Goodbye February...Hello March ~

Good morning, sweet friends. Can you believe that February is over? Time's just flying by!  I just scarcely got my Christmas decorations all away and BAM! Spring blossoms everywhere. They are oh-so-beautiful, though, aren't they...

I'm so happy you all are here joining me for this week's Thursday Favorite Things party!

This week I was drawn to all your beautiful Whites!

What to do Weekends #210

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!

Simply Beautiful by Angela shared this adorable DIY Tray from Shadow Box Frame Tray that I just think turned out perfect!

What to do Weekends #174

 Hi Friends, 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.
***Please note:  Shoestring Elegance and Crafts a la Mode each select and display their own Features, each week. So, If you don't see your entry Featured, here, make sure to check out Linda's blog to see if you were one of her faves this week!***

~ You, truly make this Party as wonderful as it is!  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! 

Here are some of my beautiful favorites for the week! I fell in love with Cooking with Curls' beautiful Naked 3 Layer Cake, wouldn't you?

What to do Weekends #170

Sorry, Friends....

This week just got away with us.

I hope to pop back over and add features from your wonderful posts!

Please, Link up and join in the fun, we'll be joining you as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, be sure and pop over to Kristi's I Should Be Mopping the Floor's  Awesome Breakfast Room Makeover!

What to do Weekends #163 ~ Welcoming March

Oh my Gosh.....IT IS MARCH, already!

Welcome to What to do Weekends Party!
 Theresa from Shoestring Elegance and Linda from Crafts a la Mode are your hostesses and we could not be more excited to have you here, joining us in the What to do Weekend Party!!  Before we start, We'd like to 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 ~ You, truly make this Party as wonderful as it is!

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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Theresa's Bonus Features this week belong to: (I love this Blogger's name!) Spittin Toad's
Vintage Floral Bike Display,  and...

Raggedy Bits' adorable Simple Ways to Use Numbers to Decorate! Beautiful and lots of Fun!

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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You can connect with me right here @ Shoestring Elegance

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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 do Weekends #154 ~ Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

May your year be Blessed beyond measure and all your needs be met!

Many Blessings to you all, today and every day!

May we all find a greater sense of contentment.

~Theresa.

(source)

What to do Weekends #134

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! 

Theresa's Bonus Feature This Week, was without a doubt, Exquisitely Unremarkable's Custom DIY Upholstered Chair!

 She loved absolutely everything about this Beautiful Redo! Especially since this was a "No-Sew" Tutorial! If you haven't seen it yet, you are definitely going to want to check it out! So fun!

What to do Weekends #132

Welcome back to What to do Weekends! Happy Thursday Evening. Thank you, all, so much for your absolutely wonderful contributions to the Party each and every week! If you are new Welcome and Thanks for Joining us! If you missed it, earlier today I shared where I'm at now, you can read more about that, here

Please try and connect with us, 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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We have a Party Board and we pin! Please be sure to follow to see if your project has been Featured!!

So let's get right to it! On with Theresa's Features for this week!
Friends, we had a hard time choosing, so much Talent and Inspiration this week!
So, here is, I guess, Theresa's Bonus Feature, although, they all could and should be..

This is Cat @ Pocketful of Posies' DIY Romantic Industrial Frames! You really should pop over and see the way she hangs them.  LOVE!!

What to do Weekends #131

Welcome back to What to do Weekends! Happy Thursday Evening. Thank you, all, so much for your absolutely wonderful contributions to the Party each and every week! If you are new Welcome and Thanks for Joining us!

What can we say....we are running way behind this week!! We wanted to make sure to have the Party up for you all to join in, so I  decided to get at least one of my Features up to kick off the Party and, hopefully, over the weekend I can add some more!!  Linda had her "Grands" with her so....
We have been pinning away, during the week, so Please do check out the Party Board!  Sorry about that, folks!!

Please try and connect with us, 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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Theresa's Feature this week?!
CD's Country Living's Beautiful Summertime Mantel!

Time for a New Adventure!

I have some news that I want to share with you today.

I have been abundantly Blessed for the past seven and a half years with this beautiful little two bedroom house that I have come to call home.  For those of you that have been following along with Shoestring Elegance, since I began just a few years ago, you have all seen, through each and every project or rose from my garden, how much I have enjoyed my house and living here, though every single picture, I have shared with you.(which also warms my heart to know those memories are captured, here!)

What to do Weekends Party #122

Happy Thursday Evening, Everyone! Welcome or Welcome back to the

 What to do Weekends Party!

Thank you all so much for your Participation in our party, we enjoy you all so much!  You are all SO creative!! Invite your friends! Help us spread the word! Now,  we can't wait to see what you have been up to this week!!  Thank you for returning and sharing with us each week!  We always like to let you know what we've been up to all week also.

So, What has Linda been up to?  She's made some Blueberry Marshmallows, if you can believe it! And then S'mores.

Won't you connect with us?! Let us know so we can connect right back with you!

You can find Linda Blogging here 

@ Crafts a la Mode

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What to do Weekends #121

Welcome to What to do Weekends!

Happy Thursday Evening and to the first What to do Weekends of May!  Today, was also the National Day of Prayer, if you want to read a little more about my take on that you can find it here.

Thank you all so much for your Participation in our party, we enjoy you all so much!  You are all SO creative!! Invite your friends! Help us spread the word! Now,  we can't wait to see what you have been up to this week!!  Thank you for returning and sharing with us each week!  We always like to let you know what we've been up to on these Thursday nights, as well. We'd love it if you would visit the post we're sharing with you tonight!

So What has Linda been up to? 

Linda just posted 15 Awesome Lighting Ideas for your Deck!

Won't you connect with us?! Let us know so we can connect right back with you!

You can find Linda Blogging here 

@ Crafts a la Mode

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DIY Chalk Paint Tray With Transfer: MY Failure & Victory!

This post is way overdue. I have, actually, had this tray for almost two years. It has gone through quite a few changes, before I finally got back to business and settled on this as my final tray. And, I have to say I am truly enjoying it now!

~ What to do Weekends # 119

Happy Thursday Evening &

Welcome back to What to do Weekends Party Party!

We hope you all have been having a wonderful week! We'd like to take a minute

to  thank you all so much for your Participation in our party! We truly enjoy seeing all your creativity and wonderful insights!   Thank you for returning and sharing with us each week!   So, what have we been up to?

Look at what Linda has been up to:

Here is what Theresa's has been up to:

~We can hardly wait to see what you've been up to this week! 
We encourage you to share some of your last 

year's Spring posts, too!

 Let's get on with the FEATURES! YAY!

DIY~Make Your Own Vintage Floral Cone

I have had the most fun working on this pretty project!  I bought the stems (that I have always wanted  but couldn't afford) at Michael's because I had 70% off!!  That's the only reason I could get the ones I always wanted!  I'm telling you, watch the ads, wait and go in when you have a extra percentage off coupon pulled up on your smartphone!  I thought I bought them to make my Spring into Summer Wreath for my front door.  As I was working, separating the stems,  I realized how much sheer volume I had and quickly was aware that I could make more than just the wreath out of them! Woohoo!! So my brain started racing with ideas of what else I could do with this abundance of beauty!

What to do Weekends #115

WELCOME TO THE PARTY, EVERYONE!!

Thanks to all the partygoers!! There are so many many wonderful ideas. Can I tell you it is excruciatingly hard to pick out features for this party because EVERYONE needs to be featured. I know how much thought (and work) goes into each blog post!  We try to pin several links because every link deserves some love. Do you agree? Let's pin together!! Pin the person ahead of you in the party.

Here's what we've been up to:

Theresa's apple and pear crisp that's also gluten-free. Nice.

Linda made a Bunny Basket out of an old pine drawer salvaged from the side of the road.

Follow our social media.. much appreciated.

What to do Weekends #113

Happy Thursday Evening and Welcome Back to What to do Weekends! You know you all brought so much talent, this last week, that Linda and I decided we had to do Four Features each instead of our normal Three!! Thanks you all so much for  your Participation! We love seeing what you are all up to and How creative you all are. There is simply nothing more Inspiring! Thank you.

With that said let me get the formalities out of the way!

So, what have we been up to last, since we met? Well Linda has been busy!  She had a few wonderful posts this week, you really should check out,  but we thought we'd share her Beautiful Yellow Tulip Front Door Decor!

And, Theresa, shared a Beautiful Walk in Her Mum's Secret Garden!

What to do Weekends #112

Happy Thursday evening, only 2 more parties before the official start of Spring! Can you believe it? And, mustn't forget to Spring forward this weekend.   Welcome back, all, to What to do Weekends!  What have we been up to last, since we met? Well Linda has been busy!  She shared how she made a Beautiful Paper Flower Wall Art for Under $5!

Theresa shared her recipe for some yummy Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice Muffins!

We have prided ourselves on being a "no rules" type of party, and that will not change. However, we do have a couple of guidelines we would ask that you consider. Please don't link up the exact same post 2 weeks in a row, we'd love it if you would like to share some of your last year's Spring posts, too!  Please, do have a look at Linda's & Theresa's blog style (or niche, so-to-speak) and link appropriate and like-minded crafts, recipes, projects and Inspirations! 
Thank you all for your continued participation!

We sure are enjoying all that you are sharing with us!

What to do Weekends #111

Happy Thursday and welcome back to What to do Weekends link Party! 

Before we start, we thought we'd share a little of what we, Your hostesses, Theresa and Linda, have been up to!

Do you know how to make your OWN BUTTER? I make my own! 

Check it out here Homemade Butter.