I'm Watching! - Wordless Wednesday Linky

   Welcome to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up your Wordless and not so Wordless photo posts.

Cards From Old Calendars - Creative Monday Linky

       Here is another way that I use old calendars. First of all I get some cartridge paper.  After that I select my favourite calendar pictures, cut them smaller and paste them on cartridge paper to make cards. I have made Mother's Day and Birthday cards with them. Many will not be surprised that I favour the pictures that feature birds and flowers. Below are birthday cards that I have just made for pals.

     Hello and welcome to Creative Mondays hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up all your creative posts.

1. Link up your Crafty, Recipe, DIY, Fashion, Creative writing, Photo, Family Tutorials, Favourite, Helpful, Make-up, Outfit or anything creative posts here...

2. Link as many posts up as you like...

3. Please visit a few posts and leave comments

4. It would be great if you could grab the Creative Monday button and place it somewhere on your blog...

5. We would love for you to follow some way by GFC,Google+,Facebook, Twitter or Email.

Happy Creative Monday and have a great week.

Lovin' The Weekend Blog Hops

Welcome to the thirty-ninth weekend of Lovin' the Weekend Blog Hops.

Giveaway Linky is the bottom linky!

First things first:

Don't forget to check out my co-host's blog

In case you didn't know, I have also started randomly choosing a Featured host each week from the Lovin' The Readers linky. This week I would like to introduce you to Judy from Judy H-J's Thoughts-A Twinless Twin

Here is what she has to say                  
                                                                     " I am a

Jamaican Freelance Journalist. I have had articles published in local

and international publications as well as on websites. I started my

Blog in March 2011. This was 2 years after grappling with the loss of

my identical twin sister Janine. I decided to use Blogging as a

continuation of the healing process. I share my experiences on being

twinless as well as the many interests that my twin and I shared.

Blogging has also helped me following the death of my brother

Sutcliffe last December. My aim is to help others to realize that

there are positive ways to cope with the loss of loved ones. My blog

covers a wide range of subjects that can interest others who have also

not shared my experience."

Please make sure to stop by and say hi, let them know you are visiting from the Lovin' The Weekend Blog Hops. Don't forget to link up to the Lovin' the Readers Hop if you would like a chance to be a Featured host next week. Please comment with a way to contact you, especially if there is not an obvious way mentioned on your blog. I would love to include a little write up about you and your blog in the next week's Lovin' The Weekend Blog Hop post, including a link to your blog. And you will get to include the linky codes on your blog. Sound fun? I'm looking forward to getting to know my readers better.

Here's how this blog hop works. I would appreciate it if you would follow myself,  my co-host and the Featured Host via GFC. If you no longer have GFC please follow me some other way. After that there are three different linkys you can link to. Whichever one you choose to link to, please grab that button and share it on your blog (the codes are on my sidebar). I'd love it if you could tweet or in some other way share about this blog hop, the more people who know about it, the more potential visitors and new followers of your blog. I'd love to meet some new friends this weekend.  

I have noticed that some people are more interested in just increasing their numbers, while others really want people who appreciate their blog and want to keep up with their posts. So, I decided to create two separate linkys. The third linky is for you to link up your giveaways.

If you are interested in increasing the number of followers to your blog via GFC, Linky Followers, email, Twitter, Facebook or Google+ link up here. I will follow you back if you follow me (just note which one you are linking to):

If you are interested in gaining followers to your blog who will read and comment and truly find an interest in your blog, link up here:

If you have family friendly giveaways to link up, here's your spot. Please make sure to include an end date for your giveaway.

I am so glad you stopped by. Please leave a comment if you link up and I will be sure to stop by and follow back.

Don't forget to check out my "Blog Hops" page for other great weekend blog hops!! Check out my Back to Preschool Giveaway Blast information post to see how you can join in.

Special Little Thermometer

  

   As I think about the many favourite things that my twin and I had over the years I must include this little thermometer which came all the way from Japan about 30 years ago. My twin and I would check it often to see what the temperature was especially when it was very hot or cold.  After all this time it is still giving me accurate temperature readings. It was about 28oC when I took this picture. 

Beautiful Peacock - Wordless Wednesday Linky

   Welcome to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up your Wordless and not so Wordless photo posts.

Treasured Key-ring

   Over the years my twin and I have received several beautiful key-rings. Some we have used as decorations. Here is one that I received from a cousin who lives in Australia. I love the quotations in it with some of my favourites being :-

  "Reach for the moon. If you fall you will land on a star."

  "If you can imagine it…you can achieve it. If you can dream it…you can become it."

  "How beautiful the garden whose fragrance is family and friends."

  “Harmony prevails in the hearts of those who are filled with the music of love and friendship.”

  "What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness." - Thomas Bailey

  

Oh, Red Rose! - Wordless Wednesday Linky

    
  Welcome to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up your Wordless and not so Wordless photo posts.

Jamaican Jerk Chicken - Creative Monday Blog Hop

    Jamaica celebrates its 50th year of Independence this year and I gladly take the opportunity to share things Jamaican. Jerk chicken is very popular and a big favourite of my family and me.  A great way to find out more about this dish and how it is prepared can be found here - JAMAICA Travel and Culture.com - Jerk Chicken

     

   Hello and welcome to Creative Mondays hosted by Clairejustineoxox and JUDY H-J'S THOUGHTS where you can link up all your creative posts each week.

1. Link up your Crafty, Recipe, DIY, Fashion, Creative writing, Photo, Family Tutorials, Favourite, Helpful, Make-up, Outfit or anything creative posts here...

2. Link as many posts up as you like...

3. Please visit a few posts and leave comments

4. It would be great if you could grab the Creative Monday button and place it somewhere on your blog...

5. We would love for you to follow some way by GFC,Google+,Facebook, Twitter or Email.

Happy Creative Monday and have a great week.

Teapot Collector?!

    Although my twin and I have collected bird figurines over the years we have always admired our mom's teapots.  Strangely enough we have never been tea drinkers preferring to drink cocoa!  Here are some of our favourites:

Sunset Scenes - Wordless Wednesday Linky

   

   
    Welcome to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up your Wordless and not so Wordless photo posts.