{CLOSED} My 2-year-old daughter {with a Giveaway}

December 19, 2011 | Posted by

Congrats to Amanda from Pretty Little Life! You won!

Ruari’s outfit… //hat: c.o. tea collection//dress: c.o. tea collection//leggings: c.o. tea collection//boots: thrift//candy cane: from Santa//

Ruari,
Happy Birthday baby girl! You turned 2 yesterday! December 18th. Wow. You have grown and changed SO much in this last month… it just blows my mind! You talk so well… maybe a little too well (miss repeat everything anyone says…. everything). You LOVE dancing… which is why i’ve signed you up for a little dance class this January. I’m pretty sure it will be a major cute overload…. You’re funny. You’re kind. You’re opinionated (yes, already). You love animals! Pretty much you’re just the most amazing thing ever! I’d say I love you more than bacon. And, that is A LOT. 😉
I love you!
-Mama
In celebration of my sweet girls birthday…. The very sweet and cute clothing company, Tea Collection, is giving away a $100 shop credit to on of my lucky readers (heck yeah!). If you didn’t notice…. R was all dressed up in Tea Collection for our little photo shoot. Those clothes are ADORABLE. Especially on my kid (she’s so cute). Soo….. on to the details…

What you can win:
$100 Shop credit to Tea Collection!

How do you win? Please follow these steps… AND make sure I have a way to contact you through e-mail. If I don’t… I’ll have to delete the entry… 🙁

Mandatory entry:
1) Head on over to Tea Collection and let me know what you would spend your $100 on if you win!!! {1 entry}

{For extra entries (Please use a separate comment for each entry):
1) Become a follower of this blog via google friend connect, feedburner or bloglovin’ (see sidebar) {1 entry}
2) “Like” me on FB: The Paper Mama{1 entry}
3) Follow me on twitter: @thepapermama {1 entry}
4) Like Tea Collection on FB: Tea Collection {1 entry}
5) Follow Tea Collection on Twitter: @teacollection {1 entry} 
6) Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway. You are welcome to copy and paste this tweet:

” Win a $100 shop credit from Tea Collection! @teacollection http://bit.ly/uIiPWf @thepapermama “{1 entry}

Note: Giveaway ends on Friday, December 23rd, 2011 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Winner will be chosen at random from Random.org.

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Steppin Out

December 19, 2011 | Posted by

My outfit: //necklace: grace and stella//top: thrift//skirt: thrift//shoes: thrift//

Last Thursday I stepped out to my friend Roxana’s trunk show in Portland. She makes beautiful jewelry out of vintage pieces! Vintage beads, brooches… anything vintage really! So, it’s all pretty darn beautiful and each piece is unique. Roxana asked a couple of our girlfriend’s and I to be her models for the show. I wore Gaia. It is seriously beautiful!!! I need to point out that my whole outfit was $14 (not including the necklace). The skirt and top are from a wonderful thrifting adventure with Mandy for $12 and the shoes are from an estate sale for $2. 🙂
How was your weekend? We celebrated Ruari’s 2nd birthday yesterday… it was a blast! Seriously. SO much fun. I love her. <3
Linking up with Mandy from Harper’s Happenings, The Pleated Poppy, and Beautiful Blendings.

AND, be sure to enter you lovely holiday photo into my Holiday Photo Challenge to win some awesome fabulous prizes! It ends tomorrow afternoon. 🙂

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Happy Birthday baby girl!

December 18, 2011 | Posted by

Happy birthday! Ruari is two years old today! And, we are sleeping in to celebrate. 😉 We had a lovely party yesterday and I can’t wait to share photos! By the way… that’s our Santa photo for this year! Ruari would not let go of us to sit in Santa’s lap… SO, we all got in the sleigh with her. 🙂
It was pretty much the same situation last year. Hee! Except my mom was holding her. 😉
Linking up my Santa photo with neat-o Mandy at the Haps!

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The Paper Mama "Red" Photo Challenge

December 17, 2011 | Posted by


This weeks challenge: Red
The challenge: All my photo challenges should be based around your children (pets are always welcome). There should be red somewhere in the photo.
 
My example of “Red”:
My sweet girl at Sleighbells (a year round Christmas shop in Oregon). BTW: Hat and dress c/o tea.
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  • First time joining the Paper Mama photo challenge? Start here for rules and upcoming challenges. 🙂
  • My photo challenges do require you to have either your children or one of your furry children (pets) in the photo (unless it’s a self portrait week). It could be just one finger… or a toe… but, they must be there.
Favorite Photo from December!
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The Paper Mama


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"Pets" Photo Challenge Winners

December 17, 2011 | Posted by

This weeks challenge was: Pets!

First:
{Heartmade Home}
Congrats to the winner! Great job, and please feel free to grab the Fact: I’m Awesome button! Because You are awesome!!

The Paper Mama

Second:
{Little Blue Feather}


Third:
{Jenny Rain}


Fourth:
{Jack’s Paper Moon}


Fifth:
{RJ and Jesse}


Congrats to my top 5 winners! If you’d like… you are more than welcome to grab a Top 5 Photo button below!

The Paper Mama

 

My favorites (in no particular order):

{Little Bit in the Middle}
{Dash Photography}
{Live Love Travel}
{Pretty Little Mommy Things}

If you’re one of my favorites you are more than welcome to grab a “Paper mama hearts me” button below!

The Paper Mama

♡ Chelsey

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50 DIY Days with Oh Dear Drea: Christmas Tree Felt Garland

December 16, 2011 | Posted by

Day 40: Day The easiest Christmas felt garland to ever exist. step one. draw a christmas tree stencil (as big or as small as you’d like). pin on felt. 

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step two. cut. cut as many or as little as you’d like.

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step three. with embroidery needle and floss (or thin yarn, or even sewing thread) sew through the tops of all the trees. 

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step four. cut strings, long enough to tie.

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step five. tie to yarn and hang.


uh yeah, that’s it! easy right? Totally a simple, dainty, and pretty way to decorate.

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Of course, you can trim up the ties a bit too… or add other items. I added hearts, cause, you know… they are cute and of course: easy. Happy decorating! 

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Thank you SO much to Drea from Oh Dear Drea! What a LOVELY guest post. I LOVE that garland! Thank you for joining my 50 DIY Days of Christmas!

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