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Time to link up for the Window Treatment Challenge

January 25, 2012 By dee

Welcome back to the CSI Project! I am happy to say it is Party time! This week has been all about windows and how to dress them up. When I introduced the challenge, I included a great tutorial from, House of Hepworths. You can see the post here. We also had 3 great tutorials and 3 reviews of Fish Foam window cleaner. First, we had a wonderfu tutorial on how to add doilies to your curtains from Counry Chic Cottage. Then, we had a new window tutorial from My Scrapbook Life. I loved that she also used Fish Foam to {…Read More…}

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Custom Length Curtains{Cleverly Inspired}

January 25, 2012 By dee

Hi all! I am Tracie …author of Cleverly Inspired. Here is a super easy way to make an inexpensive store bought curtain look a lot more custom. I bought these curtains on clearance at Target. I think they were maybe $7 each. The only trouble was they were about 18 inches too short. My solution was to buy one yard of fabric….cut it in half and sew it to the bottom of my curtains. I lined the back of the fabric…pinned it to the bottom of the curtain and sewed a straight stitch. It makes the curtains feel a bit more weighted {…Read More…}

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New windows and a dresser clean up{My Scrapbook Life}

January 23, 2012 By dee

Hello again CSI Project peeps! I’m Corinna and I blog at My Scrapbook Life. I make stuff with photos and pretty paper, but I also love to DIY things all over my house to save money so you’ll find projects like that there too. In fact, last time I was here at CSI Project I showed my kitchen cabinet makeover here. I’m glad to be back! I know, doesn’t the name Fish Foam just make you wonder WHAT IS IT? ha ha! It’s window cleaner! I was excited to get the opportunity to try this out, because we got new {…Read More…}

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Doily Curtains{The Country Chic Cottage}

January 23, 2012 By dee

Hey y’all! My name is Angie with The Country Chic Cottage. I am so happy to be here on the CSI Project today! I am going to show off my Doily Curtains! Are you ready to add some doilies to your curtains? First y’all need to see what I started with. I have had these blue curtains for over 9 years. That is tragic all by itself. I was so sick of blue. Sick, sick, sick. But these are really nice curtains. Lined, insulated. They are in front of a door and two floor length windows, so lined and insulated {…Read More…}

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Sponsor and Guest Judge of the Week{Fish Foam}

January 22, 2012 By dee

Welcome back to the CSI Project! I think this will be a great week. I can’t wait to see all of your window treatment ideas and would love to see any projects you have done using windows. I especially love using old windows for projects. {Swoon} This week we have a special sponsor and Guest Judge. Have you ever heard of Fish Foam? Let me introduce you then! I am so impressed by this company and their products. Fish Foam was designed specifically for the professional window cleaners at FISH Window Cleaning and is now available to the public. FISH {…Read More…}

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Challenge of the Week{Window Treatments}

January 21, 2012 By dee

It always seems that I decorate my whole home and then by the time I get around to curtains, I am stumped. Especially in my family room that has 2 huge windows. Call it lack of inspiration, motivation or just plain lazy. Who knows but it is really hard to find window treatments you love. At least for me, it is and then after a while, I want to change them up. So, either I go from store to store looking or browse online but I usually end of saying, “I can just make some.” That is the birth of a {…Read More…}

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Winners of the Soup and Comfort Foods Challenge

January 21, 2012 By dee

Hi and welcome back to the CSI Project! Happy weekend too! We are having so much fun in the forum. If you haven’t registered, you may do so here. You can introduce yourself, get to know other bloggers and even gain new followers. You can also share ideas and projects as well as discuss craft topics or ask questions. The CSI Project’s goal for this year is to become more of a craft community so that we can gather virtually to support one another in our crafty endeavors. There will also be blogging advice and tip {…Read More…}

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Time to link up to the Soup and Comfort Foods Challenge

January 18, 2012 By dee

Hi and welcome back to the CSI Project!!! It is party time! It has been a great week here and what a fun challenge we have for you. Our recent guest bloggers have absolutely inspired us with their Favorite Soup and comfort food recipes and tutorials. If you missed them earlier, go check out these yummy recipes: First, we had Corn-Sausage Chowder from Dukes and Duchesses. This really good and will be on my table soon. I love anything with cheese and that is what I call comfort food. We had recipe from Amanda at Ninth Street Notions. She shared her Cheddar {…Read More…}

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Cheddar Broccoli Mac & Cheese

January 17, 2012 By dee

Hi everyone! I’m Amanda, from Ninth Street Notions. I write about all sorts of things: from sewing tutorials to craft projects to recipes. I hope you’ll come check me out at my home blog sometime to catch up, but until then, here’s a warm winter recipe. Two of my favorite comfort foods are broccoli cheese soup and macaroni and cheese. I mean, really, how perfect are they? But how much better could they be if you combined them? And this recipe is the result of that question. Cheddar Broccoli Mac & Cheese Ingredients: 2 cups broccoli florets, chopped 16 {…Read More…}

Corn-Sausage Chowder{Dukes and Duchesses}

January 16, 2012 By dee

Hi! I’m Randi from Dukes and Duchesses and I always love sharing at The CSI Project.I love comfort food. The cold days of winter just make me want to put a pot of soup on the stove, break out the bread machine, and huddle up with the family. You too?This recipe for Corn-Sausage Chowder is delicious. And easily thrown together at the end of the day. If your house is as busy as ours, those are magical words. Let me tell you how to make this yummy soup.Gather your ingredients. One pound of pork sausage, 1 cup coarsely chopped onion, {…Read More…}

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Sponsor of the Week{KraftyKash}

January 15, 2012 By dee

Welcome back to the 3rd week of 2012 and that means another challenge, another fabulous guest judge and another chance to WIN amazing giveaways. I love this shop and I am so excited to introduce the shop and it’s owner to you this week. I have to start by showing you these beautiful pendants. And these world traveler pendants are gorgeous! These would make great gifts for those who love to travel or a way to remember where you have been or a special vacation. I made something similar using a map when my husband and I were dating and lived away {…Read More…}

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Guest Judge{Naptime Chef}

January 15, 2012 By dee

Welcome back to the CSI Project for another great week featuring FOOD! I know we love our crafts and decorating our homes but what about food? I love my food just as much as I love my crafting. Well, I have been known to craft and eat at the same time. So, this week’s challenge is Soup recipes and Comfort Foods. I am so excited to have Kelsey, better known as the Naptime Chef. This girl knows her way around the kitchen and also mastered the art of enjoying the quiet time that naptime can bring. She lives {…Read More…}

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