Featured!

Hope all you had a great Thanksgiving Weekend!
I had a wonderful time with friends.
Ate LOTS of food.

and now i'm recovering!
but it was worth it :)

So I got some fun news in my email today!

I'm being featured over at

Polly want a Crafter

for my Ribbon Holder.

AND

I'm being featured over at

Sassy Sites!

for my Magnet Board Redo.

So excited and grateful!

So go over there and check them out :)

Thankful Thursdays Linky Party

I want to jump on board and do a linky party. I hope that is stays around each week and people participate. But I thought it was always fun to see what everyone is doing!

So i'll be starting Thankful Thursdays. You can link up ANYTHING you are thankful for.
Whether it's a project you finished up, a recipe you made or your wonderful family...
I want it all!

I am thankful for my family, friends and strangers who have helped to be a better person.
 I am thankful for this country.
 I am thankful for the Love of Christ, and the Atonement.
 I am thankful for those who are fighting for our freedom.
 So come join the Thankful Thursdays Linky Party!
 Please No Shops or GIveaways!
 Would love for you to add a button to your listings post, so other people can find us. It's right on the side, right on top!

Demo Night!

I think it's safe to say that everyone knows who Ana White is.

It's also safe to say that she rocks my world.

I love what she does & how she inspires!

I want to make everything on her site.

And when she posted this earlier this year, I was obsessed!

Look how awesome they are for so so simple!

Well I am taking it into my own hands.
And I want you to be there with me!

I will be doing a Demo Night!

We are going to make these shelves.

December 9th @ 7:30

which, coincidentally, is my birthday.  So come play with me!



So anyone in the Tri-Cities, WA area who would like to join, please come!
We'll be doing a Tool School 101, Safety measures & Having fun ;)

Anyone interested, email me and i'll give some more information about it

stufflyssamakes@gmail.com

*** we are strictly following Ana White's design and give her full credit.  You can learn how to too, if you can't come to the Demo Night.  Go HERE to her website for instructions.***

a little sneak peek...

a big thanks again to all of you who helped me with my dilhema a few days ago.

My family photo shoot went perfectly.
Your help and guidance was exactly what I needed to hear.
Sometimes, I lack the confidence in myself and the ideas that I come up with.
I really need to stop being such a chicken and just believe in myself!
Yet, what you guys said supported what I was thinking, so thank you!

And Lee Ann was such a trooper for doing them, in the early morn, after the first snow of the season fell the night before. She was such a treat to work with.
From what i've seen, they turned out better than I could have imagined.

So with out further adieu, here's a sneak peek of my little family.

picture frame to magnet board redo.

This to....

 THIS!

I have been wanting an big magnet board for years.  But am too cheap to buy a huge expensive one.  So I just waited....

I found this in August for $3.  i was so excited because I knew this has potential to be "the one".

 So after some research on some options for it to become magnetized, I got small metal sheets from Lowes and hot glued them to the picture...

which was just a big poster, not an original ;)

 I put it in place but i didn't like that it was so "metal"

 I grabbed some old sheet music that I found at a local antique store...

And I modge podged it on the metal. 

 I did 1 layer to cover it all and then I ripped the sheets into 3's and then sparatically modge podged them on top of that.

 And there you go! 

I love love LOVE how it turned out.  Plus, I love the vintage frame with it's green velvet. 

 My son likes it too ;)

It is now in it's spot above the dresser and I love it!



So here's what I got so far....

Seriously, you guys are amazing and thank you so much for giving me awesome ideas...

So here's what I got so far...

Now all these are courtesy of Target, except Luke's sweater...TJ Maxx :)

Joe's pretty much self-explainatory.  I chose the top sweater because the colors were closer to the rest of the purples in our outfits.  The other sweater's colors were not true to it's picture.  It was more of a wine color. It didn't go at all.  Oh well, eh?

Emma will be sporing the grey sweater dress with fun grey tights with diamonds and hearts and black ruffle boots.  And a black headband

Kate will wear that adorable purple cardigan, purple plaid skirt, sparkly black tights and grey flats.

Luke will sport the diamond grey sweater, over a long sleeve grey collared shirt with grey corduroy pants, with black boots.  And a black headband.

Me?

Purple Cardigan, black ruffly shirt, and grey pencil skirt...which one though?
With those adorable ruffle heels.  I will sport some bling and a headband of some sort. 

So should I wear tights?  Black tights?  Grey tights?

 What do you think?!

Seriously all your comments helped me so much in getting a vision for these pictures.

I can't wait to show you the final result!

Alright, you fashion divas...HELP!

I need your help.

Family pictures are this monday, spur of the moment, for my husband's new job.

Yep, that's the big news, new job!  New place to live!

Lots of fun and exciting things...which one of them is new pictures....

so here's what I got so far....

And just ignore my weak photoshop skills...this is my first time doing this and i'm using the free trial...

So your thoughts?

Which sweater should my husband wear?  He'll be wearing a black shirt and pants with them

What bout my girls?

Are those colorful skirts too much?

BUT

most importantly...WHAT DO I WEAR?

would love your IMPUT!

PS the pics are on Monday...yikes...



Shutterfly Galore

Since I was actually able to take family pictures this year, I have been looking around for some Christmas Cards to send out!

And then imagine my delight when I heard the news about Shutterfly's Holiday Card Promotion!

They are giving away 50 free HOliday cards to bloggers...

which means you too can get 50 free Holiday cards this year :)

I can't list all the many ones that I love.  But here are a few:

I have to say that this one might be my favorite though.  I love the contrast!

Do you need Christmas Cards this year?
Planning a birthday Party?

How about giving a Calender for Christmas?

Shutterfly has pretty much everything for you needs.  I suggest  you go check them out now.

And for you bloggers out there that want in on this promotion,

go here: http://bit.ly/sfly2010

roadtrips

Most of you don't know this but we are in limbo.  My family and I have been inbetween "somewhere" for the past 4 months now.  It's very frustrating.  We've been looking for a new job that whole time.  Every chance we get, we hit the road.  We currently reside in SE WA so we've traveled all over WA and OR, been down to UT and CO. 

Every weekend, "I ask my husband, where to this weekend?"

My suitcases have started to fall apart.  The kids don't help with that either!

So i've been in search of a new suitcase and I think I might have found what i'm looking for. 

There are so many cute ones out there!

I hope I get some new ones for Christmas.

But it's not to say that it's been in vain. 

I"ve seen so  many wonderful things. 

And USA is just beautiful anywhere you go!

And it's been a wild ride but it will not be missed!

things are finally turning around....

News to come...

Quick n' Easy Job Chart

So this has been in the works for sometime.  I"ve been wanting the girls to be involved with cleaning...so I don't have to do as much...cough cough

anyways, i've scowered the web for ideas.  I found some good ones but nothing that just fit for me.  So I decided to just make my own.  If it doesn't work out, oh well, i'll try something else :)

I decided to do a morning and nighttime chart.

I will be placing these in frames and then they can just a dry erase marker to check off their chores when they finish them.

Originally, I was going to stick them on magnet boards but for 4 charts, it seemed pointless and too much effort on my part.

I ordered them as 11x14 prints as costco.

I love them :)

Best part was that it was so cheap.

free Photoshop trial

free downloads (shabby princess & digital downloads)

prints came to about 2.50 each. 

Speaking of organization, I want to do some sort of Reward system...any good ideas?  beans, tickets, jewels, coins etc etc?!  I would love to hear ideas!

Being Featured!

I was, am and will be forever elated when I got the email from Cassity over at Remodelaholic.

My Triple Ruffles Pillowcase Dress Tutorial is being featured over at Polly Want a Crafter?

holy moly.

seriously?!

dreams being fulfilled as you read this, my friends, dreams fulfilled.

Let me remind you what you will find over there: (the dress, not the kid)

So head on over there and check out how to make this!

Good Mornin'

Are you guys excited!?
I am.
You can just tell, huh?!

Alright, alright.
 I won't drag this out forever
Winner is:

#10 is

Nic said...

Congrats on over 100 followers!!
October 27, 2010 9:18 AM

Congrats Nic!!
You need to email me your info, like Full name and address so I can ship off your winnings!
And a bit THANK YOU to everyone who participated!
We'll have to do this again soon!