Things to Write Home About – 3/8/09

March 8, 2009

Homegrown: Advice on Parenting & Families

Allie at No Time for Flashcards had a lot of really awesome stuff going on this week. The first thing I loved there was an idea for a lucky gold hunt
I followed a link on No Time for Flashcards and found a blog called Chronicles of an Infant Bibliophile – a blog with hundreds of reviews of baby, toddler, and preschool books
Adults especially will enjoy reading the story behind some of Dr. Seuss’ most popular stories
Mrs. Mordecai at Be It Ever So Humble wrote about working with her toddler
Lisa at Blessed with Grace talked about what God told her about forgiveness
My friend, Robyn, wrote a wonderful letter to her as yet unborn son, Evan
Heather at Maternal Spark is thinking about raising a creative child

Home Cooking: Recipes & Kitchen Tips

Allie at No Time for Flash Cards has recipes for green popsicles and green crispy rice treats – perfect for St. Patrick’s Day
Jenna at Newlyweds! posted a creamy goulash recipe
Lynn at Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures is attempting to make homemade vanilla extract
Dana, The Homesteading Housewife, posted the best broccoli salad ever
Heather from Not a DIY Life, posted a delectable recipe for whole wheat applesauce waffles at her food blog, On Pans and Kneadles

Homemaking: Keeping Your House Running

Heather, The Mogul Mom, shared 22 things to help manage your business and your life
Rachel at Small Notebook shared her rules for decluttering
Chicky Mama at Happy Little House shared a tip for keeping the closet organized
Danelle at Homemaker Barbi posted tips for saving money on the laundry

Homespun: Crafts & Other Projects

EntertainingMom at The Entertaining House posted an idea for making an easy, recycled I-Spy bottle
Nicol at Classy and Sophisticated posted an illustrated tutorial for making hair bows for little girls
Mary Beth at Supafine shared a patchwork kitchen towel tutorial that would be really fun on a little girl or boy’s bath towel
Udandi pointed me in the direction of this awesome purse tutorial from Made by Rae
Amy at Angry Chicken is showing her underwear

Do you have a great craft idea that involves a 1/4 yard of fabric or a fat quarter? I’m always looking for some! Send them my way, please!

And now, something new! If you were featured above, bloggers have been asking for a badge to display showing that they’d been featured in Things to Write Home About, and I finally made one! If you are featured above (or were featured during a past week), please feel free to grab the follow code and post the badge on your site:

Have you post something this week that was worth writing Home about? Send me the link, and maybe you’ll see it here next Sunday!

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Jenna @ Newlyweds said:

Love your weekly round ups. Glad to be highlighted this week.

Jenna @ Newlyweds’s last blog post..5 off Huggies Coupons

# 8 March 2009 at 10:35 pm

H.E.Eigler said:

Thanks for sharing my link!

H.E.Eigler’s last blog post..Featured Creative Mom – Bonnie of Tutor Me GiRL! incl Giveaway!

# 8 March 2009 at 11:20 pm

Jessica said:

Wow! Thanks for featuring the I Spy bottles… I am working on some more projects that will be blogged about shortly. I found you, accidentally when I was looking at my visitors entry points… (I have nothing better to do at 6:00 am!) I will proudly wear your badge!

Jessica’s last blog post..a clean start…

# 9 March 2009 at 5:19 am

Lisa@Blessedwithgrace said:

Tara, I always look forward to you Things to Write Home About. I am always honored when you include me! Thanks so much. My post on forgiveness was very personal and I appreciate you acknowledging what I shared. You rock!! Also, cool to have the badge to post. Good thinking!! You are getting that “brand” out there. Yeah!

Lisa@Blessedwithgrace’s last blog post..Blueberries, bananas, and gogurt OH MY!

# 9 March 2009 at 3:46 pm

I played with the button, several times. Don’t know why I am not getting it to work. I still added it to my sidebar, I just copied the image to my laptop and uploaded it. Anyway, not sure if anyone else had a problem.
Thanks again.

# 9 March 2009 at 3:51 pm

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