Feature Yourself Friday!

Whew! It's been a minute hasn't it?

Yes!

Christmas kind of took over, plus Miss. Rachelle got a new job. I know, I know. Crazy. As much as I love staying home with the girls and being the manager of the house.. it was time. I'll tell you all about it this week. :)

Hum..Hum..Hum.. what else what else? I did a little 2011 review and if you feel like browsing through the archives with me, it's a nice ride down memory lane!

In sponsor news.. The winner of the Bellabyte 25.00 shop credit is... 

18. Monsters33 said... I liked Bellabyte on facebook.  

The MiaBella giveaway is going to be open for another week because of the holiday and what not so GO SIGN UP and win some scenty goodness. 

And, if you have some Christmas cash you have (thanks Mom!) check out TinkerBboutique.. She's got an awesome deal going on for 30% off if you use the code FAM30! LOVE her necklaces, she joined in our Birthday giveaway extravvvaaaganza and was a huge hit. Check it, yo.

Okay okay! On with the party! Since it's been so long since the last party and because I already wrote a mile long post.. ;) We'll just jump right in, what have you been working on? What are you gonna feature tonight?! Let us see!

Best of 2011

It's time to wrap up 2011 and take a look at the highlights of the year.. 

One project that we got done this year that I'm super excited about is the...

Playroom!

It was slow and steady that's for sure but I'm so happy that it's done and is a nice comfortable room for the girls to play in. Tons of details here, and here.

We did a little magic to the hallway, and even though it's 6 or 7 feet of space that usually gets unnoticed I love the new closet doors we built.

Definitely better than they were. Plus the white is so fresh and pretty compared to the black.  

I did a quick face lift to the bathroom with some fabric art.

Put a Bird on it. 

Worked on the kitchen a little bit by adding a Chalkboard wall, Kitchen shelves, beadboard backsplash, and some bun feet.

Had some fun in the mantel department

Some favorites..

Valentines Day

Summer

Halloween

Christmas

'Twas quite the year. I hope you have fun browsing the links and going through the memories with me. :)

And, of course it wouldn't be possible to run this place alone, and thanks to my ah-mazing sponsors this year.

Thank you ladies from the bottom of my heart.. Thank you!

And, of course there would be NO blog without the love and support from you lovely ladies. Every reader..subscriber..every one of you. You mean more to me than you'll ever know. Through your encouragement as I fluff my home, mother my children and learn how to make this thing called marriage work. You're my cheerleaders and there isn't anything quite like real friends is there? Even if you friends are thousands of miles away. I'm honored to call you friends.

Group hug.

This year was pretty tough for some of us, so I'm praying for us all to have one hell of a 2012. Can I get an Amen?


:)
Love. Just love.


Jen is having a best of 2011 party! Check it!
Lovin' it over at TidyMom's!
I'll be joining Rhoda for her 2011 party!
And, Petals to Picots The best of 2011 party!
Don't forget My BFF's partay! 
The lovely Ange is having a best of party too! 
So much fun going around blog land. 

Christmas 2011

I actually didn't take 1000 pictures this year, I kind of just lived in the moment and didn't have a free hand with all the fudge and shhnacks I've been munching on. But I did get a new Cannon Rebel for Christmas so hopefully with this new toy I can take a lot more pictures in 2012 to make up for skipping it this year, yes?

Anyway.

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas..Happy Everything..And a Wonderful New Year. Let's make this one the year, shall we?

Kitchen details

It's the little things that matter right? Just like the little details that make you say "Huh? Now that's cute!" It also helps take away the stock cabinet look that we had going on before.

It started with a few bun feet from Home Depot.

Then a builder Dad with a saw and a lot of courage.

I say courage because the bottom of the cabinets by the sink aren't as deep as the ones by the stove and dishwasher. I definitely didn't want them sticking out because goodness gracious everyone knows that I'd be stubbing my foot every ten minutes can we all agree on that? Yes we can. So we cut it in half and Builder Dad was shaking in his boots trying to cut something that rolls 2 inches away from A SAW.. you know because it can become a bloody mess if you're not careful. ;)

Anyway, it worked out in the end and he only lost one and a half fingers.

Kidding.

But the next issue was that they were half an inch too short. Now, you wouldn't be able to notice unless you got down on the floor and looked. We thought about leaving it but, I figured it would probably be something that kept me up late at night being irritated that I didn't spend an extra dollar and some brain power figuring out how to make it taller.

So I did.

I thought about using those discs you can find at Hobby Lobby in the wood section, or a small bead something small enough that we could fit under the foot but something curvy enough that looked like it was supposed to be there.

Then on an end cap I found these suckers! We cut a little bit off but the bottom of the bun slid right in. Perfecto! Best two bones I've ever spent.

They remind me of horse legs, boney knees and all. Do you see it?

We also painted the toe kick the color of the walls just so that they would pop a little more. I like it. I've seen it done with black paint but we don't have anything super dark in the kitchen and I thought that the black would overwhelm more than enhance if you know what I mean. So we added two more to the corners and I couldn't be happier. Adds a little custom charm to the little kitchen that could.

Dear Kitchen, you've come a long way baby.

How about you? Have you added any little touches to your kitchen to spruce it up lately? Share! I want to hear it all!

Scent Stations Mia Bella {Giveaway}

My friend Lisa sells Scent-Stations Mia Bella and when she emailed me asking if she could send me a few samples? Of. Course!

They smell A-MAZING. The apple pie? Delicious. I could really eat it I think, mmm nothing better than warm apple pie.

Plus a really nice thing about these candles are they're way more natural than the big ol' stores out there sell, and they're clean and practically soot free. No nasty black soot? Yes please. And, anything natural I'm all for!

Today Lisa has graciously offered up a 9 oz. Jar and an assortment of melts! Ohhh your house is going to smell so good! :) Want to know how you can win?

1. Check out the website and let me know which scent you'll choose if you win. 
2. Become a fan on the Smell A Bella facebook page Make sure you tell her FOTF sent you!
3. Are you ready for Christmas? Done with shopping!? I want to hear about it! 

*Please leave a separate comment for each entry as it makes random.org's life a little bit easier (and mine!) Contest only open to Fingerprints on the Fridge readers so if you're not currently a subscriber/follower now is a great time!*