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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Thursday Connect Cafe Media Hop

WELCOME TO THE NEW

THURSDAY CONNECT CAFE MEDIA HOP

Hosted By Me, Tammy's Two Cents

and

Keeping Up With The Rheinlanders

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GIVEAWAY LINKY FOLLOWS!!

Thursday Giveaway Link Up

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Valued at $25 or Higher!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Tea Gallerie GIVEAWAY with Review (ended)

WINNERS Anne T and Amber Y

We've all heard about the health benefits of drinking Green Tea but did you know that nearly all natural teas are related to improving our health? Depending on the type of tea you choose, you can enjoy anti-aging benefits, better digestion, lower cholesterol and improved eyesight and this is just the tip of the iceberg. The research continues and the benefits of drinking natural tea on a regular basis have been impressive.

But best of all are the incredible flavor blends like those available at Tea Gallerie. With an exciting 45 teas to choose from, Tea Gallerie is certain to have your favorite flavor.

Exotic and delightful Dessert blends like Cranberry Burst, Mint Chocolate Velvet, and Vanilla Berry Truffle. Or how about a relaxing Herbal Tea like French Lemon Ginger, Hawaiian Berries, and Sweet Dreams. They also carry several Oolong Teas, Black Teas, Green Teas, and White Teas just to name a few.

You will also find an assortment of beautiful and elegant

teapots and accessories.

I was so thrilled with the opportunity to try several tea flavors from the generous folks at Tea Gallerie. The very first thing I noticed was their beautiful and elegant packaging making their teas ideal for gift giving. The reverse of each pouch contains a detailed description of the tea blend inside as well as clear steeping instructions so it can be brewed to perfection each and every time.

I loved their unique blends and the flavors were incredible!! I have to say that so far, my favorites are the White Coconut Creme and Green Pomegranate.

Find Your Favorite When You

SHOP:

teagallerie.com

Along With Everything

You Need To Brew And Serve

A Perfect Pot of Tea!

And then

Enter to Win One of TWO Gift Baskets

From

Tea Gallerie

Valued at $100!!

Right Here!

Here's How:

Like Tea Gallerie on facebook (3 entries/comments)

Follow Tea Gallerie on twitter (3 entries/comments)

Tweet this Giveaway with Link up to 6 times per day

(but not in same hour)

(2 entries/comments per tweet!)

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Subscribe to my Blog (must activate) via Email (2 entries/comments)

Enter any of my Other Current Giveaways (2 entries/comments per)

Blog about this Giveaway with a link back to this post (5 entries/comments)

Be sure to leave one comment for each of your entries. Giveaway begins now and ends May 29th at 9:00 pm EST. Giveaway is open to residents of USA and Canada Only. Good Luck!

Disclosure: I received several flavors of tea from Tea Gallerie before writing this review. I was not compensated for writing a positive or favorable review and this is my personal opinion of the products. I am not responsible for mailing out the prizes. The winners will have 3 days to respond once they have been contacted. I will then forward their information to Tea Gallerie who will contact them.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Decorate, Design and Fight With Blogger

It's been a while since I've posted any photos or blogged about what I've been up to. Half the trouble is trying to get used to this new blogger format that continues to back up and bog down my computer. Sometimes the pages take so long to download and update, I just give up and walk away. I don't know about the rest of you but I've got better things to do than sit at our computer tapping my fingers waiting for pages to load.

Getting back to what I've been up to, it's decorating 101 on our second floor. I've pretty much completed our 6-year-old daughter's bedroom (photos are HERE) and I've been working on the master bedroom, ensuite bath and main bathroom.

Every home has it's decorating challenges and ours is no different. When we renovated our second floor, we were restricted by the Heritage Society (our home was built in 1891, well before indoor plumbing) so we had to live with the existing windows where they were. That left two large windows on one side of our main bathroom and a long narrow window next to the toilet on another wall.

This bathroom used to be a corner bedroom which is why there are so many windows. Privacy? What privacy.

These two large windows over our bathtub are about 40 feet away from the windows of our neighbor's house.

So far I've chosen the fabric for the drapes and pretty much narrowed down my choices of privacy options by the tub to a sheer white custom roller shade that will stay down most of the time. Overall, I think it will look great and offer round-the-clock privacy. I'm just waiting for the 50% off sale that's coming up at my favorite fabric store before putting in my custom shade order.

In the meantime, this is the fabric I've chosen for the drapes.

I chose this vibrant indoor/outdoor fabric that will easily handle the splashes from our tub and the extra moisture created by the separate glass shower. I've also got a neat cost-saving project on the go to replace the fabric on an inexpensive ($25 because it was 1/2 price!) ready-made roller shade with this same drapery material. This roller shade will go in the window beside the toilet and offer all the privacy needed on that side of the bathroom while adding lots of color.

So far I'm loving the bright colors but stay tuned for a peek at the incredible custom cabinet my dad built for this bathroom. It's awesome!!
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