White cake mix made into cupcakes. Frosting from a can, dyed green. Dipped in green dyed coconut. Decorated with Peeps and jelly beans.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival
I'd like to welcome everyone to Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. We are a group of Catholic bloggers who gather weekly to share our best posts with each other. To particpate, go to your blog and create an entry titled Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. In it, highlight one or more of your posts from the past week that you believe would be of interest to Catholic bloggers---whether they are posts reflecting on spiritual matters or posts about antics of Catholic kids, or anything in between. Come back here and enter the URL of that post below. Finally, go visit other participants, and leave comments!
If you want a weekly reminder to post, join our yahoogroup.
I'm glad to have everyone here, and just want to remind you that posts linked below should contain a link back here.
I'd like to wish everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter. One book review this week--The Wedding Dress.
I'll leave you with photos of my youngest coloring eggs. We used the ones we were saving the school fair. When I broke them, I did it carefully, trying to preserve as much of the egg as possible. After Easter, they'll go to school and someone with far more patience than I have will stuff them with confetti so the kids can break them over each other's heads.
I'd like to wish everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter. One book review this week--The Wedding Dress.
I'll leave you with photos of my youngest coloring eggs. We used the ones we were saving the school fair. When I broke them, I did it carefully, trying to preserve as much of the egg as possible. After Easter, they'll go to school and someone with far more patience than I have will stuff them with confetti so the kids can break them over each other's heads.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Blog Tour: The Wedding Dress
About the Book:
Charlotte owns a chic Birmingham bridal boutique. Dressing brides for their big day is her gift . . . and her passion. But with her own wedding day approaching, why can't she find the perfect dress…or feel certain she should marry Tim?
Then Charlotte discovers a vintage dress in a battered trunk at an estate sale. It looks brand-new-shimmering with pearls and satin, hand-stitched and timeless in its design. But where did it come from? Who wore it? Who welded the lock shut and tucked the dog tags in that little sachet? Who left it in the basement for a ten-year-old girl? And what about the mysterious man in the purple vest who insists the dress had been "redeemed."
Charlotte's search for the gown's history-and its new bride-begins as a distraction from her sputtering love life. But it takes on a life of its own as she comes to know the women who have worn the dress. Emily from 1912. Mary Grace from 1939. Hillary from 1968. Each with her own story of promise, pain, and destiny. And each with something unique to share. For woven within the threads of the beautiful hundred-year-old gown is the truth about Charlotte's heritage, the power of courage and faith, and the timeless beauty of finding true love.
My Comments:
Rachael Hauck has another winner here. Using the wedding dress as a way to link women of different generations, Hauck capsulizes the history of Birmingham, Alabama, and in many ways, our country over the last hundred years. We learn about segregation, women's suffrage, the Depression, Viet Nam and today's commitment-shy couples.
While classified as Christian fiction, it is on the lighter end of the spectrum, though it contains an author's statement at the end that compares the wedding dress to Jesus. I think the average women's fiction/romance fan could enjoy the book regardless of religious beliefs. I'd like to thank Litfuse for providing a review copy. I was not obligated to write a positive review.
Facebook Event:
What is "true" beauty? Join the conversation at Rachel's Author Chat Party Event Page. On the eventing of 4/19 we'll gather to talk about inner and outer beauty and share moments of beauty in our lives.
In the meantime, celebrate with Rachel by entering her True Beauty Giveaway!
One "beautiful" winner will receive:
- A $200 Visa Cash Card (Treat yourself to a spa day or weekend get-away!)
- The Wedding Dress (by Rachel Hauck)
So grab a few of your friends and your copy of The Wedding Dress and join Rachel on the evening of April 19th for an evening of fun.
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Monday Memes
This month, Mailbox Monday is hosted by Cindy's Love of Books. Bloggers list books that arrived in either snail mail or email. I've been out of town working on a trial for the last month, so I haven't participated in these memes nor have I done much blogging or reading. When I got home, these were waiting for me
It's Monday What Are You Reading is hosted by Sheila over at Book Journey. She asks what we read last week, what we reviewed last week and what we plan to read this week.
Since the last time I participated in this meme, I've published the following reviews:
My Review (great book)
My Review (sweet romance)
I also interviewed self-published author Ellen Gable Hrkach about writing and self-publishing.
Books read but not reviewed (yet)
Texas Bride: A Bitter Creek Novel
(fun mail-order bride romance)
(fun mail-order bride romance)
Trauma Plan (Grace Medical)
(Christian romance, to be reviewed May 1)
(Christian romance, to be reviewed May 1)
Up Next: Those from my mailbox, of course.
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