Thursday, April 28, 2011

Feature yourself Friday!

Whoa whoa whoa. The time passed me by and I almost forgot it was Feature Yourself Friday. I was lost in the wonders of Pintrest. Holy Moly buddies. Cracked myself up at these beauties I found.





The links for them are in my pintrest boards. Check it. Funny stuff, all the time. And, some pretty things and maybe an outfit or hairstyle or two. I can't say I wont be lost all weekend in the Pintrest world now that my husband is home and can, ya know take care of our two neglected kids.

Just kidding. They're not neglected. ;)

Now that I made it awkward for everyone.... Let's just start the party and pretend the weirdness I just caused never happened. Ha!




Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Etsy Favorites Part Duex

I have a thing for cool necklaces, I do. I don't know why but I totally like wearing funky things around my neck, this is no exception. Coolest Crab I've seen.





Super cute pillow. I love hand made pillows, love the rainbow, love the stitching. Ugh, someone buy me this. ASAP. ;)



What a cute print. It basically says it all. :)


So freaking adorable. I have a mini tradition of buying my husband a key chain for Christmas so I snatched one up last year, this one is ours. Love it. Now I need one for my keys!



Love me some chalkboards. And, reusing cabinet doors AND the cheery color. La la love. 

Well those are some of my favsies today! Hope you enjoyed, and maybe got some shopping done! ;)

And, my friend Diana should be welcoming her little bub into the world today, why don't you head on over to The Girl Creative and give her a little lovin.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Shine.

I'm so happy to have my friend Ashley come say hello today.
She is a serious inspiration to so many people and once I "met" her I knew I wanted to have her come on over and share her message. Because it's good guys, real good. 

Just so we're a little more aquainted, my name is Ashley,
and I want to inspire the WORLD.
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Raise your hand if you've ever had a dream,
and you didn't reach it.
Don't be shy, no one can actually see you raising your hand at your computer,
unless your in your work cubicle or something.
Then this might be awkward.
Why do all of us have a goal that has been left unfulfilled?
Why do we sell ourselves short of our potential?
This is why I created The Shine Project.
To give daily motivation,
and weekly challenges,
that push us out of our comfort zone to stop making excuses
to do HARD THINGS!
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Now, think about the last time you went out of your way,
to help someone.
The Shine Project is also a source of motivation to push us
to give light to those around us who are in need.
Think of what the world would be like,
if everyone did one thoughtful thing for someone else every day.
I want The Shine Project to change the world.
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Come join The Shine Project team.
Motivate yourself, feel good about what you can accomplish,
and lift the burdens of those around you.
I have created SHINE necklaces so we all can have a daily reminder of our purpose.
$1 for each necklace sold goes into The Shine Project Scholarship Fund,
which will be rewarded to an inner city highschool student to help them pay for college.
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This week's Shine Challenge is to start working on a group service project.
Are you up for it?
I just revealed the new direction of The Shine Project, which will allow YOU to
be a SHINE group service leader in your community. To unite us, I
created SHINE tshirts that are also up on my blog!
Come join me at www.ashlemieux.blogspot.com
And go ahead,
let the world see you SHINE.

See? Good stuff right there, wontcha go check her out? 
and
Shine. 

Saturday, April 23, 2011

PeekaBoo Pattern Shop {giveaway}

We've got an early Easter giveaway for ya friends!

My friend Amy from Nap Time Crafters contacted me a while back asking if she could give away some fabulous patterns to my readers.



Duh! Of course you can. 

The best part is that there's going to be THREE winners! 

Whoop whoop!

Want to see my favorites?





So adorable, almost makes that baby fever kick in again.... Almost. ;)

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Want to know how you can win? Well, there's plenty o' ways!

1.) Hop (Easter..hop..get it? Okay..) on over to her Etsy shop and let me know which pattern is your favorite.
2.) Go to Amy's blog and follow along, lots of fun going on over there!
3.) Let me know what your favorite Easter Candy is. :)

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Feature yourself Friday!

Happy Friday friends! (Okay, okay Thursday night for you early birds) Hope you're having a fantastic end of the week. Getting ready for Easter like this Momma is? Yeah, the Easter bunny hasn't stocked up on chocolate yet so *cough cough* someone didn't eat it all before the big day. I could really use some tonight though, maybe he'll hop on over. ;)

Oh, okay.. I get it, you just came for the good stuff.. Alright, here ya go. :)

Whoa! Talk about sunshine, love it!



Awesome printable, for all the time not just for Earth day. :)




And, these............mmmm..



Beth just did a post about Pallets this week. Love them, as much as I love this headboard. :)


Okie dokie, your turn. Have fun, party hard!




Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Nonsense {and a winner

The post of nonsense and randomness. Enjoy.

First, the winner from the Of the Earth Giveaway!

Mommagurl32

You didn't leave an email so ago ahead and email me and we'll hook ya up.

Next, I've discovered the wonders of instagram, if you follow me on Facebook you know already.




Did I mention I like it a lot.



I'll spare you the XL close up of my pores.

I started painting the kitchen again (big sigh) and realized we had a leak.

Ugh.

So I took off the trim to have a better look.



Then I picked at it.



Tons of awesome going on there.


Sometimes I send my husband pictures of my outfits, ya know to tide him over from seeing my lover-ly face all week.



I always say to myself "Self you should link up to WIWW at the Pleated Poppy. Then I remember that I only wear tshirts and that's not so hot.


Fail.

That's a pretty dirty mirror, I'd totally judge if I were you. It's okay.

Did you know it's a month until my birthday.

Awesome.

I have something pretty shweet in store for you, and if you're a shop owner and want to hear more about it or be included you should definitely email me.

Pinky promise, it's good. Like girl scout cookie good.
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Yup, this chick is crashing the California bloggers conference. Well, okay it's not totally just for California girls, not at all. But I feel like most everyone is from there and I'm crashing it. Careful, I'm a stage five clinger.

Just kidding.
Or am I.
But really, are you going? You should, so I can meet you.

That's basically it.
All I've got for you today, lame I know. But it's true.

Be back tomorrow for some more fun.

I never put pictures of myself on the blog and I put three up today, not gonna lie.. I feel like I'm full of myself today.
Awkward.



Monday, April 18, 2011

Heartland Label Co. {giveaway!}

Today's giveaway is being sponsored by the lovely Dawn from Heartland Label Company! So excited to let you in on the goods today!



Have you ever created something and said "Gosh, a tag on this would be super cute"? Yeah, me too.



 

Case in point, Heartland Label Co.

She makes adorable little tags for you to iron or sew on and not to mention AFFORDABLE. When I went on my search for tags to add to my Lily & Chloe flowers I needed something that wouldn't break the bank. She's got it.


You can have simple or intricate or anything in between. The sky is the limit! She's in the process of designing some lovely ones for myself and she wants to give a full set of standard labels away to one of you!


Want to win? Let me show you the ways!
1.) Let me know what you'll have your labels say- So fun! Can't wait to hear them.
2.) Blog/tweet/facebook this giveaway 
3.) Head on over to Dawn's personal blog and follow along. 

*Please note, leave a separate comment for each entry. This makes the life of random.org much easier. Also, contest is open to FOTF followers and subscribers only, if you're not currently lovin' the FOTF now is a good time to publicly show it! ;)*


Thursday, April 14, 2011

Feature yourself Friday!

Hey friends! It's that time again.... party hardy! Such a great turnout last week as always, I've got some major spring fever though so I picked a few *spring* favorites...

Cutest little bird houses.



Ahhhhhhh love this wreath. I must must must make time to make this



Moss + Bunnies. Yes, please.



I also forgot to mention the winners from the Whimsy Couture & Photography by Irina giveaways!

Whimsy Courture (3 sewing Ebooks) is 

Bree!
1. Bree@ 700sqftDesign said...
I really like the oven mitt and twirl dress, super cute for Easter. What a great idea.   ... ... Photography by Irina (3 prints from her shop)   Sara!
17. Simply Sara said...
Twitter follower!! @SimplySara**
Congrats ladies! And, don't forget you have until Midnight tonight to enter the Of the Earth Jewelry giveaway, go win yo' self a nest ring! Holla.

Time for the party.. :)



Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Playroom follow up answers.

Whew, thank you all SO much for the playroom love yesterday! Ah, you all rock. I was so nervous about making it just right that I forgot to just "let it be".



I got a few emails and comments regarding some items in the room. :) Here's the answers :)

1. The L-O-N cards are held up by the 2.00 sticky putty that came with them. They fall off every day. I know, shucks. Maybe I didn't put enough on them, or the textured walls? Oh well, soon I'll change it to double sided tape or something. I used velcro on the READ letters and they're holding up FANTASTICALLY.

2. The curtain fabric is from Hawthorne Threads. Love them, I also bought the girls bedroom fabric from them. Very very very fast service.

3. Nope, it's not always this clean haha. The big toys are hidden in the closet behind the shoe shelves faux built ins.



4. Yes the gumball machine is usually on the stand, but for the pictures I wanted it in here. Velcro remember? But, a reader informed me that JCPenney has stands! Holy cow.. I want one, because well.. then it's real metal and not wood..not to mention fan-cy! But we'll see. They're 20.00 or so I believe.

5. The blue-tealish frame next to the lamp is from Target, they have a ton o' colors and I love them.

I think that's about it! If there's any other questions I'll just add the answers to this post, so check back if you still have one. :)

Happy Hump Day! 

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Playroom

 Aka. Longest post ever. 

Woohoo! It's time it's time! I'm finished, and it's lovely. I've been waiting to get this room together for-ev-er it seems and it all started with the ABC prints from Land of Nod.



They're vintage looking (love) they have great primary colors, good for a boy or a girl room (love) and at 30.00 they're super reasonable for the set (LOVE) I put them on the long wall to add some length to the room, and to help anchor all the crazy patterns and primary colors I had in mind for accessories. I figured if the BIG pop was on the wall, it would tie everything together. It does..it does.


You know I went out on a limb with the curtains, I still adore them. Modern graphic print and all.



The bins came from Target, I thought about using fabric bins but they were 6.99 a pop and these looked a lot more like vintage locker baskets and they were a buck cheaper. I'm all about saving. The only bad part about them is when the girls throw their ceramic tea set in them, being metal and all.. But um.. My girls wouldn't do that.. no way. ;)


The crates came from an antique store in my town. They were 5.00 a pop and they're perfect for books, the coloring accessories and a little stuffed animal or two. I thought the room needed a little height to balance out the long Target shelf, and the Land of Nod cards, so the crates seemed like a great bookshelf, I have another crate but I'm living with just two for now, I like the third for the height but then the lamp was way too high up there. Ah, whatev.



The closet is one of my favorite parts of the room! It's teeny tiny so even when it was little lovies room there wasn't much she could do with it. But it's PERFECT for a dress up closet! Their collection is still growing so everything fits for now. I also picked up two 10.00 shelves from Target (sensing a theme here?) and stacked them for a little built in love. Some dollar store baskets and dress up shoes and it's just right. I used a white twin flat sheet that I had (the girls don't use them) as a little door, for some flair, the lovely tie backs. Whoop whoop, a little more tiles in grass love.

A little yellow clock for some charm- Target 3.99



PLAY letters, you remember those..right?



The table and chairs are from Ikea (Kritter set) and the rug is two 3x4 rugs from Target. I didn't want to spend 100.00 on a rug that may or may not get ruined by crayon, paint etc.. so I picked up these two for 12.00 pc good enough for me.


The chair and I... are an issue. I had a moment of ghettoness last year and picked up a GREAT wicker chair on the side of the road. Yeah I know, don't judge. It was free..and huge..and loverly. But, I couldn't get the paint to stick to that sucker for the life of me. I think maybe the wood was rotting. Which makes me sad. Don't tell me how I could fix it now, it's already trashed. For now, I have an extra dining room chair in here until I find something else I like. Boo, I know.


The awesome canvas came from Easy Canvas prints and you'll be hearing about them soon! I paired it with some prints that the lovely Jen Badalamenti took last fall. The colors were perfect for the space. I used a few free printables and some more letters from Hob Lob and we have quite the gallery wall.

Another few details that I'm crazy about...

The ceiling fan all jazzed up.

Lamp Target (duh.) with some teal and green ribbon on the shade.



Random Jars with pretty vintage fillers (Blocks, Scrabble tiles, game pieces)



Perfect Pillows all from Etsy shops. I love the mix of colors and patterns with them. They work, at least I think they do. I'm 90% crazy though..10% genius. ;)





So.. there you have it. Any questions go ahead and leave it in the comments and I'll try to answer it as best I can. Oh, and no.. Target didn't ask me to buy their entire store but.. if they choose to ask me. I totally plan on taking them up on it. Just to forewarn you. :)

Oh! And, the ceiling isn't totally done. But, for "promise to post about it" purposes, I showed it off anyway. We plan on adding a faux crown molding trim so there isn't a line of paint separating the wall color and the ceiling. Silly ol' round walls.


Hangin' out at HOH ;)
And, Just a Girls
And, Jen at TTAJ
And Frugal Friday at Wendy's!
And, Amanda's!
Don't forget Lorie at BDAN 
 320 Sycamore is having a partay!
And Thrifty's Before and After party 
Shanty Sisters too!
DecorChick! Is having an anything goes party :)
 Favorite post of 2011

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