Here are some great holiday-related posts from this past week around b5media’s Lifestyle channel. In case you’re looking for other cool blogs to check out (whether artsy, crafty, all about home, etc.), read on:
Kettle & Cup asks if Starbucks Limited Edition is worth $26 a pound. (I love coffee, so it’s tough for me to say no!)
All Holiday Cafe spills the beans on what happens when kids make their own gingerbread house kits (what happens is cuteness)
Jewelry and Beading has a neat post on how to make rosary beads
Tangled Thread shares how she made her own Christmas ornaments and sewed sequins on for finishing
And She …read more

This week, Junk Creation is the blog that I’ll be spotlighting for the ‘Three Doors Down’ series.
 
I sent Peggy Rowland, the host of  Junk Creations a few questions,  and she got back to me quick like a bunny. Thanks, Peggy!

1]      What is your main focus on Junk Creation? (are you mostly  tutorial based or a ‘gathering of info’ blog?)
The main focus isn’t tutorial. I’ve been reinventing the blog since taking it over in April. I want to provide a nice community for both junk creators and junk creation lovers to gather. You don’t have to make projects to …read more

The Three Doors Down project on b5 is so neat! It’s giving me a great excuse to enjoy some of  ‘blogging neighbours’ on b5.
Here’s a link that explains what the ‘3 doors down’ project is.
This morning, one of my neighbours UP the b5 blog list (Jennifer at De Clutter It) wrote a posting about hankering for yarn.  She posted a pic of the most Zen yarn storage solution I have ever seen.  You really have to check it out!
Zen yarn photo at De-Clutter It 
She also posted about some other really great yarn storage solutions.  Brilliant. and useful, too! thanks, Jennifer!

The Three Doors Down project on the Lifestyles Channel is under way! I am really enjoying this! (click on the link for an explanation)
My first ‘neighbour’, three doors down on the list of fellow Lifestyles bloggers at b5 is Cyndi at Jewelry & Beading.
Cyndi does a great job of finding really useful info on the web, as well as writing absolutely terrific tutorials. You’ll want to subscribe to this blog if jewelry making and beads are a passion of yours!
I sent Cyndi a list of questions about Jewelry & Beading, and here is her response:
“I love making …read more

Through the month of May, the Lifestyles channel at b5 media is going to be having a neat neighbourhood networking carnival.
Each of us will be featuring introductions to and interviews with blogs and bloggers from the b5 Lifestyles network.
Here are the guidelines….
Each of us looks at the list of b5 Lifestyles blogs, and counts down 3 from our blog. That blog, and the next 3 blogs are the ones we’ll be featuring.
This means that in May, I’ll be interviewing:
Cyndi at Jewelry and Beading
Here’s the posting about Cyndi: CYNDI
Peggy at Junk Creation
Here’s the posting about Peggy
Maricar at …read more

The Lifestyles channel at b5 is having a mini carnival with as many of us as possible showing where we blog.
So, here’s where I blog:

Note the omnipresent cuppa tea….
I never blog alone.

We have a very  literary cat. (contrary, too).
Usually, she is draped around my shoulders:

and her sibs are usually right by:

I have several workstations in my studio, but most of them are too messy to photograph without acute embarrassment, so I’ll just show you the desk where I do a lot of my design work:

So, there’s a peek into my studio…. and where I blog….