Kick Arse Crafts: Great Gardening

1. Year of Composting
Small Notebook

2. Paint Moss Designs in Your Garden
Apartment Therapy

3. Spring Grass Decor
Mrs. D. Lightful

4. Copper Garden Decorations
Schlosser Designs

Kick Arse Crafts: Bath & Body Works

1. Rosemary & Thyme Bath Syrup
CraftBits

2. Easy Body Butter
Samsara @ Craftster

3. Almond Oat Cleansing Meal
Donna Maria @ MakeYourCosmetics

4. Hair Rinse
The EGCG Blog

Any Plus Sizes Out There?

I'm a sucker for online deals. I can't help myself. I'm also a sucker for fashion when the mood hits. Well, right now OneStopPlus.com has free shipping with the code WW34960. They're a branch off of Woman Within, both of which cater to sizes 12W-44W. Now, I will admit I find a lot of bland clothes there.

But...

I've found some of my most kick-arse pairs of pants there too, the ones I always get compliments and comments on. Just goes to show ya, it pays to search through all of the deals to find the styles and colors that suit you best. It's likely you can use the code at both stores though I only ended up shopping at the one.

Here are some of deals I found (remember, free shipping here):

Mainstreet Blues Pointelle Knit Printed Babydoll Tunic
$5.88

All American Comfort Knit Fleece Wide-Leg Drawstring Pants
$7.88

Only Necessities 2-Piece Trapeze Style Babydoll Pantset
$12.88

Terrific Tips on Tuesday

Considering I just did a whole slew of food related posts the other day I'm gonna go ahead and post some tip links today instead.

1. Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries
Coding Horror

2. Mailorder Merchants that Ship Japanese Goods Worldwide
Just Hungry

3. Free Potty Training Printable Charts
Potty Training Concepts

4. Multi-Purposing in the Kitchen
Passionate Homemaking

5. Kids Eat Free Restaurant List
Frugal Living TV

6. Teaching Your Children About Money Management
Money Saving Mom

7. 10 Simple Steps to Living Green
LifeTips

8. 8 Ways to Find Motivation at Home
Simple Mom

9. Round Printable Labels for Spice Jars
Eating is IN

Congratulations!

TO:

Retro Rudolphs, winner of the Mad Tea Party Madness Giveaway

&

Connie, winner of the runner's up package

It's late so I'll be sending out emails tomorrow.
Congratulations to both of you!

A Very Merry Unbirthday- I Mean Tea Party

As promised here I am, ready for our Mad Tea Party.

For those of you craving tea here's my newest recipe-

Flavored Iced Tea
(with Nutty Quick Bread & Homemade Cream Cheese)

Simple and easy, I've been going through this stuff like crazy lately.

12 c. Cold Water
1 Kool-Aid Mix
1/4 c. Unflavored Instant Black Tea
1 1/2 c. Cane Sugar

Mix and enjoy!

Still got the time? Check out our features:

Mad Tea Party Madness Giveaway

Alice in Wonderland $5 and Under Shopping

Bold Beverages

Creative Condiments

Savory Snacks

Baked Beauties

And again, thanks for stopping by!

Shopping Saturday - A Mad Tea Party

All items are handmade AND $5 and under!

1. Alice in Wonderland Mouse Pad
$5 @ Ladyblackness

2. White Rabbit Onesie, Medium
$4.50 @ The Happy Baby Shop

3. Alice in Wonderland Jewelry Box
$4.50 @ Neonkats

4. 'Drink Me' Resin Magnet
$4.25 @ Studio Art Head

5. White Rabbit Earrings
$4.00 @ HModine

6. The Mad Hatter Pendent
$4.00 @ Popalicious

7. 'Oh dear oh dear I shall be late' Ponytail Holders
$3.95 @ Once upon a button

8. Alice in Wonderland 5 Button Set
$3.00 @ Follow The White Rabbit

9. Wonderland Postcard
$0.50 @ This Blank Page Productions

Mad Tea Party Madness - Celebrating 250 Posts!

Yes, you read that right. My 250th post just so happens to coincide with this great great day. We'll be celebrating by giving away some handmade goods straight from my favorite place to shop, etsy! You have the chance to win...

One Alice in Wonderland Tea Time Mini Pendent/Charm
Flox & Me

One Pair of White Sparkle Bunny Hair Clips
Clippitydoodah

Tea Time Earrings
Purple Robin Bird Designs

If you'd like to enter all you have to do is leave a comment saying one thing you like about Spiffy Spotlights or any suggestion for improvement.


1 extra entry each for:

Becoming a follower
Subscribing via RSS or email
Having the SS button on your blog


3 Extra entires for:

Writing a post linking to the giveaway


You could also win our runner's up gift:

1 Small "Mystery Prize"
&
10 Recycled Magazine Envelopes, perfect for holding gift cards or small notes.

This will run Saturday-Monday and we'll draw our winners then. Good luck!

Mad Tea Party: Creative Condiments

1. Strawberry Jam Without Pectin
Intimate Weddings

2. Juice Jelly
Hillbilly Housewife

3. Dandelion Syrup
5 Orange Potatoes

4. Strawberry Freezer Jam
Make and Takes

Mad Tea Party: Baked Beauties

1. Drop Cranberry Scones
Zakka Life

2. Chocolate Chip Scones
Flipflops & Applesauce

3. Currant Biscuits
Maya*Made

4. Jelly Bean Biscotti
Se7en