happy anniversary No.2!

Two years ago today, I was laying in bed recovering from intense and painful knee surgery.  Waaah.

After napping like a newborn, watching round the clock episodes of Divine Design, Little Miss Perfect Pageant, and America's Next Top Model, I thought I was going to SNAP.  I turned the TV off and opened my lap top. 

I had thought about starting a blog. Mostly to document parties and events, noteworthy home improvements, recipes that had to be shared, and gatherings with family and friends.  I thought....how hard could it be?

Hours of blog drama later, lets just say getting this baby up and running was NOT easy.  Thanks to Google and some helpful bloggers, plus oh, 100 hours of my life forever lost, it was too late to turn back.

I started throwing some blog names around and time after time, one thing was missing. 

JILLY. 

I called her up and told her the exciting news....We started a blog!  How could she say no?  After all, we do everything together. 

Now our baby girl is 2! 

So......Me and Jilly want to THANK YOU for humoring us over the last few years.  We originally thought our moms would be the only ones interested in what we had to say, but turns out we have a few other fans too!  We read every comment, obsess over every feature, and jump for joy every time we inspire you to do something great. 

To celebrate, we're sending some freebies and giveaways YOUR way until the end of the month. Starting. Right. Now.

GIVEAWAY #1
This set of four "thank you" tags is yours for the printing. 


                                                                              {click on image above to download}

We traced over the words with the {Quickie Glue Pen by Sakura}, then showered them with fine, black glitter.  The hole reinforcement was made with black and white striped paper, a 3/4" circle punch, and a hole punch. Just a quick idea to fancy them up.

We also designed five other tags and are offering them to our followers for the excellent price of .99 each through the end of August. After that they can be purchased for $1.99 each.

                                               

                                      {paper bow tutorial here}                              

{accordion pinwheel tutorial coming soon}

 

We hope these simple, easy tags and gift wrap solutions will help you save time and money while celebrating special moments.

A list of gift wrapping items we always have on hand.
-An assortment of tags for every occasion, cut and embellished
-Roll of brown Kraft paper
-Roll of white Kraft paper
-10 yds 1.5" black ribbon
-10 yds black & white bakers twine
-10 yds off white lace
-assortment of printed, black and white 12x12 papers
-take out boxes {restaurant supply}
-misc sized white boxes

GIVEAWAY #2
Three lucky followers will receive four of each embellished tag, ten yards of off white lace, five yards of black ribbon, and five yards of black and white bakers twine. 

ENTER THIS GIVEAWAY!

-Follow our blog
-Subscribe to our blog
-Leave a really sweet comment about how much you love our blog (humor us, OK?)

Please enter a separate comment for each entry to increase your chance of hitting the jackpot.
Winners will be announced via random.org on Aug 27th.

Love, Love, Love,  Mia & Jilly