The One with the 1200th Post Giveaway!

The 1200th post kinda snuck up on me! No time for even a teaser post! Time flies when you're having fun :) Following tradition of doing a giveaway for every 100 posts, up for grabs to one very lucky person: 1) Three yards of each of the 18 colors of baker's twine that The Twinery has in their shop. (Pretend the labels say "3 yards" instead of "15 yards") 2) 144 blue striped paper straws....

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The One with Pacifier Clips for Sale!

My dear sweet husband spent most of the weekend watching Fox and taking over wifely duties (cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping and much, much more) so that I could devote all my time and energy into making dainty/girly pacifier clips. I'm happy to say I'm finally finished and my etsy shop has been updated! They come in sets of 3, 4, or 5 (there's even one with 6) and range from $12-$20 per set....

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The One with Faux Nursery

At the beginning of the year our church meeting schedule changed from 9am-12pm (the perfect time!) to 11am-2pm (not so perfect time...). Let's just say the time switch has been.... challenging... We have a definite routine with Fox and it doesn't mesh well with our new time slot. Lunch is at noon, nap time is at 1. Smack dab in the middle of church. Add that to the fact that Fox has been throwing...

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The One with a New Batch of CARDS Challenge Cards

Here are the next five cards for the CARDS challenges I make up every week on the Create: Blog! Challenge for 2.23.12 - Girls Night Out GNO CARD Note: What's important about March 23rd 2012? That's when The Hunger Games movie comes out! That definitely calls for a GNO. How to: Stitch a border around a pink checkered paper card base using brown thread then stitch three sets of three crosses...

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The One with February Hambly Projects

Every month the Hambly Design Team will create a project based on a sketch (something so totally complete foreign to me!) so here's the sketch for February: and here's my card based on this sketch: LOVE YOU CARD How to: Apply a white doily border rub on across the top of a kraft grid paper card base (I cut the border into two pieces to get the two curves). Set a yellow fleur-de-lis border...

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The One with It's Probably A...

I'm not gonna buy anything yet though cuz it was only like 75-90% sure, but I'm still sooooooooo flippin' excited! My OB waved her wand thing back and forth and back and forth over my belly and neither of us could see any "kibbles and bits" if you know I'm sayin', so unless he's a late bloomer, it's a girl! My official anatomy ultrasound at the hospital with high-tech equipment is next Friday, so...

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The One with Trippin'

I'm trippin' with excitement! I couldn't sleep last night - it felt like Christmas. And I'm sure tonight will be just the same. You see, tomorrow I have an OB appointment and I'm hoping my doctor will be able to tell me if this baby is a boy or girl! If not tomorrow, then next Friday for sure at my official ultrasound.  Eeeeee...

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The One with the Evelynd Layout for Hambly

I've got a tutorial up on the Hambly blog today showing how to create a fun background for die cut shapes: CUTE COUSIN EVELYND Journaling says: It's going to be so fun for Fox to have a cousin just a few months younger than him to play with! They already laugh and cry together. They're bound to be best cousins. How to: Design a title background in Silhouette Studio and die cut it from 12x12 white...

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The One with the Already in Love Layout

I have a layout up on the American Crafts blog today to celebrate Silhouette week! ALREADY IN LOVE Journaling says: Even though you're still so tiny, we are already 100%, completely, and totally smitten by you! We can't wait to meet you! Notes: We still don't know the gender of baby #2 (HOPEFULLY next Wednesday is the big day!) so I'm going to use as much pink and flowers until told otherwise!...

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The One with Flutterbys

Not to be confused with the cute new stitched borders called Flutterbys by American Crafts... but I'm 97.3% sure that I've been feeling baby #2 toss and turn in my belly tonight! I LOVE flutterbys! I distinctly remember I was 19 weeks when I first felt Fox move. It's true what "they" say - you feel movement sooner with your second (I'm 17 weeks tomorrow). It's such a wonderful, indescribable feeling...

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