Fun announcements and Blog Candy Winner!

Hey there! ..No project today, but I have been doing a lot of crafting... I  can't share just yet. ;)

I have some fun announcements to make, but first I want to announce my blog candy winner of my 1400 follower giveaway...

The Random winner is..

Houses Built of Cards said...

Congrats on 1,400 followers!!! You definately have earned it!!! Love looking at your blog!

Congrats!! Hope you enjoy!

Thank you to everyone who participated in my giveaway! :)

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So here's my good news...

I am going to be the May Guest Desinger for Perfectly Precocious

Tessa has some AMAZING handmade flowers and emblishments that she sells in her Etsy shop. I have been given the oppurtunity to play with the May Sampler! Let me just tell you, she has some very VERY cute stuff in her shop..you gotta check it out! I'm totally addicted! :)

Next up, I just found out that I will be a Guest Designer for Helmar!

They make almost every kind of adhesives, glues, tapes, crackle glues...pretty much everything you need to adhere your projects! I'm super excited about this! You can never have enough glue! lol :)

This Friday I will be in the Royal Wedding Blog Hop along with all of my Peachy Keen sistas and a few more talented ladies! This blog hop is in honor of  Prince William and Kate, we will be having lots of wedding, love and fairytale themed projects!

Can't wait!

And my last announcement is...are you ready???? heheee ((I'm super duper uper excited about this!!))

I bought the new E2 on HSN last night!!!!! Yayayayayaaayyy!! 

OMG! I still can't believe I took the plunge! lol..I debated with myself and I decided that I deserve to upgrade my Expression..I don't have any other Cricuts and I really like all the new features,  especially the preloaded cartridges ((I'm dying to play with that Cosmo Criket cart!))..I can't wait to get it, 2 weeks better come fast! :) :) :)

I'm just calling it -a Mother's Day present from the hubs! lol..

Thanks for listening to my fun news! 

Life is good right now! :)

Happy Earth Day and...

Hello everyone! Today is my 5th wedding anniversary! Yay! Happy Anniversary to me! When we got married, we didn't realize it was Earth Day until a few days later..lol..it was a wonderful day, it's so crazy to think it was already 5 years ago! I love my hubby, he's a great guy to be around (I guess that's a good thing, since I married him! lol)..

So I didn't have any projects to share today, I didn't have much time, we are spending the weekend in Palm Springs and lounging by the pool, maybe get a massage and go out to the Cheesecake Factory (my fav!), since I don't have a project, I thought I'd share a wedding photo of the 2 of us.

:)

Blog Awards...

Hi everyone! Recently I received a few blog awards and I am so excited every time I get one of these because it really encourages me to know that my projects and craftiness are awarded by awesome people! I know I'm supposed to hand these out to so many people, but I always love what Flowerdisco does with her awards, basically anyone who wants one can take one! I think everyone deserves to be awarded , so if you like one of these awesome awards, feel free to snag one! :)

The 1st  is from Darien, now she makes the most AMAZING scrapbook layouts, she is just soo talented! I wish I could make LO's like hers, they are so pretty, be sure to give her a visit!

My 2nd award comes from Scrappy Mel, she makes the CUTEST cards and is sooo talented, she recently released her 1st  and 2nd set of stamps...I am so lucky to be able to be apart of her design team  at Scrappy Moms Stamps.
*And Trish also awarded me with this one, she is sooo creative and we both design for Momo's Tuesday challenges, be sure to visit her,she has a great new video up!

My 3rd award comes from the VERY VERY talented Gisele, I love going to her blog because she always has the most clever ideas!  Be sure to give her a visit, you will love her projects!

 And my 4th award I really love (mostly because it's soo darn cute!), it comes from the very sweet and talented Tiffany from Must Be Crafty. She makes super cute cards and scrapbook pages, give her a visit you won't regret it! :)

I just want to thank you ladies for these awesome awards! You are amazing! :) And if you have a chance, visit these bloggers to see how talented they are!

My Wal-Mart Finally Got the Lite Carts!...

Yep and I am soooo excited, I gave in and got Hoot n' Holler! I am dying to play with it! There are a few more I have been eyeing but I will have to save more tips for those! yippee! I also got Robotz in the mail today to..I got a steal on that on ebay, I won that baby for 22 bucks! Yes! lol...can you tell I'm in cartridge heaven right now! Now I really need to get some crafty ideas for all these carts! :D

Look what the mail man dropped off!!

Yay! I finally got my new carts! I got Create a Critter and Give a Hoot in the mail today. Natalie got very excited when she saw the big package..I had to take a pic! Lol..I'm off to play with these! :)

I HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS!

Hi everyone! I am sooo excited to tell you all that I have  been accepted as one of the new DT members of the Bitten By The Bug 2 blog!! Woo Hoo! I can't tell you all how exciting this is for me! I was hoping I would get the chance to be on the DT, but there were so many other great entries I was kinda unsure...BUT I MADE IT! There were six others selected and they are all awesome..a big congrats to us all! I look forward to start creating and to being an inspiration (I hope!) to even more people! Yay! ..My 1st project will be for next Sunday..so keep an eye out for that! ...Thanks Heather for such an awesome opportunity! And thanks to all the great designers for the warm welcome!

Ms. Brightside Award!!

It's so nice getting these different awards from all you sweet bloggers out there! Today I received the Ms. Brightside Award from Beth at Runs with Scraps. She is super sweet for considering me, if you have a chance check out her blog, she has the cutest cards and great scrapbook layouts! (((Thanks Beth!))
So onto the rules...I'm suppose to list 10 things that make me happy, provide 5 pieces of trivia about myself and then pass this award on to 5 fellow bloggers.  So...

The 10  things that make me happy are:
1.My Natalie (of course you all know that by now! )
2.My husband
3.Coming home to my new house every day!
4.Chocolate
5.Puppies
6.Flowers
7.My Cricut/Gypsy
8.Smoothies
9.Twilight
10.Getting a new cricut cartridge..lol...that makes everyone happy I think!

5 Pieces of Trivia
1.Even though I am a hairstylist, I hate doing updos! I just dread going to work during prom season! LOL!!
2.I hate when dishes get piled up in the sink.
3. I used to play the drums in high school.
4.I've never been in a fight...and never want to!
5.I love jelly donuts! yummm..

and finally 5 friends I want to pass this award on to....
1.http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/
2. http://bugnme.blogspot.com/
3.http://kayescraftyplace.blogspot.com/
4.http://donnamundinger-popsicletoes.blogspot.com/
5.http://liveloveandscrap.blogspot.com/

Enjoy ladies!

Missing My Cricut

Hi everyone..well I don't have any projects to post because I packed away my cricut the other day...I feel like I am having cricut withdrawls! lol! We are getting ready to move out of my sister's place and into our new home soon, hopefully by this weekend..and I can't wait, I'm going to finally have my 'dream' craft room! Yay! And my husband can't say a thing cuz he gets his 'man cave' lol! So I will probably be packing away my computer tomorrow and hopefully be setting up the internet by next week and I will get back to you all then, hopefully with a few new projects. Take care...I thought I would just post  some recent pics of me a Natalie ((she's all bundled up like a sweet pea!))....See ya soon! :)

Three Beautiful Blogger Awards! WooHoo!!

Wow look what I got...THREE Beautiful Blogger Awards...how sweet is this! Thanks to Kim at Olive Juice Studio,Cher at Cheryl's Window, and Gisele at Cross My Heart Paper Crafts for these awesome awards...Please visit their blogs you will find  lots of great inspiration and great ideas for your crafts...I'm so excited to receive  these! It just inspires me to try to be more creative...thank you, thank you!! So now onto the rules..I have to list 7 interesting things about myself...so here it goes...

1. Of course you all know my now I am a HUGE cricut fan...I just looove to make cards and scrapbook or just be creative in some way. I like using my hands and creating things that make people happy.
2. I love being a new mommy...I love spending my time with my little family...I can just sit and stare at my little Natalie for hours!
3. I am a HUGE Jack Johnson fan...I just love love love his music! I can seriously listen to his music all day on repeat and be totally happy. It's just mellow like me and I love it ((by the way he is AWESOME live...and if you don't listen to him..you need to..lol!)).
4. I am a hairstylist and I work for an Aveda salon. It's another place for me to be creative and meet new people. I always wanted to be an artist...and this is basically me doing art with hair ((does that make sense? lol..)).
5. I love nature, I love being outside going for walks and taking in the fresh air. I used to live in the mountains ((my husband grew up in the woods)) and I miss it sooo much. That's why I am super excited about the new Cricut carts coming out that are nature inspired!!
6. I take pictures almost everyday...I guess I am a wanna be photographer. I have way too many pics on my computer to count...I like taking them of my fam and of things I see are interesting.
7. I am kind of a neat freak. I'm not crazy about it, but I like things in order. I don't like things to get piled up...whenever I am done with a project, everything gets cleaned up right away. I like starting with a new canvas I guess. I like things clean....so I will see how messy things get once lil miss Natalie gets bigger...lol...

Well there's a lil bit of info on my life, I would like to share more with ya, but the rules are to just list 7! So now I pass the Award onto 15 bloggers or followers...so here goes....all of these are great and I find tons of inspiration here, so take a look! And Enjoy your Awards! I will get in touch with you all soon!

1. Stacey

2.Jenny

3.Heather

4.Sarah

5. Sherri

6.Enfys

7.Krista 

8.Lisa

9.Melanie

10.Joy

11.Marina

12.Jin

13.Julie

14.Laurel

15.Mary

The rules are that you need to give thanks and link to the person who sent you this award; list seven things about yourself and pass it on to 15 bloggers and/or followers!

My 1st Sunshine Award!!!

Woo-hoo look what I got today....my 1st Sunshine Award! I'm so excited... Scrappinlils Creative Side gave it to me (thank you my dear!)..if you have a chance check out her blog she has awesome stuff..and great minis...and she's a Twilight addict like me.. lol! So here's how this works..
The rules for the award are as follows: I must pass this on to 6 of my followers. Put the logo on your blog or within your post.

--Pass the award onto 6 bloggers.

--Link the nominees within your post.

--Let your followers know that you are giving them this award by commenting on their blog

--Share the love and link to the person for whom you received this award....so here goes...


http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/
http://donnamundinger-popsicletoes.blogspot.com/
http://creativecandy4u.blogspot.com/
http://suchins.blogspot.com/
http://happyhalabuda.blogspot.com/
http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

ENJOY! :)