Rules of the road:

1. Fab Friday is the day to show off your FABULOUSNESS – in whatever form that takes. This is a DIY and decorating blog, so as long you’re on topic you can link up any craft, DIY, decorating, or renovation project. Party ideas and recipes are fair game too. No Etsy shops or websites, please.

2. Please grab my “Fab Friday” button and link back to the party – it’s the polite thing to do. PLAY NICE.

3. Please link up to the specific post, not your main blog – we want everyone to be able to find your project

4. You can link up as many projects as you want – the more the merrier!

5. You know how awesome it feels when someone you don’t know stops by and leaves a comment on your blog? Pay it forward – stop by a few of the sites linked up here and leave them some love… it will make their whole day…really.

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Rules of the road:

1. Fab Friday is the day to show off your FABULOUSNESS – in whatever form that takes. This is a DIY and decorating blog, so as long you’re on topic you can link up any craft, DIY, decorating, or renovation project. Party ideas and recipes are fair game too. No Etsy shops or websites, please.

2. Please grab my “Fab Friday” button and link back to the party – it’s the polite thing to do. PLAY NICE.

3. Please link up to the specific post, not your main blog – we want everyone to be able to find your project

4. You can link up as many projects as you want – the more the merrier!

5. You know how awesome it feels when someone you don’t know stops by and leaves a comment on your blog? Pay it forward – stop by a few of the sites linked up here and leave them some love… it will make their whole day…really.

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Rules of the road:

1. Fab Friday is the day to show off your FABULOUSNESS – in whatever form that takes. This is a DIY and decorating blog, so as long you’re on topic you can link up any craft, DIY, decorating, or renovation project. Party ideas and recipes are fair game too. No Etsy shops or websites, please.

2. Please grab my “Fab Friday” button and link back to the party – it’s the polite thing to do. PLAY NICE.

3. Please link up to the specific post, not your main blog – we want everyone to be able to find your project

4. You can link up as many projects as you want – the more the merrier!

5. You know how awesome it feels when someone you don’t know stops by and leaves a comment on your blog? Pay it forward – stop by a few of the sites linked up here and leave them some love… it will make their whole day…really.

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TONS of great projects linked up last week! A few favorites:

Ange from Love From My Kitchen shared a fun playroom makeover:

Lisa at Room by Room revamped a chair:

Lori at the Alligator Box added sheet music to a dresser:

And Tina at Mom’s Crazy Cooking (who is CLEARLY trying to derail my spring diet plans with all her great recipes) posted her Thin Mint Cookie Cupcakes:

Great job ladies…grab my “I’ve been featured” button if you like.

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Rules of the road:

1. Fab Friday is the day to show off your FABULOUSNESS – in whatever form that takes. This is a DIY and decorating blog, so as long you’re on topic you can link up any craft, DIY, decorating, or renovation project. Party ideas and recipes are fair game too. No Etsy shops or websites, please.

2. Please grab my “Fab Friday” button and link back to the party – it’s the polite thing to do. PLAY NICE.

3. Please link up to the specific post, not your main blog – we want everyone to be able to find your project

4. You can link up as many projects as you want – the more the merrier!

5. You know how awesome it feels when someone you don’t know stops by and leaves a comment on your blog? Pay it forward – stop by a few of the sites linked up here and leave them some love… it will make their whole day…really.

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I recently added a “Newsroom” section to the blog where I’ll post newspaper and magazine articles I’ve written. To check out the first one, click on this link:

CNY Business Exchange – Women in Business Issue – Feb/March 2011

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When I painted my dining room several years ago, I also added some vinyl lettering:

Translation: “Life is too short to drink bad wine”

I’m going through the house making repairs from last year’s plumbing debacle, and since I have to replace a chunk of the wall in here I’m repainting the whole room.

Problem – I like the lettering.

Yes, I know the whole quote on the wall thing is getting a old, but I still like the quote.

And I like wine.

A lot.

At least it doesn’t say, “Live, Laugh, Love”, right?

Has anyone ever successfully repainted a wall while keeping the lettering intact? Tips? I would love any ideas…

On to the Friday Favorites:

Erika with a K repainted an old night stand:

and it came out super-cute:

Denise at Extreme Personal Measures shared 2 great recipes -Puerto Rican Pork:

And rum cake:

Ange over at Love From My Kitchen made a cool, no cost monogram:

And Jocelyn at Inside BruCrew Life posted a yummy looking recipe for Mint-tastic Cheesecake Brownies:

I love doctoring up mixes and making something fun.

Great job everyone, and thank you so much for linking up! Grab my “I’ve been featured” button if you like.

Tags: Erika...with a K, Extreme Personal Measures, Fab Friday Favorites, Love From My Kitchen, vinyl lettering
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Rules of the road:

1. Fab Friday is the day to show off your FABULOUSNESS – in whatever form that takes. This is a DIY and decorating blog, so as long you’re on topic you can link up any craft, DIY, decorating, or renovation project. Party ideas and recipes are fair game too. No Etsy shops or websites, please.

2. Please grab my “Fab Friday” button and link back to the party – it’s the polite thing to do. PLAY NICE.

3. Please link up to the specific post, not your main blog – we want everyone to be able to find your project

4. You can link up as many projects as you want – the more the merrier!

5. You know how awesome it feels when someone you don’t know stops by and leaves a comment on your blog? Pay it forward – stop by a few of the sites linked up here and leave them some love… it will make their whole day…really.

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You may have noticed that the first 11 entries on this week’s blog party are not showing up correctly.

What gives?

I contacted Brent over at Linky Tools, and he tells me that in changing servers a few of the images were written over. It doesn’t sound like something that can easily be corrected on his end.

The links are working correctly, just the picture is missing. If you’d like to resubmit your project, please do so and I’ll remove the original one. Just shoot me an email and let me know.

Sorry for the confusion!

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Rules of the road:

1. Fab Friday is the day to show off your FABULOUSNESS – in whatever form that takes. This is a DIY and decorating blog, so as long you’re on topic you can link up any craft, DIY, decorating, or renovation project. Party ideas and recipes are fair game too. No Etsy shops or websites, please.

2. Please grab my “Fab Friday” button and link back to the party – it’s the polite thing to do. PLAY NICE.

3. Please link up to the specific post, not your main blog – we want everyone to be able to find your project

4. You can link up as many projects as you want – the more the merrier!

5. You know how awesome it feels when someone you don’t know stops by and leaves a comment on your blog? Pay it forward – stop by a few of the sites linked up here and leave them some love… it will make their whole day…really.

Tags: Fab Friday
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