Happy Blog Birthday to “The Benson Street”

Hey Friends,  The Benson Street is celebrating its 1st Blog Birthday! I am so excited to share in a celebration with lots of great prizes! This is huge!!! The grand prize is a $225 gift card to Amazon! This would be perfect for back to school shopping or even to save for Christmas! The First Prize is a $35 Ribbon Retreat gift card. If you haven’t check them out they have the best selection of ribbon and fabric. Lots of cute stuff and it is all online. For the second prize is frames from Cut It Out. Along with these sponsors there are a ton of AMAZING bloggers participating. Check them out for real. You will love them I’m sure! Let’s Get to know them.

The Benson Street Birthday Giveaway

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Do You Know Your Neighbors?

I don’t know if it’s just me but I’ve been noticing more and more that we are not communicating with our neighbors as much.  I think we get so involved with our lives and can get so busy that we neglect those around us.  Me included!  We may know several of them because of church or community events, etc., but do we really know them.  Do they have needs?  Are they lonely?  Could they use just a simple “Hello” or a smile.  I for one am going to try harder to be a better neighbor and I challenge you to do the same.  I think I will benefit more than any of my neighbors.

I created a sheet of tags to help us get started.  Now, I’m not a graphic designer, so they are simple and have plenty of room to add a personal message.

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Neighbor Tags

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Tuna Rice Supreme

This is one of my favorite recipes.  I’m not a big fan of the old-fashioned tuna noodle casserole, so when I found this one I was a bit skeptical.  But, please take my word for it this recipe is one of the most rich, creamy, and delicious tuna casseroles you will ever eat.  I also like that it contains items I usually have in my pantry.

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Craft Room Post 2

I decided to show you bits and pieces of my craft room makeover rather than the whole thing at once.  I posted last week about a storage solution.  If you missed it you can see it here.   Seeing the progress is making me soooo happy.  Vintage 1950’s is the look I’m going for; I think I would have loved to have lived during that period of time.   Think “I Love Lucy” or “Happy Days”.  My mother tells me that when they went shopping in the 50’s they wore their dresses, gloves, and hats.  It was a time to dress up for.  Can you imagine seeing that now?  She said that it was a less hurried time where visiting on the front porch with your neighbors was the norm in the evenings.  Yes, I think I would have loved living then.

Anyway, I wanted this room to have some color and to be an inspiring room to create.  I really didn’t want to just paint the room I wanted something a little different.  So, I took this:

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