Oh, Baby

Ok, so I have already posted about this wonderful Etsy seller before, but I just HAD to post about her again after receiving yet another wonderful sheet of labels I had purchased! I contacted Autumn Leah over at Autumn Leah Designs a few weeks ago on creating a custom sheet of baby shower theme labels to use on custom baby food jar candles I was making for my BFF to use on the tables for decor at her baby shower. They were such a HUGE hit! Everyone just adored the little candles! YAY!! I also made other candles for the shower to give away for the game prizes. Autumn Leah is simply the most fantastic Etsy seller I have come across so far! She makes such lovely designs and has top-notch Customer service!! 

Here is one of the baby food jar candles I made using her labels

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Too cute!!! You can purchase your own set of custom labels here:

Autumn Leah Designs

Keep in mind she is due any day now, 

but she will open her shop back up as soon as everything returns to normal. =)

Next photo is the custom candles I made for the game prizes

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Left to right: "Baby Cakes" Cupcake Candle, "Neapolitan" 16oz Mason Jar Candle,

4 Pack "Black Raspberry Vanilla" Frosted Votive Candles, 

Cinnamon Bun "Bun in the Oven" Loaf Candle

I even used one of the labels on a baby blue tag and used a

safety pin to attach it to the bow on the loaf candle. They were such a big hit! 

And don't worry, I was sure to bring a stack of biz cards with me to set on the table hehe..!

How to save a life

Sorry guys for not posting in a while. For the last 2-3 weeks I've been taking care of our canine family member Spunky. He is a full blooded Bull Mastiff Pitt. And a big one at that! One Saturday, my hubby was outside working on one of his cars (as usual) and I come out to bring him something to drink. Our neighbors were out grilling and one of them yelled across the yard "Chasity, Your dog is bleeding".  I called him out from under the house and didn't think to much of it at first since he's gotten in oil and such before in the back yard. When he come up to me I just about past out. He had a massive chest would that was about 6" long and 3" wide. He was bleeding out everywhere. Of coarse, I started going into panic mode screaming for my Husband to come. This is what really upset me...since it was Saturday we only have one local (expensive) vet that takes emergency calls. The same vet in which I've been taking our Pomeranian I got this past Christmas to see. When we called they told my husband that they couldn't take him in because he was not a client! What? Not a client? Are you joking??!!! Lucky for us, my Husband works for the man who's Daughter runs the vet. So yeah, I called them! I totally went there. They told me not to worry about anything, to put my dog in the van and there will be someone up there waiting when I got there. And sure enough, there was three women waiting. Not too happy to see me, but they were there. We consider our animals like they are family. I will go to no end to save them. 

Here is Spunk Chunk (as I like to call him) resting in our laundry room after surgery. 

We still don't know exactly what happened to him or what he got into. The vet said he looks as if he tried to jump over a fence or it could have been a wild hog considering our location of where we live.

  He is a real trooper. He never whined or acted like it bothered him! 

She said that if we wouldn't have taken him up there, he would have died by morning. 

 He's my big Goof Ball..lol But I love him!

shout out

This shout out post goes out to Autumn Leah over at AutumnLeahDesigns. I ordered a few new personalized labels for some of my candle jars. They turned out soooo adorable! I just had to post about it! 

This is the design I used for one of my candles

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The listing can be found here:

Autumn Leah Designs Personalized Stickers 

-- POLKADOT THANK YOU --

She has sooo many cute labels and stickers to choose from. She is a WAHM and will design 

anything you need! Custom Orders welcome!

etsy for kids

Here are some sweet finds aimed just for the kiddos. 

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 Child's Initial Lamp Shade with Satin Trim and Center Bow

 

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Infant/Toddler Demin Blue Flower On A Dark Brown Crochet Headband 

  

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kids adjustable skull hat

  

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Finn the L/S monster tee sizes 2,4,6,8

  

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hand stamped baby bangle cuff bracelet ...love bug

  

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Customizable, Reversible Super Hero Capes from Everybody's Hero

 

 

Winner!!

We have a winner! The winner of the "Another Candle Giveaway" is....

♥ jodi233 ♥

Thank you to all that entered! We will be posting a giveaway each month so check back often for another chance to win some awesome prizes!

quick & easy way to make a Etsy banner

In case you missed the Etsy forum thread today a super nice Etsy shop owner shared her easy peasy way of making a shop banner! 

Here is what I made:

Not too shabby huh? =)

I'll probably play around with it some more when I have time, but this will do for now. I always wondered how to make one esp if you don't have a photo editing program like photoshop, or not really computer savvy(like me) this is the easiest way I have found so far. 

The Site is called Big Huge Labs. 

Once you are on the site click on "Mosaic Maker". You can register for an account, but I just signed in under my facebook account to pull pictures. I then set it to 7 Columns 3 Rows. You can also adjust the background & border colors. Then all you have to do is click on "choose a photo" 

Once you have finished picking out 7 photos,  click on create and it will take you to a page where you can save or edit it some more. I added "The Clack House" to a white photo using Picnik.com

And there you have it! Easy Peasy!

another candle giveaway!!

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED
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I had so much fun with the last giveaway, I'm going to do another! The rules to enter will be just like before, but this time YOU get to choose what you get! 1 choice out of THREE fabulous items!

First choice: 

Yummy CANDY LANE Wax Tart Melts

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 Second Choice:

Yummy Valentines FROSTED CUPCAKES Wax Tart Melts XOXOXO

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Third Choice:

Warm Spiced Apple Cinnamon 8 oz Mason Jar Candle

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WOW! How much fun is this?!!

How to Enter?

All you have to do is check out my etsy shop and then come back here and leave a comment about one of the items in my shop. Pick one that you like and tell me what you like about it! Be sure to include your email address so that I can contact you if you’re a winner!

For a second chance to win, you can follow this blog and leave a comment saying that you do so (if you already follow me, just leave a comment saying that you already do).

For a third chance, become a FaceBook fan. Don’t forget to leave a comment letting me know that you’re a fan!

And, lastly, if you have a blog, mention this giveaway on your blog and leave a comment letting me know with a link to your blog post.

This giveaway ends on Friday, February 19th, at noon and the winner will be announced at this post and on facebook. The winner will also be notified and the prize will be shipped out shortly thereafter.

With luck, you could win this lovely gift or make it your own Valentine's treat!

What are you waiting for?
 Winner will be chosen using random.org generator. That way it will be fair!

**For US only**