Ever Wanted Your Own Tailor?

Have you ever wished you could have your clothes personally tailored for you? I know I certainly have.

Just think how cool it would be to just tell someone your measurements, then they would make the clothes exactly for you.

That is precisely what eShakti can do for you, if you so desire.

They sell ready-made clothing, or you can customize it.

They’ve been featured in Glamour magazine so you know they’re awesome.

When I was asked to choose something to review, I was sorely tempted by this Eternal Sunshine Dress.

Lucky Clover Specimen Art

I’ve always liked specimen art pieces, but I’ve never made one of my own. When I received the nesting clover die from Lifestyle Crafts as part of their new Spring 2012 Core Collection, I decided to finally make my own specimen art – the Lucky Clover Specimen Art.

The nesting clover die has a variety of sizes.

Adding Even More Character To a Room With a Stencil

Next up in Jessica’s room makeover was the stencil.

*If you aren’t quite up to speed with us yet, be sure to check out the original room and the paint we are working with.*

I love the dimension and extra somethin’-somethin’ that a stencil can give to a room. It can add that extra “wow factor” that really makes the room!

Jessica and I turned to Royal Design Studio for the stencil, and had so many fantastic options to choose from. In the end, we chose the Tailfeather Allover stencil.

Isn’t it so pretty?!

Guess where that is.

Paint: A Simple Way to Make a Big Difference in a Room

One of the best ways to change a room is by painting it. Something about changing the color can do so much. It can add light and life to a room. If you missed all the before pictures of Jessica’s room that we are giving a drastic makeover, check it out HERE.

Jessica wanted a beach-themed room. She wanted to drastically lighten up the existing room. It was too dark. We needed a room where she could walk in, relax, and escape. So we turned to Dutch Boy paint. With hundreds of colors, we had plenty of options, but in the end we chose Allegheny Green.

It is EXACTLY what Jessica was looking for. In fact, the whole night

Jessica’s Room Makeover

Hey everyone! I know haven’t posted in about a week and let’s face it, I’ve been a sporadic blogger the past couple of months. Lots of reasons for that. One is I’ve been taking a much-needed step back and enjoying time with my family. I may get into that more in a couple of weeks, but now is not the time.

Another reason I’ve been MIA is that I’ve been helping my BFF IRL (gotta love acronyms) do a room makeover in her house. It’s coming along beautifully and I’m so excited to share it with you guys! You are going to love it (at least I hope you will).

Many of you have mentioned that the thought of a complete room makeover overwhelms you. A lot of you have also mentioned that you love step-by-step basic tutorials, so this room is going to be brought to you step-by-step. That way you’ll see that if I can do it…anyone can do it.

Come on in with me to the room we’re working with…

First wall you see when you walk in the room is this

Silhouette Tutorial: How to Cut and Apply Vinyl

I am overwhelmed by the response to the Silhouette tutorials. You guys are so sweet. Thank you for all your kind emails and comments!

One of the requests I’ve had from many of you is a tutorial on vinyl, so that’s what we are going to learn today. If you saw my “I love you because…” wall last week, then you’ve seen the vinyl I’m going to be making.

STEP ONE: Open up Silhouette and let’s get our page set up.

And the Winner of the Cinnamon Roll Cookoff Is…

In reference to my quest for the BEST cinnamon rolls recipe, I made over 200 cinnamon rolls in the space of 4 days, and my family (and friends) all agreed that the our favorite recipe is…

Pioneer Woman’s

These rolls are melt-in-your-mouth yummy! And really easy to make.

Usually for breads you need a fancy mixer (i.e. KitchenAid, Bosch, etc.). For these rolls you don’t!

You just need a stovetop and a big saucepan.

I tried this one a couple of ways.

Window Treatment for Odd-Shaped Windows

This post has been a long time coming. As in many of you asked for it 5 months ago when I posted about Ryker’s nursery – the window treatment, specifically the fabric covering the odd-shaped part of the window.

I would have posted it all those months ago, but you see the window treatment isn’t done yet. I still need to add blackout drapes like I did in my other son’s room.

For Those of You Using Express Scripts

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I wanted to pass on some information about Express Scripts and Walgreen's because I know of lot of you may be affected by their recent contract negotiations. As of January 1, 2012 Walgreens is no longer part of Express Scripts' pharmacy provider network.

Express Scripts is essentially a middle man between pharmacies providing the health care service and employers and health plans who pay for the medications. Unfortunately, the two companies could not reach an agreement and ended their contract. For more on those details, you can see the press article Walgreens and Express Script.

This is affecting many people.

My Quest for the BEST Cinnamon Rolls

For some reason, lately I have been on a mission to find the absolute best cinnamon rolls recipe. I reached out to you guys on Facebook and many of you had the same suggestions.

Pioneer Woman’s

Paula Deen’s

24-Frame Photo Collage

My husband has been bugging me for ages to put up something on our dining room wall – preferably pictures, and he would like them to be past photos (meaning not of our kids at their current ages).

If you follow me on Facebook, then you know last week I was working on going through 6 years of photos to make this same 24-frame photo collage that Char of Crap I’ve Made created several years ago.

Do you know how hard it is to narrow down thousands of pictures to only 24?

Trust me….it’s tough.

But the hubs and I managed to get it done and tada!

Every single one of these photos stirs so much emotion in me – whether it makes my heart melt or laugh out loud, they each have special meaning.

I love the life and

"I Love You Because..." Wall

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. My kids always enjoy our Thankful Tree that we do in November, so along those same lines, I thought it would be fun to do an "I Love You Because..." wall in February.

My girls and I did started this while my boys were napping. We wrote down why we loved each member of our family. While I'm hoping this will generate all sorts of warm, fuzzy feelings, I have to say that my almost 5-year old is cracking me up with her answers.

Using Your Silhouette to Make Stencils

Giveaway winners are announced on Facebook and sent an email by me so I can keep the blog clear for projects and such, but per request I'm going to let you all know that the winner of the Silhouette CAMEO is Shanda Bear and she has already contacted me to claim her prize. Congratulations Shanda!

However, if you did not win you can still grab a CAMEO and a fabric ink starter kit for a discounted price of $299 with code DANGCUTE. Today and tomorrow are the last days for the promotion, and we’ve been told that there are only a limited supply of machines.

If you already have a machine, you can use the same discount code (DANGCUTE) to get 20% off all fabric ink supplies.

In case you missed the tutorial on how to use those, you can see how I made some t-shirts with the fabric ink HERE.

I had such a great response from you guys with the Silhouette “How To” week, that I decided I’m going to try to post more Silhouette tutorials for you guys. They’ll be more step-by-step than this project today (sorry I made this a couple of months ago and didn’t take as many pictures along the way)

Last year I saw this frame and wreath that Amy of The Idea Room did and immediately fell in love.

I decided my hallway needed just that, so I went about making my own.

I started out with

My Resolutions–Please No Laughing or Judging

***Only a few more hours to enter the Silhouette CAMEO giveaway. Go HERE to enter. Winner will be announced on Facebook, so make sure you are a fan so you don’t miss it!***

In 2012 there are a couple of things I really want to do.

1. Run a Marathon

I’ve mentioned before that I’m a jock. Exercise is so many things to me – hobby, stress relief, “me” time, etc. One of the things I’m going to do this year is run a marathon. It might come as a shock to some of you that I’ve never done this. I’ve run a couple of half marathons, and I did complete an IRONMAN 70.3 in the summer of 2009, but I’ve never actually run a marathon by itself. As much as I would like to do another IRONMAN, I just don’t have the time to train for it at this stage in my life. Even though it will be tough, I do feel like I could fit in the running training. Especially, since I have this to help me.