Featured Again!

Hey Friends!

Remember these from oh so long ago?

Just popping in to share how excited I am that I have been featured again today over at Knock Off Decor for my Pottery Barn inspired burlap mats.   You can see the original how-to here.  In the meantime, I'll be running on over to Knock Off Decor for more DIY inspiration!

Ya Gotta Check these Ladies Out!

Well sweeties, my Faux Zinc Table has been getting some attention this week, and wow, I am so thankful!



Meg at Nutmeg Place featured my "zinc" table on her Showoff Saturday this morning!  Thanks Meg!

Lauren at West Furniture Revival featured my table AND my gilt chair, woot!

Ya gotta check out her awesome furniture projects...girl's got it goin' on.

And Stephanie at New Again honored me with the Liebster Blog Award, which is a sweet little award for smaller (still growing!) blogs:)

Thanks Stephanie!  So, I am passing this award on to these three awesome ladies!  Please go check out their fabulous blogs!

The Nuthouse Five

Miss Flibbertigibbet

The Inspired Collection

Now listen, I am not particular about y'all following rules around here, but if you care to pass this award along, please do so to 3-5 other blogs with 200 or fewer followers.  Thanks!

An Update

Some fun stuff has been happening for me lately, and thought I'd share!  I won these super cute blocks from DaySpring and the Nester!

It's been tough trying to explain to the boys why Mommy now plays with blocks and they can't touch 'em!

And, thanks to my wonderful readers, I also placed Second in a friendly guest-blogging competition over at Charlotte Mom Favorites!  (Click here to read my post about The Mommy "Dating" Scene, aka making friends with other moms).  My prize was a gift card to California Pizza Kitchen, where the Hubs and I demolished our celebratory BBQ Chicken pizza.  Thank you dear readers!

Love this bloggin' gig!

Come On Over...

Hip Hip Hooray!  Bree from Coupons on Caffeine is featuring me today in her "Made It Wednesday" feature!

Won't you stop by and check it out?

In the meantime, a big "thank you" to Samantha at My Endless To Do's, who recently awarded me the Lovely Blog Award!

Thank you Samantha!  I am not gonna bore y'all with more random facts about me, I think you may get enough randomness just by reading here!  But I will say...come on over and visit these sweet gals!

Little Old Stylish Me

Well, whaddya know!  I actually convinced someone out there that I am a Stylish Blogger!

My evil plan to fool you all and gain world domination is working!  Bwa ha ha ha hA HA!  And now, you know for sure that I am sooooo not stylish.  Anyone who tries to do an evil laugh in writing (or in person for that matter) definitely isn't.  Nevertheless, sweet Stephanie over at Binkies and Briefcases nominated me for the Stylish Blogger Award, and I think I'll go ahead and accept, knowing full well that every one of you is more stylish than I am.

So, now I must engage in the ritual telling of seven random facts about me:

1) Olives, avocado and cheese are my favorite foods.  I was supposed to be born in the Mediterranean.

2) My guilty pleasure is watching "The Bachelor."  It's gotten harder lately because I just get all maternal-feeling toward these girls.  Like, why is this beautiful, sweet girl crying over this dude?  Maybe she never learned that she has great worth even without a man...and that somebody out there is just made for her.  I can identify because it took me a long time to learn the same lesson.  So much for mocking all those girls for crying on TV.  Darn maternal instincts.

3) I am terrible at spelling.  I misspelled "avocado" and "Mediterranean" in the last two minutes.  Twice.

4) I used to be an amateur boxer, and I still enjoy hitting a heavy bag.  My new love is for Zumba, though.

5) Eighties music is tops.  I like 80s pop, rock, alternative...whatever is eighties, I love it and probably know the lyrics.  In fact, I know so many lyrics that now I can't remember things like people's birthdays, or what I ate yesterday, or...what was I talking about?  Yeah, that too.

6) I am currently reading The Girl who Played with Fire against my better judgment.  I have to watch what I read and look at because it sticks in my head and bothers me.  Are you like that too?  If you are, don't read any of the books in this series.

7) My favorite scent: fresh-cut limes.

Geez, that was hard.  It's no so easy to find seven things to say about yourself.  Much easier to pass the award along to these seven stylish women:

Leslie at A Room Somewhere
She is both adorable and cool.

Shannon at Googiemomma
She totally cracks me up.

Mama Hall for her honesty.

Cara and Ann Marie at Twice Lovely
Furniture renovation to die for.

Delores at Vignette Design,
because every post is drool-worthy.

Cyndy at The Exchange
Check out her new laundry room!

Lisa at A Vintage Vine
and her fabulous new kitchen!

Please go check them out--they're awesome!  And, just a note to those of you I chose--I have mixed feelings about awards...they are fun but I can understand why some bloggers opt out of them.  If you don't want to pass it on, please don't!  That's totally cool with me.  I don't wanna cause any craziness, I just wanna have fun.  It's the Cyndi Lauper in me.