Just a random little snippet of what I’ve been up to lately. A big ole HAPPY {belated} MOTHER’S DAY to all the mommas out there! This year I had the best Mother’s Day gift a mom could ask for…a 2 year old! Blakelyn’s birthday fell on Mother’s Day this year so she and I spent the day together and it was quite lovely. We snuggled and lounged around…simply enjoying being together. She even took a nap on my lap! <3 Wanna see?
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We celebrated her birthday on Saturday with family and a couple friends at a place called Monkey Joe’s. It was our first time there and it was FUN! Big, inflatable slides and bounce houses…such a blast! Blakelyn definitely didn’t want to leave. We did a little photo shoot a few days before her birthday as well and I’ve gotta say, it’s a LOT harder getting her to hold the wooden letters at age 2! Last year I just sat them on her lap and she held them. This year she was a bit more mobile and distracted. Guess that means we’ll have to practice with more photo shoots in the future!
I can’t believe my baby is 2. Time has just RACED by and it feels like just a few months ago I was in the hospital waiting for my little girl to arrive. She’s amazing. She’s my world. I’m so blessed to be her mommy. So bring it on, terrible twos! Let’s do this!
I’ll update with more pictures soon and be sure to follow me on instagram (@nicoledevon) to see what I’m up to! And? I vlogged! It’s a Spring toddler consignment haul! I got quite a few pairs of shoes for B, a few outfits, and some other stuff. Be sure to check it out and if you like it don’t forget to subscribe to my channel! So that’s your little to do list. Follow me on instagram, check out my vlog, subscribe…and if you’re STILL looking for something to do on the internets? Check out FoxyBingo.com (actual fox, not foxy women haha!) if you’re the bingo playin’ type! I haven’t been able to play around on it because I’m from the US, but I’ve heard from a couple of my bloggy friends that it’s a hit! So add that to your to do list, UK friends!
Alright. It’s bed time for this momma. I’m still working. Still hard. Still tired. Still chuggin’ along.
Hello again, long lost blog. Well…this time it hasn’t been TOO long. So I guess I’m making progress, eh?
I have been SO busy lately trying to figure out how to balance working full time as well as being a mommy and a wife. We’re figuring it out, but with my husband working third shift everything is definitely a challenge. I’m grateful for these new opportunities in our lives, and am slowly adjusting to being away from my munchkin.
With all that said, I have some plans to write some good things about some good stuff. More VoxBoxes, something zingy, websites, makeup, and those are just a few little teasers for ya.
So let’s get to it!
In the land of Pinterest-y type sites, you’ll come across plenty of arts, crafts, ideas, and inspiration. This site gives you just that and is perfect for my expecting mommas! If you’ve been scouring the web for some ideas for where your new little bean will sleep, allow me to point you in the direction of a fab page that gives OODLES of ideas on how to decorate a baby nursery. Being the crafty little gal I am, my favorite part of the site is the “Baby Patterns” section under FREEBIES. There are tons of links for sewing patterns and such for your wee one!
I hope you all give it a peek and get some inspiration from it. For those of you on Pinterest, feel free to follow me and leave your Pinterest link in the comments so I can be sure to follow you!
Warning! This post is raw. I’m feelin’ a lot of feels here tonight, people. So allow me to apologize in advance for all the sap.
For the last 3 years (well…31 months to be exact) my job has been to raise a tiny human. From the size of a sesame seed to the size of a toddler. It’s been amazing…happy…overwhelming…wonderful. It’s been everything I dreamed of and more. (By more, I think I mean a lot more messy and a lot more stressful.) But even with the mess and stress, it’s been the best thing I’ve ever done in my life.
Maybe I’ve mentioned this on the blog before, but being a mommy (a stay at home mom to be more specific) has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. The scene? My kindergarten classroom. It was a day where we got to dress up as what we wanted to be when we grew up. Plenty of firefighters, policemen, doctors. But me? I wore a blazer. {I think it was my moms.} I had a tiny doll in a tiny doll stroller. {But it was just my size.} I wore a hat. {Because…apparently moms wear hats…?} I was a mommy. At the ripe age of 5, I knew that is what I wanted to be. Who I wanted to be. And that want stuck with me.
I am beyond blessed to have had a family understanding and supportive of the fact I wanted to stay at home with B. In fact, my family is the reason I wanted to be a SAHM. My grandmother stayed home, my mother stayed home. It just seemed like what you do. But sometimes? Life gets in the way. Life messes things up. Because that’s just the way life is.
Now doncha go thinkin’ we’re in some kind of trouble or something here. We’re surviving. It’s just easier to survive with two incomes right now.
So here I am. A working mom. I don’t stay home with my baby anymore. I don’t snuggle with her and watch cartoons with her in the morning anymore. I leave. I drop her off with family. And I leave. To do my job. Which is no longer to raise my baby from a sesame seed size to toddler size.
And it is so so hard to leave.
I’m just not ready. Being a mom? That’s all I know now. I didn’t even own a purse anymore because I only used the diaper bag. Always. All the time. Blakelyn was always with me.
She’s my best little friend. She’s been my ray of sunshine through the hard times. She has been my job. And while in the moment, I know I didn’t enjoy every second of it, I look back and can confidentially say I enjoyed every second of it. I was feeling overwhelmed with B’s messes the other day and I just stopped and almost teared up. I just watched her and thought, “I’m going to miss this. I’m going to miss feeling overwhelmed. I’m going to miss not getting a chance to get a second to pee alone. I’m going to miss this.”
So here we are. Making the transition. I’m left wondering when I’ll be able to even think about my drastic life changes without forming tears in my eyes.
I know this may seem so silly to the working mamas out there who have worked since their babies were 6 weeks. Or heck, this might seem silly to anyone because here I am, whining about leaving my “baby” who isn’t quite a baby anymore. But it’s so much more than that. It’s leaving my life. It’s leaving who I am. It’s leaving my dream.
It’s so hard when your life is so far off than what you’d imagined it would be. It’s hard to accept that I may not be the one and only person who knows every little thing about my munchkin. Someone else is going to get to know things about her before I do. I fed her every meal. Changed every diaper. These silly, mundane tasks are something I’m left longing for.
I have no idea what the future holds. Will I get to have more kids? Will I not get to be the one to take B to preschool? Again, such silly things. These are my dreams. These are the little things that matter to me. It’s going to be a long road letting go…
Photo from my Instagram. Showing my nervousness before I started my first day of training.
Thanks for listeningreading about all my feels. I’ll expand about this more in future posts.
Welp, they got me again! This time with the Holiday VoxBox 2012!
But it’s a good kind of “getcha” where a company sends me free stuff to try out and tell you about. Everybody likes free stuff!
Where is this free stuff from, you ask? A program called Influenster that I signed up for sometime last year. What is Influenster? Well they define themselves as this:
An exclusive online community where tastemakers and trendsetters (such as yourself) come to share the latest and greatest news, places, products, and reviews with each other. 2. The hotspot you just bookmarked on your web browser that turns your social influence into sweet rewards.
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You earn badges, be active on the site, and get FREE STUFF to vlog and blog about! I also did a vlog on the products I received if you’d like to check it out! I have received one VoxBox prior to this one, the Beauty Bloggers VoxBox 2012, and was super please about that one. You can check out the blog and the vlog I did on that one if you’d like.
But enough about the past, let’s focus on the NOW!
…even though the now is a bit late. Like I said, this is the “Holiday VoxBox 2012″ I’ll be chit chattin’ about in this blog. Aaaaaannnnnd in case you don’t have a calendar, it is not what people refer to as “the holidays” and it is not 2012. Whoopsies!
But better late than never, right?!
So without further delay, allow me to present this wonderful VoxBox to your eyes…
Awesome. Right?!
Now that I think about it, I’m not so sure what these products really have to do with the holidays…but oh well. Makes them enjoyable even if you wait until February to open them, YAY!
Products I received:
Quaker Real Medleys Oatmeal+ – These little buddies are $1.79 a cup and seem pretty fabulous for on the go. Just add hot water and BAM YOU’VE GOT BREAKFAST. I’m a huge fan of easy-to-make food, so melikes. Except…I’m not big on fruity oatmeal…and the flavor I got is apple. A maple brown sugar one though? MMM! Blakelyn can have this one, I’m sure she’ll love it!
NYC New York Color Liquid Lipshine - I received the color “Nude York City” *giggles* and it’s a perfect shimmery nude. It’s a very glossy gloss and feels nice and moisturizing on the lips. And for $2.49 a pop? I definitely can’t complain! A great price!
Kiss Nail Dress – For those of you who don’t know, I’m a teensy-weensy-itty-bitty-smidge bit obsessed with nail polish and nail…thingermabobs. These nail strips REALLY excite me. I’ve only tried the Sally Hansen ones, and those took way too long to put on and look nice. They were also a bit more expensive than these, so I’m super duper excited to try them. They’re 6.99 for a pack of 28 strips. There are 14 sizes in each so you’re sure to find a size that fits your fingers. They also don’t need polish remover to be removed! Whaaaat?! This worries me, but we’ll see! Be on the lookout for a vlog and a blog about these bad boys. Did I mention I’m excited? The pattern I got is called “Couture”. It does say it’s limited edition, so sorry if you go looking and can’t find it.
EBOOST -Hmph. My little brother loves these, so he stole this one. I got it in the flavor acai pomegranate, which sounds super delish. They retail for $28 for 20 powder packs, $39 for 30 powdah packs, or $39 for 12 shots. If a kid likes them, they must be pretty good.
Goody QuikStyle Brush – Eeeeeep! I wish you guys could FEEL THIS THING! I got the half round styler, and am LOVING IT. It has microfiber little…bristles? I guess? And they are soft and foamy and nice and DRY YOUR HAIR FOR YOU. I’m the same way about my hair as I am with my breakfast. I like easy. Easy is good. Especially with a toddler. (Moms, can I get a whutwhut!?) It does seem a little pricey for a drugstore brand hairbrush at $11.99…but I’d say it’s worth it.
Sole Society – This is the one and only “product” I’m a little bit meh about. They gave us $25 off our first shoe purchase. But all the shoes are at LEAST $40. Then there is probably the shipping charges. And the fact I don’t like shopping for shoes online. I don’t know what size shoe I wear. It seems like it’s always different! Plus, what if they’re not comfy? No matter how easy they say returns may be, I’m not into it. Seems like a PITA to me. *Heads to Target to look at shoes*
Montagne Jeunesse Face Masks – I’ve seen these at Walmart for as long as I can remember, but have never actually tried one. Now is my chance! they’re fairly inexpensive little things (under $2) so I’m not sure why I’ve never given them a shot, but my face could definitely use a bit of lovin’! These are apparently for blemish-prone individuals, and you know what? THAT’S MEEEE YAY!
So there you have it ladies and possible gents! The contents of my latest (and late in genera) VoxBox. I currently have TWO invites left if you are a vlogger/blogger and would be interested in joining. No commitment at all. You just get stuff and review it then get more stuff. EASYPEASY.
And of course, the friendly reminder down at the bottom to like my FB page as well as subscribe to my YouTube Channel. Please? And thank you!
DISCLAIMER: The Influenster Beauty Bloggers VoxBox 2012 was sent to me free for review as a member of Influenster. All opinions are my own.
These are all wonderfully negative words that I’m sure my Bloggy-Poo-Magoo would use to describe itself if it had feelings…and was alive…and all that jazz.
I don’t know why I don’t blog more often. I guess I just feel I don’t have the content. But I so do! Blakelyn is at an age where she says and does funny things, I take a bazillion photos a day, I knit things up the wazoo, so what the heck is up?!
I think about my blog often. Every couple days an, “ack! My blog! I should write something…” type of thought pops into my head. But I guess what it really takes is a night with baby sleeping, husband not home, being {almost} caught up on shop orders, and most importantly? Netflix being down.
SO HERE I AM, HELLO LITTLE FRIENDS!
But maybe you’re tall, not little. Whatevs.
To update you on my life…I’m still here. Still have a baby. (SH. No. Don’t tell me she’s almost two. I’m not ready. BABY.) Still have a husband. Still rockin’ and rollin’. (What?) AND NETFLIX IS STILL DOWN. Eh hem…yes. Right…
I was going to include a cute lil pic of B in this post, but my Internet apparently doesn’t like that idea. So I leave you with these few random sentences and no image. I so sorry
BUT! The good news! I’ll be back to blog in a few months sometime this week!
Hold me to it! Get on me about it! Virtually slap me PUH-LEAZE! I’ve got things to share, reviews to do, and…..YEAH!
An exclusive online community where tastemakers and trendsetters (such as yourself) come to share the latest and greatest news, places, products, and reviews with each other. 2. The hotspot you just bookmarked on your web browser that turns your social influence into sweet rewards.
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You earn badges, be active on the site, and get FREE STUFF to vlog and blog about! I also did a vlog on the products I received if you’d like to check it out! I just recently was chosen to receive the latest VoxBox, the Influenster Beauty Blogger’s VoxBox 2012. Now doesn’t that just sound fancy!? Here is is in all it’s glory!
Ain’t she purdy!? It also came with a little card that said something along the lines of YAY YOU’RE AWESOME AND WE CHOOSE YOU PIKACHU TO GET THESE NEAT THINGS! …not really. But, you know…
Products I received:
NYC New York Color IndividualEyes Custom Compact – This retails for $4.99 and comes with everything you need for a fancy eye look. Primer, illuminator, applicator, and complimenting shadows. They have different compacts that include different colors, and each one is meant for a different eye color. Unfortunately, this product arrived damaged. Influenster sends out all the products they receive, so I couldn’t get a replacement. SAD.FACE. But it’s okay, I think with a little Pinterest magic I’ll be able to make it look good as new! (Anyone know what I’m talking about? The rubbing alcohol trick? I’ll let you know if it works!)
Kiss Ever Pro Lashes Starter Kit – EYELASHES! I always appreciate a pair of brand spankin’ new eyelashes! These retail for $5.99 and comes with the eyelashes (2 of them! PERFECT for me since I have 2 eyes!!!), adhesive, and applicator. WhooooooDAWGGY.
Bath & Body Works Mini Candles – Yum, yum, yum! It’s fall which means CANDLE SEASON! I’m so happy they through this in because I’ve been dying to go candle shopping but $20 B&BW candles aren’t exactly in the budget, yee-OWCH! The scent I received was “Pumpkin Cupcake” and pretty much smells like a cupcake that is pumpkin…y. It is super yummy and I love it. (Notice it’s the only thing in the picture that I couldn’t wait to photograph and had to use? Yep. Whoops.) These little bundles of scent joy retail for $3.50. Along with the candle they included a coupon to save $10 on a 3-wick candle. That was great and all, but it expired about a week after I received my VoxBox, so I didn’t get to use it. ANOTHER.SAD.FACE.
EBOOST – It’s orange-y deliciousness meant to boost your mood, focus, and immunity! I have yet to drink this, but it’s on my list of things to do! My to-do list is a bit long, and I keep forgetting about it. Orange isn’t my favorite flavor, but someone should remind me to drink this shizz! They are also available in pink lemonade, acai pomegranate, and super berry, Ohhhh how I wish I could’ve gotten the pom or berry! NUM. They retail for $28 for 20 powder packs, $39 for 30 powdah packs, or $39 for 12 SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS….EVERYBOOODAAAAAY! *Eh hem* Back to our regularly scheduled programming…
Goody Simple Styles Spin Pin – I’m wearing these right now and they’re pretty great! It’s 2 little “pin” thingers that are spiral shaped. You twist your hair into a bun, spin one pin into the top and one into the bottom, and BAM. Instant hairdo! They retail for $7.29 and come in different colors to match your hair!
Not Your Mother’s Smooth Moves Frizz Control Hair Cream – I’m so happy I got this little sample. My hair isn’t particularly frizzy normally, but I have a perm that has grown out so sometimes the ends can get a bit whack-o. This cream does the job quite nicely. A full size 4-oz bottle of it retails for just $6, so it’s definitely a good and affordable product!
And that is that. I may (or may not…remember? No promises!) post individual blog posts of each product in the near (or not so near…again with the anti-promising, people) future. I guess the 4 1/2 of you who read this blog will have to anxiously wait!
If you’re a vlogger/blogger I highly suggest you check out Influenster and sign up. If you shoot me a comment or email I’d be happy to give you one of my invites so you can get going right away! (I only have 5 of them, so please be serious about it!) And now it’s time for me to shamelessly beg for you to like my FB page as well as subscribe to my YouTube Channel. Please? And thank you!
DISCLAIMER: The Influenster Beauty Bloggers VoxBox 2012 was sent to me free for review as a member of Influenster. All opinions are my own.
I’ve decided at the last minute (just like most things I decide) to participate in the Autumn Bucket List linky-doo-dah going on over at Marie’s blog. She’s a lovely vlogger turned blogger who was one of the first couple of vloggers on YouTube I subscribed to and that inspired me to start vlogging myself. She’s a sweetheart, go check her out!
So what is this Bucket List business, you ask? Marie made a lovely little picture to explain it:
So what we Bloggy McBloggertons have to do is simply blog about our favorite fall meal, drink, outfit, activity, make up, and decor! And what’s easier than sharing your favorite things?! Marie will be posting everyone’s completed posts so you’ll see plenty of idea and inspiration for fall-y goodness over there from everyone! I’m excited! If you’re participating feel free to comment on this post and let me know so I don’t miss out on your faves!
This part is optional, but I really like the idea behind it so I’m going to throw this into the fall blog stew as well. It’s simply a list of things I want to do this fall. I’ll try my best to blog about these as well, but no promises!
My Personal Autumn Bucket List:
Throw Blakelyn into a nice lookin’ pile of leaves
Visit the pumpkin patch
Grab some Starbucks and go for a chilly walk
Make Blakelyn’s Halloween costume
Take Blakelyn Trick or Treating
Hay Ride. ‘Nuff said.
Make homemade applesauce
Do the “I <3 Fall Tag” vlog
Go on an adventure
Carve/Paint pumpkins
I’m not going to lie, I’ve already completed a couple of things on my list…BUT I’d like to blog about them so I’m waiting to blog and cross off and link and all that good stuff so you’ll see it when I do it, know what I mean, jelly bean? That sentence was long, my coffee is kickin’ in, and it’s time to go feed my munchkin some lunch. Happy Halloween everyone! I’m lookin’ forward to crossing off some bucket list things this Autumn with everyone!!!
I’m not even going to bother apologizing this time, or making empty promises that I may not end up keeping. I’m sorry I’ve been such a jerk to you, my little bloggy munchkins. I always have such good intentions on blogging but then that thing called life gets in the way. *Sigh* Life. *Shakes fist*
Anywhoodley-doodley!
I figured I’d start getting back into the SWANG (how cool people say swing) of THANGS (how cool people say things, duh) by posting some nail of the day posts. (AKA: NOTD…LOL, BRB, TTYL? No, Nici…no.) I’m a Julep Maven and I lovelovelove it. Each month, I get 2 polishes and a nail care item for 20 smackeroos. It’s like a magazine…but NAILPOLISH. You take a quiz, it tells you your style, and you get that style’s polishes each month. *Infomercial voice* BUT WAAAAIT! THERE’S MORE! If you don’t like the colors of your style that month you can pick A DIFFERENT STYLE! Or if you hate all of them (boo on you!) then you can totally just skip over that month and Julep is like a little dog who will still love you even though you didn’t want to play with it yesterday. …what? Yes. So. On with zee nails!
This October the Julep polishes (in my opinion) were simply FAB and I ordered all. of. them. (Except apparently a glow in the dark one that I missed somehow? Bummer.) They’re a mix between fall and Halloween colors, with a few fun crackles thrown into the mix. I know, I know. Crackle is so out. But they were Halloween-y and fun so I figured, “why not?” I’ll be going through these polishes 1 by 1, giving them each their own special little post on my special little blog. I also post nails to my Instagram, so if you’d like to follow me on there, please do!
We’re kicking things off with the polish “Leslie” from the “It Girl” style. I really hate starting things off with a sour note, but I feel I should be honest and say that I don’t completely love this one. I look at it in the bottle and it looks gorgeous, but on the nail it comes off looking a bit dull. This is only the second polish from Julep that I haven’t been in love with (out of 20-something polishes) so I still mean it when I say I lovelovelove Julep polishes.
I had a hard time capturing the sparkles. You’ll be able to see them a tad bit better in the macro shot below. Sorry I forgot to take a picture of just the polish in the bottle, but we’ll blame life (or mommy brain) for getting in the way again. This polish is a lovely deep black that in the bottle almost comes off as a grey due to the extreme amount of silver sparkles. It is CRAZY sparkly-looking in the bottle, but once on the nail it is a bit of a let down.
This macro shot took quite a while to get. But with the perfect amount of cloudy window lighting and a just a smidgen of flash all while holding my nail at just the right angle and battling a toddler not to touch my near-perfect setup…you’ve got a beautiful nail! It really doesn’t look this sparkly when just glancing at the nail. But pretty picture, eh? I make sparkles look good. Ohhh yeahhhh.
Without Seche Vite this polish would be SUPER dull and flat. Seche Vite is my top-coat God. Surrisly. It brought a bit of life and vibrance and shine to this mani. All in all, if you’re browsing through the Julep shop thinking of purchasing a few polishes, Leslie wouldn’t be my top choice. The good news about this polish? It looks fine and dandy from afar, and the color is beautiful. Just those gosh darn sparkles that failed us. Maybe next time, sparkley-doo-dads. Maybe next time…
But on that note, my friends…I leave you with this. The perks of having a girl…
She definitely has a bit of her momma in her. Quite diva-licious if I do say so myself. Her favorite things currently are nailpolish, lipstick, and taking things out of the refrigerator.
See you tomorrow or the next day, I’ll be showin’ off another one of Julep’s October polishes!
***If you’d like to sign up to be a Julep Maven, click here and check it out!***
Once again I have proved to you all that I really suck at sticking with this whole blogging thing. That’s okay though because sometimes I get busy having a life (psh, yeah right.) or taking care of my little munchkin.
Speaking of little munchkin!
SHE IS GOING TO BE ONE IN THREE WEEKS!
*Sobs*
I tried as hard as I could to keep this from happening, but apparently babies turn into toddlers whether you like it or not. *Sigh*
So what has lil ole Nici been up to? Hm. I don’t even remember where we left off. So I’ll just give you the recent scoop.
I vlog! Wanna see? Here’s a video where I talk about makeup, fluff mail, and yarn. You also get a sneak peek at Blakelyn being adorable and signing “more”.
If you think I’m awesome, you should totally subscribe to my YouTube channel. That will make me happy and want to blog more. I’ll try, and I’ve got a couple of reviews/giveaways coming up so I’ll HAVE to right?! But keep up with me on the vloggage and if you really like me you can friend my Facebook vlog/blog page here:
NICI’S AWESOME FACEBOOK You can actually friend this one, it’s not just a fan page. I’ll chat with you, you chat with me. We can even “like” each others posts! Yessssss.
I still have a Facebook fan page, so if you haven’t and you’d like to, you can like that one too.
SO YES. Sorry there are no pictures or anything fun like that, I’ll get my booty in gear and start updating the buhjeezus out of everything, sound good? In the mean time, subscribe me, friend me, like me. I promise I’ll friend you back and I promise I don’t bite!
Thanks for reading this pointless blog, my next post should be a review on a clothing line! *Insert oooo’s and ahhh’s here*
Christmas! I woke up this morning in a Christmassy mood…
wait.
No. I’m lying. I woke up too early and was super tired and did not want to get out of bed.
What I really mean is, “after drinking my first five cup of coffee for the day, I was in SUCH a Christmassy mood.
It doesn’t help that Pinterest is all, “LOOK AT ALL THIS DIY CHRISTMAS STUFF YOU COULD MAKE!”
Speaking of Pinterest, follow me. Also speaking of Pinterest, I’ve been a huge “I’ll pin this and make it someday” kind of pinner. But ah-ha! Today. For the very first time. I did something that I pinned.
*Crowd cheers*
Yeah. So. Back to that.
A couple months back, I picked up an old picture frame from Goodwill. (Of course, with the intentions of doing something I had pinned.)
I even made this picture super huge for you so you could see the details and my wonderful iPhone photography.
Seriously though, forgive me that all the pictures in this post are from my phone.
Boo.
The frame has just been chilling around the house. Sometimes on the floor, sometimes on the printer, and most recently, tucked away under the desk. I don’t know what got into me at 7 in the morning, but I was like DUDE. I’MMA BREAK OUT THE SAND PAPER AND GO AT THIS BITCH.
Literally.
And I made it into something pretty.
Would you like to know how I did it? I’m sure you could figure it out because it is so ridiculously simple it makes me want to cry, BUT. I will tell you anyway.
Step 1: Buy ugly frame. (Mine was 99 cents.)
Step 2: Let ugly frame sit around your house for a while. (It needs to rest and be ugly.)
Step 3: Sand ugly frame. (I had some sandpaper laying around, so this was free…kinda.) Step 4: Spray paint ugly frame a pretty color. (I chose white. My spray paint was just sitting around too but the price sticker says $3.97.) Step 5: Put something pretty in your pretty frame (I chose Christmas Subway Art from this blog. They suggest printing it larger and through a store, but I did it at home and placed it over the ugly picture in the pretty frame. So that was pretty much free too.)
AND VIOLA! YOU HAVE JUST MADE PRETTY!
Are you doing DIY Christmas decorations this year? I am. Save some mooooolaaaaaahhhh! Plus it’s fun and I like to make things pretty, don’t you? Stay tuned for more pretty Christmas things! I’ll also post a picture of the pretty frame in it’s pretty location once there are more pretty things.
Ain’t she purdy!? It also came with a little card that said something along the lines of YAY YOU’RE AWESOME AND WE CHOOSE YOU PIKACHU TO GET THESE NEAT THINGS! …not really. But, you know…
So what we Bloggy McBloggertons have to do is simply blog about our favorite fall meal, drink, outfit, activity, make up, and decor! And what’s easier than sharing your favorite things?! Marie will be posting everyone’s completed posts so you’ll see plenty of idea and inspiration for fall-y goodness over there from everyone! I’m excited! If you’re participating feel free to comment on this post and let me know so I don’t miss out on your faves!
Me. Totally me.
I woke up this morning in a Christmassy mood…
I even made this picture super huge for you so you could see the details and my wonderful iPhone photography.
