Cozy Mysteries

Hello friends,

As you will have seen my little blog took a hiatus and taken a few turns.  Besides crafting and my health journey I have started to get back into reading mysteries, my first love since about age of 5.

I am helping on a Facebook group called "Cozy Mystery Book Corner" where we post about books we like as well as monthly book discussions.  It is a great community of readers and authors, much like our crafting community.

With this said I am learning to do more in depth book reviews, as the authors really need us to do them, even if you just say Loved it! 

I am now following a few cozy mystery blogs that are fun and diverse:  

Cinnamon and Sugar and a little bit of Murder

Kim bakes her way through books . She posts recipes from your favorite books, along with yummy looking pictures and videos of her creations.  I always leave her site with one or two recipes bookmarked to try in the future. For those in the United States she always has great Giveaways

Cozy Chicks Blog

The Cozy Chicks blog is created by a team of cozy mystery authors (Lorraine Bartlett, Duffy Brown, Mary Kennedy, Maggie Sefton, and Karen Rose Smith) and provides fresh content daily.  It goes beyond the books and the authors give you a sneak peek into their world.

Mystery Lovers Kitchen

This is a site created by cozy mystery authors for the readers and the first one I signed up for. 

If you are a fan of cozies that feature food, this is the blog for you.  It features authors who have recipes as a part of their books, and they take us into their kitchen and cook up the goodies right along with you.

A Cup of Tea and a Cozy

A fellow Canadian and Karen! A personal blog of writer Karen Owen aka Karen Mom of Three. 

Put the kettle on, grab your favorite tea cup & saucer, pick up a cozy and join her...  

Karen is a writer, crafter, cozy mystery & tea lover. Enjoy!

Snuggle up with your fur-baby, a hot cup of tea and a Cozy Mystery - best couple of hours you can spend. 

P.S. Please share. with your friends and leave me a comment below. I read them ALL!

Hugs,

Merging Life revisited

Hello friends,

As some of you may know I had 3 blogs at one time one for cards, one for Multiple Sclerosis and then one for Essential Oils.  I am in process of merging them as it's hard enough to get up most days let alone write for 3 blogs.  With this said I created This and That with Karen and Lindi 

In 2018 I had hoped to write more about all things that interest me not just cards and with that said it did not happen ...

It is almost 2019 and all I have done is a few posts and recycled ones from years ago.  But I am hoping 2019 will be the year i do some writing and crafting again.  I am hoping to spread my wings and do some book reviews as well.

I hope to encourage people to take care of each other, perform random acts of kindness and let others with chronic illness know that life will and CAN go on.

Hoping you will stick around for the journey.

Hugs,

Leaving Stampin Up!

Hello my crafty friends

It is with a heavy heart that I tell you yesterday was my last day as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator.

Being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator was absolutely one of the best things I have ever done.  I will always be grateful for all the friendships I’ve formed and what I’ve learned about myself through this process.

I never actually set out to be a demonstrator,  I have crafted for as long as I can remember whether it be knitting, crochet, cross-stitch…. and I dabbled in paper-crafting once I moved to Calgary in 1998, but just for my family and friends. I joined Stampin' Up! 4 years ago at a time in my life when I was going through lots of transitions and thought I could combine my love of crafting into a small business while on long term disability.  Unfortunately this was not possible due to the nature of my health issues. 

While I will continue to use many products from Stampin’ Up! — I can’t wait to spread my wings and begin dabbling in all areas of the craft world! I hope you will continue to follow my blog and join me as I discover new stamps, dies, and other crafty materials.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• If you are a on-line customer — Thank you! You may continue to purchase your product at StampinUp.com.
• If you are a local customer — contact me and I will hook you up with a new demonstrator in the area.

If you have been thinking of trying Stampin’ Up! products or becoming a demonstrator yourself – Go for it, you wont regret it, can you tell I loved my job 

If anyone wants to ask me anything about my journey or about Stampin’ Up! then please get in touch, I will definitely reply and try and answer any questions.

Thank you for reading my story

Hugs,