Let me start by stating that I am not a Twitter expert. Twitter overwhelms me. I have been filled with anxiety upon being met with 100 notifications on more than one occasion. My head spins when trying to maneuver through dozens of retweeted retweets of liked responses. As a blogger who is trying to grow … Read More
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Pinterest Rich Pins and WordPress
Have you enabled Rich Pins for Pinterest in your WordPress site? Maybe I’m behind the time (yes, I am behind the times) but I hadn’t done so until recently. So, if you haven’t enabled Rich Pins and have no idea how to do so, read on! Rich Pins are like “Super Pins”! They are important … Read More
Blogger Recognition Award – Acceptance and Nominations
I am super-psyched to announce that I was nominated for the Blogger Recognition Award! My mind was totally blown – this is my first blogging award! I’m a little late with this post because I have been fighting some mutant crud and my foggy brain has taken awhile to form cohesive thoughts. I am … Read More
How Smart is the Wagner SmartRoller?
Prepping a house for sale can be a huge undertaking. There are little issues you live with everyday that become very obvious and there are the obvious projects you’ve been putting off until a later date. Suddenly, “later” is now and you are faced with a To-Do list 8 pages long. Or maybe that is … Read More
The Great Home Purge 2018
I have been absent from my blog…and from normal life activities, recently, because Hubba and I have been purging, purging, purging our home in preparation for a 1000 mile move. I knew we had a lot of “stuff”, but, I was in denial as to just how much stuff we had!! I have been living … Read More
Creativity Delivered-Craft With Heart
Do you want to preserve your photographic memories but just don’t know where to start? Are you an experiences scrapbooker who is looking for new ideas? Do you just like the thought someone curating and delivering exciting new products to your doorstep each month? Well, Close to My Heart’s new subscription service, Craft With Heart, … Read More
Stampaganza – July Close to My Heart Promo
Stampaganza is Back! During July, buy any two My Acrylix® stamp sets at the full retail price and get a third stamp set of equal or lesser value free! Choose from stamp sets in the current Annual Inspirations or Seasonal Expressions 2, plus the popular Solos number and letter stamp sets that we’ve brought back just … Read More
Cleaning a Steel Fire Door
Prepping a house for sale can bring many stresses. Unless you constantly work on repairing, updating, and decluttering your house, you may find yourself with a long list of projects. Some of the biggies, like updating paint, reducing clutter and depersonalizing your decor, are no-brainers. But, as you move through your house, cleaning out cabinets … Read More
Doing a Deck Over
It is nearing the end of June, and we have a tentative plan to market our house in August. We have quite an extensive list of updates that need to be completed prior to listing. One of the largest projects we need to tackle is freshening up our tired wood deck. After Hubba and I … Read More
Cleaning My Bears…Boyd’s Bears
When faced with the massive job of packing to move, you may be tempted to wrap and pack your items as quickly as possible, just to get it over with…or am I the only one who was tempted to start wrapping my dusty little Boyd’s Bears and deal with them 1,000 miles down the road? … Read More