Congratulation to my friend Cassie for making the 600th comment on My Color-Coded Life. Cassie has four daughters and they celebrate Easter, so I decided to make some gift bags for the girls. This was a very simple gift to make. I printed out the name labels on my computer and bought some gift bags … Continue reading The 600th Comment Contest
It has been quite awhile since my friend Courtney won The 500th Comment Contest, so long in fact, that I actually already have the winner for the 600th Comment Contest! (Insert a bunch of embarrassed emojis here!) I have owed Courtney her prize forever and I finally gave it to her this past week, just in … Continue reading The 500th Comment Contest Winner
My wrapping marathon has begun. It began Saturday when I attended my friend's annual gift wrapping party. She makes the most incredible bows! She's a wrapping expert. I always choose a special paper for the gifts we will open X-mas Eve. (We give each other new pajamas and a book the night before the big … Continue reading Over the fields we go. Wrapping all the way…
Olivia attended a superhero birthday party a few weeks ago. I knew I wanted to wrap the presents we brought to go along with their theme. It was a brother and sister who were celebrating, so we needed two gifts. Through a quick search on Pinterest, I found the Meaningful Mama and her awesome free … Continue reading Gift Wrapping for Superheroes
I'm looking forward to just relaxing this 4th of July, spending time with family and having fun in the sun. I decided to put together small gift bags for the kids to give them some fun things to do poolside. I put all this together from the Target dollar bins and my own computer! I … Continue reading 4th of July Fun!
Seriously, I need to rename this My Weekend Favorites... who cares about the alliteration. On TV - I still need to catch up on Scandal , Suits, Chicago Fire & PD, and Law & Order SVU. But I am finally caught up on Nashville and Grey's ( can we talk about Isaiah Washington coming back? … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 03.21.14
I don't know about you, but the thought of taking down and storing all of my holiday decorations can be daunting. Sometimes I feel like as soon as I get the house decorated exactly the way I want it, the New Year's ball has dropped and its time to take everything down again. One thing … Continue reading Holiday Decoration Storage
Happy Friday everyone! I took today off from work so my weekend started last night - BUT some of you only have a few hours left! My faithful readers know I love the weekends, a chance to step away from the grind, spend time with family (or get some precious "me" time.) I also love recapping … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 08.09.13
We have reached the end of the week. Happy Friday! I'm so glad it is the weekend! Here are all my favorite things from the past seven days. On TV - Suits - Season Three returned this week and it didn't disappoint. I think this is one of the best shows on TV right now … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 07.19.13
This whole idea started when I was flipping through All You magazine and saw this article entitled How to be a Great Griller. I decided to pull it out for my sister who we visit for 4th of July. She has always been the griller in our family. As each summer issue hit my mailbox, … Continue reading Summertime Binder for Barbeque Recipes
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