Mix Tape Zipper Pouch Giveaway Winner!

Elise Roller!

Congratulations, Elise. Email or message me your address and

I'll ship out your mix tape zipper pouch soon.

Checking In

We're still buried in snow, but the sun is shining and there is hope of spring. That also means that spring break is coming! Although, that makes a financial dent in our lives, I'm sooooo thankful that we get to have my David home for a whole week! We hope to take a little day trip to go scope out some property for some of my family, I have my (hopefully last) road test booked and we plan to spend some great family adventure times together. Let's get to what's been going on:

• Micah is 9 months! I can hardly believe it. He's cruising (slowly) around my furniture these days and he's so proud of himself when he pulls himself up that he gives a little giggle. So cute.

• Remember when I told you that one of my favourite teas had been discontinued? Well, apparently it isn't in the states, so a friend of mine recently brought me home two boxes! *sigh* It's been lovely!

Honey Vanilla White Chai Tea - Celestial Seasonings

• I won another blog giveaway! Thanks, Heather for providing the pattern and thanks Make IT Snappy for hosting the giveaway. I am looking forward to giving it a try. Interested in your own? You can find the pattern here.

• We filed our income tax on Monday and we'll be getting a decent refund. Some of our plans include to replace our printer (it will be here tomorrow - yippee!), build a triple bunk bed for the littles, cover financial baby step one and begin our snowball! It's pretty exciting!
• My blanket is on pause. I purchased yarn on sale (BOGO), but I don't like the colours with the ones I've already used. No yarn budget right now, so it might be awhile. It thrilled me to bits, though, when my Malachi "demanded" a snuggle with the blanket. He was so cute, playing with his toes in the holes and saying things like "hey, green! Hey, purple!" etc.

• I have 9 small all in one diapers that I didn't need. Two were finished, but seven have two more steps to be finished. I've decided to finish them up and sell them. I'm just waiting for my supplies to come in. It would be nice to make a little cash and to actually have them used instead of sitting with my fabric (taking up valuable real estate). 

• I have another mei tai on my sewing desk, no, not to replace my lost one, but for a new baby.
• Abby goes downstairs most weekdays after lunch to play. My friend and neighbour looks after two boys after kindergarten for a couple of hours and invited Abigail to join them. Every time she hears a sound from downstairs she blurts out "Is that the boys?" Abby has grown to really look forward to her times with "the boys". Here they all are sitting on their snowmen.

• Abby picked out a card for me last time she ran errands with her Papa. It had to be a musical card! It was so sweet of her, she insisted on the card for the song and didn't realize that she got me a baby congratulations card. Abby, by the way, wants another brother and a sister. No comment.

How About A Little Giveaway?!

CONGRATULATIONS TO MELISSA! WINNER OF THIS LITTLE BLOGGY GIVEAWAY! MELISSA WROTE

"So cute! I love reading your blog :) "

Happy April! I love a new month, but especially April. How about a little bloggy giveaway? In honour of April and of my 34th birthday, which happens to be in April, I have this little lovely to give away.

I will draw on the 25th at 8:00 am CST. One entry per person please and only entries directly on the blog will count. How do you enter? Simply leave a comment on this post (don't forget to leave contact information if you don't have a blog account).

We Have A WINNER!

Thank you for all the lovely comments and birthday wishes. I am pleased to announce the winner of my giveaway. Our random number generator result:

Congratulations, Jenny! I'll bring you your prize this week. By the way, I did keep a journal for myself and I love to share, so I hope you enjoy it! 

Happy Birthday to Me!

To be honest, it feels like I been celebrating this day all month long. I've already been showered with many many blessings this month. Planning my own party (which was a week early) was a great deal of fun and I was incredibly spoiled by my girlfriends. I will be blogging about a couple of my gifts soon. David and I are going on a dinner date tonight at the Keg. We've only ever been once and have really been looking forward to our date. Two of my birthday presents have actually been ordered online and I should receive them by the end of this month or early into next month and so extending my birthday for the entire month. What fun!

Now, about my birthday giveaway... I have a few little lovely goodies to include in the package, but here is the main item you have a chance to win.

This is the third custom journal that I talked about. Here's some pictures from the inside. I really enjoyed making this journal and it couldn't be more "me" than almost anything I've made.

How to win: Leave a comment here on my blog telling me where you typically read it (ie. on my blog, on facebook, a reader, email etc). If you are reading this anywhere aside from the blog, you will need to pop on over to leave a comment here. I love all comments, but those via email or on facebook will not count toward the draw. You have until 10:00 pm (CST) on April 30th to enter. I will then use a random number generator to choose a winner. Make sure you leave an email or some way for me to contact you if you win. Good luck!

A Veggie Tale

I won another amazing giveaway! Jill at The Diaper Diaries hosted a Veggie giveaway and I must say that I was really hoping to win this one. My Abby loves Veggie Tales, though we only have a couple of videos. I was thinking ahead to Christmas and saw Jill's review of Sweatpea Beauty, I had decided that it would be a good one to maybe get for Abby. Much to my delight and surprise, I got an email saying that I WON! As an added bonus in the package is a little devotional book, and I've been hoping to find a little devotional book to read with Abby. I think this might be perfect... I'll let you know. Thanks, Jill!

(L to R: God Made You Special DVD, Sweatpea Beauty DVD, 365 Bedtime Devos for Girls, Sweatpea Puzzle)

A Yummy Winning!

I'd like to send out a big thank you to my friend, Patty~Jean, who recently held a giveaway on her blog From Home. Patty~Jean has joined the healthy chocolate business and I was the blessed recipient of her latest giveaway... a yummy winning, indeed! (We bit into our prize way to quickly for me to take pictures of the whole package, but here's what the yummy nuggets looked like)

As part of her giveaway, I also received these cute zipper pouches from Miss Mouse.

As you can see Abby has claimed the larger one as a hat!

Thanks ladies, for the great treats!

A Mini Show 'n' Tell

I won another bloggy giveaway! The lovely Emily Martin of the Black Apple sent me these lovely little buttons which are from her original paintings. You may recognize her name and blog from my doll post. What a delight to receive some of the famous Emily Martin's artwork.

In other news, this is my 98th post and I'm thinking of hosting my own little giveaway for my 100th. I might just include some of these little lovelies from the Black Apple. I'm sure I can include some of my own handmade lovelies - be sure to stay tuned!

I won, again!

Are you tired of seeing things I've won? I hope not, because it's sure fun to show you! I received this pdf pattern from a giveaway on Puking Pastilles. Check out her etsy store - she's designed a great infant car seat cover tutorial! I'll be sure to blog the finished product when I make one. I'm up to my elbows in diapers right now!

Reason to cheer!

So I entered this giveaway and when I was catching up on my blog reading today, I found this! I will have show and tell when it comes in! Thank you so much, Kathy for such a great giveaway! Go visit her store - it's my favourite online store ever!

I won another lovely prize!

I apologize to you, Claire! I received your beautiful buttercup bag while I was on a blog break and totally forgot to post about it when I came back. I entered Claire's giveaway and won! Have a look at her blog Make & Do and say "hi".