Her First Mod Purse… Win One! January 29, 2009
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Her First Mod Purse from Mushy Bug!
Bloggy Carnival Giveaway! January 26, 2009
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From Mushy Bug you'll have your choice of any of these matching Mini Wallet and Key Fob sets.
For now, simply leave a comment to enter. Once the winner is chosen by a random number generator on January 30th, I'll contact that person to find out their choice.
UnPink V-Day Gifts January 25, 2009
This is my public 'thank you' to the fabulous Gina at An UnPink Life for her un-ending thoughtfulness. Not only did she host a giveaway with one of my little mod purses as a prize, we also got some fun and unexpected mail a couple of weeks ago. (Yes, I know I'm much late here. I simply haven't been able to commit any of my time lately to sitting at the computer.)
Gina purchased these sweet necklaces for Ayla and Shay with a cupcake and their initial from another etsy shop.
Thanks again, Gina, for everything! You never know who you’ll meet in the blogging world. 
In the spirit of Gina's good finds, Valentine's Day and my love for etsy, here are some of my recent etsy faves which I think would make great 'unpink' V-Day gifts.
My Over-the-Top Dining Room Cabinet January 4, 2009
I bought this cabinet about a year ago. It spent months lookly sad and bare because I was coveting some really cool plates that I knew I shouldn't buy. So, I crazied it up myself over the summer. I was playing with my new camera today wanting to take pics of something with lots of color and remembered that I never shared pictures of my over-the-top dining room cabinet. I've reaffirmed my knowledge that pictures taken with a camera flash just aren't great. Natural light is amazingly better, but I had to use a flash in this room.
I put a different fabric (my fave thing of course!) behind each shelf.
On the top shelf is a gorgeous plate from a really unique etsy shop called Love, Lindsey.
No one who sees this in my home gets the plate on the second shelf, so I'll explain… There are FOUR of us!! I just stuck a decal I bought from Lowes on there. The salt and pepper shakers took a ton of time. I had to go through a zillion magazines to find black-only prints of S's and P's. And finally, a too-cute stuffed fabric bird in black and white.
On the bottom shelf I placed the felt cupcakes I made a while back. I told the girls not to touch them and amazingly they haven't. The 'cake stand' is a simple green plate from Target sitting on top of an upside down candlestick holder. If these were real cupcakes, or a glass plate, I'd have glued the plate onto the candlestick holder.
This really epitomizes my style. I love, love, love color. It makes me happy. I could never have white walls in my home. In fact, I wish painting were easier. I'd change our wall colors every year or so.
Christmas Pics - Yes, Late January 3, 2009
While Eric's big Christmas gift was a telescope, Santa gave me a great, new Canon camera. Unfortunately, it was nearly the last thing I opened, so I didn't get too many great gift-opening pics with it. Later, we spent the afternoon at my mom's and I was the papparzzi, taking pictures of the same thing over and over. Even though the camera has tons of functions, I've yet to read the instruction manual. I'm a man like that and think directions are for suckers!
My main reason for wanting a good camera was for taking pics of inanimate objects for Good Pails and Mushy Bug. For this, it is working fabulously and for this, I don't need no stinkin' directions.
So, here's some pictures from our wonderful Christmas of 2008, taken without touching any of those knobs or buttons which I know nothing about…
The cupcake maker - fun, but messy.
The girls are loving this Fisher Price Kid Tough camera. They like to take pictures of Elmo on the television!
Maybe this camera shows a little too much detail!
Resolutions? January 2, 2009
I never do these. I'm too realistic a person to try and tell myself I'll stick with something just because I tell myself it's a new year and I should.
So, they're really more like mental notes I suppose. This year, I hope to…
1. Use our camera and video camera more. I really wish we had video of when the girls were babies, but I put off buying the video cam -stupidly.
2. Get creative up in my little studio and use up some of my ridiculous fabric stash! Mucho importante. Mushy Bug is doing well, but I'd have much more profit if I'd use my extra fabric up.
3. Stop being a compulsive fabric shopper.
4. Pad our savings account - somehow - to work toward moving. I want an inground pool! How I'm going to do this one, I have no idea. 
5. Attend church more regularly. Must do. Nuff said.
6. Get organized! In the past week, I've spend over $300 on organizational stuff from Lowes, Target and The Container Store (which I think has some fun stuff, but is quite expensive. Plus, they really should carry some Good Pails!) I've already done the playroom closet with shelving. Next - some cabinets and our linen closet.
7. Use my ab roller and hand weights - at least sometimes. I'm not an exceriser, never have been, so I'm not going to tell myself that I'm going to do this regularly.
8. Wipe up the kitchen and dining room floors everyday instead of doing one crazy difficult cleaning every few days. I despise our dark Pergo flooring - shows everything.
9. File a complaint on our neighbors whose dog has pooped on our lawn at least 25 times. I've been putting this off for months since their 9 year old is Ayla's only neighborhood friend and Eric plays whiffle ball with their 3 sons all summer. I have to be the bitch, though. Can't stand picking up someone else's dog crap any longer.
***I reserve the right to add to, or delete/forget, any of these and anytime of the year!
