Barbie's Princess & The Popstar giveaway WINNER!

Thank you to all of you who entered my giveaway! The lucky number is...

And that makes the lucky person....

Congrats! You've won BOTH the Tori and Keira doll from the new Barbie movie! I'm off to send you an email!!! You have 48 hours to respond back or I'll have to pick a new winner!

Barbie's Princess & The Popstar GIVEAWAY!!!

So, I had the freaking awesome opportunity to host a party this past weekend. My three daughters and eight of their girlfriends got to watch the new Barbie Princess & The Popstar movie. 

I sent out invites and each of the guests came dressed as either a princess or a popstar. My two youngest chose princess, my oldest chose popstar. Everyone got a tiara to wear. There was a ton of sequins, ruffles and zebra print :) 

I know you've seen the commercials that have been airing. It's the traditional prince and the pauper themed movie, but with a fun new twist. Tori is a princess who dreams of being a popstar like her favorite star, Kiera. Kiera is a famous popstar who is tired of performing and dreams of being a princess. The two meet and trade places, and realize that not all is as it seems. There is fun music and great animation, and definitely a treat for all ages. 

The girls all enjoyed the movie, and so did the moms! Afterwards, we all colored some Barbies pages, danced, and enjoyed pink and purple jello and cupcakes. It was a blast sharing this time with the girls, and even the moms got to play princess for a while. Who doesn't secretly want to be a princess?

With any new movie, you know there are awesome new toys, right? Barbie has really outdone themselves with these Barbies. They each transform from princess to popstar, and even their hair changes with a simple twist. Plus, with a simple touch of their necklace, they sing two songs from the movie! My two oldest girls love these dolls. Even my nine year old who at times thinks she's "too old" for toys hasn't let this doll leave her side. 

Along with the dolls, we were all able to check out the new princess castle. It was super easy to set up, and my youngest loves it. It plays music from the movie, and every step lights up and plays a note. Plus it comes with a small Tori and Kiera from the movie. 

Along with checking out the new Barbies and castle, each guest received a fairy doll from the movie to take home. Each guest got to pick either pink or purple, and they had a blast "flying" them around the room and singing to them. 

Adorable, right? Are you completely and utterly jealous yet? Guess what I have for you today? One lucky blog follower is going to win a Kiera AND a Tori Barbie doll! Trust me, you'll be the coolest mom ever when you give these to the special little girl in your life. 

Wanna win? Do ya?

Required entry (make sure you're a follower of my blog, mmmkay?)
*Answer this question in a comment: Would you rather be a princess or a popstar? Why? 

Optional entries
* Follow me on FB and leave me a comment saying that you do (one entry)
* Share this giveaway on your blog, facebook or twitter. Leave a comment/link for each one that you do (each one gives you one entry). You can do this daily! Just make sure you leave a comment for each one every day you do it. 

This giveaway will end next Tuesday Sept 17th at midnight! 


“This is a sponsored post from One2One Network. Mattel product and additional incentives were provided to me.  All opinions stated are my own.”

Bella pouch pattern WINNER!

As I'm sitting here watching UFC with hubby, I just realized that I never picked a winner for the Bella pouch pattern! 


And that lucky winner is.....

Congrats Kristi! I'm going to give Bonnie your email address! You'll love it! 

Bella Pouch Review and GIVEAWAY from Pink Stitches!

So, a couple of weeks ago, Bonnie from Pink Stitches asked for volunteers to review her Bella pouch and do a giveaway, and I totally jumped at the chance! As a mom to 3 girls with one on the way, I knew that having a little purse pouch in my arsenal of patterns would never go to waste. 

The pattern comes with 16 pages with great pictures and instructions. I was a little hesitant when it came to sewing the outside to the inside fabric and flipping it, but I just followed the instructions exactly and was so excited when mine looked like it was supposed to! 

The only things I did differently than her pattern was I didn't have any batting on hand, so I used some fleece that I had, which worked out fine. And I didn't have any button snaps, so I used velcro, and again, it worked out fine. I love that I can enlarge the pattern if I want to make a bigger purse for my girls. The size it is now is perfect for my makeup and to throw in my purse. 

Want to see how mine turned out? It didn't need a ton of fabric, which was awesome! The outside was made with one fat quarter. 

My oldest daughter has already claimed this one as hers! You can pick up this pattern at Bonnie's Etsy shop for the super low price of $6.50, but one of you lucky girls is going to win a pattern for yourself!

Want to win? 

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Bubble bib necklace GIVEAWAY from Groopdealz!

I know you've heard of Groopdealz, right? It's an awesome site that send you an email every day with a stellar deal, priced up to 70% off! Sometimes it's jewelry, sometimes it's clothing, other times it's stuff for your house or for your rugrats. Whatever it is, it's always fabulous and priced at such a steal! I love Groopdealz, and it's one of the few emails that I always open immediately so I don't miss out. Adorable things + great prices? Score!

Even though I know it's Monday, so let's start it off right. I have such a treat for you today! It's one that will make all of your friends (and your favorite blogger, yours truly) completely and utterly jealous! Up for grabs is a super adorable bubble bib necklace! It's being offered at $19.99 on Groopdealz right now, but one of you lucky people is going to win one!

One thing I noticed recently in my "Outfits I heart" pinterest board is that there is always a statement piece of jewelry, either a huge chunky necklace, or blingy earrings, or lots and lots of bracelets. So yes, statement necklaces are so hot right now! 

This is just a quickie giveaway, so don't delay! Don't you love giveaways, when you don't have to wait forever to find out if you've won? This giveaway ends this Wednesday at midnight! They're so pretty, I'd have a hard time picking out a color. Maybe the turquoise one! Or the magenta! Or the black? They're all fabulous. 


So for all of you lovely LCW followers, here is the rafflecopter! I know you want to enter!

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Origami Owl Giveaway WINNER!

Thanks so much to everyone for entering in my giveaway and making Jennifer from Origami Owl feel so welcome! The winner of the $25 credit is.......

And the winning entry was...

Megan, I have sent you an email! As of today at 7am CST, you have 48 hours to respond, or I'll have to pick another winner, and you'll be super sad! Don't let that happen!

And folks, when you're entering these giveaways, please make sure you're following all of the rules! There was originally another winner picked by Rafflecopter, but she unfortunately didn't do the required entry of leaving a blog post comment of what her favorite charm is :( So sad! And yes, us mean ole' bloggers do check these things, it's the only way to keep it fair for everyone else who followed all of the rules. Don't let this happen to you! 

So Megan J, respond to you email! I know you'll love your necklace as much as I love mine! Congrats!

Origami Owl: Sponsor Review + GIVEAWAY!

So, have you noticed something new on my sidebar?? I know you couldn't have missed the pretty ad on the right side, showing off a gorgeous locket. That locket comes from Origami Owl, and I had the pleasure of working with Jennifer (awesome name by the way), an independent designer for Origami Owl. 

"I have been an Independent Designer with Origami Owl for five months. I love the personal connection I get with my customers when I help them create a locket that tells their story. In addition to Origami Owl, I work full time at a major food manufacturer and am the mother of a three year old daughter and wife of a very supportive husband."




The lockets and charms inside are like wearing your own personal story. You first pick your locket, either medium (holds 4-7 charms) or large (holds 7-12 charms), and the color (plain silver, silver with bling along the edges, gold or rose gold) and then you choose your charms. And that's where I had the hardest time. There are SO MANY charms to choose from. Everything from birthstones, to initials, to numbers, to hobbies... the options are endless.

After much thought, I finally picked out 5 charms I wanted. I went with a "hubby" themed locket. A "J" and a "D" for his first and last name, a charm that says "Love", a blinged out heart, and a birthstone for April (the month we got married in). Don't they look so pretty together? And look how shiny that locket is, you can see the reflection of my iPhone case. :)










The package was sent to me in a gorgeous little container, and it was super easy to put in the charms. The front and back of the locket are connected with a hinge on one side, and a super strong magnet on the other. I just popped it open, inserted my charms, threaded on the chain, and VOILA! It was ready to wear. Even hubby loved it and said it's so much prettier than he expected it to be.

So, how many of you are jealous of my new pretties? Raise your hand because I know you are! Wouldn't you like to have one for yourself?? Jennifer has offered to give one LCW follower a $25 gift certificate! Booyah! 


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1007 follower GIVEAWAY!

So, I'm pretty sure that I promised you a gift card giveaway when I hit 1007 followers. Well, I'm a few followers past that, so I'd say we're overdue! 

For this follower celebration giveaway, I'm going to send the lucky winner a $20 gift card to the place of YOUR choice! You can choose from Target, HomeGoods or Hobby Lobby! 

I'm trying out Rafflecopter for the first time, let's see how this goes. Giveaway ends March 25th at midnight, and is open to US and Canada.

Almost 1000 followers? How the crap did that happen?

Okay, am I the only one shocked that I'm at 995 followers? When did that happen?

I know a lot of blogs do giveaways at the "normal" numbers. First 100 followers. First 500. First 1000. I'm going to be different and say, when I reach 1007 followers, I'll do a $20 giveaway to a place of your choice....

either Target, Hobby Lobby or HomeGoods. Or if you win and ask me nicely, I could do a Chili's or Applebee's too.

Which place would you pick? 

Thanks for following, you rock! 

My Memories Giveaway WINNER!

The lucky winner of the My Memories digital software download and the $10 store credit is.....

And that makes the lucky winner...

You're going to love it! I'm off to send you an email!

My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Giveaway

So, I've tried scrapbooking a couple of times before. I buy all the pretty paper, all the stickers and embellishments, take the time to dig through all the bazillion pics I have on iPhoto, get those printed.... and then it all just gets shoved in a box and I never end up doing it. I just can't wrap my head around the concept of working for a few hours and spending $10-20 total, just to end up with ONE page for your scrapbook. 

So when My Memories offered to let me download their program, and gave me $10 to spend on their online store, I was honestly a bit hesitant. I mean, I suck at scrapbooking. I have scrapbooking stuff just taking up space and collecting dust. Would I be able to figure this out and do it justice? I went ahead and said yes. 

The program was really easy to figure out. It's easy enough to navigate your way through if you've never had editing program software knowledge. I'm pretty familiar with the Silhouette program, and very well versed in Photoshop, so I was able to figure out the My Memories Digital Scrapbooking program very easily. 

There are a TON of papers and embellishments that came with the program. Plus, their online store also has a TON of free stuff you can download. My Memories was nice enough to send me a $10 download code, so I had a lot of fun, browsing through their packages, trying to narrow down what I wanted to choose. 

It's easy to figure out. You first open a page, decide on your layout and size. 

Then it'll open up a blank page, and there the magic begins. You pick your paper, your embellishments, your photos, etc. Click on this next photo so you can view it larger, and see how much there is that you can do. One of the things I was most excited about was that it automatically pulled up fonts that I already have downloaded on my computer. Being married to a graphic designer = LOTSA fonts on my computer.

Since I'm scrapbookingly challenged, I decided to start with something super easy. The first page I did, I used a Quickpage. Basically, it's a page that is already designed, and you just drop in your photo.

Easy peasy, right? The second one I did, I used the Birthday Circus theme. It's far from the gorgeous layouts I've seen people do, but for my first attempt, I'm happy with it. 

I did one more, after browsing through some scrapbook images on Google. Looks like lots of layers are the way to go. 

Are you jealous that I've had the chance to play with this software? And of my free $10 download? Want a chance to win it for yourself? 


Required Entry:


Head on over to My Memories Suite and choose your favorite digital paper pack or layout. Then leave me one comment below, letting me know which one it is. 

Additional entries:

• Followers of Life, Crafts and Whatever get a bonus entry! Please leave a comment below, letting me know you're an awesome follower. 
• Follow LCW on facebook (+1)
• Like My Memories on Facebook (+1) 

This giveaway ends Wednesday, December 28th at midnight CST!


Can't wait? Will you have some Christmas money burning a hole in your pocket? If you'd like to download the software now, use the code STMMMS68762 at checkout you'll automatically get $10 off AND another $10 to the My Memories store!! 
  
You'll also see me posting some FREE quick pages that My Memories is sending me, I'll do those every Wednesday, so be on the lookout for those!

So, who's the lucky winner of the $15 credit to Fabulously Flawed?

I held a little giveaway last week, hosted by none other than the super amazing Lesley at Fabulously Flawed. And that winner is....

 
Technically the post will show that I had 84 entries, but one reader did all 5 entries in one post. So I added on the other 4 to the total, so 88. 

And that lucky winner is..

Farrah, I will have Lesley contact you! Have fun spending your $15!!!!!

Giveaway time! $15 credit to Fabulously Flawed!

So, for those of you who live under a rock and somehow don't know of the lovely lady named Lesley over at Fabulously Flawed, let me introduce you. 

Readers, meet Lesley. Lesley, meet my readers.

Now, I think Lesley is the neatest thing since sliced bread. I actually don't remember how her and I started being friends, but she's always there for me to vent to, from everything from kids to Blogland to everything in between. 

On her blog, you'll find link parties, super awesome crafts, great giveaways. It's one of the blogs that I religiously stalk. 

Now, this is where you should start getting excited. Lesley runs an adorable Etsy shop that I've bought a few things from. The packages come adorably wrapped, it's always a great day when I get a package from Lesley. 


Today, Lesley is offering my readers a $15 credit to her shop! Want to know what I would get? 

"Just Breathe charm necklace"

Isn't that adorable? I also want these. These would be a great stocking stuffer. Hint hint, Santa.

"Bent Spiral earrings"

So, you wanna know how you can enter? I'm going to make it all crazy and have TWO required entries. Please leave a separate comment for entry!



Required entry #1: Be a follower of my blog and tell me "I'm awesome cause I follow you!" 


Required entry #2: Be a follower of Lesley's blog. Trust me, if you like the crap I write, you'll fall head over heels for the stuff Lesley writes. Tell me "I follow Lesley's blog, she rocks my socks" 


Now, we all like extra entries, right? 


Follow me on FB (+1)


Follow Lesley on FB (+1)


Go to Lesley's etsy shop, tell me what you'd spend your credit on (+1)


There ya go! Giveaway ends next Tuesday Dec 13th at midnight! Contest open to Canada and the good ole US of A!

Winner winner, chicken dinner!

Thank you to those who entered the giveaway for the 5 Love Languages book! 

The lucky winner is...

Congrats Madeline! I'm sending ya an email!

Giveaway! 5 Love Languages book

So, for you long time followers, you've heard me talk about the book, The 5 Love Languages before. I swear by this book, I heart it. They always talk about it at the "Marriages That Last" seminar that we go to every year. At first, I was like, "Why are they pushing this book so much?". But after reading it, I totally get it.

In my last post, I told you how my love language is touch, followed closely by gifts. Hubby's is acts of service, followed closely by words of affirmation. 

Do you know what yours is? How would you like to have your own copy?

Required entry

• become a follower of my blog, or tell me that you already are cause you're awesome. That's one super simple entry

Entra entries

• Like me on Facebook, the button is over there on the right. That gives you one more entry. 

Bam. That's it, folks. Giveaway ends next Thursday the 24th at midnight. Contest open to US residents, and heck, I'll even ship to Canada.

Cereal bar prize pack winner!

The cereal bar giveaway has ended! There were 36 entries and Random picked lucky number...

So that makes the winner...

Congrats Donna! I loved the Lucky Charms bars, I hope your daughter does too!