Mailbox Monday: February Goodies

Thanks to Sugar Bee - Craft Edition and

Sweet Bee Buzzings for linking up this month!
The Bees have it :)

Sugar Bee - Craft Edition won six giveaways in a week!!!
That is so rad.
One of which was this darling necklace.


Sweet Bee Buzzings got some fabulous matryoshka tape.
Thanks, ladies!!
I hope more of you will return next week to link us up
to your happy mail!

New Beginnings: Seek the Sweet

At the beginning of each new year,

we have a program at church called New Beginnings.
It's a chance for us to introduce the new
twelve year old girls to our youth program -
or Young Women.

This year's church wide theme for the youth is the
Thirteenth Article of Faith
which says:
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

From that fabulous declaration of what we are seeking
to be and become this year,
the awesome women I work with in Young Women
came up a fun theme for the evening
Seek the Sweet.



So I brainstormed with a couple of the ladies,
and we wanted a sweet shop feel for the decorations.
My friends Liz and Anjanette really were the geniuses
behind it all, but I try to lend help where I can.
I showed them Shelley's pictures from her daughters'
Sweet Shoppe Party - and we went from there.

It turned out awesome!

We used apothecary jars, vases, and candy dishes
to display one candy in each of the eight value colors.

I made the invitations, the jar labels, and this subway art poster.

It was a beautiful evening.
And the girls loved being able to dive into the candy at the end.
If you'd like to print your own poster to use at your events
you can find it HERE!

(I'm linking up HERE!)

Fine Print:
Please feel free to use this tutorial for your personal use. Please be kind and give credit where credit is due. Any questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact me.

PLEASE VOTE :)

Did you vote today??

My Valentine Yummies post is in the running!

Thank you!

Saturday Shout Outs:{LUCKY} Edition

Oh my goodness,

you all were on {FIRE} this week!
There were so many {FABULOUS} projects linked up.
We didn't make to #125,
but did make it dang close.
So, there isn't a lucky 125
.
.
.
but I drew a random winner anyway,
because you all worked hard!
And that lucky #112 is

.
.
.

So come claim your surprise, my friend!

Now onto the {SHOUT OUTS}!
I hope you'll grab a featured button!


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{EmmylouBeeDoo}

{The Hands-On Housewife}

{two twenty one}

{sandy toes & popsicles}

{one prim chick}

{Little Wonders' Days}

{the crafty nomad}

{Spare Time Sanity}

{Reasons to Skip the Housework}

{Greenbean's Crafterole}

{Cupcakes Kisses 'n' Crumbs}

{Living with punks}

{Ramblings from the Sunshine State}
Don't you feel luckier just looking at them?
I might have to show off a few more tomorrow!

Don't forget to enter this week's giveaway!

And vote for my Valentine Yummies for Best of February at Saturday Mornings!

COME VOTE FOR ME!

I'm so excited!
I'm one of the finalists over at Saturday Mornings for the BEST of February!
My Valentine Yummies post is in the running.
You can vote for me once every 24 hours until March 4th.
So PRETTY PLEASE come vote :)
MUAH!

Funky Friday Feature: In the Loop

Hiya! I'm Meg from In the
Loop and I'm super excited to be over here at Funky Polkadot
Giraffe. I love writing about crafts, decorating, and
recipes. I have a serious wreath obsession that I like to perpetuate
regularly. Here are a few pictures of wreaths I have made. I just
started a few months ago so you can see I have gotten a little better
over time, but I still have a lot to learn.

Here is the first wreath I

ever made!

And the next...

Three...

And my latest...

Please swing by my blog and check out the
tutorials and share your wreath ideas! I would love to hear from
you!

Lucky Printable: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

This week's winner of the Froggy Girl Designs $25 GC
is #21 Tiffany of Killing Time!
You have 72 hours to contact me!!!!

When I saw this cute project

my "cousin" Cory made for Valentine's Day
over at Sometimes I Craft Myself,
I knew I wanted to make something with buttons.I didn't get around to making anything for Valentine's day
and so then I had this great idea to make a button rainbow for
St. Pat's day.

But I didn't realize how many buttons it would take,
and I didn't have enough.
Lame.
And because I'm impatient
and didn't want to wait for more buttons,
I had the grand idea to digitally scrapbook one!

So I did!
And then I printed it at Costco,
put it in my seasonal frame,
added a ribbon shamrock,and now I have a fun St. Pat's decoration!

And because I love you all so much,

I'm sharing the printable with you!
You can download it HERE.
Inside that file you'll find a zipped file
with a 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10 size.

If you make one, I'd love to see it!
Happy St. Pat's!

Fine Print:
Please feel free to use this tutorial for your personal use. Please be kind and give credit where credit is due. Any questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact me.

Third Post for the Day: Silhouette Giveaways

Here I am again - trying to win a Silhouette.
Can I do it?
Did you know it cuts fabric now?
Holla!
I definitely need one.
If you want to win one too,
you can enter.
I guess.
LOL

The Bragging Mommy

The Domestic Diva

The DIY Showoff

My Repurposed Life

SugarPop Ribbons

Good luck!
(to me hee, hee)

What I {LOVE} Wednesday: Curly, Pretties & Yummies

{1} MOCHI! Have you had mochi creams?
So yummy! I like mochi on my yogurt at Yogurtland.
But mochi creams have the best of both worlds,
because they have ice cream inside them.
Yummers!
I get mine at the Korean market,
but Cory says you can get them at Trader Joe's.

{2} Fresh & Easy Sweet & Spicy Mixed Nuts
Oh my heck!
Fresh & Easy invited me to a OC blogger even
and I had the date wrong and missed it :(
But the cute rep sent me a care package
(more on that later)
and this yummy stuff was in there.
GO GET SOME!

{3} Being a curly girl.
I used to loathe it.
We call it the Terry Curl.
When you hit puberty, your hair girls.
It happened to me.
I fought it for years.
Easy to fight in dry climates like Utah.
Not so easy in humid SoCal & Iowa.
Now I embrace it.
DevaCurl set me free!

{4} The Button Button Bracelet by Lisa Leonard.
I must have it.
My birthday is coming up {hint, hint}.

{5} If you know me or have followed me for any length of time,
you know that I have a cupcake and mustache obsession!
This combines them both!
Thank you Finley and Oliver.
And this? Yes.

{6} My Vintage Pearl flower & circle necklace.
It makes me happy to have my babies close to me all the time.

Don't forget to enter this week's giveaway!

Want It? Win It! Wednesday: Social Salutations

***CLOSED***

When I saw Social Salutations through a blog linky party,

I knew I had to have her here on my blog!!!
Her headband was just too darling.

Then when I hopped over to her blog,
I found out she has a fabulous Etsy shop, with
{Jewelry}
{Hair Accessories}
{Baby Clothes}

{Personalized Stationary}
and more!!!

Jenn says about her shop:
Social Salutations is a boutique specializing in handmade stationery, party decor and accessories for children and stylish ladies. With a love for quality paper, fabric and custom design, I aim for perfection in every item I make.

After working in marketing for the last 11 years, I have recently decided to pursue my dream of running a small business full time. It is so important to me to be home with my daughter while working at what I love to do. My little girl drives and inspires me every day, with every creation.

Crafting is my passion, and I can only hope to continue to bring smiles to the faces of both my customers and my daughter.

Social Salutations is offering my readers a 10% discount on any purchase!
Just enter FPG10 in the coupon code box and you'll be set!!!

Social Salutations is also giving one lucky reader
one of her darling Spring Headbands!

Do you WANT IT?

Well, you can WIN IT!
Here is what you need to do!

MANDATORY ENTRY

(this MUST be completed for any other extra entries to count)

Follow Funky PolkaDot Giraffe through Google Friends Connect and leave a comment telling me you're a follower and which fabulous item from Social Salutations shop you find most enchanting.

Extra Entries:
(You MUST complete the mandatory entry before completing any extra entries.)

1 Extra Entry: {VISIT} the Social Salutations blog, leave some comment love on a post of your choosing. (leave 1 additional comment here also)
1 Extra Entry: {LIKE} Social Salutations on Facebook and leave a comment on her wall letting her know that FPG sent you! (leave 1 additional comment)
1 Extra Entry: {FOLLOW} Funky PolkaDot Giraffe on Twitter and Tweet: (leave 1 additional comment)

Holla! Social Salutations is giving away a darling Spring headband at @funkyPDgiraffe Come enter! #giveaway http://tinyurl.com/4weg94l

This GIVEAWAY will end on Tuesday, March 1st at midnight PST.

1 lucky reader will be selected using Random.org and will have 72 hours to claim the prize or a new winner will be chosen.
The winner's name will be posted in a blog post and at the top of the blog.
You must respond either in a comment or via email.
I will no longer be emailing the winner.