{embrace the camera} Day 5

Friday May 28, 2010

3 beautiful kids = 1 lucky momma

We did it!

Thanks again Emily! Count us in for the next challenge. Want to join us?

Last nights sewing project, a hanker chief dress. Too cute and so easy!

{embrace the camera} Day 4

Thursday, May 27, 2010

couldn't choose just one...

see why?

{embrace the camera} Day 3

Wednesday May 26, 2010

2 kids playing in the sandbox,

1 momma painting the house,

1 baby lounging in the grass,

and you get 4 sets of dirty piggies!

and the winner is...Sandy S!

Congrats Sandy S!

Thanks to all that participated,
More giveaways to come!

{embrace the camera} Day 2

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

after 3.8 miles with...

1 triple stroller,

1 cranky girl,

1 hungry baby,

1 happy boy wearing muck boots babbling nonstop,

...I am 1 tired momma!!

(not pictured is my amazing friend that is willing to walk with us.)

{embrace the camera} Day 1

What is it?

A challenge to embrace the camera all week.

Everyday capture a picture of YOU with your kids.

Maybe with just 1 kid or all of them.

Want to join in on the challenge? Go here to read more about it.

Monday May 24th, 2010 at 5:50 am. (1 awake, 2 sleeping.)

Here we are still in our pj's.

I love the idea of this! Thanks Emily.

Matching Baptism Dresses

Our two little girls were baptised on Sunday. So last weeks projects were to make them matching dresses and a few decorations for the party. I made the dresses out of linen fabric using a simple peasant style design. I love how they turned out. They looked so sweet! Here is a sneak preview of the dresses. I'll post more pictures of the baptism later.

For all you minivan driving mommas out there...

Celebrating my 1 Year Anniversary with a Diaper Bag Giveaway!

2 little hooligans one year anniversary was last week! I can't believe it has already been one year! When I opened up my etsy shop, I set a goal for myself to sell 100 items in my first year. Well, I definitely reached my goal. I sold somewhere around 470 items! WOW! Now I know why I was so tired all the time, that was a lot of late nights. Thanks to all of you that purchased a 2 little hooligans item for yourself or as a gift. My way of saying thanks to all of you is to have a giveaway. I am giving away this diaper/tote bag (or right now the perfect beach bag!) All you have to do is leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog. Giveaway will end May 25 and winner will be chosen by random. Good Luck!

There are some changes in store for 2 little hooligans over the next year, starting with a new blog, logo, and website. I can't wait to share them with all of you!

Happy Mother's Day Grammy!

Hope this adds a little sunshine to your day! We love you Grammy!

Still need a Mother's Day gift for those special mom's in your life? Here is a cute little gift that only took about an hour to make. It may take longer if you plan on doing it with the kiddo's or need to bake the brownies.

First, I made some boxes using scrap booking paper that I had. I found a great tutorial here:
http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/techniquesandtutorials/ss/Box.htm

To make the chocolate covered strawberries, melt milk chocolate in the microwave in increments of 30 seconds until completely melted. Dip strawberries into melted chocolate and place on a pan lined with wax paper. Then melt some pink candy melts and lightly drizzle on top of the chocolate strawberries. Let the strawberries harden. Now use a tiny biscuit cutter to cut out the brownies and place into mini cupcake wrappers. Line boxes with a large cupcake wrapper and place two chocolate covered strawberries and two brownies in each box. Put top on boxes and tie with a matching ribbon. Now you are finished!

little pricess D's 4th birthday crown

One of my little nieces 4th birthday is today. (Happy Birthday little D!!) A few days ago I sacrificed some much needed sleep to make her a special birthday crown. I have seen a ton of felt birthday crowns (which I love), but no fabric crowns. So with a million scraps of fabric hanging around I attempted to make her one out of fabric. I love how it turned out and cant wait to see her in it. Auntie also made her a matching purse!

Our little girl turns 1 1/2 today!

And my sister in law celebrates a birthday today too! But Im not going to tell you how old, Happy Birthday Auntie Kelley!

Next week this little one turns 2 months!

knock off wood

I wanted to share with you all one of my most favorite sites right now. Its called knock off wood and its amazing! For those of you that know me, know that our house has been under renovation for 6 years now. We are still aways away from it being completed, so I just dream of having a finished house. Or at least a house with a living room and a kitchen table. Anyways, enough rambling about our "dump." I love the furniture and designs from Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel but don't like the prices. So when I stumbled across this blog a few weeks ago I have been hooked ever since. Unfortunately, we haven't had the time to make anything yet but we do have a massive picnic table with bench seats in the works. Hopefully it will be done this weekend. Its supposed to be my mothers days gift. Go check out knock off wood, you are going to love it!