For today’s Summer Fun Giveaway, I am excited to introduce you to the cuteness that is Sophie Laree! You have to look cute while having summer fun, right? Sophie Laree carries adorable flower clips pins and headbands, and other fun finds like this amazing denim miniskirt purse: Today Sophie Laree is giving away two $25…
Today’s giveaway is all about summer fun! A while back the folks at Panama Jack sent me a fun package full of their sunscreen and sun care products. We have enjoyed using them this summer and so far haven’t even had to use the aftersun lotion, so it must be working! Panama Jack has generously…
Does anything say “Summer” better than a Lemonade Stand? The ladies at Paper & Cake recently shared with me their answer to the summer doldrums… a Lemonade Stand to beat all lemonade stands! What a great way to kick off our week of Summer Fun Giveaways! Their printable kit comes with all the paper items you see below, plus instructions on how…
As you read this, I am probably in the mountains somewhere in the wilderness of Utah with my baby strapped to me entertaining a bunch of school-aged children that are somehow related to me. I am reposting one of the craft projects we did with the kids last time we had this family reunion, two…
All next week I will be having some summer fun visiting family in Utah, so while I’m gone, I’m going to be running “Summer Fun Giveaways” here on the blog. I’ve got several great items lined up! (I may have space for one or two more giveaways. If you have something that fits the bill,…
I have one more 4th of July project that I really wanted to get finished and blog for you, but I’m afraid, it is time for me to walk away from the computer and get packing for my family reunion! (That project will have to wait until next year, sadly.) But before I do, my…
I know. I’ve been sewing again! What is the world coming to? We have a family reunion over the 4th of July weekend. Each branch of the family is assigned a specific color and our family is blue. We deliberated about whether to go family or patriotic, and decided to do both. The H is…
This was supposed to be a post showing you a fabulously finished patriotic tablecloth. Instead, I am posting about exactly 1 half of a fabulous patriotic tablecloth. My sewing machine and I have some issues–mainly I’m mechanically challenged and little things like changing thread and bobbins slow me down. Sometimes I think I’d have more…
Saturday I participated in the first ever Arizona Bloggers Tour de Thrift. It was a great event conceived of and hosted by Ashley of Cute as a Fox, and Jax from Aly & Ash. A few dozen bloggers, thrifters, and readers of blogs got together for breakfast at Mimi’s Cafe and then went on a…
I am reposting this to submit to the CSI projects for the week. Come back soon (tonight?) for my recap of the Tour de Thrift this weekend! I stumbled on a blog that was suggesting that we could make our own canvas wall-hangings for much cheaper than the ones they sell at places like Pottery…