Shutter Love Tuesdays: Birthdays
I’m currently in the process of prepping Ruari’s birthday decor! I’ve got the cake mix! Woo, almost time!
I didn’t blink: Weather and Simplicity: Daydream
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What’s a Padalily car seat pad you ask? Well, it’s one of the best ideas EVER! It’s a cushion for the handle of your carseat. Wow, I REALLY could have used one of these when Ruari was still in her bucket car seat. We just switched over to the convertible seat.
Carrying those carseats around with a baby in it hurts your arm! Ouch! New/soon to be mom’s: sign up for this giveaway! It will save that arm!
By the way: There’s another use for this pad when your baby is out of the bucket carseat:
Head on over to Padalily to check out all the cute fabrics!
On to the giveaway details:
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) Leave a comment telling me how amazing/awesome you are!{1 entry}
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3) Blog about this giveaway… linking back to my blog (please post blog post link in comment). {3 entries}
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Last day to enter giveaway is November 30th, 2010 at 11:59PM Pacific time.
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Remember when I Ruari and I went shopping for a massive amount of gumdrops? Well, here’s what we I did with them! I made a Gumdrop Wreath!!! I plan to put it up on my door in early December. It’s just one teeny bit of a massive amount of decor I’m making for Ruari’s candy themed birthday party!
Creating this gumdrop wreath is SO SO simple (just time consuming).
Supply list:
Directions:
Step one: Go out and buy those gumdrops! This is a VERY important step! I purchased mine in bulk.
You will probably need a helper for this step.
Step two: Gather together all of your supplies (see supply list above). Again, a helper is nice.
Step three: Start gluing the gumdrops (larger side of gumdrop glued down) on your wreath! I chose to leave the plastic that wrapped the wreath on. I thought the glue might adhere to that better than the straw. Note: because of the sugar coating on the gumdrops, a few will fall off. BUT, just glue them back on. I have extra gumdrops for this.
Step four: This is optional. You can spray a clear acrylic spray on the wreath to seal it. I chose to do this because I live in Oregon and we get some windy/rainy days.
Step five: Now that your gumdrops are all glued on to your wreath, you can now glue on the ribbon! Pick any sort of ribbon you’d like! I chose this blue since that is the main color for Ruari’s birthday colors. Glue it down to the top of your wreath.
Step six: Place your wreath on your wreath hook. Since this thing is SO heavy, I chose to tie it on to the hook with some wire. That’s optional.
Step seven: You MUST enjoy your wreath!!!
If you make a gumdrop wreath, let me know! I’d love to see it! Amanda at Pretty Little Life made one here!
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Tags: christmas, clever girls, wreath
Categories: diy, Holiday - Christmas
Things I’ve learned about taking a silhouette photo: I have a lot to learn. 😀 I tried to get a silhouette photo of the babe… but, she was too wiggly and it just wasn’t working. Happy Monday everyone!
REMINDER: I just wanted to remind all of you to enter your Holidayish photo/card into the Holiday Card Challenge! Many winners and MUCH fun.
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So, I’ve found myself taking a week off of photo challenges every 3 weeks or so… I don’t ever mean to do it. BUT, it just happens. This last week I only participated in I Heart Faces and Scavenger Hunt. I’m back this week! Woo hoo!
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| {“The eyes are the mirror of our soul.” Yiddish Proverb} |
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| {Handmade, not by me… but by Barely Measured. Love it.} |
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| {Little orange newborn baby.} |
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| {Pulled from the archives} |
REMINDER: I just wanted to remind all of you to enter your Holidayish photo/card into the Holiday Card Challenge! Many winners and MUCH fun.
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Macro Monday:
Photo Freak: Your best shot.
Photo Freak wants to see your BEST shot. I don’t know if it’s my BEST shot… but, it’s definitely one of my favorites. I love Ruari’s chubby little feet and little chubby wrist.
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| {Ruari 8.5 months} |
Freckles and Fudge:
AND, I’m entering this photo of Ruari into the Cute Kid contest at Freckles and Fudge:
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| {Ruari 8.5 months} |
Why is Ruari the cutest kid ever? Well, she laughs at my jokes… she’s pretty funny. She looks a lot like me! ;D And, well: She is pretty darn cute!
Steppin Out Saturday (on Friday):
Ok everyone! Don’t forget to enter YOUR Holiday photo for my Holiday Card Challenge! Tons of prizes to share!
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Remember how cute this photo of my lovely child is?
Yes, well you should totally “like” it right here on Facebook! Well, only really if you REALLY like it. I would love to win something from Modern Bird Studios! I’m not sure if you have to “like” Modern Bird Studios Facebook page or not… but, they are so awesome, they’re hard not to like!
The top 10 photos with the most “likes” gets into the running to win! So please, like my photo! If you have a moment… 😀
Happy Sunday everyone!!!
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