St. Patty Decor Giveaway

To celebrate hitting 500 follower on BlogLovin' 

I think it's high time for another giveaway!

One lucky winner will receive the "kiss me" banner

and two rolls of Washi Tape.

All you have to do is repost the photo above on your 

instagram account, tagging #leroylimegiveaway

and follow @leroylime on Instagram!

Easy peasy, right?! 

Come on and get your St. Patty On!

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Giveaway open to US residents. Ends March 1st.

TERMS & CONDITIONS: Giveaway is open to US residents ages 18 and over and ends at 12:00 AM on March 1, 2014. By entering you give the right to use your name and likeness. Number of entries received determines the odds of winning. Approximate retail value is $25.00. One winner will be selected. This is a giveaway sponsored by LeroyLime. All liabilities and responsibilities with product are responsible by LeroyLime. Winner will drawn by random.org from all verified entries, contacted by instagram and announced on IG and this page at the end of the contest. Winner has 48 hours to respond or prize will be redrawn.  LeroyLime is not responsible for lost or misdirected messages. All prizes will be awarded. No prize substitutions allowed. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook and we hereby release Facebook of any liability. Information is provided to LeroyLime, not to Facebook and your information is never sold or shared. Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Instagram, Bloglovin' & Pinterest are not sponsors of this giveaway. Prize will be one kiss me banner and two rolls of washi tape, as photographed above, mailed directly from LeroyLime.  No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law.

Target Giftcard Giveaway

Welcome to the A Night Owl February Sponsor Giveaway!

Hi friends! Today the sponsors and friends of A Night Owl are joining up to bring you an amazing $100 Target Gift Card Giveaway! And we all KNOW you love Target, so what are you waiting for? 

Enter today via the Rafflecopter form below!

Open in the USA and Canada.

Ends at 11:59pm EST on Sunday, March 2nd, 2014.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

TERMS & CONDITIONS: this giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents ages 18 and over and ends at 11:59pm EST on March 2nd, 2014. By entering you give the right to use your name and likeness. Number of entries received determines the odds of winning. Approximate retail value is $100.00. One winner will be selected. This is a giveaway sponsored as a group buy, which means the bloggers pooled their money together to purchase this product for you. All liabilities and responsibilities with product is directly responsible by Target. Winner will drawn by random.org from all verified entries, contacted by email provided, and announced on this page at the end of the contest. Winner has 48 hours to respond or prize will be redrawn. Entrant is responsible for the email address they provide, whether through typing it directly or through the Facebook entry method. A Night Owl is not responsible for lost or misdirected emails. All prizes will be awarded. No prize substitutions allowed. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook and we hereby release Facebook of any liability. Information is provided to A Night Owl, not to Facebook and your information is never sold or shared. Facebook and Target are not a sponsor of this giveaway. Prize is mailed or emailed directly by Kimberly Sneed of A Night Owl and requires confirmation of delivery. Protected tweets do not count as an entry method for tweeting. Tweets must come from a public account. Bloggers in this group giveaway and their immediate family members in their household cannot enter or win the giveaway. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law.

Robot Party Decor

I had a friend request a banner and cupcake toppers for a 

Robot baby shower she was hosting. A robot WHAT?..I said, haha.

I pulled out my ONE robot stamp, matched the colors to the

baby's room and thought everything turned out pretty cute!

Just listed these in my etsy shop, so if you're hosting a 

robot party, you've got a place to look!

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and thank you to my friend Megan, for snapping a few photos

https://www.facebook.com/MeganMorganPhotography
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MeganMorganPhoto

Fundraising Auction for Claire

This isn't what I normally post but I just want to bring awareness to an auction that is

going on right now to help Claire George, a newly widowed Mother of two little girls.

Items have been donated and Vintage Flower Farm is hosting the auction on her FB page.

Please share, bid, tweet and blog about this...you can bid until Monday night. 

Thank you in advance!

Making Valentines

Another year of kid friendly Valentines and this

year with two of my little people in school, we had

double the amount.

We used acrylic paint for the hand and foot prints, then

I let the older three go crazy with glitter glue and stickers.

The perfect project to send to the Grandparents

for their Valentine wedding Anniversary!

I always keep my eye peeled for fun crafts or projects for

my kiddos. Since they see Mommy crafting all the time, they

like to get involved too. I picked up three boxes of cards at

Target and the kids stuck their Valentine greeting to the front, 

then wrote and stamped inside for their friends.

We taped candy hearts onto each card with a bit of 

Washi Tape for all the classmates. The teachers and school

staff will be getting these fun chocolate -one is a million- candy bars 

and other assortment of Valentine chocolate candies.

My daughter made her Valentine box about two weeks ago

and just jazzed up the heart banner with a bit of glitter glue.

St. Patty's Day Banner

I'm a BIG fan of March...

not only is it my Birthday month

BUT

it's also home to St. Patty's Day!

 (and I just so happen to be fond of the color green)

I picked up these cute little felt clovers last year

and never got around to using them but knew I

wanted to make a banner, sooooo...

step 1. I used a small piece of washi tape at the end of my bakers

twine to keep it from unraveling and easier to thread through the holes

step 2. you can either thread your twine behind or infront of your banner

pieces, I usually choose to put it behind as I don't want it to be the focal point

step 3. since my felt pieces are bigger than the paper pennants, I ripped off

just the middle portion of the already sticky backs

and stuck it down leaving the sides still intact

step 4. I used my Big Shot and Sizzix letter set to create the phrase I wanted

my banner to say

Isn't it cute?!

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I've added this to the
Look What I Made
Linky Party

Love Note Challenge

What's Valentine's Day without a little love note?

I was recently contacted by the Cardstore Blog to check

out and review their FREE printable love notes, which

are perfect for leaving a little bit of love around the

house for your significant other.

 My hubby of 10 years, yup, count 'em - TEN!

is quite the dapper fellow, he LOVES to dress up

and is the epitome of handsome. When I met the guy, 

he didn't even own a pair of jeans!

 He always knows how to make me laugh, is my true

knight in shining armor, a wonderful husband, AMAZING

father to our four little people and just knows how to 

make a girl feel special - a keeper for sure!

We both have quite a fondness for coffee, so hopefully

he won't make me prove that I love him more than 

coffee - haha!

Twelve years ago, he asked for my number in the most

unique way... "would you like to go pick a basket

of daisies sometime?" - took my breath away, literally!

Want to show a little bit of personalized love to your other

half this Valentines Day? Head over and snag your

FREE printables from

 Cardstore.com

Don't forget to tag your ideas with #okaytocry

How to Organize Glitter and Twine with Washi Tape

I've been starting to not like my bookshelf lately, so decided to do

a bit of cleaning, organizing, purging and prettying it up a bit. 

I've had a few rolls of bakers twine in these handy shaker glass cups 

for awhile now...but have entirely way too many rolls of twine to contain

each one, so I picked a few of my 'go-to' colors and added a bit of coordinating 

Washi Tape to jazz up the jars a bit. I love how the rolls stay nice and neat and

you can pull out as much or as little as you need. I tried using the large sugar

shaker jars like this but found that the twine would get caught and I ended up 

just ripping off the little sugar flap anyway. 

I also was tired of my old labeling system for my Embossing Powder

and Glitter. I used to have a hanging tag attached on each corner but 

they would get flipped or bent in moves...so when in Rome (or Minot)

what better time to #Washi than now, right?!

I pulled out a tiny set of letter stamps, and inked them up with 

Black Momento Ink. To get a nice straight stamped word, I

ripped off pieces of Washi Tape and placed them on a glass

cutting board. The Washi peeled off perfectly and stuck

straight onto the little reusable plastic containers. 

Each container has it's own plastic spoon for ease of shaking

the embossing powder or glitter onto whatever image I'm working

on at the moment. The extra powder or glitter is easily tapped

 off and falls right back into the container, no mess, no fuss!

 I've almost finished with the rest of the shelves and love

how 'pretty' they look now! 

How do you store your bakers twine? Embossing Powder? or Glitter?

I'd love to see!