MoRe SpOoKy

Hi friends! I haven't had much time this week to browse around on Etsy so I'll postpone my Etsy Fave's until next week.

Question???
What happens when we are at the park doing this.....

and I spot this out of the corner of my eye....

This!!!!

Duh! No-brainer! Ha ha :)

As you can see, I didn't take the whole tree home with me (I would have if it fit in my car), but I took enough to get some pretty strange looks as we were leaving the park. ha ha! It's almost October 1st so I gave myself permission to let the spooky take over the rest of my house. My most recent victim was my kitchen.

I got this cool "spooky menu" at the dollar tree and I love it!

My candelabra looks pretty spooky too, especially filled with eyeballs :)

We've officially started our countdown to Halloween and my kids are super excited to see the numbers change. Kids! It's the little things that make them happy :)

(as you can see Asymmetry is my friend when spookifying).
Happy Friday everyone!!!!!  xo

New bedding and DIY shams

New bedding??? NEW BEDDING!!!! YAY!!!! (thanks hubby - I love you).
I finally got new bedding! I have been using the same old duvet and cover f-o-r-e-v-e-r! My hubby and I both decided that we are not a fan of the duvet/duvet cover system. Ours always bunches up and slides down and we are constantly adjusting and tugging etc. So, my mission was to find a comforter set that I loved (because I was NEVER going to be able to get another one, ha ha).

I fell in LOVE!!!!! See.....

If you're wondering, it's the Kate Spade Fairmont stripe Comforter from Bed Bath and Beyond! I have been crushing on black and white horizontal stripes for a while now and I knew this is the way I wanted to go!!! I love all of the pillows and shams in the set too, but they were WAY out of my budget. I ordered the comforter on-line and used a 20% off coupon, but it was going to take some effort on my part to diy the rest. This is where the DIY shams come in to play. The ones in the above picture are $50 per sham (yes, you read that right). NOPE. Not happening!!!

So, I was able to find solid black king sized shams on overstock.com for $25 for the pair. Much better!

BUT - basic black was just not going to cut it. Nope. Not fancy shmancy enough for me. So, here goes.... wide white grosgrain ribbon and heat and bond. My 2 new best friends :)

I followed the instructions on the package and everything worked great!

first, cut ribbon and heat and bond to size.

Next, iron the heat and bond strip to the ribbon and peel off the paper backing..

Then just place it where you want it on the fabric and iron over the top.

I wanted to frame the sham with the ribbon so I used the existing stitch as my guide (I overlapped the ribbon in each corner and it worked great)

Next step....make the bed (not a fan of this, but from time to time I do it, ha ha!)

READY!!!????  Taadaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

I got the fun toss pillows at Home Goods :)

I love the way it looks and I think the diy shams definitely finished off the look. You like????

I like :)

(oh and please disregard my shadeless gold lamps. I attempted to spray paint my frumpy college apartment lamps gold, but finding the right size shades is proving impossible. I'm on the hunt for new lamps and shades all together because these are just NOT working).
Happy almost Friday!!!

WINNER WINNER!!!!!

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!!!!!

The winner for the adorable bird calendar from "Jane says" is comment number 16 (generated by random.org)   

                                    Andee who said...

"I'm a fan of JaneSays and follow her on Facebook"

CONGRATULATIONS ANDEE!!!!! Please get back to me with the e-mail address that you would like your calendar sent to and I'll get it right over to April at Jane Says!!

For all the rest of you, head over to "Jane Says" or "Jane Says Vintage" and shop your brains out!!!!

Happy Wednesday :)

GIVEAWAY REMINDER!!!!

Friends!!!!! This is your last chance to enter the AWESOME Jane Says bird calendar giveaway!!! I will draw the winner tonight at midnight!!! GOOD LUCK! If you haven't already entered, click HERE!!!!

(btw - if you don't win, you should seriously go buy one of these. You can print it as many times as you want. Christmas gifts, etc! Seriously awesome!!!)

Saturday randomness

Happy Saturday people!!! It has been a gloomy sprinkly day here in SoCal and definitely feels like Fall. Noah had a soccer game this morning and I really am enjoying watching him learn to play on a team and get some of his (crazy) energy out. Ha ha! Boys!!!

She's pretty fun to watch too :)

I had a super productive nap time after the game too. Yay! The house was quiet and I was a fool with a glue gun. Seriously! I made like a zillion flower hair clips for my Etsy shop, as well as some more glitter banners, paper banners etc.

See......

(I made one of these for her and she LOVES it)

Pretty much, if you come over to my house today, you'll leave here covered in glue gun stringys. Ha ha!

Oh, and I got my "Jane Says" bird calendar in the mail today and it is even cuter in person!!! Can't wait to start using it in January (& if you haven't already, enter the giveaway to get your own by clicking HERE).

 I also added to my spooky mantle a bit......a black glittery flag-style bunting (these will be in the shop too) :)

I still haven't busted out my tubs-o-Halloween decor yet. Hopefully this week I'll be able to splatter the house with spooky!!
I hope you all are having a GREAT weekend!!
Bye :)

Friday's Etsy Faves - Serious Awesomeness!!!

Ok people, it's almost Halloween time! Yep, that's right! So what do you need to do?? You need to BUY the awesomeness I am about to show you. Yep. You do!

Ok, some of you already know that I have a twin sister Lisa who is super sweet and has an amazing eye for style and design. Some of you may also know that my sister in law (Josh's sister) is the amazing Darcy of Smart Bottom Enterprises. She is a crafty creative genius and my go-to crafty companion. I'm not telling you this to rub it in that I am seriously blessed in the sister department. Really, I'm not. I'm telling you this because Darcy just added this super duper cool Halloween pumpkin banner craft kit to her Etsy shop. Go there. Buy one. Buy ten. You won't be sorry!
I bought mine today and can't wait to get started!!! Don't worry, I'll take some pics along the way.
Here are Darcy's pics:

You get all of this awesomeness.....

which allows you to make this awesomeness....

Isn't it so so cool!!??

(recognize that mossy fence??)

Noah and I made the Christmas tree banner from her shop last year and he loved it!! Her kits are SO cool, they come with everything you need. No shopping or scrounging for supplies. Nope. It's all there and.....you guessed it.....AWESOME!!!!

Seriously! Go shopping at Smart Bottom Kids. Go.....NOW!!!
Oh yeah, and while you're there, save yourself some time and order the mini mummy kit too. It's my ultimate fave!!!

Happy Friday everyone!!!

GIVEAWAY - YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello people, happy Wednesday!!!!

Today is GIVEAWAY day!!! Why??? For no good reason!!!! Yay!

Ok, actually, that's not totally true. Some of you know that I have been featuring my favorite items from various Etsy shops every Friday for the past few weeks. I always contact each Etsy seller to let them know that I featured their item on my blog. Well, one thing lead to another and some HAPPY HAPPY STUFF HAPPENED!!! The super sweet owner of the Etsy shops "Jane Says" and "Jane Says Vintage" wrote back to me and made me an offer I couldn't refuse. She is so sweet and generous, and she is giving one of my readers one of her amazing bird calendar printables from her awesome shop. It-is-ADORABLE!!!! If you win (or if you can't wait and run over to her shop and buy your own like I did), you will get the calendar e-mailed to you so you can print it out yourself. Awesome??? Awesome!!! You will be able to chose from 2 different styles!

First style (the one I bought for myself):

Sooooooooooooooooooo adorable!

Second Style:

I loooooooove all these happy birdies :)

Ok, here are the details about how you can enter to win this awesomeness (please leave a separate comment for each thing that you do):

First: "Follow" this ol' blog of mine & leave a comment letting me know :)

Second: Head on over to Jane Says or Jane says Vintage and come back here and leave a comment letting me know what your favorite item is.

Third: "Like" Jane Says or Jane says Vintage on Facebook and leave a comment letting me know.

Fourth: Blog, facebook, or tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment letting me know.

This giveaway will run until 12am PST on Tuesday 9/27 and the winner will be chosen by random.org and will be announced on Wednesday 9/28.

GOOD LUCK everyone!!!!!!!!!
Happy hump day :)