pinkcherrymama

i'm late....i'm late....again!

yes, it's true. friday's giveaway is coming to you on saturday...again :/ 

so,in honor of my lateness, this weeks giveaway will be...

a set of 3 tags inspired by my favorite fairytale, alice in wonderland! of course, i can totally identify with the white rabbit in that i always seem to be running late! you can find more alice in wonderland inspired goodies here in my etsy store.

and just for giggles, i had to post this priceless picture of my dear hubby, messing around with his youth group boys...

i had to pull it off of facebook so it is a bit small, but you get the idea... we like to call him macho nacho, the luchador :D

have a safe and fun halloween and see ya' back here next week...i will post the giveaway winner at 10am on monday morning. i will also be posting some new things around wednesdayish...so check back!

~r

~friday giveaway winner!!!!!!!!

melissa wright

email your details to me and i will send your prize off on monday. thank you for playing along with me! have a great weekend full of blessings and remember to be thankful!

~r

~friday giveaway~

today's giveaway is...

 

a set of 5 tags. use them as placecards for thanksgiving or to write down what you're thankful for about each guest. the winner can choose to have these with or without the "thankful", if they would like to use them as placecards.

here's how to enter:

1. leave a comment, telling me one thing you are thankful for, that you normally take for granted. {you will understand why when you read on}

2. that's it! i will have big daddy choose a winner at 9:45am, tomorrow morning. i will post the winner at 10am.

i just finished reading this book last night. i stayed up until 2am reading!

it is amazing the things i take for granted everyday that were taken away from these amazing survivors with so little thought....my child, for instance!!! i cannot imagine my child being taken from my arms and thrown to the ground, to their death, like a piece of trash, insignificant and worthless. i am in a puddle of my own tears as i type. this story reminded me of how blessed i am to live freely and able to walk the streets without worrying about being suddenly snatched away or having my children taken for no reason. these are basic freedoms that everyone should have, 
 yet it amazes me that there are still places in this world where those
 freedoms are not given.

no more sad stuff!!!

ok, now for some new creations!

here's what i have been working on ...

 

i will be posting them on etsy today. with alice in wonderland being so popular right now, these stir sticks and food picks are great for parties.

alrighty then, i think that does it for today...enter the giveaway and tell your friends!

blessings, hugs and sparkly things to you all!

~r

"1 of 75", oops!

my previous post included pictures that did not realize where not supposed to be posted. i will post pictures again when they become available.

back in june, my daughter, kalie, who was turning 16, asked for donations instead of presents for her birthday. the money she raised went to the Tumaini school in nairobi, kenya, to fund a summer Bible school for the kids. by providing this summer school, the children were able to have meals which they do not get when school is not in session.

our church provides the only funding to the Tumaini school. the cool thing about it, is that we are able to develope relationships with these kids through sponsorships and mission trips where we will be able to visit them and keep in contact with them. kalie and i plan on going to Africa during her senior year of high school, God willing.

our youth group has launched a 75 student, $1,000 in 75 days, fundraising campaign to raise $75,000 to build a school with a small health clinic for these children. thus, the " 1 of 75" title. 
 we only have 56 days left!!!

as of now, the students at Tumaini school, are only able to go up to the 3rd grade level. the money raised will build a middle school for these children. after they graduate up to the high school level, we will be sponsoring some of the students to actually come here, to our homes and attend high school; something they would not have an opportunity to do in nairobi.

we are so excited, as a family, to be "1 of 75", and raising money for this awesome project!

if we can get 250 people to donate $4 each, we will have raised $1,000 toward our goal!

if you would like to help out you can donate by clicking here:

if you need a tax letter, please let me know and i will mail one out ASAP.

jimmie, kalie, brittany and i, thank you all in advance for your support.

for more information on our student ministry, click here

friday giveaway....a little bit late :)

and the winner is...nicole...since she is the only one who entered! yay, nicole....hope you like the bags :)

good morning! well, i got a little behind, which is soooooo not like me....ha,ha,ha, ya, right. i can't fool anyone. i am the QUEEN of being behind and late. so i have to apologize for completely spacing the friday giveaway yesterday. i'll make it up to you, i promise :)

so todays giveaway, or yeterdays, i guess...is :

 

a set of 10 halloween treat bags with tags and candy corn twist ties.

to enter, check out my etsy shop, then come back here and leave a comment telling me what kinds of tags or items you would like to see in my shop that i don't already have.

since this post is late, i will wait until monday morning to draw a name :) pass it on!!!

little buddy and i had some crafty time this week. he helped me paint pumpkins which we will be glittering sometime soon...i hope!

this week, i received a package from the lovely shell, from blingnets, who was last weeks giveaway sponsor. her packaging is lovely and shows how much time a care she puts into her work.

if you haven't already, be sure to check out her shop here.

we are taking our little guy to see this today:

i can't wait!!!! *squeals of joy*, i ahve wanted to redecorate my sons room in this style for a long time and now there's a movie!!! woohoo...i hope i am not disappointed...i dont' think i will be :)

 see you back here on monday. 10am ish for the giveaway winner!

have a great weekend!

~r

some blog love ♥ (very short post)

happy sunday evening! i hope you have all had a nice weekend and are getting in some relaxation before the new work week begins.

today, i was featured in a lovely blog! it is so nice to get blog love from people i don't know ♥ 

~check out the blog here~

 i am very, very tired, so i don't have much for ya today. we had 17 kids over last night for our weekly youth group. some of them wanted to come back after church today as well....it is good to be loved, but also very exhausting at times!

i will have some creative things up tomorrow, so please come back and visit then :)

ooh, and i would really love it if you had any requests for recipes, crafts or anything else that you have seen or tasted of mine, please let me know so that i can post them here!

good night!

~r

and the winner is......

as picked from my hat by my own mr. handsom, big daddy j :)

JES, i will let BLINGNETS know that you are the winner and get you 2 hooked up so she can 

mail out your prize!

thanks to all of you who participated. i will be doing a giveaway every friday until further notice...so pass the word on! the winners will be chosen every saturday morning at 9:45am.

now, this is what i have planned for today...

big daddy helped me get into the attic to pull out the fall decorations! yay! i have to admit, i am not a big fan of halloween, but i love pumpkins and i love to decorate, so....this year, i think i am going all black and white for halloween. maybe a little green in there too.  spray paint and glitter, here i come! of course photos will follow when i am done!

and later...a house full of teenagers for youth group! can you believe it? teenagers who come to talk about God....on a saturday night...when they could be doing something else....way rad!

hope your weekend is full of blessings and joy...and of course sparkly things!

~r

giveaway! ~ giveaway! ~ GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

good morning to all of my peeps out there in internet land!

 today i am so happy to be doing a giveaway for a very lovely lady. she has an etsy shop called BLINGNETS and sells very cute, very sparkly (you know i love sparkly!!!) magnets made out of vintage jewelry (you know i love vintage jewelry too!!!)

here is the giveaway:

take a look at the BLINGNET shop by clicking HERE. then come back and tell me which one is your favorite by leaving a comment here on my little bloggity (stole that from jess).

my little man will randomly pick a winner from a hat on saturday morning at 9:45am. the winner will receive the very cool, very sparkly magnet you see pictured holding up that beautimous tag (made by me!). so get your comments in!!!!!!!!!

 i will post the winner at 10am, saturday, october 10th.

fishies, snow storms, kids and craftiness :)

the past couple of weeks have been busy as usual around here. i have been getting more and more orders from my etsy shop everyday. it is so cool to get orders from all over the world; australia, spain, france, canada...i am having so much fun with it. 

the weather here in northern nevada/california is always a mystery. it had been staying pretty hot up until friday. then on saturday, big daddy and i decided to take elijah to the kokanee salmon festival in tahoe. it was a very blustery day indeed! we go to the festival every year. as children, we went with our school almost every year as well, so it is a bit of a tradition in our household. this year
  marked it's 20th anniversary. jimmie and elijah made the usual fish print...

and of course we saw the spawning salmon making their way up river to their death...

 

and a visit to the stream profile chamber,

i love the face...

pit stop for lunch on the bridge,

we are so blessed to live in such a beautiful place...

the wind was a bit chilly, but not too bad...

BUT...

sunday morning, this is what we awoke to at 6am:

if  you look close, you can see the reflection of our toasty fire on the right.

pretty crazy considering i took these pictures only a couple of days before:

 

the snow caused a lot of damage to our trees. since the leaves have not fallen yet and the snow was so wet, it weighed down the branches and broke a bunch of them off.

elijah couldn't wait to get out and play in the snow today, but he was a little disappointed when he saw how much had already melted...

fall is so beautiful here even if it is very short,. the colors and textures amaze me.

now, i can't finish this post without sharing a little bit of creativity so here it is...

i was in need of an address book, and me being me, i could not possibly go out a buy one...that would simply be too easy...so i made this out of a .50 cent composition book from walmart,

i covered the comp. book in japanese paper from paper-source using yes! paste. then i cut self adhesive tabs from the office supply into smaller pieces for the alpha tabs. i used more of these tabs, uncut, for month tabs in the back to use as an event calender/reminder for b-days, anniversaries, etc.

and there you have it. my creative bit for the day...

 have a wonderful day and find some time to enjoy the season and be creative :)

sparkliness to all!

~r