First, I never got a response from the winner of the Vinyl Crafts giveaway.  The new winner is Anne.  If your name is Anne, check your email and respond ASAP.

The winner of the Riley Blake fabric bundle is Sha.  If your name is Sha, check your email and respond ASAP.

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I’d like to introduce you to Crap I’ve Made’s newest sponsor: Kelly from My Only Sunshine Design.

Do you want to add a little sunshine to your next gift?

My Only Sunshine Design offers high quality personalized gifts.  And, they LOVE custom orders…contact them if you don’t see exactly what you’re looking for.

They have everything from engraved jewelry to personalized aprons for adults and kids.

Kelly posts her promotions and customer images over on the My Only Sunshine Design blog.  Be sure to check there for deals before placing an order!

My Only Sunshine Design is giving one lucky Crap I’ve Made reader their choice of personalized Ultimate Carry All.

(You don’t have to get the pink one…check out the link above for more color options!)

How perfect would that be for hauling blankets, water bottles, snacks to the sideline at football?  (Can you tell how my weekend was spent?  Again.)  Or what about to carry your farmer’s market purchases?

TO ENTER:

Click on over to My Only Sunshine Design.  Have a look around.  Come back and leave a comment ON THIS POST (not on Facebook or in response to your email subscription) saying what your favorite item is that Kelly offers.

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES:

Leave a comment saying which Ultimate Carry All you’d pick.

Like My Only Sunshine Design on Facebook.  Leave a comment saying that you did.

Subscribe to the My Only Sunshine Design blog.  Leave a comment saying that you did.

Giveaway runs through at least Friday night at 10pm MST (but I’ll be in Minnesota until Sunday so you might be able to sneak in entries for a little longer).

Ready?  Go!

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We sat down a few weeks ago, before school started, to come up with a theme for this school year.  After much deliberation, we settled on:

FIX YOUR MISTAKES

We want to focus this year on doing our best, even when it’s hard, and not giving up.  Mistakes are OK, we just want to learn from them.

I asked the delightful Miss Ellie G from Less Cake More Frosting if she’d be so kind as to make me up a printable to display.

I hung it over our stuff storage near the garage door.  (For more about my stuff storage, go here.)  It’ll be the last thing we see as we’re rushing out to the car in the mornings.

Does your family have a motto?

What is it?

Do you change it yearly?

Is it displayed in your home?

Do you want your own copy of “FIX YOUR MISTAKES”?  It’s your lucky day!

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And do you know what else today is?

Happy anniversary, BC.  15 years.  Yikes.

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First up, I haven’t heard back from the Vinyl Crafts giveaway winner.  If your name is Sarah, check your email!  If your name is not Sarah, pray she doesn’t respond and we’ll draw again tomorrow. 

I hope you’re all enjoying your holiday weekend!  We spent our Saturday like this

and then Macy and I saw Mary Poppins.  And yesterday evening I had the chance to catch up with some old friends from high school (thanks Michelle for having us).  Today we’ve got big plans to clean out closets and the playroom.  Woo.

In order to make your Labor Day a little more exciting than that, I’ve got a giveaway for you.  And, it’s the best kind of giveaway…FABRIC.

Riley Blake Designs has provided a fat quarter bundle from their Indian Summer line!

A couple of my personal favorites from that line:

(Can you tell I love polka dots?)

I’m gonna make this one quick and easy to enter:

LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST.  You can tell me how funny I am.  You can tell me you wish I’d stop blogging.  You can tell me a joke.  You can tell me your shoe size….whatever!  Just leave a comment on this post (on the blog, not on Facebook or in response to your email subscription).

Extra entries, if you’re feeling frisky:

1 – Head on over and “Like” Riley Blake Designs on Facebook.  Come back and leave a comment on this post saying that you did.  A little love on their wall never hurt anybody either.

2 – Go browse around the Riley Blake fabric selection and tell me which line is your favorite (in a comment on this post…don’t call me, I’m busy cleaning the playroom ).

3 – Leave a link in a comment to a project you’ve made using Riley Blake fabrics.

Giveaway closes Friday night at 10pm MST.

See you tomorrow!

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Have I mentioned that I have THE BEST friends on Earth?

Because I do.

And, a few weeks ago, one of them sent me a waffle iron.  Not just any waffle iron, THIS waffle iron.

(Image from Cuisinart)

I KNOW, right???  (She was thanking me for something that really didn’t require thanking for.)

Things I love, in no particular order:

It makes 6 waffles at once.  I have a lot of hungry kids around here and I’m sure the hunger level is only going to get worse when they’re all teenagers.

See that nice slopey non-grooved bottom?  It cleans up like a DREAM.

It cooks really, really quickly.  You know how with some other waffle irons you get so bored waiting for the waffles to cook that you go do something else and forget you’re making waffles and then they’re burned?  No?  That’s just me?    No time for that with this baby, which brings me to my next point…

There’s a cute little beeping noise when your waffles are done.  There’s no guessing or peeking and ending up with half cooked waffles stuck to both sides of the plates (not that I’ve ever done that ).

The waffles were WAY fluffier and WAY crispier, using the same old recipe (mix) I always do.

So, that’s how a waffle iron changed my life.

***Cuisinart has no idea I love their waffle iron, I just do.***

And why am I talking about food so much this week?  No idea, but I’ve got another recipe for you tomorrow involving tomatoes.  See you then?

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Do you love Mary Poppins?  (I hear Tam does…)

Are you in Utah?

Did you know that Mary Poppins is coming to Utah September 1st – 25th?

Now here’s the best part…

Thanks to Today’s Mama, you can get 2 for 1 tickets to Mary Poppins for select shows opening weekend!

Shows eligible for the discount:

• Thursday, September 1st, 2012 (Matinee)
  Saturday, September 3rd, 2012 (Evening)
  Sunday, September 4th, 2012 (Matinee and Evening)
• Ticket pricing:
• Thursday, 9/1/2012-$62.50 and $42.50 ($31.25 and $21.25 with discount)
  Saturday, 9/3/2012-$85 and $65 ($42.50 and $32.50 with discount)
  Sunday, 9/3/2012-(Matinee) $85 and $65 ($42.50 and $32.50 with discount) and (Evening) $75 and $55 ($37.50 and $27.50 with discount)
• TO GET THE 2 FOR 1 PRICING:
• Click on over to ArtTix to make your purchase and use code “utahmama”.
• If you decide to go Saturday night, keep an eye out for Macy and me!
• ***I was provided with 2 tickets to share this promotion with all of you***

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The first step is admitting you have a problem, right?

(And that’s not even all of it.)

(It’s not even all of it in that room.)

So, what do you collect?

How do you display it?

Do you use your collection or is it just for looks?

Any pictures you can link me to?  I’d love to see!

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I want to introduce you to Crap I’ve Made’s newest sponsor, Vinyl Crafts.

Becky is the owner/designer and she says:

I am happily married to one amazing man and mom to nine incredible children. My days are filled with all the wonders, joys and frustrations that come with a house full of people ranging in age from teenagers to babies. The creative outlet this shop provides helps balance out my sanity {and I realize “sanity” and “nine children” are not often used in the same paragraph}.
I have taken my love for home décor and my love of crafts and combined them to produce the items you see in my shop. I hope you will find something you enjoy and that can add beauty to your home.

In addition to her ready made designs,

there’s stuff you can personalize

and she’s happy to take custom orders, too.

I love the retro signage look of this piece.  Plus, you know I’m obsessed with orange.

If you’re the mushy type…

If you’re the cooking type…

Tangent:  Have any of you ever taken fenugreek in an attempt to up your milk supply?  I did, and it just made me smell like syrup/crave waffles.  TMI for ya?

So, what’s in it for you?

Becky is offering one lucky Crap I’ve Made reader a $50 gift certificate to Vinyl Crafts!

TO ENTER:

Click on over to Vinyl Crafts.  Have a look around.  Come back and leave a comment ON THIS POST (on the blog, not on Facebook or in response to your email subscription) saying what you’d use your gift certificate on.

Extra entry:

Like Vinyl Crafts on Facebook.  Come back and leave a comment saying you did.

Giveaway runs through Friday at 10pm MST.

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I did some accidental thrifting this weekend.  It was accidental because I was meeting Tauni (of SNAP! Conference fame…venue announcement over there today, if you’re interested) to hit up our local Parade of Homes.  Her dog got out, so she was delayed.  I used that time to hit DI (local thrift chain).  And in a matter of minutes I had texted her “Um, I’m buying a dresser.  Might be a sec.”  The dresser is fabulously perfect and matches a desk I had purchased previously.  You’ll see them both, eventually. 

I picked up a couple of other great finds Saturday, but this post is not about them either.  Ha!

On a previous trip, my mom and I argued about who was going to be the owner of this:

I’m not really sure what it is (chips and dip, maybe?), but I love galvanized stuff (hint: my coffee table), so I wanted it.

I hit my local home improvement store and picked up one of these from the ducting department:

Combine the two…

Add a glass dome?

Maybe even some apples?

I think I’m in love.

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