Adorable Giveaway from SheltonMade!

I am so excited to introduce Kimberly from SheltonMade today!

Kimberly's blog is so stinking cute!  She is a busy Mommy, wife and student and she recently started an Etsy shop SheltonMade.

Today she is nice enough to giveaway the cutest pair of fabric flowers!

Aren't they adorable!  I love polka dots!

I might even be tempted to fix my hair if I had this cute flower to accessorize with!

Make sure you drop by SheltonMade and say Hi!!

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**This giveaway closes on Saturday August 14th at 11:59 pm MDT**

It's A Start

6 months ago we had the living room, dining room and kitchen painted.  I never hung anything back up on the walls.  Why?  I have a weird thing about nail holes.  I am always worried that I will hang something up, not like where it is and have to fix the hole that I made.

Crazy?  I know!

Well tonight I started hanging things!  And you know what?  I don't think I'm in love with the placement of what I hung up :(

I started with this, cute but I wasn't thrilled.

 

 These were all fantastic finds!  The black frame was an ugly gold thing I got at a garage sale for $1, the turquoise frame was a hideous maroon monster that I found at the Dollar Tree and the silver guy used to be ugly brown, I found it at GoodWill for $3.  Thank goodness for spray paint!  After I hung everything up it seemed a little blah, so I got out my Cricut!

Upgrade!  Doesn't it look happier?

Spray painted silver and glazed with black craft paint.

I painted this with Krylon Bahama Sea and then glazed it with Ralph Lauren smoke glaze mixed with a little black craft paint.  I added white burlap behind the glass and cut the vinyl using the Storybook Cartridge.

I love the way this monogram turned out!  I had seen this fabric at Hobby Lobby but was to cheap to buy it full price or even with a coupon, but I found a remnant for $2 and couldn't say no!  I used the Storybook and Calligraphy Cartridge for this one.

What do you guys think?  Does it need to be rearranged or should I leave it alone?  I am a tweaker I can't help myself, but I will practice self control for the night...I think!

Don't forget to enter the $50 CSN giveaway, it ends tomorrow!

Happy 9 o'clock Dance of Joy!

Don't Forget About the Giveaway!

Just a reminder!!!

The $50 CSN giveaway ends Saturday night!  Click here to enter!

Happy Friday!!!

4 Years Ago Today....

4 years ago today, I was.....

 

The BEST sisters and cousin I could ever ask for!

    

We have had our ups and downs. We have had some wild rides, we have had miserable moments. We have 2 beautiful daughters but most importantly we have each other!

And so to my husband....

Happy Anniversary!
Love you babe!

Cardboard Canvas

I am back on the birthday bandwagon tonight!  The other day I started wondering what am I going to do with most of the stuff I make for Tay's birthday.  Don't get me wrong, most of it cost hardly anything to make.  But I hate to spend money on things that probably won't be used again.

I wanted to make some signs to put up around the house and in the front yard for the day of her birthday and since my Dad took his saw back I can't cut any of the wood I have in the garage and then I remembered I threw away a cardboard box yesterday.  So I proceeded to dumpster dive and fish it out!

It's cute and basically free!!

I cut out my cardboard to fit a frame I have in my collection.

I painted the cardboard white with craft paint and a foam brush, be sure you do several lite layers or else your cardboard will get mushy.  I used my Cricut to make some stencils and painted away.

Sorry about the white on white :(

I sanded my faux canvas down, I want it to look more like it belongs in a field than in my dining room!  I used the Doodlecharms cartridge to cut out the watermelons and foam dots to adhere it to my cardboard.

I am going to go get some nails with large heads on them and add them to the corners for a little bling!  I think it turned out really cute and maybe I won't feel so bad getting rid of it when we are done with it because it's only cardboard, unless someone else has an amazing idea on what to do with the b-day stuff when we are done!  I can't wait to make some more!

When It's Acceptable to Pick your Nose

When is it acceptable to pick your nose?  Never.....unless you are almost 2.

Here is the scene from 2 hours ago.

Taylor picking nose...

Me:  "Tay, why are you picking your nose?"

Taylor:  "Rock."

Me:  "You mean boogies?"

Taylor: "No, rock."

Normally I would have laughed at her, but since it's Taylor I decided to take a peek.

Um, are you kidding me?!?!

20 minutes later.....

Me:  "Tay, why are you picking your nose again?"
Taylor:  "Rock Mommy."
Me:  "Taylor Lynn are you serious?!?!"

This is what was shoved up her nose!  Not one, but two rocks!

Mechanical Pencil eraser to show how big the rocks were!!!!

 Want to know how to get foreign objects out of your kids nose without having to take them to the Doctor or ER, and the only reason I know this is because my cousin's daughter shoved a BB up her nose and when he took her to the Dr. they showed him how to fix the problem!

1. Lay kiddo on the floor.
2.  Make kiddo open their mouth.
3.  Close the side of their nose that isn't filled with foreign object, i.e. rocks
4.  Cover their mouth with yours and blow!!
5.  Foreign object should be dislodged, if not repeat above steps.

I checked her nose with the ear-looker and it was clear!  Hopefully she learned her lesson!


Happy 9 o'clock Dance of Joy!!!

Bowling

Our local bowling alley offers some great rates during the summer.  $1 games on Sunday.  We decided it would be fun to take the girls bowling for their very first time a few weeks ago!

Don't they look excited?  Kielyn couldn't wait to bowl!

She looks ready to go!  I love her Hello Kitty socks!

She is so excited!  She is such a princess, she bowled in a dress!  She wasn't wild about the shoes at first, she said they were ugly.  I can't argue with her she has a point!

Thank goodness for bumpers!  Um, where is Taylor?

"Umm Mom....who wants to bowl when they can have a huge soda?!?!"  

We had a great time, Kielyn can't wait to go back!