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Friday Flair Features and a WINNER

1 · Oct 22, 2012 · 13 Comments

Happy Monday everyone! To say that I was overwhelmed with everyone’s kind comments and their amazing participation in last weeks Friday Flair would be an understatement. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again… You guys are my favorite friends ever!! You’re beautiful and talented and I love being able to get to know all of you through the link party. Thank you so much for bringing a smile to my face!

Here are a few of the links that caught my eye this week…

pumpkin halloween treat mug /// simple as that

sunmaid raisin halloween costume /// design.create.inspire

nautical rope coasters /// making homebase

pumpkin trick-or-treat bag /// wonky wonderful

almond white chocolate chunk oatmeal cookies /// eat cake for dinner

chalkboard cauldrons /// crafting in the rain

chocolate pumpkin cheesecake cupcakes /// brucrew life

diy kitchen chalkboard /// live laugh rowe

pasta fagioli soup /// stella b’s kitchen

fancy halloween frames /// little yellow barn

halloween treat jar /// cupcakes and crinoline

homemade hand warmers /// love, pomegranate house

cinnamon pull-apart bread /// high heels and grills

stamped icing tutorial /// papervinz

mini pumpkin cheesecake with gingersnap crusts /// life made simple

card catalog switcheroo /// two twenty-one

homemade marshmallow /// whole new mom

embroidery hoop pin cushion /// yellow spool

pumpkin soap /// clean and sentsible

roman tomato salad /// storybook reality

salted caramel mocha cupcakes /// a pumpkin & a princess

diy pallet wood gate /// the house on harrison

chocolate snickerdoodles with pumpkin kisses /// caramel potatoes

toothy monster cupcakes /// bird on a cake

I feel inspired, how about you? I can’t wait to see what you come up with for this week!!

Now… a big congrats goes out to comment #403 Katherine M. who won the Origami Owl giveaway from last week!! You guys have one more day to enter the Silhouette CAMEO giveaway going on right now. You won’t want to miss out on that one, or the fantastic deals going on over a silhouette as well.

Visit the Silhouette Site HERE to have access to these great deals!

Friday Flair Link Party /// Black Velvet Edition

0 · Oct 18, 2012 · 53 Comments

Eeeeek, it’s time for FRIDAY FLAIR!!! I can’t tell you how much I’ve missed Friday Flair over the past few weeks. I know that I said that I would come back way before this but, let’s just say… the move didn’t really go as planned.

Word of caution, don’t EVER rent a house sight unseen. Yes, I know that should go without saying. I thought things would go alright, I like to think the best of people, I had good vibes and I was wrong. We arrived and the place was a disaster. I know it’s totally our fault for not taking the time to come out here to hunt for a house in person, but quite frankly, we just didn’t have the time. Lesson learned… Won’t do that again! We are making the best of things and counting down the days until our lease is up. With this being our very first rental experience we are a little freaked out. But enough about me…

Here’s this weeks inspiration photo from Food Plus Words. Check out this BLACK Velvet Cake…

img source /// black velvet cake from food plus words

How fun would that be for a Halloween party. Love it!! Don't forget to enter this weeks giveaways… $50 shop credit for Origami Owl from Thursday and Wednesday we had a fabulous Silhouette CAMEO! Now let’s get the party started…

Time for Friday Flair!!

Origami Owl GIVEAWAY

0 · Oct 18, 2012 · 22 Comments

Day two of my return and I come bearing gifts once again!! An old friend of mine Tami has come to offer $50 shop credit to her new Origami Owl Shop!! Please contact her if you are interested in joining the Origami Owl team! She'd make an awesome mentor ~ #4466; tami@tamihuntsman.com or 919.412.3202

Have you heard of Origami Owl? It’s this great new company started by a FOURTEEN year old back in 2010. Isabella the founder of Origami Owl, came up with the idea to create see through lockets that people could customize to tell their story. BRILLIANT!! I wish I was that smart at fourteen.

Armed with great taste and $350 of her babysitting money that was matched by her parents, Isabelle set out to raise enough money to purchase a car when she turned 16. Little did she know that within two years, with help from her family, she has taken her fabulous idea and turned it into a thriving business. After a successful year with a mall kiosk, Isabella and her mother decided it would be more fun to take it the direct sales route. That way mothers and daughters can work together creating fun at home parties to share this fabulous product with their friends.

Isabelle and her Mother Chrissy in Family Circle Magazine

Tami sent me this beautiful locket that I had the opportunity to customize myself, and I LOVE it!! First of all, it doesn’t feel cheap at all. I’ve purchased jewelry from some other direct sales companies (who shall remain nameless) and once I received them, they felt like poorly made costume jewelry. I HATE that!! You’re paying high prices for really LOW quality items. Not with Origami Owl!

I selected the type of locket and chain that I wanted, then I had fun picking out the fun little items to put in the locket. These are the little trinkets that tell your story. I chose birthstones for my four kiddos, and the Eiffel Tower and sand dollar to remember some fabulous family trips that we’ve taken together. I capped it off with a hand stamped plate to place inside the locket that says “Love Life” a great daily reminder.

The great thing is that I can continue to customize it as I want. The locket isn’t sealed so you can change things out as you like. I love it!! To top it off they come in a cute little take-out container that I just adore…

Now for the goodies…Tami is offering one of you lucky guys a chance to win $50 worth of shop credit to her Origami Owl online shop!! All you have to do is follow the directions in the Rafflecopter box below…

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Also, don’t forget to enter this week’s Silhouette CAMEO giveaway, you won’t want to miss that and the fun deals for this month, and… Friday Flair is returning TONIGHT!! You won’t want to miss that!!

Halloween Silhouette CAMEO Giveaway

3 · Oct 17, 2012 · 53 Comments

BOO!! Have you missed me? I sure have missed you guys. Life’s been a little weird lately (more on that later,) but I’m BACK!! Not only am I back, but I’m back with everyone’s favorite CAMEO GIVEAWAY!!!

You got it!! One lucky WhipperBerry friend will have the chance to win a brand new CAMEO along with two rolls of vinyl, transfer tape and my favorite Silhouette hook. This is a prize valued at $351.95… Not bad!! This is perfect timing as well, we are in prime crafting season with the fall upon us. Here is what I made yesterday with my CAMEO…

I have always wanted a “Something wicked this way comes…” sign and this year I had the perfect set-up.

It was so easy to make. I used a chalkboard that I purchased at Décor Steals, but I’m sure you can find a fun surface that would work great with your décor. Then I used the Silhouette Design Studio to make the sign…

I used a couple of different fonts, The King & Queen Font and Ostrich Sans Black. I started designing away and added a couple of design elements from the fabulous Silhouette Design Library. I placed everything the way I wanted it and then made sure to use the Weld tool to weld everything together that overlapped. It turned out lovely, and it was sooooo easy to make!

Our fabulous friends at Silhouette have some aaaaamazing good deals for you guys this month!! A whole Trick-or-Treat bag full!!

Check it out FOUR different bundles to choose from!!

The CAMEO bundle with vinyl for only $269.99 (a $81.96 savings!!)
Adhesive Card Stock and Sketch Pen bundle for $14.99 (a $7.99 savings)
Halloween Vinyl bundle $24.99 (a $11.98 savings)
Halloween Heat Transfer bundle $24.99 (a $11.98 savings)

CLICK HERE TO SELECT YOUR BUNDLE!

Special savings good from October 17-31

Now’s a great time to stock up for the holidays my friends!! If you’re feeling lucky, you can enter to win the Silhouette CAMEO Vinyl bundle by following the directions in the Rafflecopter box below…

a Rafflecopter giveaway

What’s in My Handbag over at SNAP!

0 · Oct 5, 2012 · 2 Comments

Hello there long lost friends! I promise I will be back soon. We’ve arrived in Lincoln and are now madly trying to get settled. It’s been a bit of a bumpy entry to life here, but I will share more of that later. TODAY… I’m over at the SNAP blog sharing…

Come on over and check out what my bag says about ME over at SNAP!

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