renaissance2010
Turning to photography as a creative outlet during a valiant fight with breast cancer at age 34, renaissance10 survived and set up a photo contest to help raise funds for the Lavender Trust, a nonprofit that provides information and support to younger women with breast cancer. In the first two years, the competition brought in over £65,000 (that's $107,260.73 U.S.!), with entries from 130 countries last year. Renaissance10 recently joined LiveJournal to meet other passionate photographers and find supportive friends.

curiouscupcakes
Holy buttercream frosting! If you have a sweet tooth for sugary goodness or a wandering eye for whimsical confection, this is pure ecstasy iced in deliciousness. Hailing the beloved cupcake as the artisinal canvas of choice, you'll enjoy recipes, photos, and bountiful tips to bake up a batch, whether your taste leans toward French classics or funky and flavorful.

mission101
With New Years in the offing, it's an ideal time to reflect on past accomplishments, make peace with disappointments, and refocus the lens on future goals. This community welcomes you to create a bucket list of 101 things you plan to accomplish in the next 1,001 days. Offering support, guidance, and inspiration, this is a great way to jumpstart those pesky resolutions.

the best christmas present ever

( :D )

Like Issue #0 before it, Comic Book Resources comes to us with the first few pages of Issue #1 of Boom's fantastic WALL-E comic! (Seriously, I got Issue #0 and it was just awesome.)

Here it is!

Issue #1 is set to be in stores Wednesday, so if you still have some spare change after all that Christmas shopping, be sure to snag a copy ASAP!

(Wow, I sound like an advertisement. xD; I just really loved the first issue guys.)

i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

So we were at our friends' daughter's first birthday party at their new house last night. Lots of kids that the wife takes care of in day care, and they have really good rules and boundaries so it was very fun.

The best part? Each kid had a cup with their name on it, and the game was, if each kid had the SAME cup (guess there's lots of waste and losing cups sometimes) by the end of the party, they got to each put their cup into Wall-E (the trash compactor, which most of the kids had never seen before) and push the button. HAH! They talked about Wall-E all evening, it was so cute!

While this blog article may have came from last year's post, I decided to dig it out of the ground again for some of you guys. So far, carolwise, we went up to eight days of Christmas. ( I'll explain to you after the jump. )

Hi everybody, hopefully the holiday season isn't driving you crazy yet!

I would like to introduce you to our two new mods, dreaming_faerie & fuzzy_ninja. I'm not around on LJ a lot these days months so any questions, problems, or ideas for comm activity - just ask these two gals!


Take care everyone!
-Lulu

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

01-52: A Muppet Family Christmas (includes some Fraggles and Sesame Street muppets as well)

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