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26.4.10

I know I know...soccer does rock as well

I already had it done last week...I just totally forgot to list it.

This would be appropriate for your little soccer player...or the lil sis to wear to the big brother's game.

No? I think so;)

get it here

23.4.10

Fun Friday= new stuff

Here is what I am working on...please let me know what I am missing.

-tanks for moms

-tank dresses for the chicks

-other stuff lol

Here is what I just listed today. Let me know if there is anything else that really rocks that

I need to slap on a tank.

If you like any of these...find them here

Remember...to follow the paperlili facebook page here

and then there is twitter. I apparently keep offending people on twitter because I toggle between 1010 and 995 fans almost daily. I swear it is messing with my mind. Oh great...I just looked and I am

now down to 993...what the...I need to quit looking lol.

If you are on twitter...follow me here

The winner of the Picture frame is...

Miss Emily Gorrell:)

Emily, please email me your pick of frame and your mailing address:)

Thanks for playing everyone!

And since anyone who did not win will be bored with this post...I will post a picture of what we went to school today wearing in honor of hat day

Rachel Zoe would be proud. Actually...she would probably say.

"I die".

But she might appreciate the effort??? lol

22.4.10

Wordless Wednesday...what? Its Thursday...well then

Wordless thursday lol.

Why? Because I am absolutely exhausted this week.

My allergies are kicking my butt.

I feel like a zombie. I have NO idea how I managed anything through my "hive" issues.

18 antihistamines a day= super zombie state.

Somehow I managed...but now...2 benedryls and a zyrtec and I am flat on my face.

I need all these pretty Arizona blooming flowers and trees to go away.

I love looking at them...but seriously...I need to quit with the medicine already!

So. Wordless thursday.

I will leave you with a picture of chickster.

New Giveaway just in time for Mother's day:)

So I told you I was going to try to round up some other giveaways.

Look what I got for ya.

Paper-White Designs is a fabulous new company that makes beautiful frames.

So many in fact that it was difficult to pick which one to do a giveaway with.

So...you get to pick.

Kim from Paper-White designs will send the winner their choice of one of these three frames.

In 4x6 version.

And alllllll you have to do is...comment on which frame is your favorite.

Ha. How tough is that one?

I was going to challenge you and make the contest tricky.

Like...say...what did I do before I made kids clothes.

Then I figured...maybe 2 of you would know the answer to that one.

However...I have mentioned it before, a couple times...if you read a handful of blog posts back, I bet it is in there. So if you actually DO know the answer... put it in the comments and I will give you an EXTRA 10 entries in the random drawing.

Did that make sense?

Alrighty. This contest will go until....Friday morning.

17.4.10

Happy Birthday Nathan

See this super cute dude.

This is Nathan, my nephew.

He turned 5 yesterday.

Why is he not wearing a Kapow #5 tee?
Because he has a super sucky aunt who's present did not get there in time...that's why.

I want these...really really badly

I am drawn to color.

I try and try to ease up.
I can't. I love it. Every color. The brighter the better.

I want these.

But I want the wall case to put them in...and then, much like a couple barbies that are too good to take out of the boxes...I don't want anyone to touch them.

I just want to hang them in my "office" and stare at them.

They are like art to me.

Lets hope someone else, closer...and less expensive, comes up with a similar plan as I am afraid my husband would think I was nuts to spend this much on colored pencils.

I still want them though.

Felissimo Pencils. Love them.

16.4.10

Beauty post #1

Why? Because I am beautiful *cough cough* at least that is what my 7 year old tells me.

Seriously. Did you ever think that was a reason to have kids?

To have some little short person follow you around the house and tell you how beautiful you are.

I was looking at bathing suits today. It made me laugh.

Why? Because I was wondering to myself, at what age do your kids start to realize that you have

cellulite...and a big bootay? My oldest is almost 9. Surely this summer she will catch a glimps of my butt and think "omg...is that what happens when you get old?"

I don't know. Maybe I have another year or so before she clues in that yes...it is what happens lol.

Unless you are a marathoner.

Anyways. No. I am soooo not beautiful. Far from it. But what I did have going for me for a handful of years was good skin. I have my mother's skin. She is Hungarian. She has good, oily, olive skin.

Sure oily may not sound like a good thing...but I kinda think it helps fight wrinkles.

At least in my mind it did. Until I turned 34.

I swear the second I turned 30...my face changed.

The second I turned 34...I started breaking out.

Egad. I sucked. What the...

Who breaks out in their 30's?

Apparently alot of women do. Who knew?

Well it is just as embarrassing in your 30's as in your teens.

It took me a good year to get a grasp of things and figure out how to fight it off.

I realize everyone has different skin...but for me...this is what worked.

-murad acne wash

-murad acne toner (the toner was the key for me)

-murad acne treatment gel

-skin perfecting lotion

it all comes in a trial pack together...which is a super good value I think...and well you can try it without buying a million things.

this all worked well...but I needed to kick it up a notch...and this is when I really started to see improvement.

During the day I used Boots 7 restore and renew serum (religiously)

and at night I would use the Murad Night Serum

and then coat my face in cream. Like major cream.

You know on tv how they show the woman caked in facial cream.

That is me. For years I figured my skin was so oily that it did not need cream.

Not true apparently. I am now thinking that my face was so oily...because I was drying it out.

Ha. See. Not only do I make blingy tees...but I also self diagnose.

I realize that my "system" sounds both expensive (yes...if you buy it all at once duh) and like alot of work...but all I can say is that it has made a world of difference in my skin...and well...I have it down to a fine art now:) I have noooo idea what finally clicked for my skin...one of those steps did...or all combined...but I think that the serums...the Boots serum especially...is a very very good product.

One more thing...just because I apparently am nuts...and feel like sharing my super exciting friday night activities with you...but last week I bought this Olay Microdermabrasion kit at Target...and ohmagawd...my skin is like butter. Not only is it just fun to use...the heat reaction between the "magic lotion" and the scrub is worth the price of admission alone...but your skin will feel amazing instantly...two thumbs up. I promise. Instant facial. I am a believer.