Giveaway, Giveaway, Giveaway Designgirl16 Party Favors For All Occasions!!!

Ever since I was a little girl I have had a fascination with paper goods. I have more stationary than you can imagine and any excuse to embellish even a cupcake will make my day! To me you can never have enough! This is why I am very excited to be able to offer one of my lucky readers a $20 gift certificate for paper goods to Designgirl16's etsy shop!

Designgirl16 has all your hand made party favors, party decorations, and invitations of all types. They can custom design and make favors, decorations and invitations for all occasions including, weddings, birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, gift bags, etc.

Designgirl16's just a few of my favorite items include the Birthday banners, Cupcake toppers, and thank you cards and that is just a few of their fabulous items. Take a peek at just a select few items below.

Birthday Banner $22

It's A Boy Thank You Cards $23

Barnyard Cupcake Picks, $10

You can view their entire collection at their shop Designgirl16 HERE.

Would you like to win a $20 gift certificate to Designgirl16's SHOP?????

Main entry: Visit Designgirl16 HERE and tell me what you would spend your gift certificate on.

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Contest runs until August 17th 11:59PM and is open to US residents only. Good luck!!!!

Featured Reader: Let me introduce you to......

Hello friends! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend and managed to stay cool! We hit 95 degrees on Sunday which is hot for us, we have had a mild summer. Just a reminder that if you would like to be a featured reader please send me a link of your blog to klacustomcreations@comcast.net.

Monday's are always fun since I have the great pleasure of introducing you to a fab reader! It is funny how the web has millions of bloggers and yet we mom bloggers tend to bump into each other, Eileen of Sane without drugs happens to be quite fond of one of my favorite bloggers, Stacy of Stacy's Random Thoughts, so it is no surprise that I enjoy Eileen's blog. Grab a cup of joe and get to know my friend Eileen!

Name: Eileen of Sane without drugs

Family: Tom, Austin and Adam

How did you start blogging?

I started blogging over the April 2009 spring break. My sister had written a couple of political blog posts that she wanted me to read. After I read the posts, I thought I should give blogging a try. I had what felt like a million funny stories running through my head that I love to tell.

What is your parenting philosophy?

My philosophy for my two boys is to help them find their happiness and their purpose in life. I love to point people in the right direction. My poor boys get tons of advice from me on how to make friends, get good grades, things to do,..... I got both boys involved in music. The older boy (Austin) has really found his passion with his guitar and saxophone. He won a very nice award this spring from his band director. It was given to him in front of about 1,000 people. Kinda a surreal moment for me. All our hard work has paid off.

You will never find me without.... Chocolate in the pantry.

Day job:

I am a math teacher. I adore the students I teach. They do not know my blog name. I would never write a post directly about any of them. They know that I do blog. If they knew my site, I would probably get another 100 followers easy.

Favorite stuff:

Music: Eric Clapton, Beatles, and new music especially cranky women like Alanis Morissette

Food: Fancy salads with chicken or salmon

Tv: Weeds, Dexter, Rescue Me, Big Love or anything funny.

Reading: I like non-fiction like current autobiographies.

If you had to wear a T-shirt with your favorite saying on it what would it be?

This is tough! It would probably be something sarcastic that unfortunately only I understand to be funny. This happened with a quote in my high school year book. I make a joke about wanting to marry someone that only the kids from physics class knew. The man was the physics teacher in a video tape series that we had to watch every Friday. Most of the students asked me who it was like I was really going to marry him!!! I was so embarassed that only a few people knew the joke.

Favorite stores to shop:

Nordstrom. They carry unique clothes that fit me. I am kinda a amazon at 5'10". I have not bought anything new for about a year. I want to pay things off to travel. For groceries, I do WalMart, SO CHEAP!!!

If you could trade with a blogger for the day who would it be?

I would trade with Stacy of Stacy's Random Thoughts. I want to play with Princess Nagger!!


Please be sure to leave Eileen some comment love and also head on over to her blog HERE.

I knew I was a grown up when....

I knew I was a grown up when I started paying for m y own toilet paper and gave up on caring. I especially knew I was a grown up when I became a Mom. To me there is nothing like having to put your needs aside and care for someone else, that makes you grow up really fast. I wouldn't trade being a Mom for anything in the world and no amount of money could replace the love I feel for this little guy! ( I know toilet paper and being a Mom are polar opposites but seriously who likes paying for their own TP, it has to be a right of passage!)

When did you know you were a grown up?

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Every picture tells a story... don't it?

I think you can tell by the pictures that Will is enjoying his new pool. Lately we cannot keep him out of the water. This pool is big enough that once it warms up I may join him, but for now I will just get splashed on the sidelines.

A friend asked me to design a necklace as a gift for a amateur photographer and I think it would be perfect for anyone who loves to snap a lot of pictures and especially mom bloggers! I know I never leave home without my camera. I just may make one for myself. Every picture tells a story... don't it?


The "every picture tells a story" is available in my shop HERE.

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Wordless/Wordful Wednesday

For some reason I have a silly fascination with putting hats on our greyhound, and maybe because it makes me laugh every time and Kane never seems to mind either.

Happy Wednesday make it a great day!

P.S. No animal was hurt in the taking of this picture, the only thing that was damaged maybe was his pride.

We have a winner and something new

The winner of my Featured Reader Contest that closed yesterday is Dawn of Bee and Rose! Congratulations Dawn! If you haven't visited Dawn's blog yet please be sure to stop on by HERE. YaYa of YaYa Stuff kicked off a new round of readers just yesterday so be sure to give her some comment love too!

I added the "let them be little" piece to my shop about a week ago and have to share the story behind it. Often I look at Will and think to myself why can't he stay little forever and by that I don't mean just for me. I look at his innocence, pure joy in the smallest things and think to myself that we all should be that happen. I hope that his joy is never taken away. This piece can include the birthstones of your kiddos and be a simple reminder of their youth and innocence. Do you sometimes wish they could just stay little forever?


You can visit my entire collection at Kristen's Custom Creations.

Featured Reader: Let me introduce you to

Hello friends! I hope everyone had a great weekend. We made our way to my parents lake house and had beautiful weather this weekend. It was so nice to have some time to unwind. We can hardly keep Will out of the water! Isn't that what summer is all about, just kicking back in the sun? How does the summer go by so fast?

I always enjoy Monday's since I have the pleasure of introducing one of my fab readers. What would a blogger be without fabulous blog friends? I am pleased to introduce you to Yaya of

Yaya Stuff. I am not sure how I stumbled on Yaya's blog but I was instantly drawn to her energy and charm. You never know what to expect from Yaya and she always speaks from the heart with a bit of sass, which is what I love the most. You may already be a friend of Yaya's, she has a very large following but if you aren't run do not walk over to her blog.... but read her feature first and leave her some comment love, we bloggers thrive on comments! Grab a cup of joe and get to know my friend Yaya!!

Name: Yaya of Yaya stuff

Family:

Just me and my hubby, Josh, for now. We are hoping to have children very soon through adoption and fertility treatment. We have 2 dogs, a cat and

a turtle, or as we call them, our "zoo".

How did you start blogging?

I started blogging in May of 2008 so that friends and family could keep up with what was going on in our lives. A friend of mine, Ashley, has a blog and I thought it was a great idea.

What is your blogging philosophy?

My blogging philosophy is to always comment back to people who comment me. I *try* to 'follow' back those who follow me but darn blogger won't let me follow any more people!

You will never find me without......something ORANGE!

Day job:

I am a full time nanny for 4 kids during the week and I clean offices on the weekends. I also teach a workshop for children with Tourette Syndrome. Phew, I'm exhausted when I realize how much I work! My dream job is to be a stay at home mom. I'm hoping this happens SOON!

Favorite Stuff:

Anything orange. Animals. Babies/Children. Lime Tostitos. Dry red wine. Dancing movies. Reality tv. Having things clean and organized. Baking.

...oh yeah, and that husband of mine!

Music: Joshua Radin

Food: Pizza

Tv/ Movies: reality anything

Reading: Sophie Kinsella, Twilight series

If you had to wear a T-shirt with your favorite saying on it what would it be?

"Live, Love, Laugh"

Favorite stores to shop at:

Target, Banana Republic, Gap, Old Navy

If you could trade with a blogger for the day who would it be?

I would trade with Julia from Our Simple Life (http://julia-oursimplelife.blogspot.com/) because she lives on a farm and I love how she gets to spend every day outside with her beautiful children, hiking and horseback riding. *sigh* sounds heavenly!

Other good stuff from Yaya:

Thank you for reading about me!

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."

~Mother Teresa

Please be sure to leave Yaya some comment love and also visit her blog at Yaya Stuff

If you would like to be a featured reader please send a link to your blog to klacustomcreations@comcomcast.net