hello there! house Giveaway Contest!

We're doing an awesome giveaway over at the hello there! house blog this week! You can enter to win a FREE  day pass for hello there! house home & garden event October 7th & 8th. This pass includes 2 days full of classes & keynotes, breakfast & lunch by The Center Bistro, all kinds of special swag from our Boutique Vendors & Sponsors, entrance into our Happy Hour AND our Goodbye Bash! It's going to be an amazing weekend- one you can win for FREE! You can get up to 4 entries via your blog post, facebook, twitter, and Pinterest! Visit the hello there! house blog for more details!

Link to hello there! house to win a FREE EVENT PASS!

Head on over to the hello there! house blog and check out all the details on how to enter to win a FREE Event Pass to hello there! house. You'll get the 2 days full of amazing classes, make & take projects, breakfast & lunch by The Center Bistro, swag bags stuffed full of fantastic prezzies, and you'll get to come to our Goodbye Bash party! All just for linking to the hello there! house blog and leaving a comment telling us you did! What could be easier for a better prize? Link it up baby!

Winner of the Dorothy Headband!

Yay Amelia! Amelia Hooray! Email me your mailing address and I'll send you this lovely headband!

Handmade Parade giveaway!

Who doesn't love a giveaway? To celebrate the end of the first week of the New Year I feel like giving something special away

How about a fabulous headband? The Dorothy Headband has always been one of my favorites-and you can win it! Just leave a comment telling me your New Years Resolution and if you've kept it so far and it could be yours! I'll announce the winner Monday!

SURPRISE SALE and some new stuff

There's some fun new stuff going up at the Handmade Parade Etsy Shop. We're getting ready for our big photoshoot June 5th (we still need more people so let me know if you want to participate!) , so you'll be seeing a lot more fun, bright headbands & necklaces and some cute new pettiskirts (as well as some new secret products that I can't wait to share ;)


I am having a surprise sale on the Raquel Rosette Headbands for TODAY & TOMORROW ONLY! You can get the adult headbands for $10 and the baby headbands for $6! Remember, you can request custom colors, just convo me or leave me a message when you check out.


Also, check out the handmade parade blog to see who the winner of the Raquel Rosette Headband Giveaway!

Baby Love & a Pettiskirt Giveaway!

I love that we have built in models :) Evelyn & Georgia are wearing the stylish new Felt Dahlia Flower Clips from Handmade Parade. Bright, fun, & super affordable, they are the perfect accent to your baby's spring wardrobe.

In other Handmade Parade news, Eryn is giving away this amazing Phoenix Suns pettiskirt for your little phoenix suns fan!

To enter to win, go to her blog Frou Frou Tutu and put her button on your blog! Leave a comment with your blog address and email and you could be the lucky winner!

Giveaway Goodness

A couple of weeks ago I was approached by Miranda of Today's Giveaway and was asked to sponsor a giveaway on her blog. I totally forgot about it until today-run on over to her blog TODAY and enter to win your choice of a baby rosette headband! You can also get 20% off your order in the Etsy shop today only-visit the Today's Giveaway blog to get more details!

Un-necessary Necessities

I feel like I want to have everything ready to go when I actually have to deliver the twins, but I find that most things I want aren't really all that important, they would just make the hospital stay much more pleasant.

Like a custom hospital gown so I don't have to wear those depressing ones they give you that show your butt cheeks and fall off your shoulders. The ones from Lily and Lou are too cute (but $70 is out of my price range unfortunately).


I also want to bring my own blanket and pillow because the ones at the hospital SUCK and they are always running out. I love these whole-cloth quilts from Sweet Baby Jaime, and I ordered some Nicey Jane fabric to try and make my own in my size.



And this Mama & Baby Bird bath basket would be heaven to have for after the twins come. Flying Bird Botanicals have some awesome products that I am dying to try.


I also need a nice big bag to stash all my hospital stuff in, and I love this one from Pretty Little Things. It's so bright and cheery! I bought some green zebra fabric in hopes i can make my own before the babies come, but I don't know if I will get it done in time.


I've been working on a bunch of baby headbands for the girls and I just listed a bunch in our Handmade Parade Etsy shop and SURPRISE! We're doing another giveaway on the Handmade Parade Blog for your choice of the New Rosette Baby Headbands! Head on over there and enter to win-the giveaway ends March 1st!

Countdown to Babies

In honor of Evelyn and Georgia we are going to start a delivery date pool here on my blog (in addition to our family pool and my mom's facebook pool) for people to try and guess the date the twins will be born. In my family's pool I guessed Valentines Day, so I'm already out! They are due on April 1st and I am 34 weeks right now, so there are still lots and lots of days to pick. Leave a comment with your guess and if you are right, you win a prize! Try not to pick a day that someone else has already chosen though, so look through all the comments before you choose!

PS- I made my cute countdown banner above using House of 3 Countdown Kit & the Valentine Lace Border Kit

Oh Happy Day!

I gotta tell you guys, when I woke up today, I was super bummed out. I started having contractions last night around 6:00 and they kept on coming, so I ended up gong to the hospital at 8:00 thinking that the twins were on their way into the world! It was a little nerve wracking but exciting and I was hoping and hoping to see my girls by today. Unfortunately (or I guess fortunately, whichever way you look at it) the doctors did not want me to deliver at 32 1/2 weeks so I after 4 hours of extreme discomfort (I'll spare you the details) they sent me home and said I'll probably keep having contractions, but not to come back until they get really painful. Awesome. So, needless to say I am crabby, tired, hungry, and bummed out this morning.

But then, I started checking out some of my favorite blogs, and Voila! Instant mood lifter, because LOOK at what is going on at House of 3! So many gorgeous things going on over there for their Birthday Party celebration that is kicking off right after Valentines Day! I want to buy EVERYTHING from the new Birthday Party collection (and I'm sure the birthday party we will be attending this Saturday will be seeing a little of this stuff :)



Also, they are giving away FREE Blog Couture- A Valentines Background and Banner that you can put up just in time for Love Day. Don't you just love presents when you are in a bad mood? I do.


****Oh, and don't forget, it's Wednesday Night-House of 3 Live Video Night! Be there and there might be discounts for all the new fab stuff! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Project 365-January Layout #5

I skipped over my 365 layout for last week, so I'm posting it in a hurry today-there's so much stuff I have to blog about this week! I took some Maternity photos with my sister Eryn the last week of January (remember the outtakes?) and I posted some on Facebook, but here are some of my favorites I put in a layout for the Project 365.


Do you love the embellishments on the page? I love love love these brushes from House of 3, so versatile!


Speaking of House of 3, there are a TON of amazing projects going on this week on their Inspiration House blog, Rhonna Farrer's blog, Heidi Swapp's blog, and Janet Hopkins blog using all the new House of 3 Valentines stuff so why not waste the rest of your day (and your grocery money) digging into some of these projects? I'll share one of my Valentines projects tomorrow from the Rolled Fabric Flower tutorial Rhonna is showing today!

PS- check the Handmade Parade Blog to see if you are the lucky winner of the Felt Rosette Headband!

Surprise Winners at Handmade Parade

If you were one of the lucky ones to comment on the Handmade Parade Blog-guess what? You are automatically a winner! You'll get a Millie Headband in one of the 5 spunky colors it comes in, so make sure you email me with your mailing address at rosemaryw@me.com so I can send it out to you Monday!

Family Dinner Night

Last night we had my parents over for dinner. For some reason, I had an urge to try something new and fabulous, so I broke out my signed Pioneer Woman Cookbook and chose 3 things I've never made before. The Perfect Pot Roast, Rosemary Butter Dinner Rolls, and Chocolate Sheet Cake. I cooked and cooked all day long (which tired me out completely) but in the end it was all worth it because I found the perfect menu for Family Dinner Night for all of you. Whenever you need a good, comforting, home cooked meal to feed a bunch of people-make all of this. You need to start early in the day, though-I started cooking about 11:30 and we ended up eating around 5:00 so plan ahead! And be forewarned-the sheet cake makes a TON (which I don't mind because me an my kids will be having chocolate cake for breakfast the rest of this week. Mom is great. Gives us Chocolate Cake!)

Here are the recipe cards :






Oh, and there is a new giveaway this week on the Handmade Parade Blog for a new Millie Headband! Head on over to enter to win!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Quick check out the Handmade Parade blog to see if you are the winner of the Carnival Rosette Bib Necklace!

If you're not the winner, that's ok-we're having another giveaway for a spunky new headband on Monday!