Blown Away

Blown Away II
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I just wanted to take a minute and say WOW! I am blown away by the number of entries into my SMS Giveaway. I never in my wildest imagination expected such a wonderful turnout...and it's not over yet. There is still 13 hours left! I know I went through all of the lists on SMS and must have signed up for at least 100 giveaways (it felt like it anyways). So many awesome giveaways going on, I hope you all had a chance to visit them as well.

Tomorrow the winner will be announced and because I am humbled by a great turnout on my giveaway, I will be posting a special treat for everyone :)

Thank you everyone for making this the best giveaway ever! Also a special thank you to Sew Mama Sew for hosting such an awesome event!

Tot Clock Review & Giveaway

I have been all over trying to win this Tot Clock and it has yet to happen. Maybe Firefly Shop.org will be my lucky blog *fingers and toes crossed*! She is doing a Review/Giveaway of this pretty cool clock so go check it out..or not, less competition for me...lol

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!

It's here as promised. The great Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day! Go to the Sew Mama Sew's Blog to see the Big Master List of everyone who is participating. I can not wait to see what all the goodies being giving away are and find some new fun blogs to follow.

What is my participating giveaway?

A Custom Reversible Embroidered Dress - Winner Picks the size:
6-12m, 12-18m, 2T, or 3T

Together we will work to pick fabrics, colors, designs and fonts to create an awesome OOAK Reversible Dress for your little princess.

Here are a few Custom Orders I have done this month......











How To Enter:

Comment and tell me who you would make the dress for and what size. With your comment please leave a valid email address. This must be done FIRST.

Extra Entries:
(Leave separate comment for each)

* Follow Me
* Grab 1 of my 2 Buttons (you choose)
* Request Me On Twitter
* Twitter about the Giveaway or RT this:

RT @sewfierce @sewmamasew Giveaway Day - Win A Custom Embroidered Dress from APFOB - http://apocketfullofbuttons.blogspot.com

* Blog about my Giveaway and get 2 additional entries (please leave separate comment for each)

There you have it, easy. Giveaway closes May 31st @ Midnight PST. Open ALL and International is Okay! Winner to be posted June 1st.

Have Fun!!!!

Don't forget to enter the Sweet Words Boutique Clippie Review/Giveaway. They would be adorable with this dress!

May Giveaway Day!

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Sew Mama Sew is doing another Giveaway Day starting tomorrow May 27th and it is going to be HUGE! I am participating this time and I am so excited. So far it looks like there will be over 100 blogs participating..how cool is that! Tomorrow Sew Mama Sew will post the master list.

What will I be giving away?? Check back tomorrow morning and find out! Full Giveaway and rules will be posted. Giveaway will end May 31st @ Midnight PST and is open to US and Canada Residence.

Come back and see us tomorrow!

Unbeliveable Heartache

Yesterday was a great day. We took the girls and my Grams, (their great grams) to Sea World. The girls were perfect beyond my wildest expectations. Then we arrive home and C has mail waiting for her from her Preschool teacher in VA, Mrs. Kempton. We open the envelope...a DVD. C is so excited...we watch it. A slide show to music of the school year. Pictures of everyone in the school over the whole year. How awesome that the school does this for the students. We left VA in March so C missed some of her school days, so I think this is great!

We watch the whole 20 minute (or so) video..everyone loves it. C wants to watch it again in her room..okay no problem. 10 minutes I go into her room...

C- "Mommy I want to go to Virginia"
Mommy - "Why Bear?
C- "to see my friends"
Mommy - Sorry Bear, they are far away now."

Not more than 5 minutes later I hear a whimper coming from her room.....I run....

I find C wrapped in her blankets on the floor (did she fall off the bed?) I unwrap her to find her shaking and crying.

Mommy - "What's wrong baby?"
C - "I miss my friends!!!!"
Mommy - "I'm so sorry baby" as I grab her and cradle her like an infant..now I am sobbing...
Mommy - " I'm sorry baby, we can't see them right now"
C- "I want my friends!"
Mommy - "I know baby I am so sorry, we will make new friends I promise"
C- "NO! I don't want new friends, I want my friends!"
Mommy - "But baby, they are far away now"
C- "I don't want to stay here anymore, I want to go home to Virginia"

This went on for 20 minutes. Me apologizing and her telling me how much she wanted to go back to Virginia to her friends. I NEVER thought at this age she would have such deep, profound emotion about this kind of thing. All I know is that it absolutely broke my heart in a hundred pieces and I could not fix it. I cried, she cried and we held each other until we couldn't cry anymore. Being a military family has never been easy, but it has never been as hard as it was that day. Knowing now that every move is going to effect my girls in a tremendous way is heartbreaking, and even though they did not sign up for it, their father and I did. I can only hope when they are older they understand the choice we made and are proud of their fathers service and sacrifice.

Please on this Memorial Holiday, no matter what your politics, no matter what your belief.....do not forget to thank a service member or their family for their sacrifices to keep us safe. Freedom is not Free! It is by the grace of these men and woman who volunteer to protect us, that we have the freedom to do and say what we please.

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Sew Fierce
Sew Fierce Etsy.

Pleated Sundress & Pretty Tulip Hat

SF Gift Cert Winner!!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered my Giveaway! The turnout was more than I expected :)

Using Random.org the Winner is.....

Melodie said...

Following you too.

May 10, 2009 3:16 PM

...but wait....because I really just love to give things away (that's how I roll) I am picking 1 more person to win!

The Second Winner is.....

Anne said...

tweet,tweet!http://twitter.com/amolino/status/1853668809

May 19, 2009 5:37 PM

Congrats ladies! I will be contacting you with the good news.

Thank You Cindi

I just want to say thank you to Cindi from Moomettesgram's Musings. Not only has she been a great blogger buddy since we met, but she has helped me enormously today fixing my blog. Then just when I thought she was done, she gives me a special award. The "Moomette's Best WAHM ~ WAHG Site or Blog Award".

If you have not had the pleasure of meeting her through blogging, Twitter, or a number of different groups, make sure to stop by and check out her interesting blogs. Thanks again Cindi, you rock!

****Sweet Clippies Review & Giveaway****

I was so thrilled when Melissa from Sweet Words Boutique asked me to review her Clippies. I have for some time tried to find clips that of course are not just adorable but that actually do what they claim and do not fall out. My daughters have fine hair like myself (sorry girls), so at the end of the day their hair always ends up in a ponytail because the clips or barrettes I used fall out. Lately I haven't even bothered with clips... until now!

I am so excited about the Clippies from Sweet Words Boutique. My daughters wore them all weekend! To the beach, shopping, playing on the playground, even jumping in a jumpy house and guess what...we came home with all the Clippies still in their hair! These Clippies must be made of pixie magic because not only do they stay put, but my eldest actually looks forward to me brushing her hair. She now runs to her room to pick two so she can wear them. Thanks to these Clippies my daughters can be fashionable and I don't have to fight the ponytail :)

I would like to introduce Melissa to you!

Why did you start Sweet Words Boutique? 

I've been creating and crafting for as long as I can remember, and
wanted to spend more time at home.  So then, Sweet Words was created.
As a mommy of 2 beautiful little girls, I wanted them decked out in the latest
cute fashions, but didn't want to pay the high price tag that often went along
with them! So...I began creating special items for them and now with
the love & support of my husband, I took the chance to share them
with all the other mom's all over the world.

Out of all your products, which is your most favorite to make
and why? 

I don't think I can pick a single one of my products that is my favorite
to make. I love creating, crafting & sewing no matter what
I'm making!

If you could do anything (with no limitations) that you wanted
to, what would that be? 

This has got to be the easiest, but yet hardest  of all questions!  I think
that I would go on a huge shopping spree in NYC for me and my family!!
May sound silly or shallow, but I've always love NYC {although I've
never been}, maybe one day!!

Besides your daughter, what is one thing you can not
live without? 

My Sewing Machine...haha... Oh wait, my whole family
- Love You All!

What is your favorite sinful treat?

Strawberry Cheese Cake...yummy

Now for the fun part....Giveaway Time!

Sweet Words will give one lucky Winner the "Spring Fun" pack of Clippies. Included are:

1 Ladybug
1 Ballet Slippers
1 Colorful Monkeys
1 Colorful Turtles
1 Ice Cream Cones


7 Ways to Enter:

Go to Sweet Words Etsy Store, come back and tell me what else you like from her shop. Please leave a valid email address with your comment *This must be done FIRST*

Extra Entries: Leave separate comments for each of the following:

* Follow Me
* Follow Sweet Words Blog
* Blog about the Giveaway
* Request me on Twitter
* Follow Sweet Words on Twitter
* Twitter about the Giveaway and leave link or RT this....

RT @sewfierce @sweetwordsbaby - Sweet Words "Spring Fun" Clippie Giveaway http://bit.ly/Scm2V

Giveaway will end June 3rd at 6pm (PST) Winner will be posted June 4th.

Giveaway is open to the US, Canada & Internationally

MomDot Blog Link A Thon!!

The MomDot Blog Link A Thon Is finally here! 333 amazing mom Blogs (including me #116) signed up to support each other. My goal is to stop by every site on the list, read, comment and hopefully make some new blogger buddies.

The huge list of participating bloggers is permanently posted on my side bar...go browse and find some new and exciting blogs!

Thank You!

Thank you to a few awesome bloggers who have decided to share their awards with me :)

"One Lovely Blog Award" is from Brooke from Better Than Boogers , The Knutson Klan from My Four Monkeys & Christina from Rant - Rave - Roll

"Queen Of all Things Awe-Summm" is from Little Lady Cakes

Thank you ladies for the honor. I have passed on so many awards the past month, it will take me a minute (or a day) to go through my lists and find bloggers I have yet to name to pass on the awards to :)



Also Do not forget the Giveaway for a $30 Gift Cert ENDS TOMORROW at 6pm. CLICK HERE to enter!

I'm a Cheese Ball

I'm officially a cheesy cheese ball. Head over to one of my fav blogs Carma Sez for Cheese Ball Tuesday! I had so much fun taking pictures with the barrel of UTZ cheese balls and so did my girls. The tourists must have thought we were a little loco as they watched us running around taking pics trying to find the best place to showcase everything we wanted to. The girls had been dying to eat them since I brought them home. They waited 3 days...that's a record for them I think.

The pictures are on top of Mt Soledad. Anyone from this area knows it well. It is the best place to get a look at all of San Diego with a beautiful 360 degree view. My hubby growing up in Mission Beach used to go up there often with his buddies. This was when it was just a cross and stairs. Now it is a awesome Memorial for Military Veterans. I have already planned to get Traves his plaque added when he retires form the Marines.

We were married in 2004 next to the cross in a surprise (to me) ceremony. My hubby had planned it. As any other normal day we walked up to the top of the cross to take in the view. On the way up the stairs I see him smirking and I asked what his problem was. When we reached the top he knelt down and asked me to marry him. My first response was "aren't we already doing that in June?" (We were right in the middle of planning our big wedding), he said yes but he wanted to marry me today, just him and I, no craziness, something special between the two of us. As I looked around I saw our friend Cruzer and the pastor waiting for us. So In March we were married on top of Mt Soledad my most favorite place in San Diego. We still had the big wedding in June and it was perfect, but I will forever tell the story of how my husband surprised me on our wedding day.

Any Given Sunday

Sunday was an amazing day besides the fact it started with pulling a load of new clothes from the dyer only to find them covered in multicolor melted crayons! (pictures to be posted later, it was funny after the tears and mourning for the worn only once clothing had subsided)

So anyways back to the awesome day. Hubby and I decided to take the girls to Mission Beach for a walk first thing in the am. That is my most favorite time to hit the beach. I love the foggy, grey, overcast feel of the beach. I'd take it any day over a hot, sunny, crowded day. So after a good slow mile walk up and down the beach we decided to stop for breakfast. It was perfect. Sitting on the roof top overlooking the beach. The girls coloring, enjoying looking at the seagulls as they flew by, listening to the waves crash...and then there......out in the line up ("line up" is the place just outside the breaking waves where surfers wait for their waves) DOLPHINS! A school of dolphins just cruising by right past the surfer I had been watching only moments earlier. Have I said mentioned much I love being back in San Diego :)

After a wonderful breakfast of cinnamon french toast with wild berry puree, fresh fruit with vanilla yogurt and some strong black coffee we walked over to Belmont Park so the girls could go on a few rides. They were so happy. Seeing their smiley faces full of joy made me feel nothing but spectacular that we could give them a day like yesterday.

New on Sew Fierce & Etsy

5 Days Left until the Giveaway closes! Click Here and enter today!!


Cotton Candy Posies Dress

To see more pictures please visit my Etsy Store

Wordless Wednesday - Daddy's Girl

Yep, she is her daddy's girl!

I Love You This Much!

My girl Sharon at Mama's a Mess posted this wonderful craft a month or so ago and while thinking of what C could make for her Great Grams for Mother's Day I remembered Sharon's post. Not only did C have fun making it, but Grams cried when she opened the envelope. See, my Grams has not seen C since she was 7 months old (now 4yrs) and has never met M until we moved back to CA last month. So to spend this "first" Mother's Day with her great grandbabies was very special. Thank you Sharon for sharing your awesome craft ideas.

Click Here to see the exact post by Mama's a Mess

Here are a few pics of C being crafty. Unfortunately I was not able to get a pic of grams with her present or even a pic of it finished...don't know why, guess I'm slipping :)

100 Followers / 100th Post Giveaway!!!!!!

GIVEAWAY!!!!!

OMG I just realized that not only do I have 100 fabulous followers but my blog feature post was my 100th post!!!! This is such an awesome, exciting thing for me to see and of course none of it would be possible without my followers and readers so I want to have a 100th Post/Friends Giveaway in honor of all of you!!!

What to offer...well the only thing I can think of is a $ 30 GIFT CERTIFICATE to Sew Fierce. If you have never stopped by before please checkout my WEBSITE or ETSY for what is ready to ship or custom order products.

Giveaway will run from May 6th until May 20th.

Rules: Please leave separate comments for each entry.

1) Copy My Button And Add It Somewhere On Your Blog (in a post is okay)
2) Follow Me
3) Blog About The Giveaway
4) Join Me On Twitter
5) Twitter about My Giveaway

5 awesome ways to win!! Good Luck everyone!!!

6 Unimportant Things Tag

I have been tagged by Katie at Katie's Nesting Spot to play 6 Unimportant Things That Make Me Happy. Thanks Katie for the tag :)

Here are the three simple rules: Mention the person who tagged you and list six unimportant things that make you happy. Then tag six more blogs!


6 Unimportant Things that Make Me Happy:

1. The smell of fresh popcorn
2. Listening to the crash of waves
3. Sitting in silence at the park
4. Catching up on the phone with my girlfriends
5. Watching my girls pick flowers
6. Laying in my hubby's arms while watching tv


Now to tag six more bloggers to share some random bits of happiness with us all! I am going to follow Kathy's example and tag some of my newest blogger friends.

m.e.
Donna's World
Julie Chats
All Hail Queen Mommy
My Charmed Life
Small Town Louisiana Girl

Thank you!

I just got back from my date night with hubby (we saw Star Trek and it rocked) and come to find out I received the same lovely award from two of my new blogging buddies...Amy of The Thoughtful Parent and Kelli of Three Boys and a Dog. Thank you ladies for thinking of me to pass the award to :)

Here are the rules:

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

So here we go...some of my newly discovered blogger friends....

But Mommy
The Morris Bunch Blog
MooBear Designs
Bundle 2 Baby
Saving Cents With Sense
The Snails Trail
Great Fun 4 Kids
A Simple Kind Of Life
My Brand Name Baby
A Party Of Six
Bouncing Off The Walls
8 Muddy Boots
Wisconsin Mommy
5 Little Monkeys
Spell Out Load

A Day for All We Do!

To all you awesome mommies out there. I wish you all a wonderful, relaxing Mother's Day.
I myself had a very nice day. The girls gave me a card, cake, balloons, flowers and a certificate for a 1 1/2 hour massage! 1 1/2 hours? That seems a little long to me...I can barely sit still for 10 minutes these days. It was a sweet gesture from my loving husband who said and I quote "you really need to relax!" I'm hoping he meant it as that I have been working really hard unpacking the house, working on orders, dealing with the girls in a new place...and not that I have been cranky and crabby and need to freakin relax. Granted he would be right on both accounts...haha

Then we had family come visit for a BBQ and a few games of 31. Cards in our family has been a tradition since my mom was a baby. I remember my great grandmother (may she rest in peace) teaching me how to play Rummy and War as soon as I could sit at the table. She would always bust out the cups of nickles she collected from playing the slots in Laughlin. It always looked like so much money. So now it is great when we can get together, play and carry on the tradition.

Tag Your It!

** $30 Gift Cert Giveaway To My Store...ENTER HERE!!!***

I've been Tagged! My girl Lisa from Pink in A House Of Blue has tagged me to play a game..about me. Aren't you tired of hearing about me? (lol)
No, your not? Well then here we go!
Thanks Lisa for passing the game on to me :)


Okay so here are the rules of this whole blogger tag game...

1) Mention the person who tagged you and be sure to link to them (see above)

2) Post your list of 8's

3) Tag 8 bloggers and don't forget to tell them!

8 of My Favorite Foods

1. Steak - Med Rare

2. Hawaiian Pizza

3. Mexican

4. El Pollo Loco (so glad to be back in Cali for this one)

5. Shrimp & Calamari (extra crispy)

6. Cherry & Vanilla Ice Cream from Breyers

7. SUSHI!

8. A Big Fruit Salad!

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To

1. Hubby going back to work...haha

2. Watching my girls and their Great Grams playing at the beach (like her and I used too)

3. Seeing my brothers again

4. Lunch dates with my girlfriends

5. Having niece's or nephew's from my brother's.

6. Christmas

7. My daughters weddings

8. Being a Grandmom

8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Ran errands

2. Sewed

3. Potted plants with C

4. Laundry

5. Cleaned girls rooms...again

6. Cooked dinner

7. Kissed Girls Goodnight

8. Finally sat down for a movie with a glass of vino

8 Things I Want to do Before I Die

1. Scuba Dive

2. Travel to Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Russia, Italy, Spain, Morocco

3. Sky Dive

4. Teach my girls how to train and ride horses

5. Have a Napa Wine Train vacation

6. Have one huge family reunion

Wow...guess I only have 6...i'm pretty simple I guess :)

8 Shows I Watch

1. Frindge

2.Lie to Me

3. Mentalist

4. Entourage

5. True Blood

6. Project Runway

7. Hells Kitchen

8. Anything on Bravo

8 Ways in Which I Kill Time

1. Play with my girls

2. Sew

3. Blog/email

4. Catch up on phone calls

5. Clean

6. Playdates

7. TV

8.

Time to pick 8 to play!

This time around I am randomly picking from blogs I follow....


Dirty Diaper Laundry
Firefly-Shop
Golfersmom
Capital Mom
Confessions Of A Moody Mommy
Moody Mama Says
Randal's Wife - Charmaine's Life
Peanut's Page

I'm Over It

Thanks you everyone for your kind and understand comments about my problem. You are all right, I will not make my blog private, nor will I continue to think about it. I am over it. I was honest, I said what I felt and what I thought and now I am going back to being happy me. I truely believe in the saying "what comes around goes around", and I am not one who likes to put negative energy out into the world, so I am clearing my soul. I have so many positives in my life. The love of my family, support of my husband, my beautiful girls, my awesome friends online and off, and my buisness which gives me the outlet to to what I love to do. I think those all all the best positives in my life.

I know a lot of you asked me to "out" her. My dark side screams "do it!", but I can't. I feel like that would be something she would do, and I do not want to go to that level. Plus I am trying to build a good reputation and a good honest business and I don't want that negative aspect being seen of me. However if you are wondering if she is "following" you can contact me and I will say yes or no.

As of this morning I have a Copy Right Infringement Lawyer, so if any more written words are stolen from me, she will be hearing from my lawyer. Unfortunately I can not do anything about her using the same web host, copying the way my site is laid out, copying my categories and making the same products as me (that are not copy righted by myself) or even joining all the same blogging sites I have been apart of for months.

So on to bigger and better things. The high road is very sunny and beautiful and that is the path I am taking. So this post and the original post will be bumped down so I can bring back to the top my Giveaway. Plus I have been "tagged" by Lisa from Pink in The House Of Blue so I need to get started on that, thanks Lisa :)

Thanks again everyone for your support!

Need Help From My Awesome Friends..PLEASE!

Should I or shouldn't I. That is the question....and I NEED HELP!

I have been struggling with making the decision to make my blog private or not. So I am asking my lovely readers and followers to give me your opinions. I really do not want to go private. I want someone to say "hey what is that site about" and be able to click and here I am. Not feel put off by having to ask to be "approved" to visit me.

The reason I am having this dilemma is that I have a for lack of a better word a "stalker". This person in the past has not only taken my idea to open a shop but has copied word for word things from my website on to hers. It does not stop with just me, she has taken pictures, business polices, ect.. word for word from others Sites and Etsy's Stores and pastes them to her own website and then copyrights the stolen material as her own.

I work so hard on my blog and my biz website and all the sleepless nights researching, networking, and chatting with others just so she can copy me? I chuckle to myself sometimes when I see she makes the SAME outfit I did just months before or posts something almost word for word for a giveaway that I had posted days earlier. I think it is almost sad. Sad that someone is building on the backs of others hard work. Sad that someone can not do the work themselves.

I usually say "whatever" when I see she has done the above things, but today I got an email from a friend who said I should checkout her website. OMG! Not only has she switched to using the same web provider as me, but her layout, her categories, even down to buttons on her site is just like my website. Practically identical in more ways than not.

It is one thing to see something on a site your visiting and say "oh snap that is cute, I want that", we all do it...that's one of the cool things about networking and blogging...but I don't claim to anyone who will listen that it was my idea...or that I just happen to come across it when I know damn well where I saw it.

I know she checks this site, she has since I started the blog...and I waited for the day she would start a blog and low and behold she did...it obviously was not a surprise to me or others who know her and what she has done. Now she is joining the same blogger groups, and is following some of you! She see's all the lovely comments you all leave about my blog and website and she wants...needs.. that attention so she is copying me at every turn.

Before you ask, yes I know this person, we used to be friends. That ended when I got tired of uncovering her lies. Lying to a room off mommies that she made the outfit her daughter was waring because mine and my girlfriends kids were getting attention because we did actually make ours. Lying when she said she designed the logo for her website and biz cards all by herself, when come to find out she copied it from Vista Print, ect..ect..ect. Then to top it off to find out she talked smack about me when I was not around.

My question is...When does the phrase "Imitation is the sheerest form of flattery" run a little thin. When is it not flattery anymore, but just plain rude?

Sorry this has been a little longer of a post than I anticipated. Obviously it was things I needed to say, but I really hope it did not come off as petty or snotty because if you have read my blogs in the past, you'll know that was not my intent.

So back to the original question...what would you do? What would you do it you found out someone was hot on your tail copying almost everything you did and profiting from not only your hard work but others?

APFOB Featured On Six Feet Under Blog!

Tess from Six Feet Under has Featured my little 'ol blog on her Words With A Blogger Wednesday. I am very honored that she has chosen me. Although I really should have proofed my answers a little bit better. My very first sentence say's...."it's nothing spectacular like so many others......" I meant "...unlike so many others..", and of course there is misspelled words (maybe that's why I never won a spelling bee) That's what I get for jumping on the computer before I have had my coffee. But I know you lovely's know what I meant and can over look a few spelling errors :)

So if you have not had the pleasure to visit Tess's blog yet, please go stop by and take a peak. She does it all..reviews, features, photography and has a greeting card backed by Hallmark! She is a jack of all trades and such a sweetheart.

Thanks again TESS!!!

GNO with Mom It Forward Tomorrow on Twitter

You Can Make This, SWAK Embroidery and You Can Quilt This is teaming up with Mom It Forward in a DIY Girls Night Out. It will be a fun night of learning how to sew, quilt, crochet, scrapbook, and make your own jewelry. Even if you know how to do these things already, come just to chat or give insight. I personally would like to learn how to make jewelry :)

It all happens tomorrow Tuesday May 5th on Twitter #GNO

Time: 6 pm to 8 p.m. PST

Go to Mom It Forward to sign up with Mr Linky and we will see you tomorrow!

The Chicken Came Back...

...the very next day ohhh, the chick came back, I thought he was a goner but the chick came back, he just could not stay away, away, away, no..no..no.
Okay so the song is about a cat but still :)

Thank you to Jennifer from Moms On The Go for passing on the Zombie Chicken Award to me!! I found the cutest game on her site that I know my girls will love...got to have it! Check it out...Party Games For Kids.

Etsy Finds..Summer At The Beach

Now that we are back in San Diego I am so happy to be back near my beaches. I love anything beach related, reminds me of my childhood.
So I have found just that, things that remind me of spending the summers at the beach with my family.



Sa Sea Boutique



Poet Summer




Pickled Panda Designs




Sandis Shellscape's




Signs by Diane



Sea Finds Designs

YCMT WINNERS

AND THE WINNERS ARE...........

Angie said...

I just blogged about your giveaway http://nannadays.blogspot.com/2009/04/cute-giveaway.html

Jodie said...

I have added your giveaway to my haby site. Hoping your giveaway is a great success for you!!

Congrats ladies, I have left comments on your blogs with instructions. Please contact we before Monday otherwise a new names will be picked.

Thank you again to everyone who entered the giveaway, you made my first official review/giveaway a huge success!!!!

News YCMT & Sew Fierce

TODAY is the last day for the YCMT eBook giveaway! 2 Winners will be posted tomorrow!! If you have not entered yet, CLICK HERE. If you have, thank you everyone for making this a success..you rock!


New On Sewfierce.com and Etsy:

Backyard Blues Garden Dress





Sunflower Fields Forever Dress/Top






AWARD


Thank you Carma from Carma Sez!! As you know I reviewed her blog that Thursday for Java Jaunt with Jo (sorry I missed this week), and became addicted. I was surprised today to read on her site she had passed on a very sweet award to me.





The Rules are as follows:

Include the award logo in your blog or post.
Nominate as many blogs which you like.
Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

The recipients in no particular order.......


A Boutique Buyers Blog

JesseKate Designs

Everyday Beautiful

Beyond Pink and Blue

Petit

Like Flowers and Butterfly's

Mama's a Mess

Plum Pudding

Confessions of a Craft Addict

Just Tutes

The Farm Chicks

Love, Taryn

Sticky Stuff On The Floor

Zen Cupcake

Her Cup Overfloweth

The A-Priori Mommy