House Party Blog Hop!

Welcome to the House Party Blog Hop!  Last month, I sent envelopes full of paper and embellishments to blog friends all over the world.  They all used them to create altered houses, and today they're ready to share them with you.  Please join us on the blog hop to see the wonderful creations.  Each blog will have a link to allow you to easily follow the circle. If at any time you get lost or find a broken link, you can find the entire list of blogs at the end of my post, so you can jump on the circle in a different place.  It's possible, with the various time zones, that there may be a bit of confusion o time lag here or there, so please bear with us if this happens!

My house is titled "Life is a Circus," and it features some Hungarian postage stamps and a picture of myself on the Eiffel Tower.  Even if my life is a circus, it's a happy life!
I wanted to also share a picture of my IRL house, so you can see where I create.  I live in a town called El Granada in California.  It's on the coast, about 25 south of San Francisco.

Come on in and join the party!  If things get too crowded inside, feel free to go out back and enjoy the garden.  There's a nice bench by the vegetable patch (where you can see the birdhouse my talented DD Clara made):

Thanks for stopping by - please leave a comment noting whether you are a first time visitor, long time lurker/first time commenter or old friend.  I'll come up with a nice give-away for a few of you who leave comments.  Ooops the doorbell's ringing - gotta go let in more party-goers. . . 
Ready for another house? Click on this link to go check out Kim's house at Scrap 'n Sass.


If at any time you get lost, here's the list of blog participants:
Kimberlee of Scrap and Sass at http://scrapsandsass.blogspot.com links to
Jacky of scrappyjacky at www.scrappyjackylive.blogspot.com links to
Margi of The Maverick Crafter at http://maverickcrafter.blogspot.com links to
Liz Lee of “Life at the Gables” at http://lizlee-liz.blogspot.com links to
Ruth Street of Everyday Life of a Suburban SAHM at http://suburbansahm.blogspot.com links to
Nancy Young of Squirrelyart at http://squirrelyart.blogspot.com links to
Lizzie of Lizzie made at http://lizziemade.blogspot.com/ links to
Sian of From High in the Sky at http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.com/ links to
Mel of I Speak Melsh at http://ispeakmelsh.blogspot.com. links to
Deb of Deb's World at www.debs14.blogspot.com links to
Deb of Paper Turtle at http://paperturtle.blogspot.com links to
Karen of Random Reflections at www.kbwalker.blogs.com links to
Cherry of Nights Dream at http://blodwyn3snightsdream.blogspot.com links to 
Sharyn of Living Artfully at http://sharyncarlson.typepad.com/livingartfully links
Julie of JuJu's Folly at http://jujusfolly.blogspot.com/ links to
Elizabeth of Hootings of an Owl at http://emhowl.blogspot.com/ links to
Amy of Over at Our Place at http://overatourplace.blogspot.com/ links to
Denise of Den's Crafty Diary at http://deecie.blogspot.com/ who links back to me
Maria Rinda Ontiveros of Gallo Organico at www.gallorganico.blogspot.com