Chocolate Pear Torte

Chocolate Pear Torte with Glazing

Hello friends – welcome to the Get Your Chef On Cooking Challenge, where 26 bloggers (including yours truly) will be sharing recipes featuring a secret ingredient – PEARS! The co-hosts and judges for the contest are Jen from Four Marrs and One Venus and Julie from White Lights On Wednesday. For this challenge, I created […]

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Inspire Me Monday – Week 55

Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy

Welcome to Inspire Me Monday A place to share your creative inspirations Sharpen your creative vision and Showcase your creative talents! I invite you to inspire others and Nurture your creative spirit by Joining our Creative Blog Hop! To participate, simply join my creative community and Follow the guidelines at the end of this post! […]

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Unglued Devotional by Lysa TerKeurst

Unglued Devotional

I love reading a good devotional – but over the years, I’ve discovered that finding a devotional that ministers to one’s spiritual needs can be a daunting task. Some devotionals are too lightweight; others are too intellectual. Some are overly sentimental; others are too dry. Some focus on matters that seem rather trite; others are written about […]

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2013 Reading Challenges

Reading Challenge Addict 2013

How would you like to read more books, discover new authors, and creatively track the books that you read during the upcoming year? If this sounds like a worthy goal, I invite you to join me in officially becoming a Reading Challenge Addict! A Reading Challenge Addict commits to entering and completing one or more […]

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Friendship Friday – Autobiography

Friendship Friday at Create With Joy

Welcome to Friendship Friday – a week-long event where you can: Share what’s unique about you and your blog! Foster friendships with other bloggers! Expand your social media networks! Each week, I’ll provide a Question/Theme to ignite your creativity! To participate, simply share your response in a Friendship Friday post or in the comments! Be […]

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Wordless Wednesday – The Boxer

Legend - The Boxer

Welcome to Wordless Wednesday at Create With Joy! Today, the ever-expressive Legend encountered One of his long-standing adversaries – A two-sizes, too-small box. Try as he might – And he tried mighty hard – He just couldn’t fit into that box! Which leads us to today’s quote by St. George Mivart: We cannot without becoming […]

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Inspire Me Monday – Week 54

Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy

Welcome to Inspire Me Monday A place to share your creative inspirations Sharpen your creative vision and Showcase your creative talents! I invite you to inspire others and Nurture your creative spirit by Joining our Creative Blog Hop! To participate, simply join my creative community and Follow the guidelines at the end of this post! […]

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More Than Mommies Mixer

Mixing It Up Hostess

This weekend I have a treat for you. I’ve been invited to be a Mixologist for the More Than Mommies Mixer – a party that makes it easy to meet new friends across their blogs and social networks! For those of you who are visiting for the first time – or who would like to […]

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Friendship Friday – One Small Step

Friendship Friday at Create With Joy

Welcome to Friendship Friday – a week-long event where you can: Share what’s unique about you and your blog! Foster friendships with other bloggers! Expand your social media networks! Each week, I’ll provide a Question/Theme to ignite your creativity! To participate, simply share your response in a Friendship Friday post or in the comments! Be […]

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The Kickstarter Handbook

The Kickstarter Handbook

Have you ever dreamed of launching an exciting creative project but couldn’t because you lacked the funding to get it off the ground? If so, I’d like to introduce a book that has the potential to change your life. The Kickstarter Handbook – Real-Life Crowdfunding Success Stories by Don Steinberg describes everything you need to know […]

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