DIY: Cake Stand

I saw this cute and inexpensive craft project on prudentbaby.com. Click here for all the instructions! Easy!!!

Our local Hobby Lobby just opened last week. On my list (which I suspect I'll always have a HL list) are the cake boards I need to give this craft a try! Very excited about the possibilities.

pen n' paper flowers - GIVEAWAY

Check out this adorable print...

The amazingly talented Jess from pen n' paper flowers created this beautiful, inspiring print!!

And she's giving two of them away!!!

Click here for the fun giveaway. And enter!

And... when you enter, tell her that I sent you! She is giving ONE of the prints away to the person who sends the most people over to her blog!!!

If I win... I'll do a giveaway for a gift card. You can pick Hobby Lobby, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble or Target... those are the places I go most often... and I'll send you a $10 gift card!

Rules for my giveaway... you HAVE to enter the drawing at pen n' paper and you have to mention me in your post. You can either say that Alison sent you... or that Laugh sent you... she'll know they are both me! I will then put every one's names that entered the pen n' paper giveaway into a drawing and randomly select the winner!!!

Hurry, the pen n' paper giveaway ends tomorrow (Tuesday) night!! Be sure to check out her blog while you are there... you will seriously be inspired, perhaps motivated and most certainly awestruck at the creative talents of this girl!!!

I really want the print! Can you tell?

Good luck!!!

Free Lunchbox Notes

I love leaving notes for my kids in their lunchboxes!!

Even my teenagers will get a note every once in awhile.

Click here for some adorable lunchbox notes. You can download them and print them... for FREE! Thanks to AlphaMom.

More Horrible License Plates

My teenage son and I were driving home from a girls softball game last season, and he saw a car that impressed him. He wanted me drive closer so he could get a better look.

I noticed a HILARIOUS license plate.

So I drive VERY fast (not as fast as the corvette, because I was in a Honda...) but fast enough that when the corvette braked to make a right turn, I almost 'owned' a piece of that pretty cool car.

But, I got the picture.

And, it was posted on the Horrible License Plates blog this morning.

Photo credit was given to Katie O. Not sure who she is... but maybe it's an inside joke. Like maybe she's the sister-in-law of the HLP writer, who gets just a little too mean every four weeks or so! Wouldn't that be funny if it was the new mother-in-law of the writer???

If you don't check the HLP blog every day... you MUST. It is always good for a laugh!!

Sally Huss

I discovered the art of Sally Huss years ago on a trip to LaJolla with my husband. I fell in love with her style immediately! She calls her art "Happy Art." And it is!! You can't help but feel happy in her galleries or peeking around her website!

I love how she has utilized her Happy Musings in to a fun gift line. This key chain below is so sweet!

Oh, and Sally has a great and happy blog... take a look!

Ice Cream Social

Tangarang is a favorite blog for me to stalk visit regularly!

Earlier this week, we hosted our annual teacher appreciation dinner for our childrens' teachers. It is something that we started doing when our two oldest children were in 7th and 8th grade. I was perplexed at what to do for so many different teachers (we also have five younger children, all with teachers of their own) and we came up with the idea of hosting an evening, in our home, where we invited the teachers and their families to join us!

It was an instant hit and a wonderful new tradition for our family!

This year we decided on serving ice cream sundaes and I turned to Tangarang for a favor idea. And I was NOT disappointed.

Click here for the *FREE* downloadable file for this adorable cone favor!

Quilt Giveaway at Pigtails and Snails

Pigtails and Snails, a darling blog, is giving away the cute quilt above!

Whaddup? - Horrible License Plates

HorribleLicensePlates

one of my favorite blogs!!

Yesterday, a picture that my daughter snapped with her cell phone was used in a post. It's a good one!!

If you haven't already... mark this blog as a favorite. Then check it everyday!

Moda Bake Shop

IF I ever start to quilt, it'll be because of this blog, ModaBakeShop. Seriously, some dang, dang cute stuff.

And the pictures make me think that maybe, just maybe, I could do this!

I've done a quilt for my son that turned out darling... but the truth is... I had two very good friends of mine who are almost as good at quilting as they are at being a friend (they are AMAZING AMAZING friends), looking over my shoulder the entire time. And even more truthfully, the did a good portion of the work, with me nodding my approval and support!

I would love to give quilting a shot.

2 Cute 4 Me!

Click here. I have been 'published' again!

I'm kind of addicted to this license plate stalking thing...

The other day, I was out running errands and FREAKED out. I totally forgot my cell phone and I didn't have a camera either. What on earth was I going to do if I found a good/bad plate???

So... I refused to even look at license plates. Seriously. I avoided even looking at a single plate.

Horrible License Plates ... I wish I had thought of it!

Mental Floss

Mental Floss claims to be...

where knowledge junkies get their fix!

It is a fun blog!!

I played some of the Lunchtime Quizzes... it was fun! I really enjoyed the Sesame Street Song Quiz and did pretty good. The Name that City quiz was fun too... I only got 60% on that, but it was interesting!

Horrible License Plates... Goo Chick

Check it out...

click here...

I made it to the Horrible License Plates blog... again!!!!

I Found Your Camera

IFoundYourCamera... ok... if you have ever lost your camera, this is a blog you MUST check out!

IFoundYourCamera is a continuous project dedicated to reuniting lost cameras and orphan photos with their original owners.

What a great idea! And according to the owners of the blog, it is working! Cameras, memory cards, orphan photos are all being reunited with very grateful owners!

I love this!!!

Horrible License Plates

I love the blog HorribleLicensePlates.

And I can now proudly claim to be a published contributor to the funny blog!

Click here for my funny find!!! And take a look around... it is hilarious.

Signed,

LVSBADLP


(Loves Bad License Plates)

Blog Jokes

Cake Wrecks

If you are in need of a good laugh you have to check out this blog, called CakeWrecks. It is funny, funny, funny!!! It is all about REAL cakes that have been professionally decorated... no kidding!

Two of my friends, Marie and Dawn, have both blogged about this site in the last 24 hours and when I checked it out I found that I laughed until my cheeks hurt. Seriously!