I can't believe it!!!!

I missed my one year Blogaversary ! I am such a dork! :)

One year ago on March 5th, I started this little blog. I had a several month long break, but March 5th was the launching date.

In (belated) celebration, I am having a wonderful giveaway!

Ready?!

Here is a list of all the goodies:

$5 Gift card to Starbucks

$5 Gift card to Target

Cloche covered stand

Mini Chalkboard

Yummy smelling Candle

Martha Stewart Scallop Cutter

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment. Blog about this giveaway and you earn an extra entry, just make a second comment telling me you blogged about it. If you do not have a blog, please leave your email address so I can contact you should you win. Giveaway ends Saturday @ 10am. (I would like to ship Saturday if possible, so please make sure I have a way of contacting you, otherwise, item will ship Monday)

Good Luck! :-)

Spring Frame

I have been itching to make a Spring/Easter craft this morning. So, instead of doing laundry, I made a spring themed frame.

I found the frame at the $$$ store yesterday, they only had one. I am going to check other stores and see if I can find any more. They are perfect to use. The window opening is 4x4.

I found some inspiration on Etsy this morning and the juices just started flowing. I love when that happens! :)

The paper is Amy Butler and Making Memories (garden party). 

Thrifty Thursday

This weeks' Thrifty Thursday went pretty well! I have been looking for a (flower) frog for several months and just happened to stumble upon one today. It was only $3. 

There were two, but I only had enough cash to get the one plus my other items. I intentionally brought only $5. Can't do too much damage with that ;). I really want one like that up there. BUT! Mine is a vintage glass frog. For $3! These go for around $10 online. Here is mine.

I also found some other useful items. Yay! The clay pots are for growing flowers. My daughter (3yrs) always has to look at the seed pack rack at Target before we can leave. She can't wait to "water her own flowers". $.60 for 4 pots is not bad at all. I am going to let her paint them too. She is so excited. She will get two and my son will get two. He wants to grow peppermint and garlic lol! Peppermint, yes, garlic? Hmmm.... maybe he'll find a flower he likes. :-)

The green bucket was $.50. Too cute too pass up, perfect for spring and Easter. The two white baskets are for potted plants/flowers. They have a plastic bag lining. They are the perfect size for trash cans in my craft room. One on each end of the table. Great for catching all those paper scraps. 

The 2 pink candlesticks are for my shabby chic candelabra. 2 for $.25! 

All of my goodies came to a grand total of $4.85!

I'm pretty happy. ;-)

Paper Craft Wednesday

Here we are on our weekly Paper Craft Wednesday. I can't believe I have managed to keep up with this for 3 weeks now! :) 

I am just getting back to feeling 100% so I have been a  little sluggish in the craft department this past week. 

I was able to get three things done, two of which I needed, the other, just for fun.

The first item is a box I made for my daughters hair accessories. I needed something to corral them and I wanted it to be cute. I had all the items on hand so the project was free! :-) I still need to seal it. I always use poly-acrylic. I don't really like Modge Podge for these kinds of crafts. Just my preference I guess. 

The next item is card for a friend at church. She just got home from being in the hospital for several weeks. She had diabetes and has recently (this past year) lost her leg. She had a prosthesis but it apparently didn't fit well, she fell and broke her leg. She has also been having problems with her transplant. She is such an amazing woman and I am so Blessed to know her! She has truly been able to Glorify God in the midst of all she is going through. I hope she enjoys her cards (she LOVES getting cards in the mail) ;-) She also loves purple.

This tag was for me ;-) I just love it! It has everything I love, expect those are not my colors. It's funny, because I'm not typically drawn to purple. But, when I saw this paper, I just fell in love, the colors just worked perfectly. I heart this little tag. I think it's going to be a part of my mini scrapbook. I am making tags to reflect each one of our personalities. I think it will turn out pretty cute.

So that completes this weeks Paper Craft Wednesday. I hope you were inspired. 

As always, I would love to see your creations! :) Feel free to share anytime! 

Kissing Ball

I found an adorable kissing ball on Etsy but knew I could make one myself. I had some roses already in my stash for another project, but I used them for my kissing ball instead. 

I think it looks cute, the hubs... well, lets just say all he cares about is a comfy bed in the room. He knows he has no say in the decor. :-)

 Here is the side of my canopy mistreatment...

Something special to come soon. I am working on a project for the bedroom, it will go above the bed. Any guesses? :-)