Hey everyone! Hope you had a great week!  I have to tell you, I’ve been a little bit frazzled this week.  I was taking care of a sick hubby last week and had to catch up on housework Monday (though truth be told, I’ve still got quite a mess).  Then we had to drive up to Vanderbilt on Wednesday to visit my uncle in the hospital.  So that’s all put me a little behind on answering your emails and following up on comments, among other things! But at least I managed to get my posts up!

 

And this afternoon I finally got around to checking out some of last week’s Friday Favorite links!  I’ve only gotten to comment on a few your posts from last week, but I can tell from the thumbnails that there are a lot of cute things, so hopefully tonight I’ll have a little extra time to do some visiting. 

 

And here are just a few things that stood out to me, our featured posts for this week:

 

Also, if you need some cute Valentine party stuff, check out this post  that I put up on Tuesday, featuring a bunch of really cute and free printables for Valentine’s Day!

Hi everyone! Welcome to Friday Favorites!  Thanks for stopping by to link up your posts this week.

I know some of you may be gone to the Blissdom, and if you are, you will probably be too busy and having way too much fun to stop by here this week, but if you are at Blissdom and you make it by here, I’d love for you to email me next week and let me know how it went, what you learned, etc.

For the rest of you, I hope you enjoy this week’s featured posts! Also, while you’re here, please take a moment to enter my Progresso Souper You Giveaway. There’s free soup and fitness stuff included in this prize pack. Great stuff!

Valentine’s Art from My Life’s Little Pieces

Girls Clippie & Bow Holder from A Sign of the Times

I’m looking forward to seeing your projects from this week. Please link them up below. Also, I’d love if you could include my button or a link back to my blog somewhere on your site. Thanks!

Hey guys! Thanks for stopping this week for Friday Favorites.  This week’s featured projects seem to have a common theme going….everything is pink!  That wasn’t exactly planned, but I love the result!

Coincidentally I just created my first treasury on etsy:  Pink Things I Love.  (please check it out!)

I made the treasury before I even started working on Friday Favorites.  Kind of strange, huh?  I guess I’m in Pink mood this week!  Hope you’re all in a pink mood too!

Valentine Wreath (made of loofahs!) from Trendy Pockets

Cupcake Burp Cloths from Whipper Berry

Scottie Dog Pillows from Two Succulent Sisters

Valentine Topiary from Trendy Pockets

Welcome to our first Friday Favorites party of the year!  I look forward to spending Fridays with you this year and checking out all your posts.  It’s always fun to see everyone’s ideas, and I appreciate you coming by to share them with me!

 

Let’s start by looking at a few of the projects that were linked up last week.

Stenciled Wall from Ali Lilly

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili from Once a Month Mom

Welcome to the last Friday Favorites event for 2010, and incidentally my last post for the year! This week I thought it would be fun if we linked up our favorite posts from the entire year! This could be one post that you especially loved from your blog, or if you, like many, have a created a post, highlighting several of your favorite recipes, projects, etc. from the year, you could link that up too!

And as always, if you have a post from this week that you want to link up instead (or also), you are welcome to link that up as well!

I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend!  And I wish you all the Best of Luck in 2011!

Melting Snowman Cookies from The Moody Fashionista

Orange-Chocoalte Meringue Kisses from uTry.It

Dreamsicle Fudge from Shop Annies

Sambuca Cookies from Andrea’s Kitchen

Okay! Time to link up your posts for this week! Please be sure to include my button or a link back to my blog somewhere on your site so others can join the party! Happy New Year!

Hey guys! Thanks for stopping by for week 42! Just as a reminder, we are having Holly Bloggy Christmas events all week next week! You’ll find some fun Christmas themed linky parties and giveaways being hosted by myself and 4 other fantastic bloggers.

The Christmas Recipe Party will be held here at Simply Sweet Home next Thursday (linky will actually go up on Wednesday night), and I hope that you will all attend! Not only will you get a chance to share your own recipes and see what everyone else is cooking up, but I’ll also be sharing a few of my favorite Christmas treats with you, and I’ll be giving prizes away from Lisa Leonard Designs , Twelve Crafts, and Hope Abound Boutique! Plus, the following week, I’ll be featuring some of my favorite stuff from all the linky parties! It will be some super fun, so I hope to see you here next week, a day early!

Also, with the Holly Bloggy going on next week, I’ve decided to skip Friday Favorites for next week.  I was going to run it anyway and just host 2 parties next week, but after giving it a second thought, I’ve decided that the Friday Favorites party might take traffic away from the Christmas Recipe party or even confuse a new visitor that comes by for the recipe party.  (By the way, if you’ve got a super cool post that you’re linking up this week, never fear….I’ll still be choosing some posts linked up this week to feature.  I’ll just feature them when Friday Favorites returns the week after next!)

Now check out this week’s featured bloggers!

Peace Wreath from In His Grip

Snowflake Frame from Sassy Style Interior Redesign

Red & Reindeers Table Setting from The Tablescaper

Happy Friday! Hope you’re all enjoying your holiday season!  I’m really loving this time of year!  Not only is the Christmas feeling in the air with 24/7 Christmas music on the radio and decorations galore, but it’s also finally cold enough for me to wear sweaters and scarves, not to mention, fuzzy pjs and fuzzy socks! Yay!

By the way, if you haven’t been checking out my Holiday Gift Giveaways, please do!  There’s a giveaway for a Make Your Own Candy Kit.  Winner will choose between the gummies kit, a chocolate kit, or a gum kit.  This one will be open through Monday.  And this past weekend I actually launched two giveaways for this week.  One is for a copy of  The Magic Warble, a fantasy book, perfect for kids or adult fantasy readers!  And the other is for a  Dreamy Eyes Toy from Aurora! 

And stay tuned, because there’s more to come!  And if you really love giveaways, you need to come by for the Holly Bloggy, Dec 13-17.  I’ve lined up 15 giveaways for the event! And it’s going to be some great fun, so go check out our party themes and get your posts ready!

Now onto this week’s featured posts!  Thanks to everyone who took the time out of their busy schedule last week to come by and link up!

Purple Flowers and Ribbon Decor from Cheri Quite Contrary

Apple Bars from Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker

Pear Harvest Salad from The Delshad Duo

Apple Crisp Cheesecake from Inside BruCrew Life

Personalized Colored Ornament from Pitty Pat Paperie