Pretty Pink Posh Shop

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Sequin Wreath

It’s official, if I wasn’t a sequin addict before, I truly am one now. After taking photos of the different sequins in the Pretty Pink Posh shop and working on samples with them, I am loving every single color and product. Today I wanted to showcase my favorite of the mixes I put together- the Classic Christmas Mix.

I always love coming up with new, unique color palettes, but there are some classics that are just to good to mess with. Red, green and gold are the epitome of Christmas colors (in my mind) and these colors all work together beautifully. I wanted to challenge myself to create something with all of the colors and then I thought of a wreath. PERFECT!

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If you watched the November Craft Haul video, you saw that I got the Dainty Bow die. Doesn’t it work perfect with this wreath? I was a tad confused on how to put it together at first, but then I figured it out. I’ll do a video in the near future showing how to put it together, in case you’re like me. This bow is so cute- I have so many fun ideas with it!

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Shop update: there are only 5 days until the official grand opening! I’ve received some more products that I’ll be adding to the store and soon my shop will be stocked full again. It’s been such a blessing to get some orders this last week- it’s really helped me get a glimpse of what items will be popular and I’ve been able to order more items. Thank you to all those who have ordered thus far- it truly means the world to me to get your support and also hear how much you like the packaging and products!

As promised, I have the listing of the 10 special guests that will be joining me on Sunday for the celebration. Each of these gals have such a unique style and I am on pins and needles to see how they use their PPP products. I hope that you plan on joining us for the inspiration and I’ll be having a special and giveaways! specialguests

I hope that you were inspired by today’s sequin card. Thanks for stopping in!


Hello Doily!

Do you remember when doilies were all the rage in paper craft land? What started as something that was classified as “shabby chic” in style quickly drifted and those of us who can’t pull off that style to save their life  I tried my hand at incorporating them into my cards. At times I was successful, then there were other times I failed at it completely. While doing a purge of supplies and some cleaning, I came across my stash of doilies and decided to give them a whirl again. I truly do love how they look on cards….when they’re done right.

My card today is fairly simplistic, but it’s hard to make anything fussy when I use the Fresh Cut Florals set and dies. I think they’re so beautiful on their own, I try not to let anything take away from their beauty. I had originally created this card and it didn’t have the doily, but it was lacking something and then voila!

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For those new to my site, one of my favorite things to do is use sequins and add rhinestones or pearls on top of it. It’s double the bling without being over the top. SWOON!

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As many of you know, I’m prepping for the launch of my shop in these next few weeks. I’m getting the last of the products that will be in the shop opening this week, I just confirmed proofs for my tags and business cards and my packaging stickers just arrived. It’s all so exciting and completely nerve wrecking at the same time! As soon as everything arrives, I’ll be working overtime to get my shop up and running. Eeeek!

That’s going to wrap up this post. If you have guesses as to what will be in my shop, I’d love to hear them. Some of you have (correctly) guessed and then others are very close. Let’s just say I’m starting SMALL and sticking with items that are very ME. *wink*

Pretty Princess + GIVEAWAY

For my long-time readers, you know that I enjoy doing giveaways. With a limited budget, I’m not able to do them too often….however, occasionally a company will reach out to me and want to host one on my blog. Today is one of those special days!

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I am absolutely LOVING the Paper Sweeties line that was started by my sweet friend, Debbie. She has designed the most adorable line of dolls, outfits and accessories that can bring old and young together seamlessly. Here’s a little bit more about the company….

Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers hand drawn, high quality photopolymer acrylic stamps.  Our heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiments, labels and accessory sets – perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties shoppe carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so much fun to play with, and are sure to bring back fond childhood memories!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party invitations and favors, home decor and so much more!

We will be attending our very first show, CKC Scrapbook Convention in Charlotte, NC August 16th – 17th as a vendor!  We hope to see you there!

Before I give you the details of the giveaway, I wanted to show you another card I created with these stamps. This card features Abigail, Dream A Little Dream, I’m Having A Tea Party and of course, lots of patterned papers.

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Okay, now onto the information on how you can win a $25 Paper Sweeties gift certificate!

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OPTIONAL ENTRIES

That is FIVE possible entries! Giveaway ends at 11:59pm PST on Saturday, March 16, 2013.

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I can’t wait to read what your favorite Paper Sweeties sets are and also hopefully see some new social media friends! I know that Debbie would love to meet some of my amazing readers too- be sure to stop by and say hello to her. :)

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I have the greatest readers and fans. I’m so thankful that I can share my creations with you, along with stories, pictures and also the great companies I find along the way. I introduced you all to Stamp Your Life last week and seeing you check out their site and purchase items was so awesome! I want you to know that I don’t take my recommendations lightly and with new sponsors coming soon, rest assured that they have my seal of approval. There’s something exciting stuff on the horizon and I can’t wait to start sharing some of it with you!

Okay, now onto the real reason for this post…..it’s time to announce the winner of the Stamp Your Life Gift Certificate.  Below is the winning comment.

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Kristi, please email me {contact information on the top} and I’ll pass along your info to the folks over at Stamp Your Life so you can start shopping!

I’ll see you all back here on Monday for a brand new Featured Blogger with a well known crafter. I know many of you will recognize the name, while this person may be new to others. I can’t wait to share who this talented person is!

Have a great weekend. Until next time….

Giveaway Winner!

I’ve been feeling under the weather, so this is going to be a quick post. Sadly all I want to do is eat hot soup, warm cozy pajamas and socks and sleep. Hoping this sickness bug goes away soon- it doesn’t make life very easy when I have things to do!

Since the giveaway for this beautiful teapot has ended, I figured I should probably post the winner.  Have I mentioned how grateful I am for Random.org? It picks a winner for me which is good- I want to choose everyone as a lucky winner! A great big thank you to all who entered. I had so much fun reading your favorite items in the re.Served store and also hearing you have “liked” them on Facebook. The owner is such a sweetheart and you all know I love supporting small businesses. :)
Congratulations to Unordinary Love! Please email me your contact information and we can get this teapot mailed out to you.
A great big thank you to Victoria over at re.Served for this amazing giveaway. I have a feeling you’ll be seeing more of her products here on the blog- I’m such a big fan now!
Talk with you later….. stay healthy!

Giveaway Winners

Hello! 
It’s time to announce the winners of my latest giveaways! A giant thank you to all who entered, started to follow my blog and Facebook page. I absolutely love seeing new friends here on the blog! 
Below are the 20 lucky winners of Jenny Simmons new single, Heaven Waits for Me.

Entry #112- Kelsey H.
Entry #11- Larissa M.
Entry #100- Holly W.
Entry #132- Jeff M.
Entry #70- Jen H.
Entry #123- James W.
Entry #153 MacKenzie
Entry #66- Abby C.
Entry #136-Shannon L.
Entry #9- Jessica N.
Entry #117- Emmanuelle G.
Entry #41- Kimberly C.
Entry #4- Kasey
Entry #62- Marcia R.
Entry #19- Charissa K.
Entry #119- Tammy
Entry #75- Loz H.
Entry #139- Heidi H.
Entry #48- Dorreen P.
Entry #158- Carolyn P.
 
Winners, I’ll start sending the songs via iTunes gift soon- keep a lookout for that email! I hope that you enjoy this song as much as I do. Also, Jenny’s new cd comes out next year; I hope you plan on purchasing it! 
Have a wonderful rest of your day….talk with you all soon! 

Birthday Blog Giveaway Winners

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Hi friends!

Just stopping in really quickly with the winners of the Birthday Blog Giveaways! I have emailed each of the winners, but wanted to make it “official” and also post them here. :)

A GIANT thank you to everyone who entered and helped spread the word. You made this such a fun giveaway and I loved seeing people from all over the world enter. Hopefully I can do more giveaways in the near future.

Here are the four lucky winners……

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Congratulations to these ladies! I’m hoping to be back within a day or two with the 10 Minute Craft Dash #4 Highlights. I’ve been feeling miserable all this week and have a neurologist appointment tomorrow- I’ll get them up as soon as possible. Stay tuned!

Four Years of Blogging= 4 Giveaways!

Hello, sweet blog friends! 
It’s a special time of the year here on the blog…. I’m celebrating 4 years of blogging! It’s so hard to believe that much time has passed– I still remember typing up those very first posts! Looking back, it’s been so neat to see the progression I have made as a crafter and blogger, but also as a person. I’ve had some blog followers from the very beginning (thank you!), and then some have just found my blog. Whatever the case may be, I’m so thrilled and honored to have you as followers of my blog!
In honor of this special occasion, I’ll be giving away FOUR gift certificates (one for each year, of course!). Also, since I turned 25 this year, I thought I would bring that into the equation and make them each $25! Pretty awesome, right? 
I wanted to make sure I didn’t exclude any of my blog followers, so I’m including two crafty gift certificates, but also two for everyday things. Up for grabs is one gift certificate to the following places: Amazon, Target, DeNami Design and Simon Says Stamp! There will be four winners total, one person for each GC!
 
For this giveaway, I’m going to be using a new system- this will enable you to get in multiple entries and make it easy for me to choose winners. If you do all of the different options, you’ll actually have 12 entries total- pretty neat, right? It’s super easy too! 
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 Note: I cannot guarantee that you will receive the GC that you would like the most– I’ll do my best though! Winners will be chosen at random and be announced on my blog.

Are you a fan of my blog? I would love for you to spread the word to your friends! As I’ve mentioned in the past, I have big dreams and plans for this blog and wholeheartedly agree with the saying “the more the merrier”!
If you would like to add the giveaway graphic above to your blogs, please feel free– in fact, I would LOVE it! Best of luck to those who enter!

Food Poisoning- no fun!

Hi guys,

Just a quick post saying I have to skip my Thankful Thursday post today. This morning/ afternoon I have dealt with food poisoning and have been hurled over in the bathroom for quite a bit. Guess that late night stop to a 24 hour diner really wasn’t such a great idea yesterday. Yuck!

Hoping to be 100% better soon so I can get a real post up in the next day or so. Hope YOU all are doing well!

Gum Wall in Seattle!

Hi-ya, friends!

Did you all have a good weekend? It was SUNNY this weekend and I got quite a bit done. Don’t you love when you’re able to cross things off the “to do” list? I got a lot crossed off mine list, which was such a great feeling. Can I get a woot woot?

 
Yesterday, after church, the boyfriend, his good friend and I decided to take a short little adventure to Seattle. The spot we chose: the gum wall! I have lived here my entire life and have never been to this local infamous spot. In my head it sounded exciting, and granted, it looks cool in pictures. However, once you get up close, it’s really disgusting. The thought of thousands of different people putting their gum on a wall is somewhat repulsive. Nevertheless, I had to “make my mark” and added a piece.
I hope this post didn’t gross you out too much. :) Hope you’re having a GREAT Monday!