WINNER!!!!!!

WINNER WINNER Chicken dinner!!!!
Drum Roll Please!!!
The winner, for the FABULOUS Easter Egg Banner Kit from Smart Bottom Kids is.........................

jandjhome!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS Jeanne!!!!!!!!!!!
Contact me within 48 hours to claim your prize! YAY!
Happy Monday everyone :)

First day of Spring GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Happy HaPpY first day of Spring everyone. Yay!!!! I thought I would start Spring off with an awesome giveaway...sound good!? GOOD!! Some of you may recall that the fabulous Darcy of Smart Bottom Enterprises the blog, and Smart Bottom Kids the Etsy shop is my sister in law. Yep! I practically married into Royalty :) She is awesome!!!! I have bragged about her kid's craft kits a time or two on this blog but words don't really do her awesomeness justice. Seriously!! Her kits are amazing! Every singe detail is carefully planned out and perfectly packaged. Darcy has offered to let me give away one of her new and improved Easter Egg banner craft kits to one of my lucky lucky readers...just in time for Easter! Sound Cool!? Yep, COOL! Take a look at the awesomeness that one of you lucky readers will win:

This awesome kit...

Has all of the supplies you need to make this....

Just look at all of that sparkly awesomeness. Wanna see more (I do)???

BAM!

BAM!

BAM!
This is some serious "Quality Time Made Simpler" provided by Smart Bottom Kids. There will only be ONE lucky winner, so if you desperately need to make one of these pretties, go HERE and get your kit now!

Here's how you can enter to win (4 separate chances):
First (mandatory) - Become a public follower of this blog using Google Friend Connect (or if you already are - you rock - just let me know in the comments section.
Second - become a follower of Smart Bottom Enterprises and leave a separate comment for that.
Third - Go to Smart Bottom Kids on Etsy and let me know what your favorite craft kit is and leave a separate comment for that.
Fourth - Tweet, Facebook, or PIN this giveaway and leave a separate comment for that.

Got it?? Good :)

This giveaway will be closed at midnight on Sunday 3/25 and the winner will be chosen by random.org. The winner will be announced Monday morning. This is a fairly quick giveaway considering Easter is right around the corner.

Good luck everyone!!!!

You feelin' LUCKY punk???

Go HERE! NOW! Just do it!!!!

(Ha ha, I'm hosting a giveaway for a glitter banner of your choice on my blog friend Jo-Anna's blog. If you're feelin' lucky {punk}, head on over there to enter. Her blog is filled with beautiful crafts, DIY, and super yummy (& beautiful) recipes. GO!!!! Now!!! What are you still doing here!!???)

Ha ha, hApPy Sunday!

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 :)

A bday, A Skirt, and Some Treasures from My Friends :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDI (aka Jane of All Crafts)!!!!! Turning 21 NEVER looked SO good!!! Head on over to Andi's blog for an awesome week of fun giveaways (one of which may be a necklace or hair clip from my Etsy shop).

Next, I recently purchased the CUTEST little skirt from my friend Rebecca's Etsy shop. Go get one for your little one, you won't be sorry!!!! Here are a few pics of Hayden not cooperating with our photo shoot. Ha ha

She loves her new skirt and couldn't stop twirling round and round 9which is why the little photo shoot was hard for mommy). Ha ha!

Last but not least, I have THE BEST friends ever!!! A while back I posted about my wall-o-frames. I got seriously burned out on hunting, spraying, and hanging frames on the wall. So, I posted about it before it was complete, but it was as good as I was going to get it for now. Well, my super awesome friends sent me some super awesome frames and some other treasures too :)
Andi sent me these because I mentioned that I needed squares and circles but was having trouble finding them. AWESOME!!

Cassie sent me these pretty ornate white ones. They're really pretty and will add some good detail to my wall :)

And of course, they are SO sweet and sent me some cute swans for good measure :)

AND, the sweetest part about this package were the drawings that Cassie's little ones made just for me. Emmy drew a dog and Sawyer drew me a swan.

 Be still my heart! SO SO adorable!!! Friends are the best!! Especially MY friends!! Thanks girls for being so sweet to me ;)
Happy Wednesday people!!!

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!!! and a chair.

OK peeps. Now is your chance to run (not walk) over to my amazingly talented friend Kristin's blog for a super duper awesome giveaway!!!!! GO NOW!!! DO IT!!! She has the best taste ever and is a very talented designer. She is giving away an awesome decorating book ($35 value) and I totally hope I win it!!!! Go ahead, try and snake it from me, if you dare!!!!!

And also, I'm playing a bit of musical furniture in my home today (& have spray paint mania goin' on outside). Remember my girly chair that used to live in Hayden's room??? Well, it got a new makeover and is no longer girly girly.

Look at this awesome fabric!!!!!!

Here's the big picture for you. Light and airy and pretty. And, did you know you're supposed to have as much seating in your living room as you do in your dining room?? Makes sense, right? So this gives the 6th person that's joining us for dinner a pretty place to sit and chat :)

K - go enter the giveaway now. GO......GO!

Busy busy...

First of all I want to say hello to my new followers!!! Yay!! I'm SO happy to have you on this crazy crafty journey. For the rest of you, if you haven't already, go over to Primitive & Proper (find link on my sidebar...blogger is acting funny and won't let me link it here) and enter to win an Owl Charm necklace - oh yeah baby!!!

The hubby and I went for our callback for the game show today - woo hoo! Now it's just a waiting game to see if we will be cast on the show and potentially win a million bucks!! Ok, the chances of us actually winning the million are unlikely, but they did say that if you get cast on the show, you won't come away empty handed :). My sister snapped this quick pic of us before we drove up to Hollywood for our on-camera audition (disregard my hubby's shirt, he doesn't like to get his fancy shirt wrinkled when he drives). It was fun, and we definitely turned up our "dork factor" and were super enthusiastic and did what we thought would help seal the deal. Fingers crossed that we get on and win some much needed cash. Other than that, I'm almost done with Hayden's new dresser and about a zillion other projects so yes....as usual.....stay tuned :)

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!!!

I'm hosting a giveaway of one of my pom pom garlands at the DIY club today! Go over and enter for your chance to win :) Happy Saturday people!

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!!!

I will be hosting a giveaway today over on Jessica's awesome blog! Go enter so YOU can win!!! Hurry. Hurry. Do it now!!!!!

Thanks for the help (& some other randomness)!

THANK YOU so much for all of you that left suggestions for my sweet little hummingbird. After giving it some thought (too much thought actually, I tend to obsess), I have finally named this sweet little necklace:

This means that the winner is Cassie from Primitive & Proper - Yahooooooooo!!! Congrats friend! You rock!Seriously though, thank you all so much. There were so many great suggestions and I will definitely do this again the next time I'm stuck.

Here is another newbie for the shop too. Cute? Cute!

And in other OohLala news, I have recently decided to start up a second Etsy shop for flea market finds, refinished furniture, and other handmade home decor (OohLalaCoHOME). Look out for it on my sidebar and just try to resist buying this awesome roller skating bag. Just try! This thing is awesome. My sis and I were out thrifting the other day and we found 6 of these bad boys! Freakin' CLASSIC!

I hope you all are having a great week so far. Hang in there, it's sort of almost Friday-ish.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

FIRST - I want to wish my HOT hubby a HAPPY HAPPY B-day!!! 34 never looked so good babe!! He's at work today, but we had a fun night out with friends and family last night, and there is a carrot cake in his future tomorrow! xoxo

SECOND: The LUCKY winner of the {SUPER SWEET} giveaway from Strawberry Sky's chosen by random.org is............................Jenny from Crossing the bugger-dixon line!!!!! CONGRATS Jenny!!! E-mail me your shipping information asap so we can send you your adorable strawberry tee and beanie. Thanks to all who entered and to all of you that went over to Sarah's awesome blog and showed her some love! Happy happy Saturday everyone!

Two new cuties and a reminder

Hi people! I just listed 2 new cuties in my Etsy shop. Go over and check 'em out, k!?

(the anchor was my "best seller" the first etsy-go-round so we'll see how she does this time).

Here's a pic of my little guy "practicing." He's SO excited! The party isn't until next weekend, so he'll have to be patient :) And last but not least, an important giveaway reminder....Please take a moment to enter my {SWEET} giveaway if you haven't already. Click HERE. It ends Friday night at 11:59 pst and the winner will be announced on Satruday. Good Luck ;)

{SWEET} Giveaway Sponsored By Strawberry Sky's!!!

Hello people! We did it, we hit 100 followers (& counting....yay). As promised, I have an AWESOME giveaway to share with you!!! My bloggy friend (& fellow California gal) Sarah over at Strawberry Sky's is the master crafter behind this wonderful giveaway. She definitely has a knack for putting together miss-matched patterns and making the most adorable fashions for your little angel. Sarah doesn't currently have a shop, but is super excited to meet all of you amazingly crafty people and get some more followers over to her awesome blog. The 2 items that she's giving away are pictured below and are seriously adorable. This strawberry tee is making my teeth hurt because it is oh-so sweet! It is hand-stitched by Sarah herself and it is perfection.

The second item is an adorable pink baby beanie with an even more adorable pink handmade fabric flower hair clip. The clip can be worn on the hat, in hair, or clipped on to a purse or diaper bag. Adorable, right!? Adorable. Here's how you enter:

1. Be a follower of this blog and leave a comment letting me know - 1 entry.

2. Be a follower of Strawberry Sky's leave a comment letting me know - 1 entry.

3. Post about this awesome giveaway on your blog or Facebook and leave a link to your post in the comments section - 1 entry.

4. Become friends with Strawberry Sky's on Facebook and leave a separate comment for that - 1 entry.

5. Purchase a fabulous item from my Etsy shop and leave a comment letting me know- 1 entry.

This giveaway will run until 11:59pm PST on Friday March 4th. The winner will be selected by random.org and will be announced on Saturday March 5th. You have 48 hours to get back to me with your shipping information or another winner will be chosen.

Thanks for all of your support and I'm so excited to see who wins!!! Good Luck people :)

Smart-Bottom Enterprises and a....swan

I first want to give a HUGE virtual hug to one of my bloggy besties, Cassie over at Primitive & Proper. She saw this sweet glass swan while thrifting and sent it my way. This guy is crazy fragile and he traveled across many states to get to me. THANK YOU friend, you are so sweet to think of me!! Isn't this swan amazing!!?? It's the thinnest glass, and there's a hole in the back so I can put in a flower or two. I'm in love!! He may have to go way up high somewhere to get out of the war zone that is my life :) Ha ha.

Second, one of my all time favorite blogs/etsy shops belong to my amazingly talented sister in law Darcy. Smart-Bottom Enterprises is a wonderful blog where you'll find crafting, cooking, & SO much more. Her Etsy shop is amazing too! She makes the most AMAZING craft kits and she is having a super awesome giveaway on her blog!!! Go HERE now and enter to win, you won't be sorry. You get all the supplies to make these adorable little Spring chickies. I have one of these kits already (I'm an "insider" over there) and Noah and I are so excited to get started. Happy Weekend everyone!!!!