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</div><div align="center">So last week, when I finally got back to the ole blog I promised you all that the link party would resume like normal on Friday! Weeeeeelllllll, I clearly didn't get the party up in time, and then well.....I spent most of Friday on a flight to surprise a girlfriend! It's been a super fun weekend and I won't be home for a few more days, but I just really wanted to get the party up and going so I can see what you all have been working on!</div><div align="center"><br />
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Holy Moly! I have not blogged in nearly three weeks, and I miss my bloggy friends! </div>
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I've been under the weather these last few weeks, and am just now starting to feel better and get back to all fun extras.</div>
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I received several lovely emails from my fabulous readers checking in and making sure everything was ok, Thank YOU! You all are so sweet!</div>
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I do have some exciting news to tell you all!</div>
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WE'RE MOVING!</div>
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YUP, we're finally get a bigger place. I'm very excited! Though also feeling overwhelmed with the whole packing up your life in a box process!</div>
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How do you all do it?</div>
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Do you all have any tried and true tips for the whole process??</div>
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We have until the end of March to get everything packed and ready and while we are not moving very far away and our current place is small, it still seems a bit daunting to even think about it! </div>
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The regular Friday Link Party will start up again this week, so make sure you come by and link up anything I may have missed these last few weeks!</div>
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Ashley @ A {Blonde's} DIY Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663700075716910124noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141660836124977540.post-59776706742204014292012-01-27T20:45:00.000-05:002012-01-27T20:45:53.997-05:00A Link Party and some Features!!<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's that time again, time to feature some fabulous projects from last weeks link party!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a few of my favorites!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out this fabulous <a href="http://www.savvydesignwest.com/2012/01/how-to-golden-leaf-striped-tray.html?showComment=1327714122430#c809782746201738989">DIY tray from Living Savvy</a>, I just love it!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">How about a DIY Glitter Clutch?!?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well check out this one from <a href="http://www.urbanejane.com/2012/01/diy-glitter-clutch.html?showComment=1327714459533#c1611254342077475979">Urbane Jane</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just because you know I love a good gallery wall, check out the fabulous-ness that <a href="http://suburbsmama.blogspot.com/2012/01/gallery-wall.html">Suburbs Mama</a> put together!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now it's time to link up all your latest projects! Link up as many things as you like! Just remember it's always nice to visit some other links and leave some comment love!! I also would love it if you linked back to the party, but that isn't necessary....just appreciated! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">First off I have to say THANK YOU for all the understanding comments about me trying to add exercise back into my daily life, AND balance this ole blog! You all are so great and supportive! Thank you!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been getting in a few Zumba classes over the last week, and love it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've still been working on a few things around here as well, one recent little change I made to the living room, was adding a new piece of artwork to my gallery wall!<br />
You can read a about some of its transformation <a href="http://ablondesdiylife.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-living-room-artwork.html">here</a>.<br />
I finished this gold and black Chanel inspired artwork about a month ago, but didn't really know where I was going to put it. Well, about a week ago it became the newest addition to my Gallery Wall! I just love it!<br />
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I got off topic of the Chanel artwork, just a little bit, but I had to show you all the gorgeous flowers Josh brought home last night! I also love playing with my new camera!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">OK, so it's time to come clean with all my fabulous readers. You may have noticed that the posts have gotten somewhat lite lately and I wanted you all to know why! When I started this blog over a year ago, I never imaged the amount of time required to maintain this ole blog! I fell in love with everything about sharing my projects with all of you, and your feedback has been tremendously fabulous!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But something bad happened when I started this blog, something that I'm now just realizing.....I stopped working out and in consequence over the last year I have gained TWO dress sizes!!! Yikes!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">So I'm asking for a little patience from all of you as I try to balance adding exercise back into my daily routine! It will take me a bit to figure out the right balance of working out and working on the blog, so bare with me as I try to figure it all out!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm sitting here admiring my Christmas tree that has yet to be put away! At least this year, I'll be good and tired of it by the time I actually get around to putting it all away! In case your wondering I do have a few new DIY projects up my sleeve for the coming weeks, one which I hopefully plan to finish this weekend! It's been a loonnnnnnnngggggg project, I think I started working on this particular project back in OCTOBER!!! I know!! I told you it was a long time getting this project done! Anywhooooo.....I did order a few things from Ikea the other day and managed to get them put together. I'm still tweaking a few little things for the redo I'm planning for the project, but hopefully I'll get it all done soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">When A { Blonde's } DIY Life first started my colors for the blog were navy and kelly green, or that's what I was going for. However, I soon changed the colors as I found too many other blogs using that color scheme, and I just didn't want some blog that looked like what everyone else had! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The more I got into designing the images and layout you see here on the blog, the more I fell in love with this color combo, navy and hot pink!! I've fallen so hard for this color combo, it's started to make an appearance in my wardrobe! Check out a few of the pieces I've added to my wardrobe recently!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another week of having some fabulous projects linked up to Come Party with a Blonde has come and gone! Now it's time to feature some of those fabulous projects!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love looking through all the inspiration you all provide!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Am I the only one out there still putting away the Christmas decor?!?! I keep finding stuff which is not helping, but then again I haven't even started taking down my little white Christmas tree! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Some how this time of year always make me want to get organized, to clean things out for good! I'm laughing now, because I just can't seem to keep things clean....ever! Living in less than 600 sq doesn't help either, one little thing gets out of place and it's total chaos over here! One thing that I've been dying to work on is the bedroom, as I spent most of last year working on the living room. It's still not DONE, but so much better than where is was a little over a year ago. </div><div style="text-align: center;">One thing that I've desperatly needed for the bedroom, is a dresser of my own. You see Josh and I have been sharing a six drawer dresser he had growing up. I do not like it, but we have not updated it as it serves it's function and he seems rather attached to it! I even suggested a little paint makeover for it last year and he seemed turned off by that. Why do boys love ugly things?!? Anywhoooo, I've ordered a few solid wood dressers, that will be getting a fabulous paint and trim makeover once they get here! <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Right before New Years I was shopping with a girlfriend in Crate and Barrel and saw some Champagne glasses that I fell in love with! I did not get them at the time and kinda regretted it as soon as I got home, my closest Crate and Barrel is over an hour away. Now the reason I didn't get them at the time was I really didn't need them and had just come from Saks and had dropped a pretty penny on some new Chanel makeup! So the thirty or so dollars for a few glasses that I wasn't sure we would even use anytime soon, well I just couldn't get them! But I literally could not stop thinking about these beauties!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So 2011 was such a fun year for me around the apartment! I accomplished so many FAVORITE projects!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Opps with our second set of unexpected quests popping in on us last Friday, I totally for got to host the weekly link party! There were some fabulous things linked up, and I just wanted to take a moment to feature some of my favorites!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am a sucker for all things peppermint!! So I just had to feature this super yummy looking Peppermint Meringue Cookie from <a href="http://thetaylorhouse-chrissy.blogspot.com/2011/12/peppermint-meringue-cookies.html?showComment=1325797622579#c662502515778120938">The Taylor House</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope your ready with your favorite projects of 2011, cause I want to see them!! A new link party will be up tomorrow!! So get those posts ready and share as many as you like! The more the merrier!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So Christmas has come and gone and a New Year has already begun, and I am just now getting back to this ole blog. I never had any intention of staying away this long, but with some unexpected guests popping in and out throughout the Holidays I've had so many other things vying for my attention! <br />
Josh and my best friend were too cute planning a surprise visit, as some of you who follow me on twitter know, I KNEW something was up! I just couldn't figure out what! When she showed up the night after Christmas it all made sense! I love girl time, and shopping trips with your best friend!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, with things getting make to normal, I think I can finally get focused again! Hey, I did at least managed to take my live tree down yesterday, which is a good thing because it was turning into kindling and might just have sparked a fire if left up much longer, I have not however put the ornaments away! I mean a girl can only do so much work, and after carefully taking each precious ornament off the tree, gently pulling the pearl garland off and cursing the dead branches for holding onto the lights so well I was pooped! So I gave up there and had a nice little glass of wine! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See all my ornaments are still in piles around the room! I'm also thinking I'm not going to take my white tree down yet! I just love it too much!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas, and got everything on your wish list!! I mush have been awful good this year as Santa surprised me with lots of goodies from C Wonder, some new Tory Burch Sunglasses and one thing I really didn't think I would be able to get for a VERY LOOOOONNNGGG time, a<span style="font-size: large;"> Canon t2i!</span> I'm having a blast taking pictures now! No more iphone images! Yay! Even though I must admit my iphone did a pretty good job! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did you all get any pretty exciting gifts this Christmas? What about surprise visits from friends?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know Christmas has been over for a bit now, but I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you all had a fun filled New Years Eve celebration last night! Josh and I spent the night in drinking lots of champagne cocktails and eating some delicious appetizers! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> It was perfect! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had no intention of taking a whole week off from the blog, but just kept having people drop in on us so I just couldn't get around to taking care of updating the ole blog! It's been such a fun week!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a wonderful Christmas, and I hope you all did as well!</div><div style="text-align: center;">In case your wondering I missed adding a link party this week, I'll definitely be sure to get one up next Friday! Get your best projects ready, I want to see your favorite projects of 2011 linked up to next weeks party!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so excited that this weeks party ( which was only the third link party hosted here! ) was such a huge success!! We had 85 link ups! Not too shabby! So thank you too all of you who participated!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now on to the good stuff, here are a few of my favorite projects that were linked up this week!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kim from <a href="http://www.keller-creative.com/2011/12/stag-head-pillow.html?showComment=1324612879123#c2190468184495236519">Keller-Creative</a> DIY'D this fun stag pillow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is perfect for my new deer head obsession!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gold....shiny....what could be more perfect than this fun sunburst mirror ornament that</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Jean from <a href="http://flowerhilldesigncompany.blogspot.com/2011/12/holiday-decorsunburst-ornament-tutorial.html?showComment=1324613094338#c9062979531978598510">Flower Hill Design Company</a> DIY'd??! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out these fun REVERSIBLE stockings that <a href="http://owensolivia.blogspot.com/2011/12/olivias-tailored-and-slipcovered_19.html?showComment=1324471412951#c3264503458928975494">Owen's Olivia</a> made! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">With Christmas literally days away and with no sightings of a live Christmas tree here on the ole blog, I bet you all were wondering if I actually got a fresh green tree this year. Well the answer is yes! Josh and I have had our fresh Christmas tree up since right after Thanksgiving! So yes, I have been a VERY negligent blogger as I have not blogged one single picture of our tree! </div><div style="text-align: center;">So without further ado, here are a few images of our tree.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So for the very observant out there, yes that is a Yoda tree topper on the top of our tree. I gave that to Josh three years ago under the condition it would NEVER grace the top of my Christmas tree. Come Christmas it has always sat on his desk, well this year our regular topper was just not working and it never made it onto the tree. Until last week our tree sat topless, when I finally gave in to Josh and let him put Yoda on the top. I know, that was EXTREMELY nice of me! But 'tis the season of giving, so I selflessly let him put that weird little guy on top. I am sure I am on Santa's nice list just for that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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This past weekend I shared with you some photos of a fabulous pink and turquoise Christmastime photo shoot, which you can read all about that <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://ablondesdiylife.blogspot.com/2011/12/im-dreaming-of-pink-and-turquoise.html">here</a></span>! Anyway, one of my favorite things about that shoot were the two white deer head wall pieces. </div>
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I have been OBSESSING over them ever since I first laid eyes on them!</div>
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I especially LOVE the ornaments hanging from them for the Holidays!! I soooo want to find some deer heads so I can decorate them with fabulous ornaments next year! </div>
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This one is a little smaller than I had wanted, but at only $49 the price is very nice!</div>
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However, this one is much larger, but it comes with a MUCH larger price tag of $199! AND that is on sale!</div>
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This blonde would be forever great full if you'd share your super secret place to buy white wall mounted deer decor!!</div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some times you catch a glimpse of something that just stops you in your tracks and simply takes your breathe away. That's exactly what these photos did when I found them while surfing around on <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/ablondesdiylife/">Pinterest</a> </span>the other day. I loved them so much I followed them back to there source <a href="http://joielala.com/blog/">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just take a look at the most perfect Christmas decor ever!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the most gorgeous Christmas Photo shoot to boot, I sooooo want to do this some day!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a dirty little secret, yes it's time for this blonde to make a confession.....I'm a popcorn whore. Yup I said it! I eat popcorn ALL THE TIME! I mean it's sooooo yummy!! AND can be low calorie when done right! I usually get the 97 % fat free bags from any number of stores, and I'm not too particular about the brand either. However, for some reason I can never get them to pop right! They either burn or don't completely pop! This is very frustrating to this blonde popcorn lover! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> So I was browsing on amazon the other day and found this.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you checked out the <a href="http://www.landsend.com/ix/home-travel-luggage/For-The-Home/Assortments=Sale/index.html?seq=1~2~3&catNumbers=256&visible=1~2~1&store=le&merchAsId=23&tab=5&pageSize=72">Land's End Sale</a>?!?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, just so you know I am not the first one to post about this sale, but I wanted all of you to know!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I actually saw a post about this sale..... this oOOhhhh about twenty minutes ago on Kristen's blog, <a href="http://6thstreetdesignschool.blogspot.com/">6'th Street Design School</a>! It's soooooooo good I HAD to share it with all of you! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">....and two of these pillows.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s7.landsend.com/is/image/LandsEnd/404133_A511_LF_DNE?op_sharpen=1&rgn=0,0,2000,3000&scl=5.882352941176471" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://s7.landsend.com/is/image/LandsEnd/404133_A511_LF_DNE?op_sharpen=1&rgn=0,0,2000,3000&scl=5.882352941176471" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">( while this pillow was marked down from $44.50 to $9.99! )</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm still figuring this whole link party thing out, but I love that I've gotten soooo many nice comments from all of you about being excited about it! So just bear with me as I tweak a few things...like the actually day and time when it starts.....do you all think Friday is a good day? That's what I'm leaning towards!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me know what you all think! I've also added an image to the top right of the blog, so check there to join the current link party!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the image you want to look for to join the party!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NV3AkHemmO0/TutHYuBkJvI/AAAAAAAACLc/KFSuTLTK26s/s1600/Party11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NV3AkHemmO0/TutHYuBkJvI/AAAAAAAACLc/KFSuTLTK26s/s640/Party11.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok....so here are a few highlights I wanted to share from this weeks link party!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out this fabulous snowy white <a href="http://www.lisaroy.ca/2011/11/my-simple-snow-white-wreath.html">Christmas wreath from Lisa Roy</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd love it if you were a blog follower or added a link back to the party on your blog or project post! </div><div style="text-align: center;">That's not required, I know how busy you all can get and it's hard to keep adding back links to project posts!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I would like to grow the party, so that would be a great way to share the party with others!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Twas two weeks before Christmas, and all through the <strike>house</strike> apartment</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not a creature was stirring not even....a...blonde</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Stockings were hung by the <strike>chimney</strike> tv with care</div><div style="text-align: center;">In hopes that ST. Nicholas soon would be there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The plan is to eventually get them monogrammed, but I just couldn't decide on fonts or colors right now....so maybe I'll get them done next year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So how about you, are you all still putting out bits of your Holiday decor? I feel like mine doesn't ever really get done until the BIG day! I just keep adding and rearranging things! It's like a sickness, I just can't stop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sooooooo happy I got my White tree! It just makes me smile every time I look at it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have any of you all bought an unusual colored Christmas tree?? I've also seen quite few pink ones I've liked this year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't forget to come join my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://ablondesdiylife.blogspot.com/2011/12/white-christmas.html">NEW LINK PARTY</a>!!</span> I'll be hosting one each week, so come back often and link up your new projects!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had so much fun hosting last weeks Holiday Party, that I've decided to host a party every week!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love seeing what you all have been working on, so I'd be thrilled if you stopped by each week to share!</div><div style="text-align: center;">While I love seeing all the Holiday stuff you've been working on, I also think it would be fun to see all the NON Holiday projects as well! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">While I'd love to say this is a NO rule party, I do want to keep this party to PROJECTS, whatever that may be, just no links to giveaways or Etsy shops please!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Feel free to link up as many projects as you like!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And DON'T forget to visit some other projects you see and leave some comment love!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd also love it if you became a follower!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have fun at the Party!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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