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Friday, January 24, 2014

Grow Your Blog ~ 2014

I'm so glad you stopped by for a visit! A cold winter weekend visiting with friends near and far is the Best 'cure' for the winter blues!The kettle is on and fresh from the oven are these yummy homemade gluten free cranberry cinnamon rolls.

Gluten Free
You guessed it...I'm having to learn "how to cook" all over again! I've not had gluten [except for accidental contamination] since July 2013. Oh what a difference, and all for the better, minus having to relearn cooking skills. If you have questions about a Gluten~Free lifestyle and the need to eliminate gluten just ask...

I'm Carol a.k.a. Beulah an artist working with thread and fabric, ink, paint and whatever else catches my eye. An organic gardener, Gluten-Free, dreamer and does, consumer of tea and chocolate along with lots and lots of salads! My family calls me the 'leaf eater'. I try to sew or create several hours each day and especially love the days when creating begins at sunrise and ends well into the night. What you will find here on the blog...a bit of everything...I don't have set days for posting, and write often about what is consuming my time at the moment.
 

2014 began like every year, a blank canvas but is rapidly filling with an ever expanding creative list of projects and new adventures!
Blog Tours, Online Quilting Bees, Publications, Wedding Quilts,Writing,Gluten-Free Cooking, Charity Quilts,Gardening, a New Business...more on each of these in the coming weeks.

I won't 'keep you' as I know you, like myself are just 'itching' to pop in and visit with everyone! Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to our visits in 2014! But before you go I have something to share...my first giveaway of 2014!

Just leave me a note and let me know you were here and where you call home, that's it! :) And on February 7,2014 by random selection one of my guests will be notified by way of email [make sure I have your email]and posted here on the blog, to be on the look-out for some 'happy mail'. The giveaway...now that's a secret...what fun is a surprise if you already know what it is???

If you would like 'extra' entries there are several options for a total of 4 'extra' entries.

1. Become a follower of my blog via GFC and leave a comment telling me that you are a new follower = 1 additional entry

2. Become a follower of my Twitter@sowingstitches https://twitter.com/sowingstitchesand leave a comment with your Twitter 'handle' = 1 additional entry

3. Become a follower of my Pinterest Boards
http://www.pinterest.com/sowingstitches/and leave a comment with your Pinterest url = 1 additional entry

4. Become a follower of my InstaGram @Sowingstitches and leave a comment with your IG name = 1 additional entry.



Until next time....
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Stay warm and cozy,
with LOVE as always,
Carol a.k.a. Beulah


The complete listing of all participants in the Grow Your Blog Tour 2014 can be found here on Vicki's blog, she is the one who gathered us all together! :)

http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.com/

95 comments:

  1. I have been a follower for quite awhile and enjoy your blog post. I am from Arkansas. Thanks for the giveaway offer!

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  2. Hi, Carol ... Home for me is New England where I love the four seasons . I am a happy follower and always enjoy visiting your blog ... :) Pat

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  3. Hi Carol, I've been a follower since last year's "grow your blog ". I also went gluten free 3 years ago, and have recently gone "Paleo" to help my husband lose weight and get rid of newly diagnosed diabetes. Those cranberry cinnamon rolls look great, hope you post the recipe soon. I live in Perth, Australia.

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  4. I'm here and I'm visiting from Indiana.... the bitter cold and snowy state!

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  5. I've been a happy follower for awhile. Best of luck as you continue your great blog!

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  6. Hi Beulah, I've been your blogging friend since last year's GYB party. What a fun time! I would also love to have your recipe for the cranberry cinnamon rolls. They look delicious! And, of course, I am from South Carolina. See you soon!

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  7. Hi Carol! So happy to meet you - - sounds like we have a lot in common and I'm jumping on board via GFC. Thanks for stopping by the blog earlier and best of luck on the giveaway! Hugs, Karen

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  8. I've become a follower (I don't do the other media) - and I so enjoy happy snail mail :D
    My Dad was diagnosed with Coealic's last year, so bless him he has eat gluten-free bread :( I'm always looking out for GF recipes... Lovely to meet you!

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  9. I continue to be a happy GFC follower...don't do any of the others. :)

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  10. Mmm...the smell of warm cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven...what a welcome Beulah! ;D
    What a fun party...I'm only just beginning my social whirl visiting everyone but I can't let this opportunity to thank you personally for being one of my followers. I reciprocate and apologise that it's taken me this long to hit that button.
    Your giveaway sounds very exciting so I hope I'll be entered into the draw! Catch you again soon...in the meantime have fun and enjoy the party :D
    xoxo

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  11. What can I say - the cinnamon bun got me! YUM... I need to get a hot chocolate to go with it and read on... Welcome Carole a.k.a. Beulah to the GYB 2014 event. You have a lovely blog. Enjoy visiting others. Lorraine (GYB volunteer team).

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  12. hi there - this Grow Your Blog is so fun!! i'm from Virginia. since birth. trying to stay warm ... got all my fuzzy clothes on this day. i told my mom i have become a housecoat lover ... i rarely take it off when i am in the house. it is so warm & keeps out that terrible wind & cold that is hanging around. have a lovely weekend. ( :

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  13. Hello from the small province of Nova Scotia . I have been a follower for a while , i receive your posts via email that way I never miss one ;-)

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  14. I am now following your pinterest board :-)

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  15. Hello from New Zealand. I love your masthead picture.

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  16. So nice to meet you through the GYB Party, I love your blog and I'm now a follower of your creativeness.

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  17. Popped over would love to learn more about Gluten free cooking. Not for self even though wouldn't hurt me. Have an increasing amount of family and friends who suffer and difficult to cater for. Will be back soon.

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  18. I am a follower and really enjoy getting to know you better.
    I am in cold cold Maine. Spring seems far away. sigh..
    cheers
    maggie

    maggiemine42@gmail.com

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  19. thanks for visiting my blog. Gluten Free is not easy, I could not eat wheat for a while, that I found already difficult.

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  20. Thank you for visiting my blog. Looking forward to seeing your work and I'm really interested in your Gluten free diet. You have a new follower on here, Pinterest and Instagram (GillThompson59)
    Gillx

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  21. Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Gosh, those Cinnamon rolls look yummy! I am following you here and on Pinterest!

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  22. Hello,

    Nice to meet you.:)
    I would like to participate in your giveaway.
    petitearmoire2@gmail.com

    Greetings.

    Bernadett

    I am from Serbia.

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  23. Hi Carol. I'm a new follower from France joining in the GYB party.
    Hope your having fun. I'm a little daunted about the number of blogs I need to get through. Your name will be placed in my give away draw. I'm just going to your sidebar to join the followers.
    Best wishes Barbara Lilian

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  24. Visiting for the first time from North Carolina. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  25. I'm a new GFC follower of your blog. Thanks again.

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  26. Hi Carol so nice to meet you and I am a new follower too. we have allot in common-I have had to be gluten free for the last 15 years-so much easier now though since more are aware of what it is. On my blog I have lots of gluten free recipes too. I also do lots with fibers-and I am having a giveaway too-so please stop by.
    and put me in your drawing-I love surprises Kathy

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  27. Hello again! Thanks for leaving the Dr. Doolittle comment on Comptonia :) I agree - the animals have much to say!
    I admire anyone who is making big dietary changes in the interest of good health. And those GF cranberry cinny rolls look delicious! I eat a lot of cranberries, and am always sticking them into everything from salads to stuffing.

    I thought I was already following you, but if not I will add your blog to my Feedly reader now.
    Enjoy the GYB party - I expect it will go on for quite a while :)

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  28. i am visiting through gyb. I am loving meeting all these new bloggers.I live on a rather tiny island in MA just on the north shore of Boston. We are connected to the mainland by a 2 mile causeway. I eat gluten free also. Thanks for visiting my blog and I look forward to getting to know you.

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  29. those cranberry cinnamon rolls look absolutely delicious. I am positively drooling!! thank you for your lovely comment on my blog.

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  30. Hi carol...yummmmmmy I need that recipe when this is all settled please. One daughter, our dtr inlaw and four grandchilden are gluten intolerant. trying to find great recipes has been my goal the past few months. I love your blog and wit and am now following.

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  31. Hi Carol, thank you for stopping by my blog and becoming a follower...I'm now your newest follower. Those cranberry rolls look so delicious my mouth is watering!

    Victoria

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  32. Hi Carol
    Good to meet you - I'm visiting from England!

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  33. I am having fun finding new bloggers to follow...love sewing and quilting. Greetings from Oklahoma, USA. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  34. I follow you on twitter as CrystalblueRT. I am having fun finding new bloggers to follow...love sewing and quilting. Greetings from Oklahoma, USA. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  35. I follow you on Pinterest ad crystalbluern. I am having fun finding new bloggers to follow...love sewing and quilting. Greetings from Oklahoma, USA. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  36. I follow you on GFC. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  37. Hi visiting via the GYB, lovely blog thank you for the tutorials I love them we can learn something new everyday.. I look forward to visiting often. I've followed you on your button and have followed you by email then I don't miss anything lol.

    Peg x

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  38. Hi! Thanks for visiting me at Adirondack Girl @ Heart :) Sign me up for your giveaway please. My email is adirondackgirlatheart@gmail.com. Blessings in your blogging adventures, Diana

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  39. Hello! It's so nice to meet you! Thank you for stopping by and following my blog! I love that postage stamp quilt!
    XO
    Rachel

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  40. Hi Vicki...I just joined to follow you...,looking forward to some inspiration and fun!

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  41. Hi Vicki... I found you with Grow Your Blog...boy, just finding so many great blogs and friends! I am at
    www.frabicandmemories.blogspot.com

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  42. greetings from southeast Alabama...love your postage stamp quilt...I have one of those in the works...please enter me into the giveaway...thank you.

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  43. Hello, I am stopping by from Pennsylvania. I am very curious about your surprise giveaway.

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  44. I am a new follower. Nice to meet you. Thanks for visiting my blog.

    Judy in Colorado
    judy@atticraggedys.com

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  45. Thank you for your lovely words on my GYB post. I am the Stitching Lady in Germany, South-Germany, and I see that you are also coming back to quilt and quilting after trying out many other craft, and coming also back to the threads -like me - it is the best to hold a needle in one's fingers, isn't it? I will "grow" your blog by one number, haha.

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  46. Hi, nice to meet you. Stopping in from Grow Your Blog. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Look forward to your posts. Sounds like an interesting blog.

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  47. Hi, I'm Karen from Minnesota where the sun is shining but the air is frigid!!

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  48. I am a seasoned follower of your and I need to learn to cook gluten free as well as low sugar/carb. I hang out in my quilting studio here on a farm in eastern Washington state.

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  49. Hi there! Thank-you for visiting my blog earlier. I really enjoy the 'moment to moment' unstructured everyday blogs. I look forward to visiting again soon.
    Andrea

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  50. Lookalike you've been busy visitng blogs, thanks for stopping by and please come again. I was just doing another post as you dropped by!

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  51. Karen, I am visiting from GYB party. Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment and following me. So sweet! I will definitely be following you. Now off to visit other blogs but I will certainly be back to browse.

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  52. I just became a follower.... still visiting folks from the GYB party. I will take some time later to explore your site. Thanks for visiting my site. I am off to see your pinterest site now.

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  53. Hi Carol, thanks for visiting my blog.
    I am now following yours here, and I have you on twitter (Rambling Prose there too)
    Let me tell you, it was worth the trip all the way from Scotland just to look at those cranberry cinnamon rolls. My mouth is watering.....

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  54. Thank you Beulah :) pleased to follow your lovely blog!

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    1. ..sunny Santa Monica California is where i am, to enter your contest :D

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  55. Hi Carol, Thank you for visiting my blog, and now I am visiting yours from SOCal. Thank you for the open invitation to ask questions about gluten free cooking, I just might do that. I will follow your blog to keep updated on your many adventures. Enjoy the tour from GYB.

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  56. Diane from Tennessee, nice to meet you and join your blog

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  57. Hello Carol! Thank you for visit today ~ pleased to meet you and pleased to be a new follower!!

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  58. Carol, enjoyed my 1st visit to your blog and hope to come back soon. I am very interested in GF diet and so I hope to maybe learn a little from you. I am a follower on GFC, Twitter (twitter.com/isellduncan), Pinterest (pinterest.com/isellduncan) & Instagram(isellduncan) . Thanks for stopping by my blog, Teresa
    www.foxhollowtales.com

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  59. Hi Carol, I'm visiting your blog from New Jersey. I'm new to quilting and am now following your blog. I'm also follwing you on twitter- @angelatrenna. and pinterest- pinterest.com/angelatrenna and also on GFC Thanks!

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  60. Hi - I'm Jean. Visiting from New Hampshire, USA. I am a new follower of your blog and of you on pinterest. Thank you!

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  61. What fun I had visiting you and those scrolls look super yummy!!! I have become a follower of your blog here on the GFC, I don't do twitter or Instagram and not great with Pinterest, so that's unfortunate for entries.
    Hugs to you from Australia........ Sharm
    sharmshere@yahoo.com
    www.countryfragrance.blogspot.com
    www.the7pillarshome.blogspot.com

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  62. Hi Carol, thanks for visiting me and following! Your posts about quilting look informative and inspiring. My niece was diagnosed celiac as a baby and is now a healthy strapping 18 year old! I'm now following you.

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  63. Thank you for stopping by my blog, Out and About in Europe! I think I would starve if I had to go gluten free as I LOVE bread and German's make the best! Continued success with your new diet and blog!

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  64. Hi Carol,
    I'm hated learning to go gluten free but am always looking for new GF recipes. I am a new follower. Stop by for a chance to win my nifty fifty giveaway. Happy blogging

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  65. Following you on twitter @hundgestrickt ;-)

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  66. Following you on instagram @tina_dogs

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  67. Following you via GFC and bloglovin (as that's my feed reader)

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  68. Hi Carol, I love your colourful quilts. I am more knitter and crocheter but am tempted to try it just once. And am sure I would be hooked... If I'll get into the process I know where I will come to ask stupid beginner's questions ;-)

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  69. Thanks for sharing more about you- I'm visiting from Vancouver, WA.

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  70. Hi there, I'm just popping over after your visit to my blog! I live in Somerset UK and would love to be entered in your giveaway! Thanks! J9 x

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  71. Hello. I am visiting from Georgia. Those rolls look so yummy. Must be getting close to lunch time. LOL Thank you for the giveaway.

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  72. Hello! It is so nice to meet you! Thanks for following my blog and now I'm your newest follower! I can't wait to see what else you blog about this year! With that extensive list it all sounds exciting!
    XO
    Rachel

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  73. Greetings from BC. So nice to meet you! I'm a new follower. The rolls look so good!

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  74. bless your heart! a young man down the valley, has found out he's gluten intolerant and, while he's happy to know what the problem is, he's not happy about giving up his beer -LOL-. visiting via Vicki's GYB party and enjoying your post; I'm in VA, USA

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  75. Hi from Melbourne Australia! Am learning to sew this year so am following you for inspiration!

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  76. Thank you for visiting my blog! I live in Sarpsborg in Norway.

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  77. Stopping by from the GYB party though I see you've found me too! I'm a stitcher from Indiana and a new follower too.

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  78. I had seen your profile picture (I'm a sucker for a cute kitty picture looks like you have a helper). I'm one of your newest followers from the SE corner of Washington State. I look forward to seeing your adventures this year. Have a blessed day :)

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  79. Carol,

    It is so nice to meet you through the GYB party! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for becoming a follower.

    I am signing up to follow you today! Have a beautiful day.

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  80. So nice to meet you at the party! Having just discovered a gluten intolerance I will be following your journey! ~Terri

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  81. Hi Carol! I'm visiting from Malaysia. Nice meeting you at the GYB party and I'm a new follower of your blog via gmail.

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  82. Hello , my name is Dawn your my one stop on the blog party, Hope that I soon will be friends with all of you cyber neighbors. I just say that 600 plus bloggers that sign up to the Party and I am only up to 299 whew a lot of good read and great giveaways. Thanks for this opportunity to join friends with you and be apart of your giveaway. Can't wait to see more of your great projects in the making. My site http://overboardcreations.blogspot.com/and contact info is ovr_brd@yahoo.com
    I don’t have a lot of blog time in. but I like all things creative

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  83. http://www.pinterest.com/dawncheney7/overboard-created-creations/Hello , my name is Dawn your my one stop on the blog party, Hope that I soon will be friends with all of you cyber neighbors. I just say that 600 plus bloggers that sign up to the Party and I am only up to 299 whew a lot of good read and great giveaways. Thanks for this opportunity to join friends with you and be apart of your giveaway. Can't wait to see more of your great projects in the making. My site http://overboardcreations.blogspot.com/and contact info is ovr_brd@yahoo.com
    I don’t have a lot of blog time in. but I like all things creative.
    I following you on twitter but , I don't know how to tweet yet.

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  84. Greetings from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Nice to meet you. We are trying to be gluten free too. Difficult!!! I will be back.

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  85. Hi, I am happy I have had a chance to meet you here. Thanks for sharing.

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  86. Hello nice to meet you! I'm visiting from Nottingham in England. I'm off for a quick look round!

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  87. Oh my goodness, the cinnamon roll looks delicious. So nice to meet you!

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  88. Greetings from the Pacific Northwest. I enjoyed visiting your blog.

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  89. Following you on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/minibea12/.

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