Friday, 30 September 2011
Monday, 26 September 2011
Welcome to the 56th edition of Amaze me August!
WIWW- Pincurls, and Yoga pants
This week I am sharing with you my take on how to dress up comfy yoga pants. I was busy cleaning all last week, my garage is almost all done, and looks so good, I can't wait to show you. In the mean time, the girl and I decided to put some pincurls in our hair for the night, so we could have some beautiful curls in the morning. Things didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped, so I ended up with some messy victory curls, wrapped a bandana around my head, put a pretty bow in there, and called it a day.
It had just rained last Friday, and it was absolutely beautiful outside. All the plants, trees, and flowers looked so colorful, and amazing, I just had to take some pics out on my HUGE DECK - did you miss the post on where I cleaned it, make sure to check it out!
Yoga pants - Bally's (Sams club)
Shirt - Kohls
Red Sandals - Sis got them from India
Pretty styling for doing housework right? It was a SUPER nice change to actually dress up, even if all I was doing was cleaning. I felt so 1950's housewifish, lol.
My beautiful cat Tiger (in Romanian, we call him Teegru) joined in the fun, so he is in many of the shots. He has the MOST amazing eyes that I just couldn't capture, erghhh. Oh yeah, and my footsies, well they got polished a couple weeks ago, quite an improvement over THIS POST- WIWW - BLISTERS and BROWN, where I was rocking 6 month old nail polish, he he.
I seriously love my cat. Several years ago though, as cats are not the smartest cookies around, he snuck under my van as I was pulling out my garage, and I ran over his hip. I cried so bad, I freaked out, I thought I had seriously just killed my cat. While he lay there, limping, he never made a sound, he just looked at me, like he knew I would take care of him. It was late at night, and I didn't know what to do. First thing in the morning, I took him to the vet, where he told me, LUCKILY, nothing had been broken , no organs were damaged, and the only thing that MIGHT possibly happen is he could get arthritis when he gets older. I still don't know how he got so lucky, but I LOVE him so much, and am thankful everyday that he is OK.
How do you like that pretty pink bow? How do you like it matched up with my leopard print bandana? I thought it was pretty fun, and while I would have NEVER ever bought this bright pink bow, especially not to wear myself, I got it as a prize, part of my winning package from my awesome friend, Maria over at AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS. So thanks girl, if you would not have sent this to me, I would have NEVER known how flippin cute it can be :)
Pink Bow - AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS
Necklace - SHINE necklace
I carefully tucked my short a** bangs under the bandana, they were not cooperating AT all. If you missed seeing my Instagram pictures, you should check out my FACEBOOK. It was quite funny, the girl and I had rags on our heads for the night, and to see the result the following morning, you will def chuckle at how funny my hair looked, hehe.
SMILE, it's good for you, even if you have MASSIVE wrinkles, he he.
Side shot of the big honking Roman nose, gotta love that too, lol.
Mustering all my strength to show you just how incredibly GRAY ( WHITE) my hair is getting. Very sad, it makes me feel so bummed sometimes, and then I remember why I'm not coloring it, and I just move on. I should feel blessed, just look at all those NATURAL, and FREE highlights. I wish there was a miracle way to color my hair, and still be healthy. I have yet to try henna, I'm kinda scared, I haven't put ANYTHING in my hair for over a year, I don't know that I want to mess it all up now.
So there you have it. Another fun WIWW post. I'll be linking up to these awesome parties, because they are awesome, and full of inspiration. You should check them out!!
Don't forget to grab a button if you are linking up to the party. I appreciate the support as always.
So much awesome Halloween projects being done, I am so excited. You are so awesome, each and every one of you, WOO HOO, keep up all the amazing work. I love it!!
Monday, 19 September 2011
Welcome to the 55th edition of:
I'm petty darn excited to catch up with everyone, and to be able to talk (sing), and not be constantly coughing.I'm sure my kids are equally excited, that I can yell at them again, lol. Seriously though, I've been fighting a cold/cough/sore throat/sick kids for almost two months now, practically non stop. At least one of us has been sick since school started the first week of August, WOW.
Other good news, while I thought I would finally have some FREE time once the little one started school last month, it officially only started today. Well with the kids home sick, and my hubby in transition to start a new job, I was never alone, UNTIL today. I celebrated by cleaning my garage, YAY! It's not done yet, but I am determined to get some MAJOR cleaning, organizing, and remodeling done. Yup remodeling, as in some way overdue things. I'll update you all on my plans soon.
In the mean time, I have an exciting giveaway for all of you.
I've seen this little gadget around several blogs, and when it comes to entering giveaways, I think it's the ONLY way to go. I wish I had my account when I hosted my last giveaway. I just couldn't believe how much time most of those amazing and awesome participants went through to get all the entries I allowed. I admit it was a LOT, but they did it, and bless their hearts for it too. I appreciated it so much, BUT wouldn't it be nice to be able to complete all your requirements from the actual blog, and not have to go back and forth between pages. Well my dears, NOW you can.
Check out this lovely little widget, it is super easy to set up, and entering giveaways couldn't be any easier. Just pick and choose which entries you want to complete, it is so fast, usually just a click of a button, and you are done, ENTERED and no more leaving time consuming comments, unless that is one the entry options.
I had to bribe and beg and plead to get an invite, because really who wants to WAIT, once you see how awesome, and easy this will make your giveaway hosting life, but I'm sorry to inform you that awesome folks at Rafflecopter, are INVITE only, and from what I hear, it can take a pretty LONG time to get one.
I just knew I had to share some invites with all of you, and lucky for you, I already did some begging and pleading, and got my hands on FIVE invites to share with you.
How awesome is that? I am just so excited to share this amazing tool with my friends. I hope you see just how easy it is to use, by entering the giveaway below. You will be done in no time at all. Make sure to leave me a comment (worth one entry) and let me know what you think about Rafflecopter, and why you JUST HAVE TO have it too.
Oh and don't forget to link to the party below. I will start catching up on some features this week, I have TONS, to show you all. I've had so many awesome link ups this past month, even with my total neglect, which I am truly sorry for. I can't wait to start doing some features, they are so much fun!!
P.S. Are you guys ready for the giveaway celebration to begin? Which giveaway celebration you ask? Oh the one where you can win something awesome from each of my AMAZING sponsors, the ones you see there in my right hand sidebar, under giveaways. Oh yeah, all of them. So keep your eye out, all that fun will start VERY soon, and with my new Rafflecopter widget it will be SO much easier this time around, for me, and for you, YAY!!!
REMEMBER with Rafflecopter you NEVER have to leave another comment to enter a giveaway again, unless of course it's one of the ways to get an entry, like I have one below. However the ONLY way to get a qualifying entry is to click the I DID it GREEN button on the widget itself, so leaving a comment will NOT enter you in the giveaway. I sure hope this is easy for you to enter, and you enjoy using it as much as I do. Please feel free to let me know what you think about it!
FIVE winners will get an INVITE to Rafflecopter.
REMEMBER with Rafflecopter you NEVER have to leave another comment to enter a giveaway again, unless of course it's one of the ways to get an entry, like I have one below. However the ONLY way to get a qualifying entry is to click the I DID it GREEN button on the widget itself, so leaving a comment will NOT enter you in the giveaway. I sure hope this is easy for you to enter, and you enjoy using it as much as I do. Please feel free to let me know what you think about it!
FIVE winners will get an INVITE to Rafflecopter.
Monday, 12 September 2011
Welcome to the 54th edition of:
Pregnant Belly Cake Tutorial
At this point I didn't glue anything down yet. It still needed to be easily transferred to the finished cake. Once you have it on the cake , and are happy with the placement of everything, you just need to dab a little water to make everything stick, like glue. Be careful not to add too much, or else the fondant will slide.
Also you will notice everything is really powdery at this stage. You need to keep everything dusted well, so it doesn't stick, but once you are finished assembling the cake, you can steam the fondant, or use a paintbrush to paint it with water (slightly) and this will take care of all that powder, along with making everything shine.
Do you want to see the finished cake?
It is so pretty, I really love the way it turned out.
Make sure to stop by and take a look.
Saturday, 10 September 2011
SCISSOR HAPPY
Help someone take the scissors away. After my shower this morning, I started cutting, before I knew it, I had given myself the DUMB and BUMBER haircut. You know the one, yup, the only thing missing was a chip in my tooth, and a wooly dog car, DANG!!!
I have no idea what got into me, I just cut, and cut, and cut, and THEN it was too late, lol.
So after my entire family laughed at me, I got to work. I had to fix it, but HOW??? This is what I came up with, and if I do say so myself, I kinda like it, KINDA!!!
What do you all think?
Should I STOP cutting my bangs, or do you like it too?
Last time I cut my bangs this short I was 19 years old and in cosmetology school. Ahhh, I need to gather up some old pictures with all my different hairstyles, and colors. A far cry from my boring, GREY hair today. Anyways, be honest, and tell me what you think? I'd love to hear your HONEST reaction, lol.
Shine necklace - THE SHINE PROJECT
Earrings - Kohls (he he)
So the bottom right picture was EXACTLY what my face looked like after I cut my hair, I was seriously going to cry :( I took some SAD pictures, and then put on some earrings, hoping I would look more like a girl, lol. It was BAD, and I can't blame my hubby and kids from freaking out. Oh boy it was not fun!
I had to pull some of the hair away from my face, I just looked like a BOX. By pinning it up in retro type curls, I think it really opened up my face, and while it was not what I had pictured when I started cutting my bangs this morning, I think I can deal with it for a while. It's different, and well, I like DIFFERENT.
Thank goodness for jewelry, and lipstick, ha ha.
So there you have it, my dumb and dumber haircut.
I'm not sure that I will post anything tomorrow. I have such mixed feelings about how to express what I feel about 9/11. I'm not sure I can do it properly, so I will just say this:
My heart ACHES for ALL the people effected by that dreadful day. My heart ACHES for the children who grow up without their parents. My heart ACHES for the families who's lives are forever empty because someone they loved gave their lives in trying to help others. I WANT my heart to ACHE for the families of those men who took part in that DISGUSTING act of terrorism, and EVEN for the men themselves, BUT is it worth my effort? Will I solve anything for feeling sympathy for them? I'm not really sure, but my heart still feels something, and mostly what it feels is HATE. I can't lie and say I don't HATE what they did. I could care less what their reasons were, I don't think ANYBODY has the right to do what they did PERIOD. I feel the same way about WAR in general by the way, I just can't justify killing more people as solution to anything. (Please don't ask me what I would do if anyone ever hurt my kids though, my thought are very different then, although I wouldn't go to war with a COUNTRY you know what I mean?)
If I could wipe away ALL the war, the fighting, the HATE in this world I would. It's not healthy, it's not good, and it's NOT NECESSARY. I don't want to waste my energy on feeling like that!
WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
Why should anyone live their lives thinking of ways to destroy another. I don't think ANYBODY'S GOD wants that. We are ALL his children, and we are ALL loved. I wish we could all just BE!!
I WILL NEVER FORGET!
I do wish the WORLD could MOVE on to a BETTER tomorrow!
I feel very sad that this may never happen as long as we can't accept each other, and love one another just the way we are. We should all join forces, to make this WORLD a better place.
Hate can never END, as long as someone feels justified in getting back at the other person. It's a vicious circle that is never ending.
An eye for an eye mentality can only end when the whole world is left with only one eye!!
Think about that, next time. (Unless someone hurts your child of course, then it's no mercy)
Just saying, I'm not perfect yet, and I could seriously HURT (very badly, with my own hands) anybody who hurts a child, especially MY child. There is no place in the world to hide from a mothers wrath if you hurt their baby!! Ok, now that you are all totally FREAKED out by me, I'll be going. So the moral of the story is, DON'T hurt CHILDREN, and PEOPLE in general. You hear me, don't do it!!
Now you know why I didn't want to write anything tomorrow :(
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
This weeks WIWW post is dedicated to a pretty cool friend. A guy I met on twitter, after reading a post on my friend Tara's blog, Taradara. Actually though I'd been loving on him for a while now, without ever knowing how awesome he actually was. I just knew I LOVED his books, and he was incredibly talented, crafty, and awesome. His name is Mark Montano, and he writes BIG ASS BOOKS, which are ASS kicking good. Trust me, you will never be bored again, just get your hands on one of his books, and you will have tons of inspiration, oh and follow him along on facebook too, he is just incredible.
This ones for you Mark!
NO YOGA PANTS
He practically banned me from wearing them, unless I go to the gym. Thank you for your wonderful advice, hopefully I get a stamp of approval on my attempt at getting dressed :)
I took like a million pictures today, since I can't imagine doing this on a regular basis, I just got a bunch done today, plus I had to take pics for my upcoming giveaways, and reviews. The weather was PERFECT, overcast, grey skies, cool breeze. I couldn't have asked for anything better. It took my about an hour to take all these pictures, and it was SUPER fun, I must admit :)
I took like a million pictures today, since I can't imagine doing this on a regular basis, I just got a bunch done today, plus I had to take pics for my upcoming giveaways, and reviews. The weather was PERFECT, overcast, grey skies, cool breeze. I couldn't have asked for anything better. It took my about an hour to take all these pictures, and it was SUPER fun, I must admit :)
Entire outfit - KOHLS
Belt Buckle - MARK MONTANO ETSY
Belt - my moms old hideous gold looking thing, that somehow works with the buckle :)
Bracelets - BELSI COLLECTION
Owl Necklace - FABULOUSLY FLAWED
Owl Necklace - FABULOUSLY FLAWED
Rosette Bobby Pins - AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS
Necklace - THE TESSY TREE
Rosette Bobby Pins - AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS
Necklace - THE TESSY TREE
Rosette Bobby Pins - AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS
Necklace - THE TESSY TREE
Bracelet - Mine (old, and can't remember where it's from)
Rosette Bobby Pins - AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS
Necklace - THE TESSY TREE
Outfit - KOHLS
Shirt - THRIFT STORE
Headband - LUXE BOULEVARD
Necklace - FABULOUSLY FLAWED
Headband - LUXE BOULEVARD
Necklace - FABULOUSLY FLAWED
Entire outfit - KOHLS
Headband - AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS
Black necklace - Mine (Avon)
Pearl Bird Branch necklace - FABULOUSLY FLAWED
Headband - AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS
Pearl Bird Branch necklace - FABULOUSLY FLAWED
Headband - LUXE BOULEVARD
Sweater - KOHLS
Heels - KHOLSDisclaimer - I wore these heels for about an hour while taking all these pictures, so I could look cuter, but my feet were about to FALL off, and these aren't even high heels. So I don't want to make you all think that I ACTUALLY wear heels, because I don't. If there is such a thing as a COMFY heel, PLEASE oh PLEASE let me know, otherwise I am stuck with flip flops, sandals, boots (no heel), and other such shoes. It sucks, but it is what it is, and I WILL not kill myself trying to wear a cute pair of heels just too look good. Even though I did for these pictures, but that was a mistake, lol.
Please forgive me!!
Jacket - TARGET ( I know, you almost died of shock )
Jacket - TARGET ( I know, you almost died of shock )
Headband - LUXE BOULEVARD
Necklace - FABULOUSLY FLAWED
Earrings - AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS
That was officially the LONGEST WIWW post right?
I hope you liked it, and in case you've missed my other posts, you might want to see how lame I can be, by checking them out. PAST WIWW, I am TRYING to get better at posing, but as you can see, I stuck to the SAME boring poses in all these pictures, I couldn't help it, I just don't know what to do :)
Hopefully I've improved just a little though, and this time I was my own photographer, which was kinda weird, but really great at the same time, he he. Location was my moms house, thanks MOM.
Thanks to all my wonderful awesome friends, WHO by the way are also my incredible sponsors too. It was so much fun accessorizing with all the fantastic goodies you've sent me. I love them all!!
I can't wait to kick off another round of GIVEAWAYS, where you can win something from EACH and EVERY one of these amazing shops, and much more. (Just take a peak in my right hand sidebar, for ALL the amazing giveaways coming soon)
Linking to these awesome parties. Go get your groove on, join the fun!
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