Turquoise Lovin' #32

Time for turquoise lovin' again! 

Thanks SO much for your participation last week. 

The new system seemed to work ok, though I was really hoping more "regular" projects would link up too.  Hmmm, guess we'll just have to advertise more, huh? 

Maybe having two sections to link up to makes things confusing?  Or maybe the fact that it's still called Turquoise Lovin' makes things confusing?  I've been thinking a lot about it this past week.  Haven't really figured it all out yet.

Loved the fun projects.  You ladies are SO creative as always.

Here are some of my favorite projects of the week.

1.  Garden Gate Sign Tutorial from Three Scoops of Love 

 2.  Dining Room Table Makeover from Paddington Way 

 

3.  Fabric Easter Eggs from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom 

4.   Vintage Kitchen Makeover from Queen B and Me

5.  Spring Mantel from Imprintish

Ok, it's time to party!!  Time to link up YOUR projects from the week!!


Party Rules...
1) Please follow Sweet Little Gals
2) Link up your turquoise/red projects at the top linky...anything else in the bottom linky. Excited to have EVERYONE join from now on! We'll still feature a couple of your turquoise projects every week...
3) Try to comment on at least two other posts.
4) PLEASE grab a turquoise lovin' button on the sidebar so you can share the turquoise fun with others.
5) No giveaways or shops please.

Enter all of your TURQUOISE projects here...



Enter all OTHER PROJECTS here...  

Turquoise Lovin' #31

It's that time again!  Time to share our turquoise and red lovin'.

Happy to have you here.  Happy to be here.

And thank you SO much for all of the feedback on last week's question I posted about.
Great feedback, awesome advice. 

I think what I'm going to do {at least for awhile} is do the normal turquoise lovin' linkup, and then at the end, put up another link for the rest of the projects.  How does that sound?

That way you can link up whether you have turquoise or not.
{I may eventually put everything in color categories...not sure yet.}

But for now, just one change at a time. {grin}

{Also, if you haven't had a chance to visit here in the past few days, there's a REALLY fun Sacred Grace giveaway going on RIGHT NOW that you just HAVE to check out!!  It involves some really adorable little CD/DVD cases...well just take a look...aren't they sweet? Ya better head on over here and enter if you don't want to miss out!}

Now for the gorgeous features of the week!

1.  Darling April Showers Party from Inspired by Family Magazine
2.  Gorgeous 16th Birthday Party from Nefotlak
3.  Cool Memo Board from Lil' Mrs. Crafty
4.  Fun Kitchen Decor from Vixen Made
5.  Sweet Salt Dough Easter Egg Garland from Desperate Craftwives
6.  Spectacular Quilt from Sewingly Along


Aren't they gorgeous?  Love all of the Red/Turquoise Combos this week.  So incredible!

Ok, it's time to party!!  Time to link up YOUR projects from the week!!


Notice the slight change in the rules this week.

Party Rules...
1) Please follow Sweet Little Gals
2) Link up your turquoise/red projects at the top linky...anything else in the bottom linky. Excited to have EVERYONE join from now on! We'll still feature a couple of your turquoise projects every week...
3) Try to comment on at least two other posts.
4) PLEASE grab a turquoise lovin' button on the sidebar so you can share the turquoise fun with others.
5) No giveaways or shops please.

Enter all of your TURQUOISE projects here...



Enter all OTHER PROJECTS here...

Sacred Grace Giveaway

I can't even begin to describe how EXCITED I am to do this giveaway.

How in the world did I get to be this lucky? {grin}

I was so beyond thrilled when I discovered Kristin's gorgeous shop Sacred Grace on Etsy.  She sells the cutest stuff there...you gotta check it out!!

Her photography is amazing...you can get this print in a variety of sizes...

She also has adorable templates like this...imagine what you could do with something this darling?

And my favorite is these sweet little CD/DVD cases in the cutest fabrics...ahhhh!!!  

What customer (OR friend/relative) wouldn't ADORE getting their photos in one of these cases?

They even come with YOUR choice of personalization,  how cool is that?

 And the COOLEST part is that one of YOU people will get to be the lucky winner of 

one of these CD/DVD covers, with YOUR choice of personalization. Lucky, lucky,

and LUCKY!!

{Can't lie, I am super jealous!!}

So here's what you gotta do to win...

1)  You MUST be a follower of Sweet Little Gals to enter the giveaway.

2)  Like Sacred Grace on her FB page and leave a comment here saying you did.

3)  Follow Kristin's blog Organic Faith Studios and leave a comment here saying you did.

4)  Go check out Sacred Grace's shop on Etsy and leave a comment saying which cool products you'd like to have for your very own. 

5)  Like Sweet Little Gals on FB and leave a comment saying you did.
6)  Tweet about the giveaway and leave a comment saying you did.
7)  Share the giveaway on FB and leave a comment saying you did.

Hope you enjoy this giveaway as much as I am going to!!

Winner will be announced next Monday.

Apples and Oats Winner

We have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

{I know, I was supposed to announce this on Friday but the weekend kinda got away on me!}

Sara from Applestone Drive is the winner of one of these GORGEOUS prints from the
Apples and Oats photography shop on Etsy. 

You are one LUCKY gal!!

Sara, you get to pick whichever print you want from Apples and Oats in either an 8 x10 or an 8x12 print!!

Please send me your information as soon as possible so that I can send it along to Jennifer.

Congratulations and I'm SO happy you won!!

Love having you here at Sweet Little Gals.

Spring Book Lovin' for Kids

Have I ever told you just how much I LOVE books?

I'll have to show you my book shelves sometime.  REALLY.

My house is FULL of books.  TO the brim.
Barns and Noble is my weakness.  Don't take me there unless you want to stay for a few hours {or more}.

Lucky for my, I have passed on the tradition of loving books to at least one of my babies.

As a toddler, Ally would sit by the book shelf and "read" all the books for at least half an hour at a time.  That's quite awhile for a toddler I'd say.

{Whitney just started to like books too, so I'm thrilled!  She's in a kitty phase right now...hehe}

Not only do I LOVE books, I believe they are super important in life.  Books are such a great way to learn about every subject I can think of and I can't imagine life without them.

Anyone else a book lover out there?

Since I'm always browsing for books for my girls, I thought today would be a great day to share some fun SPRING books that I've come across.

Ally is in LOVE with Strawberry Shortcake, so we have LOTS of Strawberry books and movies.  One of my favorite spring Strawberry Shortcake books is

A Fresh and Fruity Spring

This book talks about friends helping friends and I love all of the strawberry books 

because they always teach good moral values.

Everything Spring

LOVE this one!!  It's full of gorgeous nature pictures and SO fun

for the little ones.  Whitney especially likes this one!

Frog and Toad All Year

I'm sure EVERYONE has heard of Frog and Toad books.  I can't 

think of any better books than these.  They are SO hilarious.  I seriously can't 

read through even one story without laughing out loud!

Mouse's First Spring

Follow a darling little mouse as he explores 

all of the beautiful things that spring carries with it.

Adorable book with darling pictures!

Spring is Here

Cute little story about a bear and a mole discovering spring

together.  Funny too!

Home for a Bunny

This one has to be my absolute FAVORITE spring book

in the whole world!!  The girls just love it.  I remember growing up 

reading it, and I'm so excited they have it back in print now!

All of these books can be purchased on good 'ol Amazon.com

Love that place!  

Happy day and Happy Spring!!  

Linking up for WILW with This Kind of Love

Turquoise Lovin' #30

Can you believe this is the 30th Turquoise Lovin' party already?  WOW!!

I hope you've enjoyed all of the turquoise beauty as much as I have in the past thirty weeks.  And the little bit of red that comes every once in awhile.

Speaking of which, I have a question for all of you.  Seeing that this party has been going on for such a long time now, and that it hasn't really grown as much as I hoped it would...I'm just wondering if everyone is enjoying it enough to keep it going?

The thing is...every week I end up having to search all of the turquoise projects out and invite people to join, OR the party ends up like last week, teeny weeny.  {I had no time to invite last week}

It's not that I mind inviting and searching for turquoise every week, but sometimes I feel like I am BEGGING people to join and there's nothing I hate more than being a big bother.  And it seems like if the party isn't HUGE when someone links up, they tend to not come back again.  Especially the bigger blog owners.

Get what I'm saying?  People won't come unless there are LOTS of other people coming, but how can we grow the party if no one will come??? What do you think?  I need some feedback if you wouldn't mind. 

For the party features I am including a few of my favorite projects from the past TWO weeks.  I hope you don't mind.  Since I missed the week before there were some projects I felt were feature worthy and I just couldn't pass them by without noticing them.

{Oh and if you wanna get in on something really fun, you really should enter my Apples and Oats Giveaway}

1.  Gorgeous Spring Mantel from Ode to Inspiration

2.  Fresh Laundry Room Redo at Start at Home

3.  Fun Updated Table at Chantilly Charm

4.  Adorable Spring Mantel at Fox Hollow Cottage

And as always, thanks to all for linking up every week.  I sure do wish I 

could feature every one of your projects!!

Ok, it's time to party!!  Time to link up YOUR turquoise love for the week!!

Party Rules...
1)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals
2)  Make sure your project or post has SOMETHING to do with turquoise because that's what makes it fun! New party feature:  AND IF YOU WANT TO SNEAK IN SOME RED TOO, YOU CAN...
3)  Try to comment on at least two other posts.
4)  PLEASE grab a turquoise lovin' button on the sidebar so you can share the turquoise fun with others.
5)  No giveaways or shops please.

{Apples and Oats} Giveaway

Horses.  Horses.  And more horses.

Love em.  Always loved 'em. Can't get enough of them.  Can't wait till I have my VERY own someday soon.

Just gotta work some minor major details out with the hubby. 

Nuff said.  {BIG SIGH}

{I WILL have horses in my yard someday, that's all I have to say about it.}

Since I love horses to the moon and back, I was thrilled when I ran into Apples and Oats over at Etsy.

Jennifer must love horses as much as I do, because her shop is FULL of them.  LOVE her photography.

Wait till you see.

Aren't they gorgeous?  And here's the FUN part.

One of YOU will get one 8x10 print of your choice from her shop if your name gets picked for the giveaway.  Isn't that awesome?

I know I would love to have my very own print of one of these beauties. 

Here's what you have to do to enter.

1) You must be a follower of Sweet Little Gals to enter the giveaway.
2)  If you aren't already a follower of Apples and Oats on Facebook, head on over and "like" her page.  Leave a comment here saying you did.
3)  Like Sweet Little Gals on FB and leave a comment here saying you did.
4)  Head on over to Jennifer's shop Apples & Oats Photography and leave a comment here saying which print you would choose if you win.


It's been nice horsin' around!! 

Winner will be announced this Friday.

Turquoise Lovin' #29

I know this is up LATE, but thought I would get it going anyway.  I have been in Montana visiting my family for the past few days.

And while we were there the internet was out for most of the time.  And then yesterday we were on the road.  Ha! 

So here's the party.  I'm just going to get it going minus the features or I won't ever get a chance to put it up.  Hope you have some fun projects to link up this week.

Ok, it's time to party!!  Time to link up YOUR turquoise love for the week!!

Party Rules...
1)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals
2)  Make sure your project or post has SOMETHING to do with turquoise because that's what makes it fun! New party feature:  AND IF YOU WANT TO SNEAK IN SOME RED TOO, YOU CAN...
3)  Try to comment on at least two other posts.
4)  PLEASE grab a turquoise lovin' button on the sidebar so you can share the turquoise fun with others.
5)  No giveaways or shops please.

Turquoise Lovin' #28

It's time for turquoise lovin' again!  Love this day and time of the week.

Turquoise is such a cheery color.  It helps to brighten the dark winter days and make us think of spring. 

And I hope you haven't forgotten that you are welcome and encouraged to share your RED projects at this party now too. 

Let's get this party started!!  But first, the features of the week.

 1.  Camera Strap Cover from Mom For Real

2.  Chevron Jewelry Organizer from My Own Road

3.  Craft Studio from Make the Best of Things 

4.  Book Page Rosettes and Chevron Cut Out Frame from The Girl Creative

5.  Awesome 11th Birthday Party from Alderberry Hill

6.  Ottoman Overhaul from Craft Crazy Mom

GREAT job ladies!  Love your projects.

Ok, it's time to party!!  Time to link up YOUR turquoise love for the week!!

Party Rules...
1)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals
2)  Make sure your project or post has SOMETHING to do with turquoise because that's what makes it fun! New party feature:  AND IF YOU WANT TO SNEAK IN SOME RED TOO, YOU CAN...
3)  Try to comment on at least two other posts.
4)  PLEASE grab a turquoise lovin' button on the sidebar so you can share the turquoise fun with others.
5)  No giveaways or shops please.

Also would REALLY appreciate it if you would take a sec to follow me on Linky Followers as well as GFC!!  Please leave a comment and I will be happy to follow ya back!

 

It's Been Awhile

...since I have posted any pictures of my sweet little gals.

To be completely honest, I had to give them a break, a big one, otherwise they wouldn't pose for me anymore.  hehe.

I was getting NO smiles, and just goofy looks and I thought that was enough for awhile.

So here's a few fun ones I've taken in the past month.  Nothing grand, but still cute for memories.

Any of you been taking fun pictures lately?

{Also make sure you check out my fun 

Lollipop Centerpiece when you get a chance}