I'mmmm Back! Medicated..But Back

Hi friends, I'm so sorry about last week. I never did get back to the party. I apologize, but, like I said, sometimes, life just takes over. Being a nurse and someone who's already living with pain, you write a lot of things off about your body, until you just can't anymore. :(
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Pam from Everyday Living's Top Monday Morning Blooms just makes me smile!

Thanksgiving...Christmas...Everything Beautiful & Yummy! (TFT Party)

Hello beautiful friends! I'm so very pleased to be here and, especially, to have you here joining me. It's a busy time, isn't it? But there's so much to be enjoyed this time of year! I am still working away at the decorations for my church's Christmas stage, lobby, entrance... The list goes on and on, but it's so exciting to get to be a part of something that you will get to enjoy with your church family at one of the most beautiful and meaningful times of the year. But enough about me, look at all the gorgeousness you all have been sharing at our wonderful TFT party!!

Again, I can not say this enough! If I had all day I could be featuring tons of your links, but since we are a bit restrained these days on time and energy, I will have to settle for sharing a few of my absolutely favorites  

Claire at Pillar Box Blue showed us  How To Make An Upcycled Christmas Wind Chime Ornament. I just love this idea. I would have never come up with this idea but am pretty sure I'm going to have to make my own now!

Merry Christmas and WTDW Party #257

Merry Christmas at The What to do Weekends party 2017! Can you believe in just a few short days, that will go all to fast, it will be 2018?!!
I hope it was a wonderful year for you all. I, personally, am glad it is in my rearview now. Time to move on to bigger and better and, hopefully, healthier times.
You Ladies are all SO talented!! I love this party!  If you are new to the party, thank you for joining us and please check out the party board, it's on the sidebar. 

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Thanks!
Here are just a few of my favorites this week.
Most Viewed this week, belongs to Cecilia from The Thrift Store Addiction for her beautiful Rustic and Romantic Christmas

Happy December and the What to Weekends party #254

Good evening friends! Welcome back to Shoestring Elegance and this week's What to do Weekends party! I hope you all had a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving, I enjoyed this year with some wonderful friends and, of course, great food. If you want to see more about what was on my menu, check it out on Shoestring Elegance's Instagram page.  If you linked up the week before Thanksgiving, check and see if you were one of my Features Here. 

Can you all believe tomorrow is December already?!  Have you got your Christmas shopping and baking done?!! I'm still just scratching the surface of what I need to get done.  I hope you are more ready than I! From the looks of this weeks party, you are already in full Christmas swing! Here's hoping I catch up soon. :)  You Ladies are all SO talented!! I love this party!  If you are new to the party, thank you for joining us and please check out the party board, it's on the sidebar. 

Please follow Linda and me in some way.

You can find Linda Blogging here Crafts a la Mode

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Thanks!
Here are just a few of my favorites this week.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year has begun! 
Mason Jar Snowman from The Bombshell Bling 

Angie from the Country Cottage Cottage shared her adorable tutorial DIY Candy Cane Wreath from Burlap

What to do Weekends #236 ~ Last Party for July

Hi Friends! Happy Wednesday and Happy What to Weekends party! 

Welcome and Thank you!

I'm so grateful you have joined me, here. Your creativity just abounds. It's extremely difficult every week to just pick a few of your posts to Feature, with SO much talent. 

So, I'm doing one thing a little different this week with my Features;  First up, is your most clicked on pick for the week!  Your fingers and mine were clicking on Penny's, of Penny's Vintage Home's, beautiful post Creative Ways to Display Plants I just LOVE this too! So nice job Penny!

Angie over at Deco Art Blog shared this truly fun vignette with her Painted Pallet Art

Of course, I have been pinning away all week, too, so please be sure to Please do check out the Party Board!  

What to do Weekends #235

Welcome to Shoestring Elegance and the What to do Weekends Party!

If you are new to the Party. We are so very glad you are here!  I've have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board!  

I hope you will link up and check out the Features, both here, and with Linda @ Crafts a la Mode! Thanks for sharing with us! I hope you are having a WONDERFUL (almost) WEEKEND!

Here are a few of my favorites and Features for this week!

Sparkle's beautiful Strawberry Shortcake

Repurpose and Upcycle's fun Farmhouse Entryway made with Thrifted Finds

What to do Weekends #209

Welcome to Shoestring Elegance and the What to do Weekends Party!

Thank you all so much,  who come join us here, each week, with your wonderful Crafts, Recipes and DIY creations!  I wish I could Feature you all! 

I LOVE all the creativity you bring to this Party!  If you are new to the Party. We are so very glad you are here!  I've have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board! 

Here are my Featured Picks for this week!

Lolly Jane's Cute little Valentine's Day Mantel was just my style.

Simply Stacie had my mouth watering with her Turkey Cranberry Quesadillas

If you aren't already following Linda and myself,  please do so, now, with one of the following links!

You can find Linda Blogging here @ Crafts a la Mode

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Thanks!

What to do Weekends #208

Welcome to Shoestring Elegance and the What to do Weekends Party!

Thank you all so much,  who come join us here, each week, with your wonderful Crafts, Recipes and DIY creations!  I wish I could Feature you all! 

I LOVE all the creativity you bring to this Party!  If you are new to the Party. We are so very glad you are here!  I've have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board! 

Here are my Featured Picks for this week!

I Should Be Mopping Mopping the Floor shared this How to Make Headboard Out of Bi-Fold

Merry Christmas and the What to do Weekends Party #205

Merry Christmas, Friends!

I pray you will all be enjoying a safe and peaceful Christmas with your Family and Friends! 

So much creativity and Inspiration! You all should be Featured! Here were a few that caught my eye, this week! 

Beverly @ Across the Boulevard shared her beautiful Christmas Mantel and Hearth

By Brittany Goldwyn shared this perfect Easy DIY Holiday Stove Top Potpourri

What to do Weekends #203

Happy December! Merry is the Month of Christmas!

Welcome, All,  to Shoestring Elegance and the What to do Weekends Party!

Thank you so much, to all of you, who come join us here, each week, with your wonderful Crafts, Recipes and DIY creations.   I'm so excited to see what you are bringing to share with us this week!

I LOVE all the creativity you bring to this Party!  If you are new to the Party, Welcome! We are so very glad you are here!  We have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board! 

My Features for this week started with 

Worthing Court's Farmhouse Kitchen Christmas Breakfast Nook

What to do Weekends #195

Welcome to Shoestring Elegance and the What to do Weekends Party!

Thank you so much, to all of you, who come join us here, each week, with your wonderful Crafts, Recipes and DIY creations.   I'm so excited to see what you are bringing to share with us this week!

I LOVE all the creativity you bring to this Party!  If you are new to the Party, Welcome! We are so very glad you are here!  We have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board! 

On to shoestring's Features for this past week!

The Red Painted Cottage's little How to Make Pumpkins with Letters For Autumn really made me smile! They're so cute! Don't you think so?

Sherry at The Charm of Home  is sharing her beautiful Orange Marmalade Cake with us, too! I can't wait to try her recipe. Looks just perfect for baking on a nice Autumn morning.

What to do Weekends #162

Welcome to What to do Weekends Party! Can you believe this is the last party of February?!!
 Theresa from Shoestring Elegance and Linda from Crafts a la Mode are your hostesses and we could not be more thrilled to have you here to help us kick off the Weekend and the Party!!  Before we start, Thank you so much to all of you who come join us here, each week, with your wonderful Crafts, Recipes and DIY incredible creations with us every week~

If you are new to the Party, Welcome! We are so very glad you are here!

We have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board! 

Please try and connect with us both in some way!

You can find Linda Blogging here @ Crafts a la Mode

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Theresa's Bonus Feature this week belongs to Heathered Nest's  We're On a Roll

Forever Decorating's Logic Won Out

What to Weekends #150 ~ Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, dear friends! Linda and I are enjoying the day with our Families and praying that you are all doing the same! God Bless you, we are so grateful for each and every one of you! 

As promised, we are providing the link-up, so you can party, as you like! We wanted to share a couple wonderful Thanksgiving Images with you that Exquisitely Unremarkable linked up with us last week! Have a beautiful weekend and we'll see you back here next Thursday evening with all kinds of incredible Features! 

What to do Weekends #147 ~ Albeit a bit late!

Good morning, friends. Thank you so much for popping over. My sincerest apologies to you and my What to do Weekends Co-host, Linda from the incredible Crafts a La Mode!
I have no glib anecdotes for you. I have a head cold and bronchitis.  I don't know if it was the benedryl, or the Dayquil or the honey and cinnamon that did me in.  But, at the time the party was to be posted I was out of it and grateful for that! So, if this reads a little like a flu induced stupor, it is! 

With that said, Linda pitch-hit the party out of the park, all on her own. So major kudos to her for that.

I have been popping around and pinning your work during the past week and will continue to do so. I'm so grateful to tell you that if you pop over to Crafts a la Mode you will see Linda's awesome Features for the week. I, on the other hand, will have to make it up to you, I promise, I will, after I can crawl out of bed for more than a half hour at a time. 

What to do Weekends #144

Welcome to What to do Weekends Party!

 Your hostesses, Theresa and Linda are so happy to have you here to kick off the Weekend and the Party!!  
Thank you to all of you who come join us here with your wonderful Crafts, Recipes and DIY incredible creations with us every week~

If you are new to the Party, Welcome! We are so very glad you are here!

We have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board! 

Please try and connect with us both in some way!

You can find Linda Blogging here @ Crafts a la Mode

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You can connect with me right here @ Shoestring Elegance

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My Bonus Features this week were: Ella Claire Inspired's DIY Fall Naked Cake

What to do Weekends #143

Good Evening Friends! We are so glad you are here, for our party!!

We are so grateful to be hosting this party with you all!

Welcome to What to do Weekends Party!

 Your hostesses, Theresa and Linda could not be more thrilled to have you here to kick off the Weekend and the Party!!  Thank you to all of you who come join us here with your wonderful Crafts, Recipes and DIY incredible creations with us every week~

If you are new to the Party, Welcome! We are so very glad you are here!

We have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board! 

Please try and connect with us both in some way!

You can find Linda Blogging here @ Crafts a la Mode

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You can connect with me right here @ Shoestring Elegance

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My Bonus Features this week were Cindy @ Little Miss Celebration's Yummy Cinnamon Glazed Pecan Pumpkin Bread! Doesn't this just scream Fall?! :) LOVE this recipe!

What to do Weekends #142

Good Evening Friends! We are so glad you are here, for our party!!

We are so grateful to be hosting this party with you all!

Happy first day of October!

Because the party is getting so large and because of all your incredibly wonderful DIY's, Crafts and Recipes (that you all have been so kind in sharing with us) we both thought we'd like to add an Additional Bonus Feature! So each week, now, not only will we have our regular (Awesome) Features from you, but we will each be choosing a Bonus Feature in DIY/Crafts and a Recipe  Bonus Feature!! So be sure to check out both Blogs to see if you were Featured in either way this week!

If you are new to the Party, Welcome! We are so very glad you are here! We have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do FOLLOW the Party Board! 
My Bonus Features this week were provided by:

Ella Claire's beautiful DIY Rustic Candle Holder! I love the beautiful simplicity of this!

What to do Weekends #141~ Welcoming Fall 2015!

Good Evening Friends! We are so glad you are here, for the first What to do Weekends Party of Autumn/Fall 2015!! Linda and I are so grateful to be hosting this party with you all!

 In honor of the New Season and all your Incredibly wonderful DIY's, Crafts and Recipes (that you all have been so kind in sharing with us) we both thought we'd like to add an Additional Bonus Feature! So each week, now, not only will we have our regular (Awesome) Features from you, but Myself and Linda will each be choosing a Bonus Feature in DIY/Crafts and a Recipe Bonus Feature!! So be sure to check out both Blogs to see if you were Featured this week!

What to do Weekends #140

Welcome to What to do Weekends Party!
 Your hostesses, Theresa and Linda could not be more thrilled to have you here to kick off the Weekend and the Party!!
Theresa wanted to take a second to ask you for prayers for all the firefighters and the victims of the recent #ValleyFire. I live in Northern California and we are going through the most devastating Fire season in history. My county and several others near by have lost so many homes and lives, as well as, all of their belongings.  Such devastation is so very hard to see. I am okay. but many are not. Please, mention them in your prayers today, tonight, whenever you can. Their fight is just starting. We have pop up evacuation centers everywhere and we rush our clothing and as much supplies as we can to try and aid them. But, I'm afraid it will take alot of time for most. Thank you.
Thank you to all of you who come join us here with your wonderful Crafts, Recipes and DIY incredible creations with us every week~

If you are new to the Party, Welcome! We are so very glad you are here!

We have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board! 

Please try and connect with us both in some way!

You can find Linda Blogging here @ Crafts a la Mode

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You can connect with me right here @ Shoestring Elegance

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Onto Theresa's Feature picks for the week! Let's start with the recipes first, for a change!
Theresa Loved The Charm of Home's gorgeous Tea set and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread! Yum!
Appropriately titled, "Did Someone Say Pumpkin?!"

Secondly, Theresa loved this gorgeous Saskatoon Berry Galette from A Pretty Life in the Suburbs! Galette's are one of her faves. Check out Theresa's recipe for her Strawberry-Rhubarb Galette here!

Now for the wonderful DIY picks! Theresa loved Dandelion Patina's Neutral Fall Mantel!

Still, Anxiously awaiting Fall her second pick was 24 Cottonwood Lane's Fall Planter.

Now, as for Linda, She's been up to some pretty stuff herself! When you have a chance pop over and check out her Pretty and Fresh Tomato Basil Bouquet! Great idea!

As for Linda's Feature Picks this week! She was pretty excited by Atta Girl Says' Best Chocolate Brownie Recipe! Must pin and make!

Her second pick:  Life Anchored's King Ranch Breakfast Casserole! Who else loves Breakfast for dinner?!! (Hand waving high in the air!)

Linda's DIY Features this week went to Made with Happy's No Sew Rope Bowl Quite creative!

And, USS Crafty's Candy Corn Mug Rugs! Cute!

Be sure to pop over to Linda's @ Crafts a la Mode, now, to see  if you were Linda's Bonus Feature!

You can help make this a great party for everyone by pinning some of your favorite recipes and crafts!!

If you were featured, help yourself to our Feature Button!

With that said, the party is open! Please join in and have some fun and pop around, visit, even share some "Bloggy" love with your fellow bloggers. :)

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What to do Weekends #137

Good Evening, Happy Thursday and Welcome to What to do Weekends Party! Your hostesses, Theresa and Linda could not be more thrilled to have you here to kick off the Weekend and the Party!!  Thank you to all of you who come join us here with your wonderful Crafts, Recipes and DIY incredible creations with us every week~

If you are new to the Party, Welcome! We are so very glad you are here!

We have been pinning away, during the week, so, Please do check out the Party Board! 

My Bonus Feature this week was from 

 Lia Griffith! I'm just in Love with this adorable Vintage Book Page Flowers bouquet. Isn't it just precious?!