Give-away!

Hey you all! Head on over to Home by Heidi for an amazing give away she has going! I have been following her for a while now and I enjoy reading/looking at all her posts!



Heidi is a wife and a stay at home mom of three children, who has a talent of making things beautiful

She is having a give away from Joe Totes!


I have looked on their site and they have some awesome bags in great colors.  If you are a budding photographer , a pro, or just a girl who likes a good bag with organizers, this is for you!



Well enough of my chatting! Go on and head over to here site for a chance to win!

Blessings!
Karen E.

Printable art

I have new special reading corner! After over a year, all my books can come out of their cramped boxes and display themselves, and be enjoyed!

I am looking for some printable art for the wall beside the big shelf. I want something vintage, and cozy. If you  know where I can find something like that, please let me know! thanks.

Blessings! 

Karen E.

Ringing in the New year!

It is a new year, and with it comes empty resolutions that fade out after the first month or two. This year I have a prayer that the Lord will give me motivation and the will to carry out what I am motivated to do. One thing that is motivating me this year is to pursue interior decorating. I have been in love with it for several years now, and if there is any time that I am gonna do it, its now!
This blog is another thing that I am motivated to do. I love writing, but I have gotten out of the habit of doing it these past few years and I am not always good at expressing my self in writing or I can do in just a few sentences. We'll work that!
Loosing weight. I don't think I need to expound on that. If you are a woman you will know what I am talking about, and I won't need to say more.

I am excited about the new year. It stretches out like a fresh new notebook, a blank piece of paper, a breath of fresh air. You get the idea, a year full of newness and promise!

 Enough of the New year stuff.

One thing I have been thinking about is my home. I think the first step to an attractive home is clean surfaces, free of clutter. That is one of the first things my husband notices when he comes home from work. I feel more creative and inspired when my house is tidy and free of clutter. That is one thing I really want to keep up.
I am feeling a little frustrated at the moment because I had pics for this post and they are all gone!!! Grrrr.


Here are some of my most recent Pins on pinterest.

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Have a happy new year! May it me full of inspiration!

Blessings!
Karen E.

A new plan

We have moved! I am so excited about the new house. It is full of color, and it is small than our former house. Since this is a rental house, and I don't know how long we are going to live here, I am gonna attempt to decorate this house as inexpensively as I can, but beautifully. I am gonna take you on a journey of the evolution of this house.

The Master bedroom is my first project.

the bedroom is orange, and my vision is to make it feel cozy and romantic. We want to replace the furniture with dark brown/black furniture. I don't want to make the room feel too heavy so I want to add pops of teal blue, white and maybe yellow. this is my inspiration for the room.



Hopefully next time I will have pics of the room for you.
Let me know what you think!

Blessings!
Karen E.

Newness!

New. I like new. New shoes, new clothes, new babies (especially new babies), New paper, a new notebook is even better, a new pencil, the site of new pencils/pencil crayons, new recipes, new people, new friends, a new book, trying new things, ect. the list could go on and on. But just because something is new doesn't mean its new! Lol! I guess almost all things are like that. you go shopping at a thrift store and you find something that you like and it is new...to you! You can take something old and give it a new purpose and  it is new! you go to
Wal-mart and you try something on or you may buy it, it may be new but then again maybe its not (not knowing how many people have tried on that shirt, or even bought it but returned it).

A recipe is old thing, but if you are trying it out for the first time it is new. That is one thing I really like, trying new recipes. I have always loved doing it! This year I have found new recipes and am having fun trying them out. Today I am trying a new recipe for salsa! It is very different from the recipe I usually use, but it has turned out so well and is sooo yummy!

Come to think about it our relationship with the Lord is like that! It is not a new thing. It has been around for thousands of years, but to each person it is something new, and continues to be new. What I mean is as we walk closer to Him, and grow, each step is one we have never taken before, so therefore its new.
God's Mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). Sometimes my mind barely touches that truth and it blows me away!

these are just some of my thoughts, as I was cleaning up from my salsa making, and thought I would take a moment and share them with you all!

I would love to hear what you all think!

Blessings!
Karen E.

I am still here!

I haven't been around for a while, and I am sorry! Two months ago we went on a road trip out east all the way to PEI!!! The fulfillment of a life long dream. While we were at the beach out camera slipped into the waters and drowned! Wouldn't it be so romantic to drown? As Anne of Green Gables would say.
amazingly enough we were able to save all our pictures that were on a memo card!

We still don't have a camera, and I feel kind of handicapped having this blog and no camera. I know I love seeing pictures that people have taken themselves rather than pulling them from the internet, though they have some great pics on there.

Creative Juice is not limited to just interior decorating stuff, But I also planned on posting inspiring recipes I have tried and have found inspiring.

Let me direct you to my favorite web site for recipes.



Click Here

There is an app for that!
Lol!

I have discovered a recipe for Pasta Primavera Sauce and it was AMAZING!


As a side note, if you want to add meat, it tastes great with meatballs! Oh btw, if it tastes too tomatoish for you just add a bit more salt.

                 

Ingredients

• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 3/4 cup fresh broccoli florets
• 3/4 cup thinly sliced carrots
• 3/4 cup sliced onion
• 1/2 cup zucchini chunks
• 1/2 cup sliced green bell pepper
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1/2 cup water

Directions

1. In a large pot combine tomatoes, tomato paste, broccoli, carrots, onion, zucchini, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, garlic, bay leaves, olive oil, basil, rosemary, oregano, thyme, salt, pepper, sugar, and water. Heat to just boiling, cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook until all vegetable are tender, approximately 45 minutes. Stir occasionally. 

Nutritional Information 

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 84 | Total Fat: 2.6g | Cholesterol: 0mg

Tell me what you think about it!

Blessings! 

Karen E.

Modern Wing back chairs

what so you think of these wing back chairs?

I kind of like them.

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Source: 3rings.designerpages.com via Karen on Pinterest

Source: 3rings.designerpages.com via Karen on Pinterest

Source: 3rings.designerpages.com via Karen on Pinterest

I have fallen in love with the wing back chairs and these are kind of neat!
Let me know what you think of them.