Thank you & A Winner!

First of all I want to say thank you to everyone for participating in my very first giveaway!  I hope it is the first of many to come!  I truly appreciate you taking the time to stop in and check out my blog and leave comments!  They make my day a little bit brighter!  So onto the winner.......

Victoria said...

Riley Holliday Tall TV Console in Espresso - 86036 < -- This would perfectly match the coffee table my sweet husband refurbished and refinished for me!!

Congratulations Victoria!  I will send you an email shortly!  Thanks to everyone again for taking the time out of their busy lives to participate!  Have a wonderful day!

Mother's Day Gift,

Mom.....if you are reading this stop right now!  Avert yours eyes, close the lid on your laptop and walk away!!  If you aren't my Mom please feel free to check out my latest project!  My Mother's Day project!  I love receiving hand made gifts and I like giving them even more!  This is one of the traits my Mom passed on to me, every Christmas she would make us a hand made gift! From pajamas to cross stitch hangings, to porcelain dolls!  So this year I wanted to make something special to sit on her desk at work or display in her house!

Me, My Brother and Sisters!  Me & Mom!  Kie & Tay!
A fun little picture display!  I started with a crappy plaque from the dollar store, it had some hideous flower picture on it, so I tore that baby off, not sure if I needed to or not, but I wanted my paint to stick.  I painted the outside edges with my antique white craft paint and waited for them to dry and then painted a black coat over.  I added a beige piece of card stock and then layered one of my favorite Hobby Lobby papers over the top.

I sanded the edges with my sanding block to distress it a little bit.  I used 20 gauge jewelry/craft wire around the 4 edges and tacked them into place with upholstery nails I found at WalMart.

Next I used my cricut and vinyl to cut out the word love and made a little tag/embellishment with a scrap piece of card stock.  I used my scissors to rough up the edges and glued it on.

I made flower paper clips, click here if you want to see the tutorial on how to make the flowers.  I used the paper clips from the picture above and hot glued the fabric flowers on. 

I printed out some of my favorite recent pictures and hung them from the wire.  I also made her these!

I used some of my favorite scrap book papers, upholstery tacks, beading wire and ink!

 I had made some for Kie's birthday, you can see the little tutorial here.  Anyway my Mom's birthday is 4 days before Kielyn's and she had mentioned a week later that she would have liked some for her birthday...so a month and half later and they are done!  Happy Mother's Day to everyone!  I hope you have an amazing day!
What did you do for Mother's Day?


 

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Special Touches

Richella at Imparting Grace is hosting her very first party!  It's all about the special touches you have added to your house to make it a home.  Stop by and check it out!

I love to dress up my front door!  Normally there is a wreath hanging on the front door to welcome you into my house!  Currently it is my newest spring wreath.

And coming soon I will be able to plant my flower pots to sit on the front step, it's still too cold, it's only 45 today :(  

 

But after  you enter the front door I make no promises!  Normally it looks like my house threw up!  I would love to have a house where everything was put away and only out when necessary yeah I'm one of those, clutter drives me insance! but I have a 3 year old and a 20 month old!  So please step over the pile of shoes as you walk in to see what makes my house a home!

 

You might see pillows left on the floor, but I see our baby doll beds from last night!  I see the fort that was built after we were done playing babies and I see an attempted trampoline that mom caught out of the corner of her eye at the last minute!

A very messy kitchen?  I hear countless hours of the girls giggling as they "cooked me lunch or made me coffee."

A pile of stuffed animals?  I see 2 little girls snuggled up beside each other telling secrets (or at least that's what Kie said!).

The clutter and chaos is what makes my house a home right now!  The giggles from the bedroom, the shrieks from the back yard and the pillows on the floor!  I wasn't going to post today until I read Amanda's post and realized that it doesn't matter what I have hanging on my walls or what pretty things I have sitting on my shelves, this is first and foremost what made my house a home!  I know that someday when my house house is perfect and everything is put away where it belongs that there will be no more giggles to listen to or countless hours spent playing in the kitchen or playing with babies.  I will cherish these moments and not worry so much about the mess!

Bridal Shower Invitations

Here is the finished product from my sneak peak the other night!

Colorado Bridal Shower invitations for one of my oldest and best friends!  I am so honored to get to be in her wedding in October and I was so excited when she asked me to help plan her Colorado bridal shower!  And this is why I now love spray adhesive, there are so many layers in this card!  

I love pink (it's my fave) and the decor for the shower was pink so I was in heaven!  I found the cute ribbon at Wal-Mart and I took some beading wire I had and twisted it in a random pattern and glued the sucker on.  I love the way they turned out and I hope she does too!  

  

And since she is traveling from Illinois (she grew up in Colorado) and doesn't have a ton of room to pack gifts to take home, we politely asked for Lowe's Gift cards.  You know how when you got married and got the random, not so cute gifts not that I wasn't thankful for mine?  But some how you feel guilty about asking for specifics?  I think I found a cute little saying that isn't offensive!

"Audra and Joe just bought a house!  Let's help make their house a home with Lowe's gift cards!"

Cute and un-offensive..........right?  Now I just need to find/make some decorations and it will be a party!

Dishing It Party @ Serenity Now

It's time for another Dishing It! Party with Amanda at Serenity Now!

~What's the best thing about your mom?

The best thing about my mom is that she is my mom!  My mom is an amazing woman!!  She sacrificed so much for us when we were little and took the time to make all of us feel special, with notes in our lunch box, home made Halloween costumes and Christmas presents, perfect Birthday parties and finding the perfect prom dresses!  Now she is my voice of reason and my soft place to land!

~If your mom isn't around, do you have a family member or mentor who can stand in for her?

Not really, my Gramma is always there to listen, but she just isn't Mom.  I still want my mom around when I am sick!  No one can replace her.

~What's your relationship with your mom like (do you just tolerate each other, or is she your best confidant)?

She is my best confidant!  She is always there to listen to me whine and give sound advice!

~If there is one quality about your mom that you could emulate, what would it be?

Her love for her children!

~What's the best advice your mom has ever given you?

Don't worry about what others think or if they will be mad.  You are an adult and can make decisions for yourself!  But don't make them based on others opinions.

~Describe the most embarrassing outfit your mom made you wear when you were growing up. (If you have a photo of this, I will give you ten bonus points!)

I don't really remember her making me wear anything that was too horrible.  But looking back now I wish she would have not let me leave the house decked out in my New Kids on the Block gear.......nightmares!

~If you're a mom, what's your favorite thing about motherhood? What's the most difficult?

My favorite thing about being a Mom is everything!  I could go on for hours about how my girls have changed my life and how amazing they are!  To watch them grow from newborns into toddlers has been amazing!  I used to be able to watch them sleep for hours, staring at their perfect little faces!  The first time they found their hands and feet, their first smile first giggle, first everything!  Now I could watch Kie and Tay play together all day long.  There is nothing better than listening to them giggle together and hold hands as they run across the back yard!

The most difficult thing about being a mom if 2 girls is the drama and attitude in our house!  Who knew little girls were such drama queens!  And the 9 o'clock Dance of Joy! has turned into the 10 o'clock if you don't stay in bed I will turn your big girl bed back into a crib!

Happy Mother's Day!!

CSN Giveaway!

***This Giveaway is Closed***
I am so excited to announce my very first Giveaway!!!!  CSN Stores is offering one lucky winner a $50 gift certificate to use at any of their 200 stores!!  Check out some of the amazing entertainment centers I found!

 Antique Black Louvered

 Forest Glenn

Copper Canyon

CSN Stores is completely amazing!  They have such a wide variety of products!  Want to enter to win a $50 gift certificate to spend at any of their stores?  Here is what you have to do to enter to win....

 * Become a follower (only followers are eligible to win)*

*Please make sure to leave your email address if it's not available on your profile so I can contact you if you win*

*This giveaway is only open to US and Canadian residents*

1.  Go check out their entertainment centers and come back and tell me what your favorite is - 1 entry
2.  Become a follower and leave me a comment letting me know you are a follower - 1 entry

3.  Blog about this giveaway and leave me a comment with the link to your blog - 1 entry

4.  Tweet or facebook about this giveaway and make sure to leave a comment with the link to your tweet or FB post - 1 entry

This giveaway will close on Sunday May 8 at 11:59 pm MDT and I will announce the winner on Monday May 9!  Good luck!