We have a winner!

Hello and thank you everyone who participated in my giveaway!
Their were 22 entries and only one winner. The winner gets a free computer software program from My Memories and she is going to have so much fun! Here are some of the pages I put together the other day.

All of these pages elements were free downloads from my memories. Okay blah blah. I visited www.random.org and one in 22 came up #5!

Congratulations "Average Joes Wife"!  You won! Alright! You are going to love this program,it is awesome! 


For all you other participants do not despair! I will have giveaways in the future and I will keep you informed. If you are interested in the program,you can still get $10 off using my coupon code on the right hand corner of my blog or on my giveaway page here. 
Thank you everyone ,thank you ,thank you!
Connie

My Memories Suite Giveaway! Closed

Hello Hello,

  Boy do I have a treat for all of you followers and friends out there! I am hosting the best giveaway ever! Have you ever heard of my Memories suite? Well I hadn't until about 2 weeks ago and let me tell you I looooove it! Here is a video demo.

The movie is kind of cheesy yes,but it really IS great digital scrapbook software! Every week on the website they post lots of new free downloads,they also have kits you can buy. Like this one

for under $10.00. Isn't this cute! I totally want to get this one! The great thing about kits like this,is that once you have them downloaded ,you have it forever! This pack comes with paper,embellishments,lettering and frames that you can use over and over again. They also have  pre-designed pages that come directly on the software and you can just add your photos right in. Here is an example of some of the free already made pages that I used.

Easy, easy! The pages also allowed me to move the little designs around and change the background paper if I wanted to. There are tons of options you have with this software. You can make photo books,web albums,interactive albums with video,calendars,cards or you can print them out page by page.They also have several different layout sizes so you can put your pages in picture frames or in albums that you already have at home. If you visit the My Memories blog you can find some really cute ideas!
  Here is a page I made on my own.

Here is a pre-designed template below that I added my daughters picture to.

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Anyway you get the point,it is pretty awesome!

So lets get down to the nitty gritty. The friendly people at My Memories have given me the opportunity to give one of my follower friends this awesome digital software for free! Do you want to win,do ya,do ya? Well there are several ways to enter: 


Mandatory:
                #1 Visit My memories and come back to tell me what your favorite digital paper pack or layout is. (1 Entry)
Extra:
                  #2 Become a follower of mine and let me know (1 entry)
                 #3 Like my memories on facebook   and come back to let me know.(1 entry)
                  #4 Post this giveaway on your blog .(2 Entries) I will confirm if this shows up on your blog.
                   #5 Follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/#! /mymemoriessuite    ( 1 Entry)

This giveaway will end on Sunday night October 9th and I will announce the winner next Monday Oct 10th.
* PLEASE ,PLEASE, PLEASE LEAVE ME A WAY TO CONTACT YOU IN CASE YOU WIN!*

*****If you can't wait and you would like to buy the software now visit www.mymemories.com and type in this coupon code STMMMS75800 to get $10 off the My memories suite 2 software and get an additional $10 off a digital layout kit.******

  
I am going to join a couple linky parties this week:
Debbie doos newbie party
Anything goes
Weekend wanderer

Thank you and Good luck! 
Connie

I see a brown frame and I want to paint it black.

 Here is my new Halloween entryway.
 This is the before:

The old window in this picture was a flop project that was just sitting there marinating and irritating me. So the window went to the closet and out came a frame I got from my friend last year.

I painted it black and crackled it. I also added some brown and light blue around for some definition. Actually it is a long story,but I will save you the boring details.

After my frame was done I cut out a piece of carboard for the back covered it with batting and some green courderoy material I had.

I also had the plain twig wreath so I added some doo dads that I already had. So the total cost was ZERO! Free is always cool with me.

P.S Stay tuned ,I have an awesome giveaway coming up on Monday!

Bakery sign reveal!

Hello and thank you for stopping by! Today I want to share with you a project that has been a while in the making,but I finally got myself in gear and finished it. Here is the new "Bakery sign"

The pictures aren't great I know,but that is what you get when you are on a budget. This project cost around $30. Lets break it down for you. I bought the cast iron spoons at a yard sale for $2.00. You can find the before post here and then I spray painted them with high gloss black.

The red and black paint are from Walmart,both are the "Glidden 2 in 1"brand . For more information on that visit this past post here. I tried out the "Krylon 2in1" Spray paint before buying the black glidden,but I did not like it at all. Sorry, I really wanted to like it,I did.The paint took up the rest of the money since I had to go back and buy different black paint. .
Now for the frame, it was free! I got it from my friends old kitchen. I have the whole story about that here.
  You are probably wondering what this looked like before, well let me show you right now.

This was my dining room wall before and here it is now.

I still have a-lot to do with the room,but that will probably not happen for sometime. In the meantime I hope to hear from you and thanks again for coming to visit me today.
 Here are some great parties that I am going to join today.
Weekend Warrior
Debbie Doos Newbie Party
Anything goes
Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays
Wow us Wednesdays
Get your brag on
Weekend Wanderer
Furniture Feature Friday
Spunky Junky Linky party

Crafting with the stars
A Creative Princess

Connie

Big Bear ca attractions day 2

Do you like carved bears that smell fresh of varnish and pine? Well I do ,and did I find bear heaven! It is called Kirby's custom carving. This is an outdoor store located in Big Bear ca on big Bear blvd. My Husband and I made this our last trip before heading home. I said I just wanted to have a "looksy".

Ahhh,this place is incredible! Of course I could kick myself for not taking more pictures! I wanted to adopt every bear there and the moose! I love this piece we are sitting on in this picture in particular. Perhaps one day I will be able to afford something like this. A little FYI though don't sit on the wood,(I got sap all over my butt).  I did however get to take home one little sweetie. Meet "sugar bear".

She was so precious I had to have her and we got such a deal! If you are in big bear don't buy the bears in the shops at the village. Go straight to Kirby's for a real bargain and get a bigger bear! I love my sugar bear,she makes me so happy. Look at her little smile.

I hope you like her too. Have a joyous day !
I am going to head on over to
Weekend Wanderer ,Come join us.
Connie

Big bear Ca attractions day 1

Hello friends,
 Last weekend my husband and I celebrated our anniversary at big bear lake ca. We have been married for 10 years and this was the first weekend that we got away together without the kids since, well ....before we had them. I love my little chiddlers,but it was awesome! Here is one of the major reasons we had such a blast!
 Check out this candy store! I was dyiyyyngggg. It is the "North Pole Fudge and ice cream company"

Seriously, I was in a fit of giggles. I am sure the sales clerk was growing tired of us ogggling over everything and not coming to a decision ,but she kept a smile the whole time. Doesn't it look like my husband is inhaling all that yummy chocolate ecstasy.

We finally decided that we each needed our own caramel apple for our first day. I got the caramel apple coated with white chocolate and cinnamon. He got the one smothered with caramel,milk chocolate and peanut butter. I am telling you it was like a candy honeymoon. I thought my eyeballs we going to stay permanently in the back of my head. 

They had all sorts of fudge,caramel apples, ice cream, things like chocolate covered twinkies,yum,yum,yum,yum! Oh and they also had a little sugar free counter too. So because we aren't the real sporty type and we needed something fun to do. We went for a second and third time. On the second day I got an ice cream and on the third we bought two pounds of chocolate to bring home to share with everyone. All the chocolate was gone that same night.

So if you are visiting Big Bear anytime, this is a must! To miss out on this little peace of sinful delight would be a complete misfortune.

I am going to join the fun over at
Weekend wanderer


Have a good one
Connie

Practice painting with Disney

Hello friends,
 I am almost done with my " Red Wall project". I just need my hubbies help with a couple of things and since he hurt his back,it probably won't happen for awhile.(Not his fault) SOOOO.. now what? I am going to share with you something I painted about 6 years ago for my friends daughters room.

Now this is a perfect example of what happens when you do not plan out your project properly. The images started to merge into the side wall and this would have been much better moved way over to the left. Cinderella looks a little scared like they are going to crash.

But you know what,one can not complain. I didn't charge anything to do this and it took  a-lot of time ,plus I didn't have a projector or a picture of Cinderella sitting to go off of. 

I found pictures of the other Disney Characters in coloring books and other children's books. They were a-lot easier.Now if I were to do this again, I would use a projector! Also if you do this make sure have your full design ready before you start to paint  it , you will save so much time!

I still think it turned out cute,it was nice of my friend to let me practice on her wall. This was a good learning experience.  One day I hope to do another Disney mural. 
 This week will probably be dedicated to past projects until I finish my latest one. Thank you for stopping by, feel free to add any tips or suggestions or anything,(just not mean).
Connie
I am going to party with

http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/

Nifty Thrift Tuesdays

Anything goes Tuesdays

Get your Brag on!

20 Below Thursdays!