giveaway :: ends monday night

The giveaway ends Monday night.

{Please scroll down and enter before it is too late}

GIVEAWAY:

- The Vintage Pearl

- Designer Blogs

- The Pleated Poppy

- Gussy

- Just Simply Southern

- Purple Lemon Designs

I want to thank these amazing talented women for participating in my First BIG Giveaway. I adore your shops!!

I will announce winners Monday night or Tuesday Morning.

Giveaway Day :: Purple Lemon Designs

The last giveaway is hosted by Kelly, owner of Purple Lemon Designs. I found her last year and she is someone I completely adore! She has an etsy store you have to check out. Kelly has great customer service, great quality products, and she is so sweet. You have a chance to win a Medium Stamp of your choice from Purple Lemon Designs. There is a variety of stamps to choose from.

stylish address stamps..

wedding stamps..

Business stamps..

Kelly took my business logo and made a stamp for me... my old logo & new logo

She did an amazing job! I love it!

She also designs stationary
I looove this stationery! Joshua 24:15 is one of my favorite bible scriptures. That scripture is above the door in our entry. Look at that beautiful cross!

You can have your very own Purple Lemon stamp too!
medium stamp of your choice to one lucky winner!

To Enter:
1- Become a follower {or already follow} my blog

2- Head over to Purple Lemon Designs and come back to tell me what you would pick

3- Follow me on Twitter

4- Twitter/ Facebook about the giveaway

5- blog about the giveaway {be sure to leave the link}

Good Luck!
Winners will be picked Monday

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don't forget to scroll down for more fabulous giveaways
{the vintage pearl, designer blogs, the pleated poppy, just simply southern, & gussy}

Giveaway Day :: Gussy

Maggie Whitley {known as Gussy} is behind all of these gorgeous ruffles. She is sooo talented and I just adore her! She borrowed her parents sewing machine to attempt to teach herself how to sew and look what she can do!! Head over to her shop {here and here} and see her amazing work. She is always creating something really pretty and ruffly.

i mean look at these ruffles.. beeeutiful!

I asked Maggie to make me a gussy laptop bag {to match my logo} and here it is. My laptop fits in there perfect and it is so easy to carry around.

Now my laptop is pretty.

Thanks Gussy

I. Love. It!

Gussy sews bags, wallets, and pouches of all sizes...

{look at the detail}

i. am.

madly. MADLY.

in. LOVE.

with these bags.

You can have your very own Gussy too!

$25 shop credit to one lucky winner!

To Enter:

1- Become a follower {or already follow} my blog
2- Head over to Gussy {here and here} and come back to tell me what you would pick
3- Follow me on Twitter
4- Twitter/ Facebook about the giveaway
5- blog about the giveaway {be sure to leave the link}

Good Luck!

Winners will be picked Monday

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don't forget to scroll down for more fabulous giveaways

{the vintage pearl, designer blogs, the pleated poppy, just simply southern... and more coming.}

Giveaway Day :: Just Simply Southern

These frames give you an easy way to display your favorite photo. Then, you can change the photo without any hassle.

The frames come in different sizes and they come in a variety of home decor colors.

All frames are handcrafted {thanks dad} so please keep in mind sight variations in the distressing of the wood.

Great for birthdays, weddings, teachers, friends, showers, etc..

$25 shop credit to one lucky winner!

{i'm working on adding new frames in my shop}

To Enter:
1- Become a follower {or already follow} my blog

2- Head over to my shop and come back to tell me what you would pick

3- Follow me on Twitter

4- Twitter/ Facebook about the giveaway

5- blog about the giveaway {be sure to leave the link}

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don't forget to scroll down for more fabulous giveaways

{the vintage pearl, designer blogs, the pleated poppy... and more coming.}

Giveaway Day :: The Pleated Poppy

Lindsey, owner of The Pleated Poppy, is sooo extremely talented! She is behind these famous posy pins you see everyone wearing. I have bought several posy pins from her and i. love. love. them! These adorable things are so versatile. You can pin them on your jacket, shirt, hat, purse, pillow... endless possibilities.

just look how beautiful these are

pedal pushers- another one of my favorites

zippered pouches- great way to get organized!

Covered Notebooks- I can't wait to get one of these

tea towels- i love mine!

Lindsey is offering a $25 shop credit to one winner!

Thanks Lindsey!

Good Luck

To Enter:

1- Become a follower {or already follow} my blog

2- Head over to The Pleated Poppy and come back to tell me what you would buy

3- Follow me on Twitter

4- Twitter/ Facebook about the giveaway

5- blog about the giveaway {be sure to leave the link}

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Don't forget to scroll down for more fantastic giveaways

Giveaway Day :: The Vintage Pearl

Erin, owner of The Vintage Pearl, makes jewelry that is handmade and designed just for you! Head over to The Vintage Pearl and plan on staying awhile. Erin is very talented and has a wonderful blog that everyone needs to check out. You can also follow her on twitter.

You will have so much fun looking at her shop and trying to decide what to spend your money on. I {heart} customized jewelry.

Good Luck!

{my eyes are on this one!}

One Lucky Winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to The Vintage Pearl!

I'm giving you lots of ways to enter for this giveaway; make sure to leave a comment for each entry.

TO ENTER:

1- Become a follower (or already follow) my blog.

2- Head over to The Vintage Pearl and come back to tell me your favorite item

3- Follow me on Twitter

4- Twitter or Facebook about the giveaway

5- Blog about this giveaway {be sure to leave the link}

:: come back tomorrow {and ALL week}

for more fabulous giveaways ::

Giveaway Day :: Designer Blogs

Do you need a blog makeover?

I have the perfect designer for you!

I found this wonderful company, Designer Blogs, several months ago and fell in love with them. I absolutely love my blog design {and everything else} that they created for me.

You can check out their portfolio here.

They also create blog buttons, business cards, etsy banners, and much much more.

Thank you so much Lauren for all you have done for me. I love everything!

If your blog needs a little TLC... today is your lucky day.

One lucky follower could be the winner of a Blog Makeover

{$50 value}.

To Enter:

1- become a follower {or already follow} my blog

2- Head over to Designer Blogs and come back to tell me what design you would pick for your blog.

3- Follow me on Twitter

4- Twitter/ Facebook about the giveaway

5- Blog about the giveaway {be sure to leave the link}

Good Luck!

:: come back tomorrow {or all week}

for more amazing giveaways ::

{scroll down for another giveaway: The Vintage Pearl}

giveaway starts tomorrow

My first BIG giveaway starts tomorrow!

birthday boy

i can't believe my baby is already 9 years old!

Last weekend Tristan got to invite some boys over and have a sleepover. After some conflicts 2 boys were the only ones that could make it. These 2 boys, Cade & Bennett were our old neighbors that moved almost 2 years ago and Tristan misses them so much. This was the first time we had 4 boys {ages: 9,7,6,4} stay at our house overnight. The boys had fun playing guns, playing star wars on the wii, eating pizza & cupcakes, and watching a movie together. Thanks Cade & Bennett for coming over and celebrating Tristan's birthday with him.

Have a very blessed day!

:: Giveaway announcements coming soon ::

happy valentines day

Friday Tristan had his Valentines Party at school and we had fun {or maybe just me} getting his valentines ready to pass out to his classmates and teachers. Since he is getting older I am really really trying to get him more involved in these projects that I have always just done for him. I cut out some tags using my cricket, then he stamped thumbprint hearts on the tags, and wrote his name on the tags. {You would have thought he was being tortured... writing his name 23 times was hard work..haha}

I let Tristan pick what kind of ribbon he wanted to put around the lid..adding that special touch. I cut the ribbon and hot glued it on the lid. We filled the jar with M&Ms and tied the tag around the lid with raffia.

{for the teachers:}

{for his classmates:}

happy valentines day!

xoxo

I can't wait to share with you this amazing giveaway I am getting ready for.

My 1st BIG Giveaway week with some amazing talented women!!

silhouettes

this past weekend we celebrated my son Tristan's 9th birthday. this means that my house was full of family: us 4 {and our dog max}, mom, dad, mrs. marie {sweet lady that my mom watches with alzheimer's}, sister, bro inlaw, creighton, and griffin. i am so glad they could all make it.

i love having them all at our house!

while my sister was down we started a project that was for my mom's birthday... and of course we had to make one for ourselves too. i have been wanting to do one for months now and have not been able to sit down and do one. we have seen several different ways to do silhouettes and here is how we did ours:

1) take picture, print out 5x7, and cut it out

{we sent ours to walgreens.com}

2) trace silhouette on contact paper and cut out

3) pick out a color that you want your silhouette to be and paint your canvas

{we used a pearl white} Let the canvas dry completely

then, pick out paint colors you want to use on your canvas:

4) peel off the back of the contact paper and stick it on the canvas
{make sure you push down on the silhouette edges before you paint}

5) blob on your paint colors on the canvas- not perfect-

{as the nester would say "it does not have to be perfect to be beautiful"}
-- we used brown first --

-- then all the other colors --

6) Let the canvas dry completely and then peel off the contact silhouette

7) now my silhouettes are ready to be framed. i am also going to write the boys name & the year under the silhouette.

{I had so much fun Kimberly! We have to do this again real soon}

participating in:

DIY Day: A Soft Place to Land

Get your craft on: Todays Creative Blog

Fireflies & Jellybeans

Strut Your Stuff at somewhat simple

The Shabby Chic Cottage

The DIY Show Off

Have you done your own silhouette project? Or any project you would like to share with us?