Winners and Features!

I am SERIOUSLY behind with these! I took a little "stay-cation" from work this week, so my head has been totally focused on my sweet baby girl and Hubby. Nothing wrong with that I guess!

The winners of the Pattern Bundle giveaway are....

Sugar Mama's Sweet Bowtique

and

Jen the Crafting Fiend

I will be e-mailing you ladies shortly about which patterns you want!!

And NOW for the features from last week's

 "I Made This" party....

I Love this border print fabric dress! That print is just so sweet.

A Stitching Stone

Ya'll know I'm a sucker for a burlap wreath. The pleats in this one is so unique.

Mejia Mamma

Maybe something like this laundry room schedule would help me get out from my pile of dirty clothes...

The Happy Scraps

The end of the year is almost here! How cute is this end of the year ice cream social for teachers??

Uncommon Design

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Crafty Friends!!

Tonight's "I Made This" party starts at 10:00 pm.

See you then!

The Cousins Photoshoot

Secrets, Secrets, and more Secrets.
That's what it took to pull of this photoshoot!

We wanted to do something special for my Granny for Mother's Day this year. The last "professional", non-snapshot picture of her 4 grandkids was taken in 2002. YIKES! Needless to say, we all look pretty young and awkward, and have changed a lot since then.

We decided to get the 4 grandkids, their significant others, and Gray, the only great-grandchild for now, together to take her a NEW picture to hang on the wall. Aaaand, we wanted it to be a secret for her, and our own mothers, so they could get some pictures too!

I know what you're thinking...
there's only 4 of you, how hard could that be??
Seemingly impossible. That's how hard.

After lots and lots of debating and scheduling, we finally found a day that all 9 of us were free for a couple of hours. With me working 3rd shift, two in the food service industry, 1 working weekends, two teachers, and 2 working for the state....we have schedules like no other family.

All of that aside...we met...we smiled....we conquered.

I have new love for a tripod. I now know a shutter remote would have been a good idea...but running back and forth was fun too.

It was so beautiful outside, and the university we took pictures at was out for the day, so NO traffic!

Here's the 4 "Grandkids" in brother-sister pairs. The redhead belongs to ME!!

Here's all of the girls minus Gray. You notice she is in NO pictures. The one day she doesn't like a camera...and it had to be this day.

My favorites...the couples pictures....

Me and Hubby

Adam and Kaileigh

Aprile and George

Alan and Merebeth

We took some fun pictures too....

And I got to play around with photo editing...

A picture of Gray!! Flying with her invisible microphone...

There's a whole lotta love in this family.

"Cousins are childhood playmates,

who grow up to be forever friends"

Product Reviews

Do you want to get the word out about your shop, or your *AMAZING* product??

Do you want me to host a giveaway for your product to let my readers experience your product??

I would LOVE to do a review and/or giveaway for you!

All product reviews will receive a detailed write up about your shop and product. You will also receive a month of side bar ad space so my readers can easily find your shop during the month of the review/giveaway. This will be a 150x150 ad for your shop.

All products to be reviewed should be fitting with the readership of this blog.

Family friendly, eco-friendly, crafty and unique products are welcome!

If you do chose to do a giveaway with your product review, YOU will be responsible for shipping the item to the winner. I will provide the contact information of the winner for you.

If you are an up-and-coming shop, or have a great product that you HAVE to get the word out about.... I would love to help you out! Send me an e-mail with your request and we'll get started!

gritsandgigglesboutique@yahoo.com

*I look forward to working with you*

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There were some AMAZING projects
linked up last week!

The most viewed week from last week was the Painted Utility Rug from Vixen Made. LOVE this! What a great way to personalize your home entrance.

Vixen Made