Birthday Shirt Sneak Peek

 We have a big day coming up at our house next week, and the birthday boy needed a shirt for the special day. We are going to be having a Toy Story 3 party so this shirt was perfect for the soon to be 3 year old. He definitely does not like his picture taken! 

Until you bribe him with licorice, and then he will pull all sorts of funny faces. 

Oh I just love this boy! 

And then he will let you know when he is done!! 

I can't wait to share all of the party details with you over the next week! 

Linking to these great parties. 

The Best Before & After Ever!!

And I didn't even have to list a finger!! 

 Before- Ugly yellow wood siding and horrible windows.

 After- Beautiful brown vinyl siding and amazing new windows. Don't mind the shutters laying on the front lawn, they are in desperate need of a new coat of paint as soon as the weather cooperates. 

 This is what came off of our house, no way is that going back up on my pretty house, you couldn't pay me!!

So I whipped this up one night to replace it. And the best part it only cost me $1!! Score. It was very easy but if you have any questions just ask and I will be happy to answer. Now I just hope that my command hook doesn't let me down, I couldn't bear to put a hole in my new siding! 

 And let's hope that those pesky salesmen see my pretty new sign, turn around and march right back to there car!! 

My First Award

 Thursday I was having a pretty crummy day. Nothing was going good and I was still in my pj's when the hubs came home from work, not to mention that NOTHING had been done around the house, and with a two year old that is dangerous! Needless to say I was not a happy camper until I checked my email and saw that I had received my very first award!! Are you kidding me?!?! WOW, Alisha at Homemaking Honey's totally made my day, Thank You!! You need to check out her site, it is awesome, she has so many great ideas, make sure you look around. You won't be sorry. 

So here are the rules:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 recently discovered great blogs.
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award.

I don't like talking about myself but here it goes. 

1-I have one little boy who will be three in the next few months, but if you ask him he is just turning 2. Yeah we are working on that. 

2- My day is not complete with out a Pepsi! 

3- I married my high school sweetheart (hi babe!) and we have been married for 4.5 years. 

4- Our family loves to fish, as long as dad is there to bait the hooks, I don't do slimy things. 

5- I went to Europe right after I graduated High School and I can not wait to go back with my husband, one day. 

6- My fav. food is a grilled ham & cheese sandwich from my grandpa's restaurant, I could eat one of these every.single.day-love them! 

7- My latest obsession is HGTV, man I love that channel-especially the show Sarah's House, I could literally watch it for hours! 

Now onto the lovely ladies that I am passing this award onto: 

1-Michele @ The Scrap Shoppe Blog

2-Jen @ Simply Living

3-Erica @ BigSis LilSis

4-Melanie @ The Frosted Gardner

5-Michell @ Girl In Air

6-Polly @ Helping Little Hands

7-Malory @ Snips & Spice

8-Malia @ Yesterday On Tuesday

9-Jenn @ My Delicious Ambiguity

10-Lyndee @ A Recovering Craft Hoarder

11-Debbie @ Inspired Honey Bee

12-Ashley @ Eisy Morgan

13-Charlie @ Attempting Aloha 

14-Ami  @ AliLilly 

15-Jamie @ C.R.A.F.T

Thanks for bearing with me through this long post, you guys rock! Make sure you take some time to check out the fun blogs that I have passed this award onto! 

Cutting It Close...

I finally finished my Valentines wreath, with 4 days to spare! I fell in love with this wreath last year and I never got around to making it, but I was determined that this beauty would be on my door and I couldn't be any happier! 

Funny story, as I was putting this wreath together my husband says to me, honey do you realize that you have more wreaths than there are seasons? Of course I do babe, I need one for every month!! I am pretty sure he rolled his eyes :) 

A Little Behind....

So I am way late in posting this but I just want to say Thank You to Stacy over at The Birthday Blog for featuring the CARS party from last year, I love planning special events and I had so much fun with this. I can't wait to get started on this year's party!! If you are in need of party ideas The Birthday Blog is definitely the place to look!!

Sure Cuts A Lot

In a recent post I mentioned that I finally got a Cricut. I am sure the only person happier about than me was my mom, I was always using hers :) Anyway, I had wanted a Cricut for a long time but was not willing to spend the $40-60 per cartridge, I have more important things to spend my money on.

One day I heard about the Sure Cuts A Lot software and knew instantly that this was the solution to my problem. So I downloaded the trial version just to make sure it was what I wanted-that lasted one day before I knew that I had to have it, the next day I bought it and have loved it ever since!!

I love the freedom that it gives you, you can cut out any true-type font (99% of fonts are true-type) and it will work with any svg file. I can tell it exactly where to cut on my mat and easily change the size to exactly what I need. It has opened up a whole new world for me with my Cricut. If any of you are considering purchasing it, do not wait, I know that you will absolutely love it!! HERE is the link if you are looking to buy it, and I know that you really want to- just consider it an early valentines gift to yourself!!  

Let's try again...

Well I hate to do this but it has been over a week and I haven't heard from our giveaway winner so let's try this again...

 random.org has picked

#1-Stewart & Ciera Stout

Ciera please contact me as soon as possible and I will get your vinyl sent out for you! 

Thanks guys :) 

Sure Cuts A Lot

I got a Cricut for Christmas and I have really been wanting to get the Sure Cuts A Lot software, it opens up a whole world of possibilities!! Well tonight I stumbled upon a blog that is giving one away and I wanted you all to know about it!! Head on over to http://dirtytruthreviews.blogspot.com and enter to win this software!! 

Camo Baby Shower Gift

I had so much fun putting this gift together. The Mom & Dad are huge hunters so I knew that I wanted to go with a Camo theme, and it was a hit!

This was my first try at a Diaper Cake and it definitely is not perfect but I think that it turned out pretty good. The top layer is finished off with a burp cloth and some little shoes. 

 A covered wipes case 

 Cute little Camo jacket with some brown pants

 Diaper Changing Mat 

 Inside of mat, made with a hand towel so that it is easy to throw in the washer. 

 And the super popular Car Seat Tent. 

Linking up to THESE great parties. 

And The Winner Is....

#11- Mrs. Prince

Who said: i love crafts that i can display or give away as gifts!

Please contact me as soon as possible so that I can get your vinyl on its way to you and 

Thank You to everyone who supports this little blog of mine, I really appreciate it!! 

Random.org was used to pick the winner