Pink Impact * Crowned For Greatness

I just finished attending an amazing conference at Gateway Church in Texas called "Pink Impact Crowned for Greatness" ~ it was 3 days of amazing music and speakers ~ the speakers were Tony Evans wife, Lois Evans and Christine Caine from Hillsong Church in Australia ~




I loved the name of the conference ~ what it means is that as women we have can make a huge impact on the world and we are crowned for greatness because we are children of the heavenly king ~
It was so much fun to see all of the decorations because they were so what I love ~ pink and crowns ~




The flower bouquets all had sweet little tiaras or crowns ~ your ticket in to the conference was a little rhinestone crown pin ~ even the bathrooms were all decorated with pink and crowns ~ it was soooo girly !

I can't wait until next year !! I don't think it will come fast enough ~




I am on the far right and my daughter is sitting next to me ~ the other ladies are some friends that went with us ~

Everything's Coming Up Paper Roses

I just love everything about spring !! I am very much in spring mode but it is just a tiny bit early here for flowers outside so I have been playing with flowers inside ~

These are just a few creations with paper roses, forget me nots, birds and bird nests that you can find at Katies Rose Cottage ~

Chicago Make Mine Pink Tiara Contest

This is the second edition to my Chicago weekend post ~ On Saturday night after the Country Living Conference, we had a night of just fun ~ we had Chicago style pizza, a gift exchange and the tiara contest ~ it was sooo much fun !!!

Oh my gosh !!! I was amazed at the outrageous beautiful tiaras that the gals came up with ~ I guess it is because there was a gorgeous crown ring to be won !!

These are pictures of just some of the tiaras ~

Michelle was the winner ~ Isn't it gorgeous and outrageous !!

Home from Country Living Event

The Country Living Women Entrepreneur Conference in Chicago was wonderful !!! It was extremely informative with some amazing women speakers ~ there were 600 ladies who attended ~

The most fun was being able to meet some of the ladies from Make Mine Pink that I have chatted with on the forum for up to 3 years ~ We all stayed in a brownstone right off of Michigan Ave. which was such a blast !! Karen from Sweet Necessi-Teas and I got there on Thursday and had fun just chatting away ~ On Friday we met up with everyone else ~ it felt like we have known each other forever because we have talked for so long ~ it was neat though to meet and hear their voices because most everyone we had met before just through emails and the forum ~ this is a picture of a few of the ladies but I think there were almost 20 of us all together ~




The conference was on Saturday which began with a yummy lunch and then the speakers and ended with honoring the 10 Women Entrepreneurs of the Year ~ we were all so proud of Joyce !!!



Saturday night was fun because we ended the night off with a tiara contest and yankie Pamper Me Pink swap ~ I will show you pics of the tiaras tomorrow ~ they were amazing !!!

Make Mine Pink Chicago Bound

I am sooo excited to be on my way to Chicago to attend the Country Living Women Entrepreneur of the Year conference ~ Joyce Lucas, who is the founder of Make Mine Pink is one of the women being honored !!

It is going to be a blast to get to meet all of the ladies that I talk to at Make Mine Pink everyday ~ I have been a member for over 3 years and have talked to Joyce and the other ladies on the Make Mine Pink forum since then ~ We are going to have a few days to laugh, chat, eat Chicago pizza and just have so much fun as well as learn some wonderful things at the conference ~

On March 15, 2008, in Chicago, at the annual Country Living WE aftenoon, Joyce Lucas will recognized as one of Honorees of 2008's The Country Living Women Entrepreneurs. She will join the other deserving Honorees on stage for accolades and a question and answer session. All the Honorees are featured in the March issue of Country Living, currently on the newsstands.

Her her own words, Joyce says:
"This year I am so proud to announce that I have been honored along with 9 other women, the "Country Living Women Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2008 ". Grateful for such an honor, I am also very humbled. It is because of the amazing group of women that collectively make up Make Mine Pink, that I have received this honor. I will proudly accept this honor for all of the members at MMP."

Joyce founded in Make Mine Pink 2004, from a personal need to find other like- minded women who, like herself , were struggling to not only get their businesses started, but to gain the recognition businesses needed to succeed. Not only did she create Make Mine Pink as an online shopping mall, but she added a forum for the business women to exchange ideas and build friendships.

To read more about Joyce, check the March issue of Country Living, the Country Living website and especially check Make Mine Pink.

Make Mine Pink Queen for the Day !!!

As you may be aware, the members of Make Mine Pink who are attending the Country Living's WE afternoon are having a contest also ~ "The Most Outrageous Tiara Contest"~ where we will see each others tiaras up close and personal. So as not to leave anyone out of the 'fun' Make Mine Pink will be hosting "Queen for a Day" on the Make Mine Pink.com public forum.

Here are the rules of participate:

Design and create your outrageous PINK Tiara yourself.
Submit 1-2 pictures of you wearing your Tiara by Tuesday March 18th! (it must be YOU in the picture wearing the tiara)

All pics will be posted and a vote will take place! Only current and participating forum members will be allowed to vote!

The winner will receive the beautiful tiara ring and the gorgeous book-Crowns & Tiaras.

All forum members NOT attending the Chicago event are eligible to win this fabulous prize!

Pictures of Canton

Canton was amazing this month !!! I just love the Canton First Monday flea market ~
I started taking pictures the first day I was there and then the second day my battery died ~ there was no way that I was going to leave to go buy batteries so I just didn't take any more ~

It kind of was funny this month because it seemed like people just had a BUNCH of certain things ~ Like this picture of hand mixers ~




Or this one of old mantels and beds ~ I would love to have had a spot for each one of those things because this was the place to get them ~




This man had just tables of stuff ~ it was so funny because each little thing you had to ask him the price of ~ I think if I had tables full like that, I would sell it by the jar full or something like that ~ this was the perfect spot to find bangles and baubles galore ~



Can you tell we are in Texas ???




This guy had the most amazing OLD stuff ~ these are old ledgers that dated in the 1910's to 1920's ~ it was fun to look through them at how people used to keep records ~ Now I am kicking myself for not picking up one ~



Well that is all because of the dead camera ~ soooo.....
ta ta for now !