Welcome to Friendship Friday!
Friendship Friday at Create With Joy is a week-long event where you can:
- Share what’s unique about your blog and spotlight your favorite features!
- Expand your social media networks!
- Foster friendships with other bloggers!
Each week, we invite you to:
- Meet our Featured Friend Of The Week and enjoy our Spotlight Post!
- Grow your Social Networks by participating in our rotating Social Media Boost.
- Link your favorite posts, projects, giveaways and parties at Friendship Friday.
- Visit your neighbors and make new friends!
- Chat with us in the comments – we’d love to get to know you!
- Follow Create With Joy and explore our blog for our latest creative features!
- Check our sidebar and enter our latest Giveaways!
We’d appreciate it if you’d spread the word about Friendship Friday by adding our beautiful blog button to your blog/posts and spread the word on your social media sites so that others can join the fun!
We look forward to connecting with you on:
Instagram * Pinterest * Twitter * Facebook *
Google Plus * BlogLovin *
StumbleUpon * GoodReads * RSS * E-Mail
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Friend Of The Week – Tanya
Do you live with chronic illness (or know someone who does)? Do you do your best to encourage, inspire, and support others, regardless of your circumstances, and enjoy connecting with others who share those same goals?
If so, you’ll be delighted to meet Tanya – the blogger who writes about faith, family and home, and shares how she lives the abundant life in the midst of chronic illness at My Fruitful Home!
Tanya is the mom of two teenagers – a boy and a girl – and was married the year after she graduated from college. Shortly after her first daughter was born, she became very ill and passed away 2 ½ years later. During that time, Tanya also became ill and was ultimately diagnosed with fibromyalgia and CFS. She’s been living with those illnesses for over 20 years, and she started her blog to encourage others who are also dealing with these challenges and to create something beautiful.
Tanya loves children – she’s taught pre-school and tutored children ages Pre-K through fifth grade – and she loves finding a good deal! You’ll find everything from recipes to crafts to free printables to book and product reviews on her site. If you enjoy planning and creatively organizing your life, be sure to take a peek into Tanya’s favorite planner – she’s a Happy Planner gal!
Comments mean the world to bloggers. Won’t you brighten Tanya’s day by dropping by her blog, introducing yourself, and congratulating her for being our Friend of the Week at Create With Joy?
Now It’s Your Turn To Share!
Question Of The Week:
How do you cheer yourself up when you need a pick-me-up?
Please share your thoughts in the comments–
Inquiring minds would love to know!
We’d Love To Feature You!
We’d love the opportunity to get to know you better!
Please introduce yourself in the comments and
Tell us a little about yourself, your blog, and the story behind it.
Each week, we’ll select a blogger to feature as our Friend Of The Week!
Be sure to link to us and spread the love
By sharing our Friendship Friday party with all of your friends!
Remember – building community and developing friendships
Is what Friendship Friday is all about!
Social Media Boost Of The Week – Facebook
Welcome to the Social Media Boost Of The Week! Each week, you’ll have the opportunity to grow a different social network. This week, we’re boosting Facebook!
To join the fun:
- Please follow Create With Joy on Facebook!
- Add the Facebook account link you’d like us to follow.
- To help ensure that everyone who participates in the event benefits, please be sure to follow, like, and comment on a few of the accounts on the list!
Thanks for joining us – we look forward to connecting with you!
IMPORTANT: ONLY Add Facebook Links to this Social Media Boost list!
Add your Blog Posts to the Friendship Friday Link-Up (BELOW!)
Social Media Boost – Facebook
Friendship Friday Blog Party
Welcome to the Friendship Friday Blog Party – the heart of our weekly gathering! You are invited to:
- Share your favorite blog posts and projects throughout the week.
- Share your favorite posts from the past.
- Share links to giveaways, reviews and any parties that you host.
You may share as many features as you like!
Friendship Friday is the place to make new friends, to grow rich relationships, to explore new blogs, and to expand your social networks! Please take the time to connect with your best buddies as well as reach out to a few new friends each week – it makes your experience so much more rewarding!
Have fun connecting with one another – building friendships is what this community is all about!
Be sure to check the Sidebar for our latest Giveaways and leave a comment and let us know what you’re up to this week!
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I´m Lilia, welcome to my Knitting and Crochet World, I love knit, crochet and design beautiful patterns for all ages and seasons. Also I like all kind of crafts and tutorials, I like to learn every day something new!
about the question, How I cheer me up?, I have a deep inside conversation with myself, I ask myself, what is the problem and how I can resolve it? sometimes the answer comes fast and sometimes not, you have to work and know your inside to receive an answer, when I feel down or dessapointed I look what I have right now, I have my family and without them things will be double, triple, one million times, more difficult, so I thanks God for what I have and that make me feel better and start all over again, no matter what is the problem or what is my sadness.
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Welcome Lilia – delighted you’ve joined us!
Great response to this week’s question.
Gratitude for the things we have can help us shift our perspective on so many things! 🙂
Have a blessed week and look forward to chatting again with you soon! 🙂
Twitter: Xmasdolly
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How do I cheer myself up… hmmmm I have a few ways I love to crochet and watch old movies… or Christmas movies no matter what time of year it is. In fact today my back was really giving me some heavy duty pain (I have Spinal Stenosis) & I laid down on the couch for a bit and then I put the TV on and believe it or not I found the Preacher’s Wife with Whitney Houston and I watched it and crocheted and I felt a whole lot better. Have a great weekend my friend.
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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I’m so glad you’ve found a way to relieve the pain Marie!
I enjoy binge-watching my favorite comedies at time for just the same reason! 🙂
Twitter: tinarobmorley
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Thanks for hosting! You always have so many interesting things to look at on your Friday linky party. The pink painted pumpkins really stood out to me and they’re a great idea for cancer awareness. Take care and God bless!
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Great tip on those pink painted pumpkins Christina!
Hope you are having a wonderful week! 🙂
Happy Friday! I really enjoyed your review of the coloring bible. I’m ordering one for my BFF for Christmas!
How do I cheer myself up? Usually, music will do this for me. Sometimes I talk a little walk. I also try to remember that, no matter what I’m doing I’m supposed to give my all and that will help me snap out of it.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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So glad you enjoyed my coloring book review Pam! I have some more creative reviews and giveaways coming that you should enjoy as well – watch for them! 🙂
Music is one of the big ways that I “mood shift” when I’m feeling low. Walking helps too when I can get myself moving! 🙂
Enjoy your week!
What a huge gathering this week! Thanks for your faithfulness.
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Always a pleasure Michelle – thank you for joining us each week! 🙂
Great party – as usual! Thanks for hosting.
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Thanks Helen – you too!
Thanks for the party! Have a great weekend!
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Thanks so much – you too!
Thanks for hosting! Have a fantastic weekend.
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Thanks Casia – you too!
Thanks for hosting the link up!!
It’s hard to get cheered up when I’m down, but making a mental list of all the things I’m thankful/reasons I have to be thankful helps me have a better perspective on my life:)
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Could not agree more Casey! Have you ever considered starting a gratitude journal?
How do I cheer myself up? I encourage myself in the LORD, like David did. I thank God for who I am in Christ, and for who He is for me. Sometimes I will also color, hand-letter or illustrate Scriptures.
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Great response JoDitt! David is such a great role model for expressing our emotions!
Thanks so much for hosting!!
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Thanks for joining us Thistle!
Sorry we’re late getting here, Ramona. Thank you, as always, for hosting Friendship Friday! Hope you’re having a great weekend. 🙂
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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So glad to see you Kevin – hope you and the kitties are having a fabulous week!
Happy weekend all. Hope you are enjoying the autumn season and all that inspires. Best wishes and look forward to visiting your pages 🙂
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Thanks for joining us Ema – have a fabulous week!
Hi!
My name is Clare,
I just stumbled across this Blog today and I am super excited to have found it! I feel most happy when my mind is busy creating things. I think this cheers me up 🙂 I especially love DIY projects to decorate or improve my home. This last year I have been doing up my 3 children’s bedrooms (a boy a girl and a baby – to be born next week!) and it has been SO much fun! Also when I need cheering up … a cupcake with an encouraging friend and a reminder of the things that are going well in my life seems to help (based on Philippians 4:8, a favourite bible verse).
My Blog is called “My life in step” Where I write about things I am learning and pondering about faith and life with my husband and children. I also share step by step tutorials and tips for some of the DIY craft projects I do. http://www.mylifeinstep.com
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Hi Clare,
What a pleasure it is to meet you! How exciting that you have a new baby on the way any day – congrats!
Look forward to getting to know you and Phil 4:8 is one of my favorite verses too! 🙂
What a great party! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Share The Wealth Sunday!