ButterBeans&ChicPeas 1 Year Celebration

Hi All -

Cannot believe it’s been a whole year since I opened up an Etsy Shop.  How amazing.  I couldn't have gotten this far without the support of all of YOU my customers, fans, friends & family!  Every purchase, comment & like have kept me going.   Creating for you all.  

So lets Celebrate 1 Year on Etsy!

Below are the forms to fill out to play along and Celebrate with me!  Lets have some fun!  

Freebie     (Actual Value $5 - $10)     (1 Winner)

$5 Prize Pack  (Actual Value: $10)    (3 Winners)

$10 Prize Pack (Actual Value: $20)   (3 Winners)

*Winners will be chosen on February 19Th 2011!*

Please DO NOT fill out the forms if you aren’t willing to pay for the prize packs.  The prize packs will be listed on etsy for the winners to purchase on February 19th.  You will have 24 hours to purchase.  I will be forced to chose a new winner if you do not purchase in the 24hr time frame.  Sorry & thank you for understanding.****

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Again, Thank You for Your Support!  I look forward to creating for you one day soon.  Thank You.

Happy Valentines Day!

  

A Big Happy Valetines Day from 
the Lil' L's to You All!  Hope you spread the love around today & everyday.  Happy Valentines Day.

Monkeys On The Roof

With the upcoming craft fair, Designers Downtown I had been thinking about a business card holder.  Something cute to display my cards in.  Anyone that knows me knows I love rustic decor so what better way to display my cards than in a log!  Yes. A log.  I actually found one on CSN.com.  If you remember I had a $25 credit for doing a post with them on my blog.  (The review of what I actually got from them coming soon!) But then I thought I would check on Etsy & I found one!  Monkeys On The Roof.  Being that they had the same idea and handmade listed at just $9!  It was a must buy. 

Today I went out to the mail box (froze my booty off too, we had snow this morning here in NC!) and I found my package from Monkeys On The Roof!  I didn't even wait till I got back in the house to open it!  I just had to see it!   First off I was so surprised at the packaging.  I love how it came with the cute little log tag and sweet & simple little note.   Whats even more surprising is that there were not ONE but TWO logs.  In my rush of how wonderful they looked in the listing I only assumed I would be getting one.  What a fabolous deal.  Two business card holders for just $8.  Amazing.  The look & feel of them is perfect for what I was looking for.  
I would recommend Monkeys On The Roof for any of your custom wood needs. 

I am probably going to be back soon shopping for some little toys for Miss Emma. 

Check out this cute lil' set.

I can see Miss Emma playing with her lil' calico critters & such having a Tea Party. 
            The perfect Birthday gift.

Weekend RePlay

For the past several weekends we haven't done much & on top of that I haven't blogged about hardly any of it.  This past weekend can not go un-blogged.  Mr. L, the little L's & I traveled north to Indiana.  Stopping along the way in Hurricane, WV for a quick overnight to break up the drive.

One of Mr. L's old Marine Corps buddies  had a special up coming birthday & his wonderful wife thought it would be an awesome surprise to have us come up and stay in a cabin together.  Isn't it great that you can go five years without seeing each-other (that's not the great part!) yet pick up right where you left off.  They are truly great people.  A awesome couple with four well behaved little ladies.

Basically because all 7 our children are so well behaved it made for an enjoyable trip.  We stayed in a cute cabin in the middle of nowhere somewhere.  Enjoyed good food.  A couple several glasses of wine.  Friendly chats & lots of catching up.  The kiddies all loved that there was a pool table, foosball, games & a hot tub out in the snow. 

Here the kiddies are having a whole lot of fun in the hot tub.  We left it up to the men to supervise the kiddies.  This could either be because it was too cold to get in.  Or perhaps we had had to much wine the night before.  Hmm.
 

 Emma and Sara sitting in there PJ's on the stairs our first morning together.  Wish I had gotten a picture of them together later that night in there nightgowns.  These two little ladies look so much alike.  Its crazy.

I am sure we will be hearing lots of stories about the kiddies new friends.  Wish we all lived closer so they could be the best of friends.  Miss Emma & her new little friend Sara (just a week apart in age) were so cute together.  Playing.  Holding hands & just being cute.  Emma was sure to get a chance to hold "the baby" before we left.  Wish I could of snook that little cutie right home with me.  Such a good lil' baby. 

 

I took the above picture on the way home from Indiana.  

It is somewhere in the "Mountains" of North Carolina.  {I just love it.}

Thank You W Family for a great weekend together.  Cannot wait for you to come visit us and we can host you all.  

You are a wonderful family.

OCD?

Does this mean I have issues.  Perhaps OCD?  When a dishwasher has been completely loaded for me and yet it's not done my way so I completely re-do it?  


I would love to say I re did it because I figured they wouldn't get clean.  Because well they probably wouldn't.  Sadly, No.  That was not it.  I just couldn't stand how it looked.  

You decide.  Do I have issues.  Or is this normal?