Feb 14
I received the most beautiful potholders for PP10. It is exactly what I dreamed of. thank you, Tiffany. Tiffany has a beautiful blog. Be sure to see her other lovely work.
The colors are perfect. So is the workmanship. Thank you again, Tiffany.
I have used wordpress.com, and I’ve been happy. I even purchased a premium template, which makes my blog beautiful. But, I wanted more. More control. More everything! I shopped around a few different times, but was never happy with pricing for hosting or the level of service. I stumbled up Twenty70hosting and loved their blogger special. I wanted a personalized email address. I purchased a domain, but never used it!!! So, today, I took the plunge. I’m moving my blog!!!
I am also attending Blissdom ’12. I would love to win $100 for my trip north. Woo Hoo.
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I never thought I would like online shopping, but it turns out that I do. I LOVE LOVE LOVE getting good stuff in the mail. It started with Amazon.com, but now has moved beyond books & music to garments, shoes and art supplies. This morning, I ordered from modcloth.com this:
Then, I ordered my BirchBox. I’ve been a member of New Beauty’s Test Tube for a while now, but need a monthly fix to get me by. 
Because I promised my daughter, I ordered two sketchbooks from the Sketchbook Project. I selected “The Last of the people I know.” Olivia selected “Writing on the wall.”
And lastly, I signed up for Carla Sonheim’s class – Silly 1 Redux – The Art of Silliness!
While at Blissdom ’11, I had the honor of attending a Don’t Fret the Sweat focus group with Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queenbees and Wannabees. I attended because I have a 9 year old and a 13 year old. I just knew I would learn something…. and I did! As my son enters his tween years, and my daughter enters her teen years, we encountered some “issues” with sweat, hormones and personal hygenie!
After attending the focus group, I am now a huge fan of Rosalind. She is a great spokesperson for this campaign. Please watch Rosalind below.
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There is also a Facebook page – Facebook.com/DontFretTheSweat
Full disclosure: I am participating in a One2One Network campaign and I am eligible to win cool prizes.I am learning Illustrator, because I want to design my own fabrics at Spoonflower. I’ve wanted to do this since 2008 when Spoonflower opened it’s doors, but I was scared. Creating a repeating pattern seemed hard and I don’t like to fail. I finally decided to bite the bullet and teach myself how to do it. I learned loads from online tutorials, but I really picked up speed after purchasing a book.
Know what? It isn’t nearly as hard as I thought. Yes, it takes a lot of trial and error, but it’s doable. My first design was a Japanese doll. At the time, I was very proud of it. But, I knew I could do better.
Here is the fabric after the printing process.
For my second design, I decided to try a Spoonflower contest – Rain. I wanted to push myself to learn more. I really wanted a more complex repeating pattern. While this design is not my favorite, I did learn how to seamlessly repeat a pattern. Can you see the improvement? I didn’t do too bad in the contest either (meaning I didn’t come in dead last!!!). I placed #205 out of 451 participants. I actually got 70 votes. That is worth celebrating!
I entered another contest this week, Black and White (No shades of grey). My design is much more complex and much more “my style.” Although, I don’t think I’ve honed in on “my style” yet. I’m working on it. For this design, I played with width of the black line and how close the lines were spaces to fool the eye into “seeing” shades of grey. So far, this is my favorite design. But I know I can do better!!!
Oh how I wished I used that building with the black room more than once…. Hindsight is 20/20…
Mar 30
Exposed: the Jockey® Blog » Jockey staycool Commercial Premiere#writeComment.
I love Tim Tebow and I am glad they chose him to launch their new StayCool line. My hubby is one the lucky recipients to try out the shirt. I can’t wait until it arrives. He is so hot natured. I am sure he will like it.
Mar 21
My daughter is ADDICTED to Nutella, so when I had the opportunity to host a Nutella Mommy Party, I could resist. What better way to score HUGE brownie points with a teen?!?!
Are you familiar with Nutella? Nutella is a tasty hazelnut spread that contains quality ingredients such as skim milk and a hint of cocoa. Nutella® spread on whole wheat bread, or any multigrain product, with orange juice or skim milk is a good combination for a balanced breakfast that the entire family will enjoy. Nutella contains no artificial colors or preservatives.
I was so happy when my Nutella box arrived. I immediately started plan a fun night for me and my friends. They sent the coolest bio-degradable travel coffee mugs. I have a “no more plastic” rule at my house. I try hard (VERY HARD) to not bring any plastic into my home. This was a cool perk for me!!
This is what greeted my guests when they entered my home.
As a busy mom of a teenager and grade school-er, I was all too happy to have a night to celebrate mommyhood. I had a few extra goody bags since some guest were not unable to attend at the last minute, but they were sent home to give to aunts and moms and neighbors.
For a snack, I made a childhood snack that my mom made for us. Spread peanut better on a graham cracker, then top with a marshmallow. Roast in the oven until marshmallow melts and is toasty. For my Nutella party I substituted Nutella for the peanut butter. I have to say, it was delicious.
Thank you Nutella for allowing me to host a Nutella party. I really enjoyed it.
While I’m on a reviewing bandwagon, do you want to hear about the products in my Beauty Tube? My mother also recieves the tube and we both agree, this season’s tube is WAY better than last season’s tube. I love nearly every product included:
Where do I start….
Mar 25
I am so excited! My family was asked to attend the Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco by MomSelect. The Cirque du Soleil will be at Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center FSU on May 13 at 7:30pm.
If you want to take your family, MomSelect is offering a discount on family of 4 tickets. Click here for more info.
My husband and I saw a “Russian Circus” in Myrtle Beach on our honeymoon. We enjoyed it so much and we’ve wanted our kids to see a really cool circus. Now is the time! Yippee.
If you can go, be sure to let me know. Maybe we can dine together before the show.
Shannon
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed Squint, Jr. for Out of the Box Publishing (OTBGames). You can see that review here. Our family has play Squint, Jr several times since that review. One night, my daughter and her spend the night company playing Squint, Jr. together. It really is a fun game.
So, I was pretty excited to try another OTBGames game. Leah from OTBGames sent me Squint, Jr., Wallamoppi and Backseat Drawing, Jr. Last night, I broke out Wallamoppi for me and PJ to play. Wallamoppi is a 2-person game, so I was waiting for the right opportunity to play.
In my last review, I posted my game manifesto. This is what I am looking for in a good family game:
Family Game Manifesto:
Wallamoppi contains a plastic drawstring bag filled with wooden tokens, stored inside a wooden box. Inside the wooden box is a series ledges that a marble travels down to create a rudimentary timer. Your turn is over BEFORE the marble drops into the hole at the end of the chute. Before the game starts, each player chooses a color – lights or darks. The object of the game is to remove a token from the base or sides of the pyramid, and then stack the token into a tower on top of the pyramid. The tower quickly gets wobbly, because the tokens have rounded edges and do not easily support tall towers (like Jenga). Within seconds of playing, I tired of this game. But, surprising to me, my son (age 7) loved it. The first game, we played with the marble timer, but we were easily able to complete our turn before the marble finished it’s course, so we quite using the timer. We played two more games and PJ really seemed to enjoy the game.
My recommendation is this is a good game for young children (age 7-10) to play together. It is not sophisticated enough to hold an adults attention.
I guess the best news is the game is VERY FAST. Sometimes that is a bonus…
The game retails for $24.99 and the price seems a bit high, but the materials used make the game probably contribute to the extra cost.
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