Egg-quisite & Give Away Day Details...

I've been feeling eggy...you know the need to take a poor defenseless egg and give it a make-over...glam it up a bit...but I (in this house, which holds just slightly less "craftiness" than Michael's) had no eggs! How could this be???!!! Let the scrounging begin!
And after a bit I came across these, sparkly eggs...I have no memory of where they even came from...

This sparkly stuff was TOO sparkly...and a bit pokey too...it had to go...I scrubbed it off with a dish scrubber...it worked! I was left with perfectly pink eggs (which I forgot to takes pictures of!)




I added the sugary sparkles to one and musically decoupaged the other...




and I have to confess, using a brush for the laminate was a pain so I just squirted it all over the egg and used my hands to spread it out and smooth the paper all at once...it was messy-ish, but much easier!




It sort of had a flat side but it wasn't very stable, so I glued a shell on as a "stand"...




and a large MOP button to this one.


Let the foofing begin!!!!!




Ribbons & bows...





a bit of bling...




and a big 'ol foofy flower!
I think the Easter Bunny will be pleased.




More flowers, ribbons, crepe and a feather for good measure!




Arranged like so...





a bit of vintage "Sense & Sensibility" and more bling!






And voila! A bit less pink, but no less pretty!






I am pretty pleased with the outcome...





and on the look out for more eggs to glam up!


And if I may be so bold as to try to entice you...the PINK egg will be part of our Spring Into Easter Give Away to kick off our first Give Away Saturday March 6th. Below you can catch a few glimpses of the other treats that will be included in our give away too.






We hope you will enter our give away and link up with a give away of your own! Mr Linky will be up Friday night to get things going...hope to see you there!



Begins March 6th!!!



SHOW AND TELL WEDNESDAY @ BLUE CRICKET DESIGN

Playing With Matches!

Yep...these match boxes really light my fire!





I'm having a contest with myself...to see how much fooferie I can use on a single
box before it collapses under it's own weight! ;}




If I do say so myself...its those glittery sides that I find to be simply smokin' hot!




And maybe one or more of these will make their way to our give away day?
Hope you'll join us, link up or just check it out! All the details very soon!






Be sure to stop by Chari's for more SUNDAY FAVORITES




And don't miss a single pinkalicious treat @ Beverly's PINK SATURDAY !

Clothes Pin-ny For Your Thoughts...

Imagine world peace!
Imagine $1.50 gas!
Imagine size 6 jeans!
Ok, ok...I'll make it easy...
Imagine ME at the 99 Cent Store...
now that's do-able! And that's also where I found about
400 clothes pins for...yah...you guessed it...99 cents! (I'd also
like to add here, for posterity, that I am highly peeved that there
is no longer a "cent" sign on these modern new fangled key boards!)

But I digress...

I had some "ideas" about what I wanted to do with my bounty of wooden
clipper-doos...but me, being me...when I picked up an older "Coastal Living"
to work on (laminate goo on tile is not good!)...well, I ended up flipping
through the magazine and finding some pretty fun phrases...I could have
made a million clips!


The "sea" themes were a given...the anti-aging just cracked me up!




Again, I couldn't resist the lure of the obvious with the "I'm Made Of Wood"...
I know...I'm 3 years old!
After I got those out of my system, I got down to brass tacks and created what I had
envisioned from that start..




sheet music & a crepe rosette...




the world's smallest rosette.




Then I tried hand-stamped seam binding...alas, less than stellar results...




one more try, after giving the clothes pin an under coat of white paint to make the words "pop"...




much better!!!




Super fun and addicting! I actually use these for chip clips...and trust me, with the
amount of chips I have going on at any given time...they are all in use! ;}


Be sure to stop by Cindy's for more SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY

The Lovely & Illusive...

Just thought I'd let you know that another issue of the lovely but illusive "Life:Beautiful" magazine is on the new stands! Look at that cover!




Funny! And beautiful!




Vintage jewel creations!




How cute! I had never thought of making such adorably tiny cookies!




Decor ideas!




I really like the look of all those vases and a single bloom!





Budgeting ideas!





How to be a svelter you...(honestly, this is a two-twinkie article! ;)





Organizing, the super cute way!




Did someone say pink?




"How-to" make this fab pillow...and others!




Gorgeous bouquets!



Dreamy!




Hmmmm....




Pasta in a kitchen almost as cute as Sandra Lee's!





Funky striped pasta... I had no idea!





An ordered home...




How long do socks stay that white? (when they are fresh out of the big bag from Costco!)





DVD & CD reviews...(not to seem shallow, but, ok, I'll risk it...movie schmovie! Look at those shoes!)




And visions of spring and the nest, I mean next issue!



Now, I have nothing to do with this magazine...my last name isn't "Life" or "Beautiful"...truly!
I just think it is one of THE prettiest publications out there!!! If you'd like a bit more info, including how to subscribe, just pop over HERE