Think it's time to by Lotto!!!

Good evening!!

I think it is time to go by the winning lotto ticket as I've won a few give-a-ways this week!!  :)

Courtney over at A Diamond In the Stuff contacted me today that I had won the give-a-way over at Shabby Creek Designs!  Gina has some awesome things in her store and I will get to go do some shopping and I'm excited :)  Check out her store....you'll enjoy it I promise :)

Onto the next win.....  Cute As A Fox!  I won a photo program called Any Pic Image Converter.  I've just started playing with it and it is a lot of fun :-)  She has a very cute blog and I've enjoyed looking all around it :)

Then last but not least, Isabella over at Le Chateau des Fleurs with this adoreable baby snuggle which I am going to pay forward to giving it to my friends whose baby (Gavin) had heart surgery.  He is still at newborn weight so that will be perfect for him :)  Aren't these just the cutest things ever??  No...the babies are not included :(

I didn't get any crafting done this weekend as I had gotten a bad case of a chest cold thanks to one of my co-workers from last week so I spent my days off just resting, laying out in the sun to try to sweat it out of my system and get better for this work week.  I feel a lot better so hopefully I will sleep well and can make it through this week.  Hoping to get back into the swing of things this week so stay tuned :)

Have a great week and happy crafting!!

xo ~ Laura

100 Followers Giveaway!!

Happy Saturday!!

I just can't begin to tell you how humbled I am to see that I have reached 100+ followers in such a short time. I started my blog the very end of May of this year because I loved to see all the talented people out in blogland and each and every one of you have inspired me in ways I can't even begin to tell you.
I just love each and every one of you and wanted to do something special for this one. I have gained some wonderful new friends that have just touched my heart.

I made this adoreable frame a little bit ago and knew what I wanted to do with it and now I want to pass it on to one of my special followers to show my appreciation and support that you've given me over these past few month.

The only rules, I know I don't like saying that, is you have to be one of my followers as you are the ones that have gotten me to this point. Just leave me a comment, along with your email address and I will be announcing the winner on 9/10 :)

Wow, this week has been a fantastic week for me all the way around.  I just found out last night that I won yet another giveaway!!  I think I should go buy some lotto tickets ;)  lol  I won these adoreable items from Kristi over at The Punkin Seed Productions.  If you haven't checked out her blog, hop on over and say hi.  She's got the cutest things on there.  Thank you Kristi :)

Linky parties for today:










Enjoy and big hugs to each of you!!!

xo ~ Laura

And the winner is.......

Happy Sunday!!

As you know, today is a very very special day for me for a few reasons.   Today I officially turn 50 years old and I hit my 50+ followers all in the same weekend!!  Wow I am so blessed that I have so many new friends and I love each and every one of you!!  We're on our way to 100 very quick it appears :)

To show my appreciation I did my very 1st giveaway with something I made from my heart.

OK so I won't keep you in suspense anymore.  The winner of my first giveaway is ~

Linda at Parkers Paradise !!!  Contact me Linda so I can get your mailing information.  Congratulations on my very first giveaway!!

Thank you to all of you who entered for this.  You are all so special and just know that I love each and everyone of you :)

What a wonderful weekend I have had and couldn't be more blessed!!  Saturday my youngest daughter called me and asked if I was home and I was so she said well we're coming over.  She's had a very rough week and lost her kitty of 3 years and she has been very down.  Of course being a Mom, my heart was broken for her.  Well her fiance surprised her and got her a brand new 10 week old kitten named Blaze.  He is going to be spoiled that's for sure and he will definitely only be an inside kitty.  It will be interesting to see how their dog "Red" does with him.  He's a Red Healer but just a sweetie.
Let me introduce little Blaze :)

This is Red :) He loves coming over to Nana's and gives me smiles and lots of lovin!

Then today my kids threw a 50th birthday party for me over at a local lake which we all enjoy in the Summer.  I had so many friends and family there and my day was perfect!!  This is a shot of how beautiful it is.  A clear shot of Mt. Rainier.  Gorgeous huh :)

Here are just a few fun shots of my special day with my family.  It is definitely a day to remember.  I hope you enjoy them :)

OK so my youngest got me all these fun things to wear so to humor her I wore them and we got some great laughs!  lol

My best friend since 6th grade, my beautiful MIL and SIL

My husband with the sunglasses on, my ex on the left, my nephew in the orange and my BIL

My granddaughter, my youngest daughter and her best friend.

My ex with my grandson and granddaughter

The group :)

My son thinking it would be funny to throw Mom in the lake.  lol  Don't worry, he didn't.

So these are just a few of the fun shots we had today.  Thanks for sharing in my special day.

Linkies for Sunday I'm following:


xo ~ Laura

Give-A-Way!!! 50+ Followers

Happy Saturday!! (Yes I'm posting this a few hours early but want everyone to have a change for this giveaway)!!!

All I can say is WOW!!! All of you are so fun and I went from 48 followers Thursday night to over 57 as of right now!! You girls/gals are amazing!!

Well I've had such a wonderful time checking out so many talented people and believe me, you will never know how much creativity you have given me! I've even surprised myself!! lol As I posted a few days ago, once I hit the 50 follower milestone I was hosting a giveaway to show how much I love you all and truly appreciate all my followers.  I didn't expect it to be surpassed so quickly!!  lol

I gave you a tease the other day on what it might be. Do you remember this?

Well I have been working on this the past few days and have put a lot of hours and my heart into this and whomever wins this, I hope they love it and cherish it as much as I do.

Here is what one of you lucky winners will receive from me!!

So there you have it.  My gift to one of you and if you don't win, don't worry as when I hit 100 I'll do another one I promise :) 

I will be announcing the winner on Sunday, August 8th!!  This is my actual 50th birthday on top of it so my present to one of you special and talented people will get a "Thank You"/Birthday gift from me :)  This is so fun for me as I love giving gifts.

So how do you qualify to win the giveaway????  Easy!!

You must be a follower so if so yay!!  If not, join on in :)  Leave a comment on this post along with your email address and I will announce the winner on Sunday!!

Have fun and good luck!!  I'm SO SO excited!!

xo ~ Laura

Linking today to ....

Look what I got!!!

Happy Friday!!

I went in for a job interview yesterday and I think it went very well so now it's the waiting game.  But in the meantime I get to still enjoy my time off which is a good thing :)  On my way home I stopped by the mail and I was SO excited as I had won Gail's giveaway from My Repurposed Life and they are here!!!  I'm going to use these for gifts for Carissa's wedding party so stay tuned to see what I do with them decorating wise :)  THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Gail!!!  :D

OK so I couldn't wait.  I did mine up first.  Excuse the picture but I'm downloading all my pictures to my other computer so took these with my cell phone.  I just had to share it with all of you!!  I know, you can't tell I was excited at all could you!!

This is the flower that I made for it.  Her colors are chocolate brown, sage green with champagne color ribbon accents ~ very pretty!!

I also scored all these fun things.  I stopped by the craft store on my way home from the interview also and got all these things on sale. 75% off bin!!  Love that!!   You're going to flip when I tell you how much I saved!!  Ready?????  $58.00!!!  It only cost me $14 for all this.  That is a huge saving and I'm excited!!  Just about every holiday you can imagine plus other fun ones :)

I'm busy working on my giveaway for when I hit 50 followers and we're getting closer.  I'm not giving you anymore hints either.  You'll have to wait and see what it is when I hit the milestone :)  Only 2 more to go girls!!!  We're sitting at 48 right now!!

Linky Parties I'm doing today :)  Check out all the talented woman out there!! 














  

Giveaway's!!!

One Cheap B*tch

Well that's it for now.  Stay tuned for the reveal on the give-a-way.  Whoever wins this is getting something made from the heart and it is adoreable!!

xo ~ Laura

I won!!!

Happy Friday!!!

I got woke up early from my daughter's dog barking this morning when she left for work.  They have been staying at our house this past week as her boyfriend has been out of town for the past 3 weeks and she doesn't like to stay alone in the house so we've enjoyed having them here.  I decided to make a pot of coffee and sit down to read all my blog friends posts and I came across Jen's at Frame Fanatic only to see that I WON her giveaway!!  Hop on over to Jen's page and check out her blog.  Very cute!!  This is my first win and I am so excited!!!  It's going to be a great day!!  Isn't this adoreable!!!

I have been so darn busy this week but I have been working on a gift for my son and daughter-in-law as they just celebrated their 10 year wedding anniversary on Wednesday.  They are out of town so they know it is going to be a few days late but I will post pictures later today to show you the final picture of it.

Have a great day!!

xo ~ Laura