Cute Gifts & A Give Away! {now Closed}

Wow! So the little blog has reached 150 followers!! Thanks guys!! I also noticed I haven't done a Give-Away in quite a few months... so I'm going to have one starting today!!

I've shared a couple of the Purell Bottles ~ But that's what I'll be giving away! A custom one for you!

I think these would make adorable hostess gifts, teacher gifts, or just cute around your home. Could you imagine these personalized to match your child's birthday party? Who doesn't like to be clean AND cute?

 {Welcoming new babies with visitors...}

 {Tailgating Fun and the tractor is for our family Farm Picnic, but could work for other occasions, too!}

Other Ideas:
Thanksgiving Table:
Gobble! with brown and yellow polka dots
Christmas ones that are coming up:
Monogrammed with red and green polka dots
Christmas tree with polka dots
Ski Boots with polka dots and monogram

So Give-Away Time!
Here's how to play:
1. Make sure you're a Follower of this blog!
2. Leave me a comment (or many) under this post
3. I'll use the Random Generator (like in the past give-aways) to see who won!
**When you win...You can choose anything you'd like for a Purell bottle! I'll email you with the options/designs or you can create your own for me!
{as I'm expecting any day now...this give-away will be quick! we'll only have it up until MONDAY and I'll ship it to you ASAP!}
Give-Away ends on Monday at 6:00 PM.

So...I hope you'll play!! :)



PS- I'm sorry if you've contacted me for items from The Craft Store. I've decided to only keep a few things up while on Maternity Leave! So sorry about the wreaths...they just take too much time right now!! :)

Baby Bottle Must-Haves

Ok, so my sis found this awesome product...and then it made me remember my co-worker, Kathleen, found these, too! Well, I think some similar!

These little sippy cup and bottle labels are so cute! They are a must have for taking to the sitter's, day cares, or the church nursery!

Here's a few websites that sell basically the same products and they all seem to run around $12.95.

My Precious Kid

Little Piddles

These labels are ok...they say they are dishwasher safe, but I'd be a little leary of this...
Name Bubbles

And of course, when little H gets older, she will be using one of these custom made just for her likeness~
The Craft Store
I imagine like a pink and green polka dot one with her name and maybe a cut-out of a giraffe or something!

Cricut Stuff :)

Here's a few things I've made lately with my Cricut! They are so easy and I think look pretty cute!

Plastic Wear: I liked using plastic rather than glass for purposes of taking food items to tailgates, picnics, child-friendly, etc.  You could do any combo of colors, initials, monograms, pictures, etc!

I used Loop Dee Loo Font cartridge for the letters and then a craft circle cut to make the polka dots.  The paper is vinyl.  I actually gave these as hostess gifts.

This is an iced beverage glass that I used Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge.  The above picture is of a softball girl {it's hard to tell, but that's a uniform I made in pink} and the second picture is the helmet and her initials.  This was a gift for a great and sweet girl I tutored this summer who was all about softball!  I have lots of these cups and I love using them!

This is my favorite thing I made I think! HAHA A personalized Purell dispenser! So, I guess because of my sister or maybe all my friends who have babies, I am very well aware that you need to use some type of Purell or wash your hands before ever touching a new baby! I remember going over to my sister's when Colby was born and it was a rule to go to the Purell first and then come see the baby! So, I thought to myself why not make this little 'new fixture' cute! I have an adorable horse and polka dot purell dispenser in my kitchen, so I got the idea from that! I just took a purell bottle and took off the label.  Then used the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge to make a baby carriage and then {of course} had to add a little personalization with the 'h' at the bottom.  I ended up using a green bottle and purple vinyl to match her room colors, although we'll keep it in the Family Room! :) I mean, you might as well keep-it-cute!

*If you don't have a Cricut and you like any of the things you see, you can always email me or visit my Craft Store! The Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge has seriously endless possibilities of pictures, scenes, etc! It's awesome!

*If you're visiting from facebook, thanks! I rarely post my blogs on FB anymore, so click on the Home button and read what you've missed! :) thanks for visiting!!

Randomness Friday

Well now that it's officially the 100th day in a row {ok, 5th maybe} that it's been raining or overcast here...I have a randomness + rant post. Sorry and forewarning. I need to get to a pool, stat. :)

1. Summer is for me to get tan so I will be the big, pregnant, tan girl. Everyone knows extra skin = better looking when it's tan.  It hasn't been a full day of sun since I got back from vacation. Ugh.

2. I love my new monogram I got in Charleston. LOVE. IT. Will be putting it on the car as soon as this rain stops and I can get a car wash!

3. I've been working on a couple of orders this week. I'm in love with these 2 things from the week.  The diaper cake needed to be very specific to a certain invitation and what the customer wanted. I'm pretty happy with it!

4-8. I'm completely overwhelmed in the baby department. First, I went to the doctor's office yesterday for a check-up, but learned I would be taking the glucose test.  Although the little bottle of orange crush-like drink wasn't as bad as I had heard, I wasn't prepared at all.  The day before the appt. I had my worst-eating-pregnant-day of this whole thing and ate 2 pieces of chocolate pie, somewhere around 6 brownies, and a few cookies. For lunch. whoops.  I'm nervous about the results now, like maybe I tripped the test. 

I sort of chugged this because she made me nervous saying I only had 10 minutes to get it down!

Second, I got all these papers and forms that need to be filled out before our next appt. in 4 weeks. I must be an idiot because I hadn't even started to think about pediatricians, insurance, hospital payments, labor classes, breast-feeding classes, etc. Whew. I get tired thinking about it.  Third, NO ONE wants to be my long-term sub. Can I blame them? No. But I need someone before EVERYONE and their MOTHER tells me how it is SO important to get a good sub or else. Or else what? I'm going to be the lone teacher suffering from angry parents, angry administrators, bad kids, horrible test scores, etc.  Fourth, NO ONE wants to watch my baby. :( I've been on about 3 waiting lists and no one is letting up.  Honestly, if I hear from one more person how their parent watches their child 5 days a week or they are going to be a SAHM, I might scream. From jealousy. I need to work on that.

9. I'm officially obsessed with Etsy. I know it took me a while, but I LOVE all the cute little girl clothes I see! I spend hours looking and searching...but have been very good at not buying anything...yet! Currently, I love this site. My baby girl won't be able to go barefoot like other newbies b/c it will be getting cold, so these are the cutest alternative!! I love the brown ones and the pink ones!

10. I would like to write to Genevieve. You know, Dear Genevieve from HGTV? I've decided I can't stand my icky looking living room anymore and pleaded with her to come give me a make-over and pay for it since baby is sucking us dry. Do I need to get out of the house? Yes. Do I watch too much HGTV? Double yes.

Anyways, that's my post for now. Sorry it's not more fun. :( I do have a super fun Gala to go to tonight with hubby!  I'll be missing out on the open bar part, but, hopefully they will have good food and fun entertainment!

New Stuff!

First off, don't you just love my new design! Tenille from Templates by Tenille installed this great pre-made design! She also has a lot of free templates and blog backgrounds as well as custom designs.  She was quick and easy to work with! Go check her out HERE. :)
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Also, I'm starting to work on some NEW items for my store! :) Although I won't have anything totally ready for another week or two...here's a little preview of what's in store!  I'll have new plates and trays, serving dishes, tailgating dishes, and lots more! I'll also be able to use more designs with people, dogs, holidays, seasons, accessories, and more! Lots of new colors will be available for the vinyl, too!

Hope you visit soon & thanks for following! :)

Visit Soon! :)

Shameless :)

Hey! At least I admit it!!

I am linking up with Jamie for What I'm Loving Wednesday...but I am also being slightly shameless with my post. :) I hope that doesn't get me kicked off her blog link-up!!!

I just discovered the wonderful world of Etsy.com from a "having a little girl" perspective.
WHOA.
WOW.
OhMaWord.
I am in love. 
There are SO many precious things on there! From big 'ol bows, to sweet ginormous tutu's I just couldn't help myself from smiling ear to ear! Even sweet Brian was laughing along with me picturing Harper wearing all that cute stuff!!

So..on to the shameless portion of my post ;)

I added a new item to my Store and hope to sell bunches because it's really cute! Although I haven't found UK Blue vinyl yet - I'm working on it! Think of the possibilities for tailgating! Check back soon ;)

{poor quality due to picture taking on the BB}

Aren't these cute?! I also think matching glasses or a pitcher or maybe platter would be adorable with names, initials, monogram, anything! Please visit if you'd like!! :)  http://www.theburtonsspotstore.blogspot.com/

Momma's got to make some extra money now! haha

And...thanks for letting me be shameless today! I will be back to my normal self tomorrow!