher or even an online photo editor like PicMonkey.)

Valerie's kids use a Bento box for  lunches, so it comes home every day.  The note won't get thrown out because they don't use wrappers or plastic baggies.  If you're concerned it might, try using these in your child's backpack or homework folder instead.

We hope you have fun spreading a little love to your kids this school year!  

Thanks again for having us Tracy- and we hope you readers will stop by our blog or visit us on Facebook!  Have a great week!

 

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Thanks Valerie and Laura for a fabulous project!  

I {loved} having you here.  

Visit their blog for more fabulous ideas everyone! 

♥Tracy

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{Back to School} with Swell Printing!

Hi everyone!  Today I'm excited to introduce my readers to Swell Printing.  
I'm excited to share with you what this fabulous shop has to offer just in time for Back to School.  

What makes Swell Printing different from all the rest is because she will work with you to create a custom design and will match all of the extras to your liking. She takes pride in her finished product and wants you (the customer) to be completely happy from start to finish.

Swell Printing is your one stop shop for all of your printing needs including notecards, notepads, invitations, announcements and more.  So fun!  

Here is a few snapshots of the wonderful quality products Swell Printing has to offer.  

Aren't all of these ideas so fabulous?!  

*I have a SPECIAL treat for you.*  
Swell Printing is offering 20% off total purchase just for CJToo Friends through August 31, 2012.  YAY!  

Just use the code CJToo20 at check-out.  
This offer ends on 8-31-12

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I'm super excited to be teamed up with Swell Printing and showing you her fabulous invitations and more! 

Looking for more….

Like Swell Printing on Facebook

Visit Swell Printing on Etsy

Visit SwellPrinting.com

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Guest Blogger {A Creative Princess}

I'm so excited to have Terri from A Creative Princess here today to share an awesome tutorial.  I've been a big fan of Terri's blog (she has some darling ideas) and I know you will become a fan too…

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Hi! I'm Terri and I have a little craft blog called A Creative Princess where I share my crafting obsession with all of you. I host "It's a Party" on Thursday's where everyone can show off their fabulous creations.

I am so happy to be guest posting here today! Thank you, Tracy!!

Today I'm going to share with you how I made this Fall Screen.

I had originally put it outside on my house, but it somehow ended up above my daughter's fireplace at her house!

I caught my husband one day throwing away an old screen (shame on him!). I grabbed it out of his hands and taped off a pumpkin shape on it.

Wow, that looks really bright there! Anyway, I spray painted it with orange. I didn't bother doing anything with the frame because it would be covered.

I wired long garland around the outside on the frame.

You might notice, I didn't paint a stem. I used the ends of the 2 garlands for the stem.

Thank you again, Tracy, for having me! I hope you all will stop by A Creative Princess sometime and let's get our craft on!

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Guest Blogger {J and M's Eye Candy}

Hi there CJToo Friends I hope you had a great week-end!  I am super duper excited to have these 2 lovely ladies here to share today.  J & M's Eye Candy Blog is definitely one of my favorite blogs and I'm so happy they are here today!!  

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Hello Craft Junkie Too Lovelies!!

It's Kristine and Britney from J&M's Eye Candy Blog and Shoppe  

We are two Stay at Home Momma's.

Sister in Laws by chance, friends by choice.

Lovers of creating and crafting.

 "J&M" stands for Jayden and Maggie, our two little ladies. They both inspire us everyday.

We started our blog in May of this year, as a place where we can collectively archive our projects and share it with others like you. We hope that you are taking the time and enjoying crafting, whether it's during nap time, after work, and/or late at night like we do.

We share just about everything on our blog; from recipes, mom tips, fashion, home decor, and crafty ideas + tutorials. We also host linky parties! Every Tuesday we host "Help a Momma Out" and every Sunday we host "Strut Your Stuff." We would love to hear about and see your creations, and get to know you better, so please feel free to stop by and say hello!  Now B is going to share a little piece of Halloween Eye Candy that you can make yourself. I am totally in love with those tutus that are EVERYWHERE! They are so simple and girlie.  I have seen a few scrap tutus pop up here and there and I thought that a Halloween tutu would be just to die for!  I had all these Halloween scrap pieces of fabric laying around, and once the holiday is over they will be no use to me, so it was time to use them up!

First I cut them into 3 X 24 strips. The length depends on the size of the girl. I measured from J's hip to above her knee, then doubled it.

I cut A LOT of strips.

Then I sewed two pieces together.  I didn't want to see the wrong side of the fabric, but this step really isn't necessary.  In fact I didn't sew all of them because I started running out of strips.  The difference isn't that big of a deal.  They both look good to me.

Now just tie them around an elastic just like the regular tutus.

Cut all the stringies, and strut the Halloween spirit.

Thanks so much to Tracy for having us on today!! 

We appreciate it, and hope to see you all in our neck of the woods soon!

We are also offering 10% off to you lovely readers in our shoppe. 

Please use code CJTOO10 to ensure you receive your discount.

Have a lovely day!

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Thank you SO much Kristine & Britney for being here today!!! You girls ROCK!!!  

Don't forget to visit their FAB shoppe and use your discount….woop! woop!  

~Tracy

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