I won!

Ok I won  a long time ago, but I have been busy.  I enter giveaways all the time, and once in a while I win.

I once won some double sided tape.  It was much cooler than you would think.  I have never had double sided tape, it's cool stuff. I think the woman who did the giveaway was a little put off by how excited I really was.  She must have thought I was a nut. 

I also won some personalized moving announcements.  They were awesome.

AND now I won some jewelry!

I really love the two pieces I won, and I got a bonus pair of earrings.  How cool is that?

 

The red earrings are fabulous!  I have worn them more often than any other earrings in ages.  They are comfortable, and sparkly.  

The pearl clips are great, I just need an occasion to wear them.  Too bad my wedding is over, they would have been perfect. 

The purple ones look great too.  I love the way they have several different beads in the same color. 

I must say, it was nice to win something.  I never do all the extra stuff to get extra chances, like blog about giveaways, or Facebook it.  I usually just leave one comment and hope I win.  And this time I did win.  Yay.

If you like this jewelry please check out Mila's etsy store here. 

What about you?  Do you win giveaways?  Do you do all the extra stuff? 

My Pink Fix

I love pink.  When Jeff and I were deciding on our wedding colors, pink was my first choice, but in the end we only used a little pink for two reasons.  One, all my bridesmaids hated pink.  They would have worn pink if I asked them, but I did not want to make them miserable.  And two, I wanted Jeff to feel he had a part in the planning of the wedding, and he felt a little uncomfortable with a really pink wedding.  In the end, we made brown and white our colors with a light pink accent.  It was perfect.  I digress... my point is...I like pink.

I can't decorate my house pink for one of the same reasons I did not make pink the main color in my wedding.  I think Jeff would be a tad uncomfortable with a pink house, room, or whatever (although I like Beth's pink closet idea).  All that aside, I still love the color pink, and have managed to infuse it into some of the things I do, colors I wear, and objects I own. 

Without further ado, here is a little pink fix for anyone who might need it.

My pink dress.  This is a fabulous dress on its own, but the fact that it is also a rose pink just makes it that much better. (Sorry about the color, my camera is not the best, it is actually more pink and less purple than this)

A friend gave me this little pink memo pad and I love it.  It is much like my wedding invitations and it just makes me happy.  I'm actually thinking of using these colors for my desk.  Who says I can't at least have a pink desk?  I like this idea more and more.

On Sunday night I sat down and really got my pink fix.  I took out all my girl-y pink Valentine's stuff and made some cards for my female friends.  I decided this year that I would not send any cards to the couples who usually get my Valentine's cards, but only to the girls.  So I made some cards just for them.

**Spoiler alert....some of these cards will be given to my girl friends so don't scroll down if you want to be suprised*****

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I can't think of Valentine's Day without thinking of pink, but some of my women are more the blue type of girl, so I did some blue ones too.  What do you think?

Lastly, I came to the end of a magnetic memo pad and couldn't bring myself to waste the magnet, so I made some quick pink magnets with some old wedding table decorations.  For the tutorial on the glass marbles go here (I submitted this tutorial long before I started this blog; it is a pretty cool little craft)

I made hundreds of these little "message marbles" as I called them.  Lots of people got to take their favorite saying home.

Let me leave you with this.  It is a little postcard I found yeas ago.  It lives on my dresser mirror and it is very true to who I am (Again the card is more pink, damn those point-and-shoot cameras).

Besides my bridesmaids who hate pink, or at least hate to wear it, any of you need a pink fix once in a while?  What are the pink fixes in your home?

I'm such an optimist!

I'm always entering contests online.  I am that person who perpetually thinks they will win something, but never actually does. 

Actually that is not true, I won 20 moving announcements this summer  from Our Humble A{Bowe}d.

This is her work, but not the moving announcement as I didn't want to give out my address.

Before I left for India I was entering myself to win all kinds of things, and just ended up with a crowded inbox. 

So here I go again.

I just entered to win a Silhouette Cutter! @houseofsmiths http://bit.ly/f7pz6v 

This what I win (I think):

In the box

The Silhouette machine ships with the following important items:

• Silhouette machine
• Software for Windows XP/Vista/7 and Mac OS X 10.5.8 and higher
• Power cable, USB cable
• 2 Cutting mats (one for thick media, one for thin media)
• Cutting blade
• $10 gift card to the Silhouette Online Store

Silhouette SD
$299.99 
 And, I can make things like this... (and a whole lot more)

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It is a pretty cool machine.  Basically it cuts out designs from your computer.  I have dreams of making stencils and cards and such.  It is not something I would buy for myself, because I don't do that stuff enough, but if I won it...that would be nice. 

Feel free to hop on over the House of Smiths for your own chance to win.  Hey, you never know.