I Won a Silhouette!

This SPRING banner is the FIRST completed project with my new Silhouette Portrait cutting machine.




Thanks to Ginger at Ginger Snap Crafts for hosting this awesome giveaway and Silhouette for the truly fun cutting machine that I will spend loads of time using! Imagine my surprise when I found out I won! It was like Christmas morning and I was a 5 year old again!!



It is easy to learn

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Be My Valentine Giveaway!

This year, I decided to get out my hand painted jello mold tree that I normally only display during Christmas in my kitchen.




I removed any ornaments that looked Christmasy, then added red glass heart ornaments tied with black and white check ribbon. 




Now it's officially my "Be My Valentine Tree" as part of the limited amount of Valentine decor that I have.










 
I haven't had a

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Winners of my GiveAway!

I have selected the winners of my giveaways in celebration of my 1000 followers!

I appreciate those that entered.

Through Random.org, my winners were selected as follows:
For the pillow: Anne that said, I follow on GFC and Linky friends. I am in LOVE with the pillow. The colors are fantastic!
For the kitty tassel: Strawberries and Sweet Love said, Congrats on your 1000 followers! Id love to

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Celebrate 1000 with GiveAways!

I wanted to celebrate my 1000 Followers with several GiveAways that I hope YOU, my followers would love to win.

I am giving away one of my handmade items to three different followers. The first item is a pillow that I made out of fun fabric that reminds one that Spring is just around the corner.
The second GiveAway is for the cat lover...It's one of the black and white tassels that I just made.

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Blogversary Today and Winner!

Today is a very special day for me. A year ago, I decided to share not only my voice, but my creations with you and started my blog. Today, my stats are:

904 Followers
432,930 Pageviews
250 Posts

That's more than one new post every other day!!!  I didn't know I had that much to share:)

I decided to give, to one lucky follower, this hand-painted tray, table scarf, teacup and various teas/

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Blogversary GiveAway!

On November 14th, I will celebrate ONE YEAR of my Forever Decorating! blog website. I went from one follower to 897, over 430,953 page-views and 249 posts. I am so amazed at those numbers. And, it has been the sweetest year of gaining personal friendships with YOU.

To celebrate, I am giving away this tray that I handpainted with the word EAT, a rose teacup and an assortment of teas and

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Anniversary GiveAway!

I would like to send each of YOU, my followers, a personal hand-written Thank You note and explain what you mean to me for this past year. I have had so much wonderful feedback from you on all my projects from little to large. It really feels good to know that others appreciate what I do and maybe I have even inspired YOU to do the same.

On November 14th, I will celebrate ONE YEAR of my Forever

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Lucky Day!

I wanted to share a really lucky day that I had last Tuesday AND why it could be YOUR lucky day soon!

I went to my clients home to decorate but had to be at my local spa by 3pm for a discount party, since I was treating myself to a massage the very next day, I wanted it at a discount if I could...and I did.

Anyway, I was getting ready to leave after I paid for my purchases (make-up, massage and

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