Brunette & Blessed

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Mini Giveaway!

Good morning everyone...Happy Thursday.

I wanted to do a mini giveaway!

I'm calling it a mini because I did some crafting a few nights ago with my girlfriend and our projects turned out to be a success.

I found the idea while I was pinning...
Of course I immediately put it on my DIY board.

You can find the originator of this idea here
You can also follow me on Pinterest here

So this inspired me to try it for myself.

ugg...my hair looks a hot mess!

TA-DA!

So they turned out pretty good and I ended up with two of these little babies.

I don't think it is necessary to have more than one so I thought I would put it up here and see if someone would like to have it by entering a mini giveaway!

To Enter:

Simply be a follower of my blog and leave me a comment saying that you are

I'll pick a winner on Oct. 18th (since it's my birthday)

Seems like a good day to give someone else a little present :)

I'll contact the winner by email to get your address

Good Luck!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Morning!

We are half way though the week

It is time for another addition of What I'm Loving Wednesday.

I'm linking up with jamie....stop over and link up too

All my loves are from pinterest this week...go figure!

Love this whole outfit...prolly would upgrade the boots for boots with heels!

Looks so comfortable

Love these shoes! Need them in black too

I love this watch...I think I would like a darker brown though...just thinking

I love her curls but not her roots....lol sorry to be harsh first thing in the morning

Very cute!

I think I have to do this. I love it....so stinking cute

I love the idea of these little charms....it would be cool if you used the text from your favorite book to make it too

Last but not least...this made me chuckle and is totally true!

Hope everyone has a good rest of the week and can hang on till Friday!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

DIY rosette braclet

I recently saw this super cute bracelet courtesy of Pinterest

Someone made cute little rosette's and attached them to a piece of cut ribbon.

You need a piece of ribbon long enough to tie around your wrist in a bow.

You can pick any color and fabric that you want.

You need about half a yard of fabric. More if you want bigger rosettes than mine.

Cut into 1.5 inch strips.

you need about 5 or 6 rosette depending on the size of your wrist

Take cut strips and twist until entire strip is wrap/twisted
Then you can tie a baby know in the end and start winding the rest of the strip around the knot

Its easiest to keep flower on the table so it keeps its shape

Then after it is done...glue end of string to side of flower.

To hold flower together...hot glue the back of the flower to a piece of felt.

Then line up flowers on the ribbon...you want them tight together.

Hot glue flowers into place on your Ribbon

Ta-da

I dont think this picture does the bracelet justice but they turned out so cute!

I'm going to make more in extra colors :)

I made this one too!

We also stained our neck. It was way overdue....check it out!

Thats the hubs walking away from the picture!

Also a bit REDIC! I saw a christmas tree this weekend at Home Depot...WTF?

It was only Oct 8th?

Happy Crafting Tuesday!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Misc Monday!

Link up with Carissa for Miscellany Monday

Dogs LOVE ice cream!

Took the dogs to Dairy Queen and got them doggie cones.

I think they really liked it after the walk up there.

Frank takes his ice cream deadly serious.

wish you could have seen him going after this ice cream cone! redic!

Beans ate ice cream too but she was much more of a lady about it.

Frank

Beans

Also I wanted to share with you a tip that I picked up from a magazine this week
I had a ring on my kitchen table from where I brought a planter in and set it on the table.
I didn't realize the bottom was wet and ended up with a ring that was huge on the middle of my table
UGGGG...I thought I had ruined our table!
Anyway here is what you have to do

BEFORE

Take a old towel and lay it over the ring

Take a hot iron and run it over the ring for several mins.

This will draw the moisture out of the table into the towel

I tried mayo on the ring too...which you can see in the picture and that does not work...FYI

AFTER!

You can still see the ring a little bit if you are looking for it but it help SO MUCH!

I hope everyone has a great monday!

Friday, October 7, 2011

Blazer's Like What...

	Everyday Blazer $650 - crumpetengland.com Cashmere blazer »
	Twenty8Twelve by s.miller Bolen Stage 3 32 Inch Straight-Leg Jeans ~~$395~~ $99 - theoutnet.com Straight jeans »
	Carvela Wigan Boots $310 - houseoffraser.co.uk Knee high boots »
	Nine West Clutch Me Up Croc Clutch - Red $30 - dsw.com Nine west handbags »
	Dual Necklace $111 - farfetch.com Copper chain necklace »
	Carole Jeweled Feather Shoulder Duster Earrings Tan One Size $12 - nordstrom.com Feather