Love You Madly Blog Hop Winner

Congratulations Christine!

Head over to the Glitz Blog 

and follow the instructions to claim your prize. 

and the winner is....

congratulations jennifer! you are the winner of the super cute stella & dot necklace! email me your info, and i'll get you hooked up with your prize! :)

ch-ch-ch-changes & winners (well, really just one winner)

so what do you think? i did a little changin' to the ol' blog. i really liked the black background, but was itching for some change... so at least for now, i'm sporting the clean, crisp color white, along with a new header. i'm definitely not an html expert, but i can google-question my way through simple changes. tell me what you think! is the bright new look great, or awful?

 supplies: patterned paper: Paislee Press - Midwinter’s Flight Kit, oscraps.com (blue-grey), Paislee Press - Chasing the Sun Kit (white pattern); frames:Paislee Press - Chasing the Sun and Apothecary Frames; font: Arial

thank you, thank you for all of the fabulous eBook ideas! they'll be tossed around by the fab ladies at ella for sure. now, without further ado, the winner of ella publishing's a year in the life eBook! and the winner is...

Veronica said...

Love that you can look back a year ago! It gets me "emotional" as well!
A great new book would be one that would incorporate how to use those "not so great photos" into a layout! Also including great, simple, easy photo editing tips all packed into one place!!

January 16, 2010 8:52 AM

congratulations veronica! shoot me an email, and i'll get you hooked up!

now to finish off today's post of randomness - onto 365 shots from the past few days. with emma being the more willing of the girls to have her picture taken these days, she seems to have taken the picture of the day slots by storm lately. being a mom who tries to be fair, i drug torrey out for her turn. {hee hee} we messed around and laughed a lot, and ended up with these fun shots to show for it.

we spent part of the weekend with my friend and fellow navy wife leila and her sweet little one, eva. we took the girls bowling friday night, then met up with trish (another fab navy wife) and her little one, isla, on saturday so the girls could paint some cute little pottery pieces for their deployed daddies for valentine's day. i'm sure stan won't mind getting a few packages of love in the mail in the next few weeks! {lots of painting pictures here}

on our way home from oak harbor we stopped by deception pass, an amazingly beautiful bridge over turbulent blue waters. it took the shot above of the girls reading the history of the pass and posted a bunch more here. we'd stopped by the same stop the night before just before it was completely dark, and i got the super lucky shot below. i was sans tripod, so i propped the camera on a pillar (with the car still running on the side of the road) pressed the shutter and got lucky!

the water reflects the sky beautifully for just a short bit of time each night... but i've never been able to get it on film (most likely because i'm always shooting out of a moving car window - passenger side, of course). but this time i stopped, propped and rolled! there are a few other just for fun night shots here if you're interested.

one more fun thing to check out... i found this very cool site with ceramic rings. they've got all kinds of other bands for men and women too. check out their beautifully simple style here.

before i pain anyone further with the length and random-ness of this post, i am going say goodnight! let me know what you think about the new design... suggestions are welcome, too!

Winner, winner chicken dinner!

Sorry this has taken me until today to get posted... but we have a winner in the drawing for the free copy of Ella Publishing's Vintage Hip Christmas Gifts eBook! And the winner is.... Crystal!

Crystal said...
I'd love to update now that we have a brand new hardwood floor and I think I'd find just what my house needs in this little gem! Thanks for sharing :)

December 8, 2009 7:52 PM

Congratulations Crystal! Email me and I'll get you hooked up with your free copy of this fab eBook!

But wait, there's more...
You still have until the end of today to use the 25% off coupon and get your hands on a copy of this wonderful book! Use the coupon code CRAFTY09 for 25% off Vintage Hip Christmas Crafts through 12/13.

WINNER, WINNER Chicken Dinner!!!

*winner * winner * winner *

we have a winner of the FREE ella publishing co. ebook! and the winner is.... drum roll....

Lisa

I've been sharing the Ella love on my FB account! Happy Grand Opening!

September 7, 2009 12:20 PM

congratulations lisa! email me your info and i'll get you hooked up.

be sure to check the ella blog each day this week for your chance to win some fabulous prizes. tomorrow, the ezine will be available, as well as a chance to win an epson artisan 710printer!

winning is sweet!

i'm finally back! i actually got back sunday afternoon, but i've been a little trashed for the past couple of days. i spent a couple of weeks going literally nonstop, and i'm finally kind of back to normal!

so i'm catching up on posting my 365 pictures, and the winners of my nsd giveaway! yea. :) i feel like i've been a little out of the groove for the past few days on my 365 pics. they're not all of my favorites, but i have taken pics each day... so i'm considering that a success.

this is a picture of my friend cindy. i know she'll probably hate it, but it makes me laugh every time i see it. at our ladies retreat, she was constantly shocked by our lack of "filters" before we said stuff. i told her i have filters, they just are more relaxed than hers. way more! :) so this is her, "this is what having a filter looks like" face. lol.

a pretty wild flower on a path out at the conference center. the picture is a lot more vibrant, but apparently the upload sucks that vibrancy out of the pictures... :)

the group of ladies that lead worship at our women's retreat. aren't they cute? these two ladies are also grandmas! i hope i look as cute as them as a grammy.

and for the winners! thanks to random.org, i have 5 winners!!!

#1

Steffanie S. said...

Before scrapbooking, I never thought of myself as very creative or, much less, an artist. Now I am scrappin' and card-makin' and getting wonderful compliments from everyone. I finally found my creative outlet! I have met so many wonderful people and my family love to see what I do with our photos! I am so grateful to have found this hobby :)

May 2, 2009 8:11 AM

#2

Shannon said...
scrappin is my release from the craziness of life.... It's my happy place...

May 3, 2009 7:54 PM

#3

kim.mom said...

Have a great time this weekend! That is what is so great about scrapbooking is documenting memories. Being a military family we move alot and it is nice to have scrapbooks to help the kids remember all the places we've lived and the people we've met.

May 2, 2009 12:23 AM

#4

Michelle said...

I love that it makes me write down the little stuff that I would otherwise forget. Collecting the cute papers and fun stuff is just a bonus!

May 4, 2009 7:40 AM

#5

PaperParadise said...
I'm so glad I got into scrapbooking and paper crafts. It has given me so much! I have met so many wonderful people! I have been given the chance to do things I never thought I could! Happy day!

May 2, 2009 6:26 AM

congratulations winners! if your name is here, please email me your info, and i'll get your goodies out to you! hope you guys had a fabulous national scrapbook day!

the winningest winner of all

in the words of dr. seuss...
the winning-est winner of all

the winner of the 100K hits drawing is....

CathyB said...

I collect dust. It is a passive activity that requires absolutely no effort on my part. The dust is non-discriminating, and is content to settle on all my "piles"... SB magazines waiting to be read, my SB workbench longing to be used, CDs that need playing, books that need reading... Great blog, Noel!
April 3, 2009 2:20 PM

congratulations cathyb! email me your addy and i'll get your package of goodies. loved the whole collecting dust! our fam got a great laugh off of that one. CONGRATULATIONS! thanks again for everyone who checks in from time to time. you guys are the best!

and now for a brief wrap up of our camping weekend! it was pretty much amazing. we couldn't have asked for better weather. after snow flurries on wednesday, we had the most perfect weather imaginable for our whole weekend. sunny and 70! yes. we enjoyed the best weather we've had since september! we roasted marshmallows, popped jiffy pop popcorn over the fire, hiked, hung out on the beach, found little sea creatures, watched whales, visited with friends, rode bikes, threw a football, played paddle ball & frisbee... and a million tiny little things that make for a fabulous camping trip!

stan pouring the morning coffee in our thrift store-find vintage coffee peculator.

emma with some sea creatures

torrey getting crabby

building onto a driftwood fort

tossing the football

sunshine silhouettes

perfectly posed?

watching the whales from the beach. one of those times i wish i had one of those super powered zoom lenses. where we are... we're on camano island here looking west toward whidbey island (the body of land across the water) with the olympic mountains in the distance. the olympics are on the peninsula of washington.

we have a winner...

drum roll please... i am happy to announce that julie schellin is the winner of the big box of glitzy goodness! congratulations julie, and thank you random.org for deciding the winner for me. there were so many great springtime ideas, it helped add some extra sunshine to some rainy cold days we had! thank you all for playing! email me your addy julie, and i'll get your package of fun sent out!

julie.schellin said...

planting annuals and adding to my perennial cellection - I love having lots of colorful flowers in my yard

March 16, 2009 6:10 AM

i volunteer {almost} every week at the girls' school... helping in the classrooms & chatting it up with pretty much everyone in sight. i'm sure they fear wednesdays! lol. i do love watching the girls' in their classes, with their friends, with their teachers and doing their work. it's just a fun side of their lives to get to be a part of. since i pretty much always have my camera with me, the girls are used to me snapping away, and i'm pretty sure they don't even hear the click of the shutter anymore. almost like white noise to them, i think. anyway, i caught this one of torrey doing a writing assingment today in class.

one last whoo hoo for the day. it's a fun one for me, i've been very nervous/excited about my first review article over at the scrap review... well, it posted today. check it out if you'd like. let me know what you think!

we have a winner!!!

we have a winner!

i am so overwhelmed with the response, and all of the yummy recipes. i really want to scrap a little cookbook of go to recipes now! thank you everyone. now onto our winner... i just plugged in the info to random.org, and ::drum roll:: it chose...

Veronica said...

Wow, so many great recipes so far! What can I contribute? Hmmm. How about some easy meatballs?
I take some of my favorite store bought meatballs, put into a crockpot and add my fave BBQ sauce and a small jar of grape jelly! Mix well and heat! Easiest and the yummiest! Have a GREAT party!!

congratulaions veronica! email me your addy and i'll get your box of goodies out to you. :)