Princess Kaitlyn

So... while I was away, we welcomed another baby girl into our family. My dear cousin, Jamie welcomed her first baby, Kaitlyn on October 15th.



She's so precious!

You all know that I am all about making something beautiful out of next to nothing. I am also obsessed with creating inexpensive gifts for family and friends.

I created this sign for Kaitlyn's nursery.



It started out as a 24" x 6" piece of mdf. I spray painted it Sweet Pea pink. Used my handy dandy Cricut, some cute black scrapbook paper with sweet white polka dots, cut out the words and the cute little crown. I Mod Podged these pieces on where I wanted them. With a few more coats of Mod Podge, some rhinestones to finish off the crown and some black ribbon it was complete!

Making a Comeback!!!

Hey there!!! How have you all been????

I want to apologize for not being around for the past month and a half or so. The Prince and I have been going through some personal stuff since August and have been working very hard to get through it. With all of that, I haven't had the time or the energy for much else.

To all of you who have stuck around waiting for my next post... THANK YOU!!!!!! It means the world to me!!!

To those of you that I have lost while I've been gone... I'll win you back, I promise!!!!

I hope everyone is having a great fall!!!! I've been checking in every so often and there is some real fabulousness going on out there!!!!

I still owe two of you giveaway prizes... I haven't forgotten about you. Your packages will be mailed out next week, with a little surprise in them!!!!

I have tons of great things coming up so stay tuned!

Hugs,
Dawn

WE HAVE A WINNER...Or 2!!!!

Thank you all for the great responses I received to my Double The Fun Giveaway!!!

I know I haven't been a very good blogger lately, but I promise there is a ton of fun stuff coming!!!! Stay tuned!!!

So, without further ado:

The winner of Prize #1, the scrapbooking extravaganza is: Chari of Happy to Design!!!

The winner of Prize #2, the bird canvases is: DeBran of Hasselwoodfam.blogspot.com!!!

Congratulations, Ladies!!! E-mail me at eventuallycottage@yahoo.com with your addresses!!!

Please accept my apologies, I took pics of the drawing, but they won't load for some reason!

Last Chance!!!

Last chance to enter for my Double The Fun Giveaway! Check it out here.

I'll pick 2 winners tomorrow night!!!

Double The Fun Giveaway!!!

I know, I know, I'm a few (or five) days late posting this Double The Fun Giveaway, but who's counting, right?

My Double The Fun Giveaway offers 2 prizes! I will choose one winner for each of the prizes.

Here goes:

Giveaway #1: The scrapbook lovers giveaway! Included in this prize is everything pictured below.



You'll receive 1 pretty pink plaid scrapbook that's just waiting for your pictures; a package of page protectors; 2 scrapbook kits (one for holidays, and one for school pics); a package of little metal signs that you can use in your scrapbooking or for other crafts; and 8 packages of scrapbook paper (2 packages in each of the patterns shown below).




Giveaway #2: This set of 3 bird canvases. I gave away a set of these a couple of months ago, and everyone loved them. So... here's your chance to try again to win them!!!



Giveaway Rules:
1. Leave me a comment and tell my why you absolutely MUST have one or both of these prizes (although you can only win one). One entry!!!
2. Post about this giveaway on your blog and link back to this post. Another entry!!!
3. Follow my blog, or if you already follow me- let me know! 1 more entry!!!

Entries must be received by 7:00 Friday night (8/28). Winner will be chosen and posted at 9:00!!!

Good luck!

Make Your Monday!!!

I'm linking up today for Twice Remembered's Make Your Monday linky party!

My Make Your Monday contribution started with one of my favorite little square frames from Dollar Tree (they don't appear to carry them anymore... boo-hoo). The frames was originally silver, I spray painted it black.



Then I took some paper for acrylic paints (I forget what it's really called, sorry), cut it to fit the frame. Then sponge painted it to look like parchment paper. Next, I took a rubber stamp and applied it with a goldish brown paint.



Lastly, I printed out our monogram letter in the font and size that I wanted, and transferred it onto the paper with black transfer paper. Then I filled it in with black acrylic paint and WELLA!!!

Don't forget to head over check out what other creative ladies are doing for Make Your Monday!

Double The Fun Giveaway Is Coming... I promise!

I know I promised the giveaway would be posted yesterday, but I'm slowly adding to the scrapbooking prize. Bear with me, I'll have it posted soon!!!