Guess What?!

Well,

my puppy is being extra cuddly today.

This is a very rare occurrence.

She usually hates cuddling.

Also,

there is just ONE WEEK

until my birthday!
Woohoooo!!

And,

you know what would be the

BEST birthday present in the world?

A Silhouette.
It just so happens that this week, 

House of Smiths

is having an awesome Silhouette giveaway.

So, I think that you all shouldn't enter.

Because it's my birthday & I deserve to win.

....NAH! Just kidding!

Seriously, go & check it out.

And if you win, then you can send it to me.

You know, cause it's almost my birthday :P

When You Wish Upon A Staaarrr....

Today is supposed to be the very first Wishlist Wednesday. Buuuuttt...I decided that I didn't want to do that. Instead, I'm sharing some of my sewing funness with y'alls!!

A little bit of background on this whole sewing thing, uhhm...I just started sewing on MONDAY! Yep, on Monday. And I've completely finished one project and I just need some backing to finish my other one. Here are some pictures!

This is my finished pillowcase!
I made this baby from a random piece of fabric I found in my room.

It was really simple to make and I finished it in under 1 hour.

This is the start of my blanket/quilt thingy.

I bought these fabric squares from Wal Mart to practice on.

I sewed the squares together in rows of four on Monday night,

then last night, I sewed the rows together.

Now I just need to get backing to make it look more uniform!

my wishlist for wednesday

- i wish that i could afford all the billions of patterns i want to try.

- i wish that i had more fabric to play around with.

oh!  and guess what?!

i won a giveaway for the first time ever!
it was on Students Saving Bucks

& it was for a  Mango Languages Bundle!

I'm so excited to have won!!

Now, I just have to decide which language I want to learn.

I think I'm gonna go with Japanese so that when the dude writes,

I can actually understand his broken japanese :)

Christmas Miracles, part 2

So, even though I've been SUPER good all year, Santa kinda forgot to stop by my house this year (I blame it on the fact that my cousins are SUPER naughty).

Well, I did get gifted a sewing machine, which is good. But you know what would go hand in hand with my awesome sewing machine? An awesome Silhouette! I mean, come on, I have three weddings to make presents for in 2011. I can sew the newlyweds some awesome blankets and then monogram some towels using the Silhouette. I could even help make their thank you cards or even their invites using the nifty Silhouette. I'm pretty sure that thing can do anything.

As Christmas Miracles go, four awesome blogs are giving away the Silhouette! Do you understand how exciting that is?

And as much as I want to be selfish and not tell anyone about the giveaways, I love you guys and I want to share. (Plus, I get more entries if I blog about it =P). So head on over to these three blogs and check out the give away!

Giveaway post here

Giveaway post here

Giveaway post here

Giveaway post here

Good luck to me! And to all you guys too :)

A Giveaway After My Own Heart

I adore reading. I honestly don't think there is anything better than reading. I'll read pretty much any and every thing. Which is why I would be immediately to this giveaway from Chronicle Books!

It's really simple actually. All you have to do is mosey on over to the Chronicle Books Website, and select a list of books worth up to $500. Post your list on your blog, then submit your post to this site, and you'll be automatically entered to win your entire selection! The cool thing is that if you win, one of your readers-who commented on your book list post-will have the chance to win their selection too! Now that's what I call an awesome Self Christmas present. 


If you decide to enter, let me know on this post. That way, you'll have a better chance of winning, and I will too! 


Here are my book picks, and let me tell ya, it wasn't easy to decide!:

1. Every Day's a Holiday by Heidi Kenney

2. Artful Accessories by Sarah Parvis and Janet Southwick

3. Dorm Decor by Theresa Gonzalez and Nicole Smith

4. Girl's World by Jennifer Paganelli

5. Secrets of Simplicity by Mary Carlomagno

6. 1,001 Ways to Live in the Moment by Barbara Kipfer 

7. One Line A Day: A Five Year Memory Book 

8. The Baby Bump: 100s of Secrets for Surviving those 9 Long Months by Carley Roney

9. The Newlyweds Instruction Manual by Caroline Tiger

10. Baby's First Year Journal by A. Christine Harris, Ph.D

11. The Pregnancy Journal by A. Christine Harris, Ph.D

12. The Bride's Instruction Manual by Carrie Denny

13. The Pregnancy Instruction Manual by Sarah Jordan with David Ufberg, MD.

14. The Deluxe Wedding Planner and Organizer by Genevieve Morgan and Ariella Chezar

15. Disneystrology by Lisa Finander

16. Field Guide to Dreams by Kelly Regan

17. See Jane Write by Sarah Mlynowski and Farrin Jacobs

18. Cake Pops by Angie Dudley

19. Stuff Every Woman Should Know by Alanna Kalb

20. Day and Night by Teddy Newton

21. Emily and Alex: Naughty and Nice by Barroux

22. Just Like A Baby by Juanita Havill

23. Hurry! Hurry! Have You Heard? by Laura Krauss Melmed

24. I'll See You In The Morning by Mike Jolley

25. Just One More by Nancy Markham Alberts

26. I Can Do It Too! by Karen Baicker

27. What Sisters Do Best/What Brothers Do Best by Laura Numeroff

28. Spill Your Guts Journal

29. Memento by Michael McQueen

30. Pocket Plain Moleskin Notebook

30 books valued at $498.42 all for free? I could dig that!

December 10th is the last day to enter, so hurry folks! Go compose your wonderful list of books, and don't forget to comment here and let me know if you make one so I can comment on yours too!

XOXO,

P.S. Don't worry, the books about pregnancy and marriage aren't for me! I'd give those away to my friends. Haha. Obviously, marriage and pregnancy isn't even on my mind right now...as you could probably tell from my last post....