If you can remember back a year, I pondered the conversation I would've had with my younger self in the essence of turning a quarter of a century. A month ago I turned the big 2-6. Last year's birthday was really hard for me for a number of reasons I've already discussed. But I have … Continue reading Birthday shenanigans: Sip & Paint
Category: Craft and Wine Night
Happy Birthday Blog Giveaway!
So, only a short time ago, my itty bitty blog turned one! ONE! YAY! I can't believe it's been a whole year! I want to thank YOU for following, trying, and just checking out my little piece of internet heaven! So to thank you for being amazing Glitterettes, I'm doing a... HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOG GIVEAWAY! … Continue reading Happy Birthday Blog Giveaway!
Valentines Day Sale!
Morning Petals! Happy Valentines Day! My little Etsy Shop is having a sale for 10% off your purchase, vaild until 2/18! VALENTINES DAY ONLY! Use the code: VDAYGITA10 to get 10% any purchase! New items available and items that were sold are renewed for additional orders! Take a gander! Have a good Valentines (OR GALENTINES … Continue reading Valentines Day Sale!
DIY: Sugar Scrubs
DIY: Sugar Scrubs "Craft and Wine Night" continues and the holiday season has proved to have some of my favorite nights this year! Last Saturday, us gals got together to make some homemade sugar scrubs! We attempted to follow some different recipes we found online and decided to just wing it and make up our … Continue reading DIY: Sugar Scrubs
DIY: Little Jetsetter Baby Shower
We found out my cousin was going to be a Daddy recently and assisted his sister and my cousin, Courtney (featured here a bit), in throwing the expecting couple a baby shower! The both of them are quite the world travelers and have some amazing stories of their adventures. For the first year, Mommy and … Continue reading DIY: Little Jetsetter Baby Shower
More BOOtiful wreaths!
Happy Halloween Wreath The other night at "Craft and Wine Night" we decided to make some holiday and autumn wreaths! Remember the "Mummy" wreath I made? This is what generated that idea! We even had some new additions to the craft and wine tradition. I decided to use NOODLES! Yes, as in POOL NOODLES! I … Continue reading More BOOtiful wreaths!
DIY Bow Pillow: The Sewing Edition
Remember once upon a time when we made those nifty little monogram pillows at Craft and Wine Night? Remember how incredibly lazy I was and how I didn't want to sew it so I just used "Heat and Bond"? And then when I made the chalkboard sign out of the cookie sheet with the matching … Continue reading DIY Bow Pillow: The Sewing Edition
DIY “Are you my ‘mummy’?” Halloween Wreath
The fall is my absolute favorite time of year: Everything pumpkin, golden leaves, an excuse to wear sweatshirts and cardigans all the time... the list goes on. But my absolute favorite part is the crafts! I have a lot of crafts half finished right now, but one I just finished, one that was quick and … Continue reading DIY “Are you my ‘mummy’?” Halloween Wreath
Weekend Wrap-up… almost a week late
HAPPY HUMP DAY! Boy, do I need a happy hump day. Things have been ca-razy around here, I'm beginning to think there is never any breathable downtime here! Part of me loves it, the other part hates it, mostly because life gets away from me and I have no idea where it goes! All of … Continue reading Weekend Wrap-up… almost a week late
DIY Rainbow Fish/Mermaid Wine Glasses
I'm a total wino, that's no shocker to the world. Anyone who knows me personally knows I'm always talking about some new wine i've tried, my favorites or my desire to be a super wine connoisseur ... I'm still working on that. Anyways, I've been dying to make some new wine glasses... and by make … Continue reading DIY Rainbow Fish/Mermaid Wine Glasses