Coming Soon: A Review and a Giveaway

Good morning! I wanted to let you all know in the next few weeks, I will be reviewing a product from AllChildrensFurniture.com, and hosting a great giveaway! It's going to be something all of you parents of younger kids would love to win, so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out AllChildrensFurniture.com for some awesome products from brands like Roadmaster, KidKraft, Little Tykes and more! I spent forever looking around on the website, and I think I could probably do every bit of my Christmas shopping for the girls on there. It's got everything you can think of, from bedroom furniture to baby dolls.

Here's a sneak peek of what I will be reviewing. If any of you can guess correctly what it is, you'll get an extra entry into the giveaway!

Blog Makeover - Butterfly Kisses

I have had the pleasure of working with Tiffany the last few days, creating a new blog layout for her. Tiffany had won my Good Timing Giveaway for a free blog makeover courtesy of Dirt and Lace Designs. Click on the image of her blog to check it out. And follow her blog while you are there... she is a great mama with a really precious baby girl.

Your blog is next! E-mail me at dirtandlace@gmail.com if you are interested.

A New Look and a Headache

AHHHHHHHHH.

That's what trying to re-design my blog by myself makes me say.

I loved Julie's design, but I just really wanted something to match more with the shirt website that I'm working on. That, combined with a little knowledge of html and image design skills and no extra money to pay Julie to do another design for me leads me to where we are right now... a partly finished-ish blog, a sore butt, and a lot of frustration because it's not nearly as easy as one would think.

So... bare with me as I try to work on this. You can check in and laugh every 10 minutes as I screw up one thing after another, if you want.

On top of trying to finish this, I'm also needing to get my shirt website finished. So far, it's bare. I have to get it done in the next few days, because I'm participating in a giveaway at the Womb to Bloom/Mentoring Mommy site launch party on Friday and I imagine there will need to be a link to site that isn't blank.

It's getting late and I feel a "thinking too much" headache coming on so I'd better call it a night!

And the winner is...

I just got done figuring up giveaway entries and am about to make a list.

Typing names, assigning numbers...


Going to random.org to generate a random winner.

Entering info...

And the winner is...


BirdsMama!

Congratulations! Your li'l Bird is going to look precious in her shirt. E-mail me at DirtandLace@gmail.com to discuss designs, sizes, etc.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

If you are just so disappointed that you didn't win a shirt for your little one, you can always head over to Dirt and Lace Shirts to place an order :-)

You know you want a free shirt.

Dirt and Lace Shirts giveaway!

To kick-off our new business, Dirt and Lace Shirts, my business partner, Amanda, and I are hosting a giveaway. We will be giving one lucky reader any shirt of their choice.

All you have to do is comment on this post. You will receive one entry for your comment. For an extra entry, you can post about the giveaway, with a link to the Dirt and Lace Shirts blog, on your own blog. Make sure if you do that you comment here so I know. Also, anyone who places an order between now and when the contest ends will receive two extra entries.

The contest will go from right now until Monday the 25th. The winner will be announced Monday and the shirt would be shipped within a few days.

Good luck!!

JumpStart Contest Winner

A few minutes ago, Summer helped me determine the winner of the JumpStart giveaway.



We did it the old-fashioned way, drawing the name out of a bowl. And the winner is...



Jennifer. Congratulations :-) I hope your Summer enjoys playing the game!

Dinner and a Give-Away

I hate when I wait this long in between entries. Now I have no idea what I haven't said or how to go about discussing what has happened since I last spoke with y'all.

Not too much has been going on around here. A lot of waiting, as far as the home-buying process goes. We found out last night that there is a problem with some of our paperwork. To be honest I don't understand exactly what is going on, all I know is that my blood pressure is way up there and if we don't hear some good news soon, I may have a heart attack.

Here's Camryn wearing her new Lil' Headband and Lil' Booger Bow. Thanks, Audrey!


Last night, we had spaghetti squash for the first time. It was pretty good! I had no idea there was such a thing until recently. It was so easy, too! We also had creamed spinach, I had to make that too because the spinach was about to go bad.



Summer's new favorite thing to do is play with bowls and cups in the sink. She loves playing in water so it's a lot of fun for her and it keeps her occupied for a long time. She also learns a bit of science while playing, such as what will float, what happens when you fill the containers with water, etc.



It's lunchtime around here, so I'd better go. I think I hear someone trying to break into the pantry.

Oh, by the way...

I will be hosting a give-away some time in the next few days. Details will be available soon, probably tomorrow. Stay tuned!