Southern Sign Language (GIVEAWAY)

Southern Sign Language is a new & wonderful business that makes the cutest custom made signs for any & all occasions!!  They can be custom made to match any nursery, holiday decor, room in your house, or even be made as a special gift for someone.  The wooden signs are hand painted & then designed to match your needs.

I am happy to say that this is a family member's business & she is putting her talents to good use; thankfully we are all going to reap the benefits!!  Personally I love to spruce up my house with personalized & original things like this.  I feel like it makes a house more homey when you add things that fit your family's personalty & that is just what a custom sign from Southern Sign Language  will do in your home.

Jamie can create anything that you request & has been sweet enough to offer a $30 gift certificate to one lucky reader!!

You may choose any design in her shop or work with Jamie to create your own custom sign!

How to enter the Southern Sign Language Giveaway:

*Required entry:  Visit Southern Sign Language Etsy shop and "favorite" her shop.

(1 entry)

Extra Entries:

1.  Leave a comment with a certain design you'd like to see. (1 entry)

2.  "Like" Southern Sign Language on Facebook. (1 entry)

3.  Become a public follower of my blog. (1 entry)

4.  Follow me on Twitter (1 entry)

5.  Like my page on Facebook

You have 6 ways to enter & win!

Leave a comment below telling me each way that you have entered 

(all entries will be checked & confirmed)

This giveaway begins today, October 2nd, and will end in a week from today, October 9th.  A winner will be chosen at random using Random.org.  You must respond within 48 hours to claim your prize or another winner will be chosen.  Good luck!!

I LOVE Mod Podge

My mom just celebrated her birthday & I have said before that I am trying to make sure that the gifts the boys give are one of a kind & special so this is what mommy the boys made for their Grams!!

It was as easy as 3 canvases, scrapbook paper, photos of the boys, mod podge & paint!!

Scrapbook the sides & mod podge them then add & mod podge the photos to the front.

Let it dry overnight & then take a sponge & paint the sides.

Staple some ribbon to the back of the canvas.

And voila, you have a picture perfect gift!!

I think it turned out pretty well; what do you think???

ask me how you can get results like these!!  http://mitzigoodson.myitworks.com

She's Crafty........Well I'm Working on It Anyway!!

I have decided that since I have an amazing craft room (thank you boobala) that I am going to start using it to create all presents & cards here in the future.  I know that with 2 little ones running around that I might miss an occasion here & there but for the most part I would like to create & make sweet & also one of a kind presents for our family from the the boys.  I know that a store bought gift can be a great gift but when you make something special for someone & put some thought into what exactly that person might like then I think it makes that gift & occasion every better!  

I have a Cricut & am just getting into all the things that it can can create & if you have one you know that you can never know all that it does the it seems endless.  I have made a few things for myself for holidays & also made this for our niece's room for her birthday.......... 

& then made frames for the boys Grams & JuJu for mother's day.  I still have to learn a good bit but I like the way they turned out!!

I then got adventurous & made a frame/block set for the boys PaPa & Puddy for Father's Day.  I really loved the way these turned out & think that both Puddy & PaPa likes them too.  I really like the fact that they can change the blocks to show 6 different photos & thought the frame with the poem just made it even more special. 

I started a book for Lance & the boys for his Father's Day gift but have yet to take photos of it at this point nor it is up to date; I am still working on it but an anxious to show it to you all............I'm pretty proud of it.  I enjoy doing all of this so much & it is kind of like therapy for me since it is a time for just me, my thoughts & my glue, mod podge, photos & ideas.............

Easter Fun in the Sun

We enjoyed such a great Easter this year; this was Colton's first Easter & it was also the first Easter that B has actually enjoyed the traditional kid fun Easter things!!  I decided to do buckets for them this year instead of baskets; I figure we can use the buckets this summer & on vacation & then maybe next year will be the year that I get them the fancy ones that we pull out every year.

I put their name on one side & their initial on the other................cute??

Colton liked the basket but LOVED the grass in the bottom more!!

  B loved his stuff too but when he realized that the bunny was chocolate he was in heaven & took the ears right off the poor little guy.

I love that Colton wanted to read his card even if he just looked at it & then tried to eat it.

We pulled out B's table & the hard boiled eggs & let B & the neighbor kids dye them.  B lacked patience when it came to leaving the eggs alone to soak up the color but he did better than I thought he would & the eggs turned out alright.

When we were done with the egg dying we moved onto the Easter Egg hunt.  B LOVED the eggs that I found that you squeeze & confetti goes every where the most.

Colton even got in on the fun & PaPa helped him find an egg or two.

We had an amazingly yummy dinner that & played outside for most of the day............it was the best Easter with the boys to date!!

I thought I would share that Lance brought me home the most beautiful tulips too............isn't he sweet!!

Wordless Wednesday; Easter Crafts

I LOVE how everything turned out!!!

St. Patrick's Day

I know that St. Patrick's Day was awhile ago & that Easter is next Sunday but I am just getting around to posting about it.  I have been enjoying the boys, the weather, baking & crafting & kind of just enjoying being  so I guess I just took a break from the computer for a while............& it was nice!!

Anyway I am back now & have (as always) so much to catch  up on.  Here are the yummy cupcakes I made for B's class for St. Paddy's Day; they turned out alright but it was harder than I thought to separate the batter & try to get all the rainbow colors in each cupcake.  

After having 2 kids my marriage & hubby need special attention here & there so I found a wonderful blog The Dating Divas & they have lots of wonderful ideas & crafts for your special someone!!

And then there are the crafts that I did; Lance made a wonderful craft room for me (I need to take pictures & post them because he did an amazing job) & I have been enjoying it as often as I can.  The boys are getting on better schedules as far as napping goes so some days I get them both down at the same time & just disappear in there for an hour & I come out feeling refreshed.........sounds crazy but I do.

I have a lot to learn about a lot of different things as far as crafting goes but I don't think that everything turned out to bad.

And then of course there are the 2 most amazing boys in the world in there green attire..........

They are as cute as can be & full of life, love & energy & I AM BLESSED!!  

Hope you all had a great St. Patrick's Day.