First: Congrats to Amber and Scott! You are the winner of the $50 gift card. LOoved your sweet kitty. Marilyn Monroe reincarnated. Hee. Congrats! You can grab your first place button here! Second: Third: Fourth: Fifth: Congrats! You can grab your top 5 button here! Favorites: Congrats! You can grab your favorite button here! ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… First […] Continue reading →
Well, it’s that time of year again. The time when little Mr Angus gets eaten alive by nasty fleas. Yuck. It always starts around May each year… Poor little pup starts biting and scratching (and, of course passes these neat fleas onto our kitties). He’s pretty much miserable if we don’t get some flea medicine […] Continue reading →
You guys, I’m tired. I’m reeeealllly tired. It’s not a bad tired (ok, I’m thinking being tired all the time is probably bad… but…), I’m doing what I love. Goodness, just so busy. With the combination of blogging, keeping up on orders, and just plain life and being a mama… I’m exhausted. My friend Kelsey […] Continue reading →
This weeks challenge was: Heart! First: Yes! Congrats sweet Lisa! This week HP wanted to share a prize with the first place winner… SO, you win a HP Faux Canvas! Yay! I’ll be sending you an email! Congrats! You can grab your first place button here! Second: Third: Fourth: Fifth: Congrats! You can grab your top 5 […] Continue reading →
This giveaway is closed! The lovely Nancy won! Hello lovely readers! Today Kate, from 17th Avenue Design Studio, is taking over to share an awesome giveaway with you! I hope you enjoy, and good luck! – Chelsey Hi there! I’m Kate and I’m the owner of the 17th Avenue Design Studio, a small graphic & blog design […] Continue reading →
I have a little something extra for you guys this week! HP wants to send the first place winner a gift card to get a free Faux Canvas! Yay! SO, good luck! The first place winner I choose for this week wins! Here’s one I gave to my mom: On to the challenge: All my photo […] Continue reading →
We spent the holiday weekend with family in Bellingham, WA. As usual, it was amazing. Relaxing. Fun. Full of wine. And, espresso. AND…. s’mores. Ruari had her first s’mores this weekend. I don’t think I need to really tell you she loved it… these photos say it all: In Bellingham, they have something called, Ski […] Continue reading →
Winner was picked! Cara from The Marvelous Flight of Cara. OMG. Yup. I am now the happy mama to an Oreck magnesium vacuum cleaner… Goodness. Our last vacuum probably weighed 500 pounds and sounded like an angry hippo (slight exaggeration). But, my sweet love (yes, that’s what I call this vacuum, my sweet love) weighs in […] Continue reading →
Hello! Soooo, last week I was all, “Yeah, I have ad space on sale! Yay!” But, since I’m new to Passionfruit… I didn’t set up my discount code properly. SO, if you tried to use my code and it didn’t work, I’m sorry! It should be all fixed now. So, here’s the info: 25% discount […] Continue reading →
Donation + GIVEAWAY = awesome! The March of Dimes walk is this weekend! SO, that means you only have through Friday night to donate and win! For every $5 you donate to my March of Dimes walk: you are entered to win a full-body custom portrait from me! Yup! That’s an awesome prize, right? Hee hee. I really […] Continue reading →
The baby book. It’s about darn time I finished this thing. Ruari’s headed towards 2 and a half and I finally finished a book on her first year. As a little mother’s day gift to myself…. I created this sweet little 5 x 5 book with Pinhole Press. It’s beautiful…. well, of course: it’s all […] Continue reading →
If you hadn’t noticed…. I took a little week off blogging to spend some time with the family. That will explain why I’m sharing Easter photos a week and a half later. Ha! It was a lovely lovely vacation you guys. Some time off I really needed. I still worked on orders for custom drawings… […] Continue reading →
I have a 2-year-old. No longer the cooing baby that only requires food, hugs, kisses, and many diaper changes. No. I have a 2-year-old. And, I’m sad to announce: she has recently discovered her age! I don’t mean she knows she’s 2…. I mean…. Oh my crap. She has discovered the power of the terrible […] Continue reading →
Once upon a time there was a girl who went to New Zealand to find herself. And on the second day she met the man that she would later marry. They built a life in New Zealand and lived happily ever after. {Love in New Zealand} So yeah… That girl is me. I’m Nicole. I’m […] Continue reading →
Heck yeah! Finally! We’ve got all details down and are ready for you all to buy some fun-day-good-timin PNW Blogger Meet Up tickets! Details of the event: – Pacific Northwest Blogger meet up in Portland, OR! – Friday, June 1st at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne from 6 PM to 10 PM – We are […] Continue reading →
