Double Yaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!

It's official!!!

Yaayyyyy, my Etsy shop

'Pineapple Scraps'

is finally open. I have some items loaded

already but many many more will be added

over the next few days and tons more over the

next couple of weeks!! Go check it out HERE!! :)

I have some really fabulous ART JOURNALS

going into the store hopefully next week and

also a couple more necklaces and a few cute rings!

You can also just click the link over on my left

sidebar for future purposes.

Secondly, as I stated in the post below, I was

invited to join a blog contest through

HUE LEGGINGS

and as of yesterday I am only 18 votes short

of holding the #1 spot, which in case you forgot,

is a weekend trip to NEW YORK!!!!! So, if you

have a Facebook account and haven't voted for

me yet PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE scroll down to

the next post, click on the black & white & purple

HUE LEGGINGS banner, it will have you sign in

to FB and become a fan of Hue Leggings and then

you can go back to the vote page and

VOTE FOR ME!!!!

Now, I'd like to leave you with a couple little

lovelies that you can find over in my Etsy shop.

Owl Necklace 16" inch beaded chain

Paper Doilies - Vintage Set

Paper Doilies - Cottage Set


Super Sweet Paper/Felt Journaling Spots measure 4"x3"

I just LOVE these!

Felt die cut embellishments - little boy & girl couple
these measure (including head) 1 1/2"in. each

Have a terrific Tuesday!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Please VOTE For Me & A GIVEAWAY!!

I was sent an email today inviting me to join

a blog contest. Apparently I get to receive these

super cool HUE LEGGINGS just for participating in the

contest, but if my blog receives the most votes

(that's where you come in) then I will get a trip

to New York!!! Sooooo exciting because this

small town momma of three rarely gets out of

my own little town let alone New York!!! So please

please pretty please with a cherry on top vote

for my blog if you enjoy it here! Also, I think

my email invite may have come a little late so

there's only about a week left in this contest so

please vote but only one vote per each FB account

is allowed so please send over everyone you know!

Simply click on the banner below and that will take

you to Facebook, if you're not signed in you will need

to do that then you will be taken to the voting page,

just click on the little button that says Vote Here...

it's that easy!!! :)

Thanks so much to all of you who support my blog

and read and leave such kind comments. Reading

your kind words absolutely makes my day!! Also, my

followers have been growing like leaps and bounds

and thanks to the Thoughts 2 Paper blog hop this week

I am now over fifty followers so I'd now like to shoot

for one hundred!!! Let's see if we can hit that, shall we?

I really do want people to follow my blog because they

like seeing my work and enjoy my family updates, but

as a reward for helping me spread the word about my

little contest going on, I will be sending a RAK to the

person who can send over the most new followers and

can vote my way to New York, New York!!! Please

share this contest on your blogs, FB, Twitter, where

ever you'd like just get them here to vote and become a

follower...make sure that your friends leave the name of

who sent them and when the contest is over I'll send a

RAK to the person who sent the most people to my blog!!

Again, thank you all soooooo much for following and

for your support just simply by leaving kind comments!

I love it and hope to see my blog grow bigger and I'll

try to bring you all better things with every post!!

Have a fantastic weekend!!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Giant Paper Doily & A Kreaxions Layout

Alrighty,

I shared a few posts down about the 3" paper doilies

that will be available in my Etsy shop........

'PineappleScraps'

very very soon (like within days), and today

I'd like to share with you a layout that I created

using my Kreaxions punches and a giant 7" doily!!

I think I'm in heaven!!! I LOVE this doily craze

right now in scrapbooking and I hope so much
that it never goes away, but I love even more

that I can create my own, and now this giant

doily made from gorgeous patterned paper just

perfect for a photo mat on layouts!! As you can

see on this page......

I used the giant 7" red paper doily as a mat under

my photos of my sweet Bodey boy and I also used

a 3" red doily in the upper right of the layout as a

base for my journaling. A little part of the 3" doily

hung off the side of the layout so I cut it off and

used it on the bottom edge as a base for my date

stickers. LOVE these doilies!!!! They add a nice pop

of color and can make a page a little extra fun and

frilly with no more effort than just taping it down!!

Please check out my Etsy shop 'PineappleScraps'

to purchase both sizes of paper doilies in tons of

various colors and patterns...also, the layerd fabric

flowers that you see here on my layout will also

be an item available for purchase at 'PineappleScraps'!!!

(still waiting on my new business debit card in order

to get my Etsy shop up and running....I was told it

should arrive Monday then you'll be able to check out

'PineappleScraps'...will post when all is ready to go.....

aaahhhhh, you gotta love banks!!)

Scrapbooking supplies used on this layout

are from Momenta. You can check out their

blog HERE and also find them on Facebook.

Thanks so much for visiting

'Welcome To My Neighborhood' today!!
Have an amazing weekend,

LOVES :) -Sarah

GIVEAWAY You Don't Want To Miss!!

How gorgeous are these?!!!

You could have the chance to win them

and all you have to do is leave a comment

HERE for your chance to win!!

I just LOVE this set, I just keep thinking

how adorable and pretty they would

look hanging in my home!

Have a great evening,

LOVES:) -Sarah

.....and the WINNER is......

The winner of the RAK given away here

on my blog from comments left yesterday

on the Thoughts 2 Paper blog hop post is...

Drumroll Please......

Da da da dum da dum.....

JODI !!!!!!!!!!!!

Yaaaayyyyy, Jodi, just email me your

mailing address and I'll get your RAK

out to you ASAP!!!

[email protected]

Thank you all so much for playing along

and I had by far the highest count for

comments left on one of my blog posts!!

It just made my day :)

Make sure you check out the

Thoughts 2 Paper blog to see who won the

$40 gift certificate to the T2P store!

Have a terrific Thursday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Thoughts 2 Paper Blog Hop!!

Good morning everyone!!

Today is the day!

It's the Thoughts 2 Paper Blog Hop

and here's how it works.....

after you check out my blog then click

on the link here in this post to move on

to see the next Thoughts 2 Paper's DT

member post and Christmas themed project.

Follow the links all the way back to the

Thoughts 2 Paper blog and if you've left

comments on all DT Members blog posts

including the Thoughts 2 Paper blog then you'll be

entered to win a $40 gift card to the T2P store!!

Check out the list of DT members on the

Thoughts 2 Paper blog to get started from

the beginning, you don't want to miss anyone!

Thoughts 2 Paper is also have a 40% off sale.

Visit the online store and use this code CHAROOM

to receive your 40% now through August 28th!!!

I will also be sending a RAK to a randomly chosen

person who has left a comment here on my blog!!

I will be announcing the winner of my RAK here

on my blog tomorrow morning so hurry up and

leave your comment here for your chance to win!

Here is my Christmas themed project using

a MDF Calendar from the Thoughts 2 Paper

online store...these are so quick and easy to pop

together and now my kids and I have a fun count

down to Christmas calendar we can all use this

holiday season....stop by the Thoughts 2 Paper

store and make sure to pick up your very own!!

Next, you'll go to April Hall's blog to see her fabulous

Christmas themed project for this Thought 2 Paper

blog hop...don't forget to leave your comments

for a chance to win!! Have a great Wednesday.

LOVES :) -Sarah

....and they're off!!!

My girls went back to school yesterday

and I lost my helpers....with Carter and our

lab, Bodey, I really do count on the girls

helping a little everyday. But, they said

their first day of school went great and they

both really seem to like their teachers...

thank goodness!! Becca is in 8th grade this

year and is actually at the high school

since they consolidated the schools this year

it is now the junior high with 7th, 8th, and 9th.

Emily is now in 5th grade and at the

middle school which is now the intermediate

school with 4th, 5th, and 6th. Their were

quite a few glitches when we were signing

the girls up for school a couple of weeks ago

because of all the changes so hopefully all

has been worked out and it's smooth sailing!

Oh well, the girls are happy to be back with

their friends and as long as they're happy
then so am I!! Here are a couple photos that

I took of Becca and Emily in our front yard

before heading off to school yesterday morning.

And, a couple photos of Bodey looking oh so cute!

I haven't posted a photo of him in a

while so I just wanted to update that it has been

almost 2 months since he was driven to us from

a high kill shelter in Kentucky and he is doing

wonderfully!! One month after we had taken him
home he weighed 79 lbs. and as of last week he

is up to 87 lbs.!!! My mom even says that he has

a twinkle in his eye now that just wasn't there

before. Also, I just wanted to let you know that

we are no where near over feeding him, he is a

very BIG boy and the vet said that he could get

up to 90-100 lbs. We LOVE you Bodey boy!!

Alrighty, I think that's all for today.

Please make sure to check back tomorrow for

our Thoughts 2 Paper Blog Hop done Christmas

style!!! There will be prizes so you don't want to miss it!

Have a terrific Tuesday,

LOVES:) -Sarah

Paper Doilies & Etsy Update

Yaaayyyyy!!!

My Etsy Shop, if all goes well, should

be up and running before the end of the

week! I'm super excited and hope that it's

a success! I've been busy creating new little

things to add to the shop and although my

mind is still full of items that I am dying to

create, I have finished working on a few of

them. Here is a little sample of some paper

doilies that I created for the shop over the

weekend. These photos are of the

Rainbow Sherbet Collection.

Here is a layout that I created using

a green paper doily just to the left of the photo.


I will also be offering a Vintage Collection and Cottage

Collection in my Etsy shop.....oh yeah, and the

name of my little shop will be.......................

Da da da dum da dum................

PineappleScraps!!!!!!

I know, a little weird and funky, right, but

there is an actual story behind this name.

Ok, when I was in high school my parents built

a house out in the country and the land that we

found to build the house on was 4 acres completely

inclosed withing two rows of pine trees. Also, at

the front of the property were about 20 apple trees

so we nicknamed our new home "Pineapple Farms"

and still to this day it's my favorite place on earth!!!

So, since most of my creations for the shop use scraps

of paper, fabric, photos, etc., I named my shop

PineappleScraps.....see, I told you there was a story
behind it!! I'll keep you posted as to what day this

week you'll actually be able to finally head over to

my Etsy shop and check it out!! If you'd like to order

anything in bulk or place a custom order please email

me here: [email protected]. Just a thought,

but I think that these custom hand punched and cut

paper doilies would be perfect additions for any of

you out there with kit clubs....just a thought!! :)

Have a wonderful Monday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Can't Believe I Forgot!!

I really can't believe that I forgot to share these

pics a couple of weeks ago!!! I took my kids

geocaching for the first time and what fun!

I don't have the hand held GPS yet...trying to
figure out if I can use one that I already have...

anyway, there is actually one hidden literally

five minutes of walking from our house!

It's a hidden monument that has been there

since the early 1920's I think and I've never

even noticed it before because of how much

roads and buildings and houses have been

built up around it over the past 80 or 90 years.

My hubby grew up just blocks from where we
live now so he knew exactly what I was referring

to when I looked up the location online, and off

we went. We actually hit the site twice, the first

time we didn't really know what we where

searching for so we headed back home disappointed.

I did a little more research on geocaching and we

headed back an hour later with reinforcements this

time (my nieces and nephews who live right across

the street from us). We searched for a few minutes

around the monument and suddenly I saw what we

had been searching for!!! I was so happy and the

kids were in heaven as they signed the list that we

had been there...how cool that I actually went on a

treasure hunt with my kids, so of course I had to

take photos of our first hunt together!!

I think that this is the only photo I'm able to share.
The photo of the monument was already posted online so
I think I'm safe here, but the photo of my kids getting
the list out and signing it would definitely blow the
hiding spot if any of you live in my area. I will most
definitely be going back out with the kids to try and
hunt down more!! Emmy is really getting into it and
loving this! I would love to hear about any stories
or advice any of you have!! :)

One more thing before I go, I'd like to leave you with
a couple pics of my fun new bright sky blue fingernail
polish!!! It just makes me happy to look down at this
color along side my cute little cupcake ring while I'm
crafting....aaaahhhhh, the simple things!

Have a fantastic Friday and weekend,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Rusted Sun from Fancy Pants

I love the colors of this line!!

Rusted Sun from Fancy Pants is full of

deep blues, rusted reds and oranges, golden

yellows, ocean blues, greens and dark browns...

just perfect color combos for all of those color

rich summer photos!! I used pictures from one

of our days swimming over at my dad's house.

Swimming at Papaw's has become a bit of a

summer tradition in our family. Papaw always

makes sure that the kids have plenty of pool

toys to play with while swimming and lots of

their favorite snacks to eat when the water

has worn everyone out.

It's a good time for all,

and so was creating with this line! Don't miss

out on getting yours, so hurry on over to the

Thoughts 2 Paper online store to get yours!!

Have a wonderful Thursday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

New Scraproom Pictures!!!

I am so happy with the way that my newly

reorganized/redecorated scraproom came out!!

It's packed full of my favorite things....

pretty vintage finds and yummy scrap supplies!

For the past week I have been hard at work in

this room going through boxes and making sure

that my decorating/storage solutions were
going to work for me and make my creating

process easier and after finally sitting down to
create a layout today, it works like a dream!!

I shared some sneaks of my scraproom a few

days ago and now want to show you tons of

photos of my room in it's full glory....

WARNING

you are about to view a very photo heavy post!

My scraproom is located in one half of our downstairs

this is the tv cabinet

rack holds themed paper & embellies
wall shelf holds paint & glues
basket on top holds labels & tags

basket holds unmounted & acrylic stamps

metal tray holds inks and clear stamp blocks

basket holds loose flowers

small clear jar holds my crocheted flowers

Ball jar holds lace and stack of books & vintage paper

are for me to punch and use as embellies

wire basket holds my mini albums and the jar

under the fan holds my loose gemstones

my cards

my punches on the shelves and in the trays are

my 12x12 sheets of alphas (on top) & die cuts (on bottom)

albums, cardstock, and adhesive basket

my button jar up on the shelf

baskets hold non-themed embellies

all my yummy paper & kits

my stamps, basket holds my deco scissors,

and I used a cheapo curtain rod to hold my spooled ribbon

bread box on top holds my various machine dies

second shelf: magazines, books, and 8x8 & 8 1/2 x 11 albums

bottom shelf: drawers hold alphas & my ribbon rounder

there will be a small chalkboard in a vintage frame over ribbon

my bulletin board that will soon hold

all of my DT assignments, photos, LO ideas, etc.

my go to items and tools that I need for every project

sit on the edge of my desk beside my desk lamp

basket on top holds more ribbon & shelves

hold my fabric and felt (hopefully this will be full soon)

basket on floor is my mom's vintage picnic basket from

the 1970's and it holds more fabric

where my little boy, Carter, sits and plays and watches

his cartoons while I work...rocker was made by his grandpa.

Well, that's my room!!

I totally love it and am thrilled with the flow and how

everything is serving it's purpose! Hope you liked

it too and maybe even found something that you

can take away from it to use for yourself!!

Let me know what you think :)

Have a great week!!!

LOVES :) -Sarah