sponsor a bit of sunshine - super sale!!

If you have been wanting to try out advertising for your shop or blog this is the perfect opportunity! I would love to partner with you for the Summer to help get the word out about your little neck of the woods online. For a limited time I am offering $15 Large ad spaces which include both July and August!! I will keep the sale going through the end of next week at least. If your interested email me I would love to work with you!!!

And congratulations to Jenny you won the Shabby Apple gift card giveaway - I got pretty excited when I saw your name pop up!!!

Happy Friday everyone I hope you have a super wonderful weekend!

thursday :: through my lens

{my june favorites}

{one} - roots and wings {two} - loving lola {three} - the driveway of life {four} - alita jewels treasures {five} - re-collected {six} - humble habit {seven} - smith squad {eight} - renton for life {nine} - shaking the tree {ten} - historias minimas

Some incredible captures once again from all you ten on teners this month. I am amazed that after nearly five years this project still inspires and blesses me so very much! Thanks to all of you awesome contributors the life and beauty you always find is truly gorgeous I am looking forward to July!!

Find out more about the Ten on Ten project HERE

shabby apple giveaway *closed*

Today I am so thrilled and honored to partner with Shabby Apple to bring you guys an awesome giveaway for a $50 gift certificate to spend on anything fun your heart desires!

I love their new Lighthouse collection a whole lot the Beachcomber dress in particular makes my heart pitter patter! Their retro swim line is also adorable and perfect for the season ahead.

And these cuties from the New Mama section - adorable! Perfect for nursing Moms, it is always so hard to find cute dresses suitable for nursing.

To enter simply head over to the Shabby Apple website and choose what you would pick if you won. Entries must also follow Shabby Apple on Facebook HERE and the giveaway is only open to residents inside the United States. Winner will be announced this Friday June 29th!

And as an added bonus for the next month readers of a bit of sunshine can use this code: abitofsunshine10off to receive 10% off of your entire order, good luck everyone!

make something monday :: beetle magnets

Once in awhile you just need a little brainless DIY to make you giggle. Today I am sharing these silly beetle magnets that did just that for me.

A little bag of plastic bugs + spray paint + small magnets + glue = bright colored beetles to make you smile!

Josie and Zeb have a fun vintage metal lamp in their room that was my Grandmothers. I thought it would be a cute detail to add the little critters to the lamp to match the beetle print I shared HERE...but trust me these guys have been known to wander off and find themselves stuck all over the house.

I really wanted to do some in florescent pink and orange but stuck to the paint colors we had in our garage...wouldn't those be fun? maybe I will do some more because you really can't have enough bright colored beetles around right? Well the plastic kind anyway. :)

Hope you guys have a fun week! What have you made lately that was silly simple? Happy Monday friends!

big bro + big bro + big sis + little bro

 

About a year and a half ago when my daughter was born some close friends of ours gifted the kids with adorable big bro/little sis shirts to wear with pride. I can not tell you how well loved those shirts have been. My boys lamented the day when Josies onesie was just too small to squeeze on her. I am telling you they LOVE those shirts. 

So when I was eagerly anticipating the arrival of baby #4 I did some hunting around on etsy and found the amazing woman behind my kids beloved shirts. Fly Duds is the cutest little shop with the cutest products for kids. There is just something about the kids sporting a shirt with their name on it that makes them light up!

I emailed Christie and told her about how fond my children were of her shirts and she generously offered to make them each a new one as a fun surprise. 

Zeb clearly hasn't gotten the clue that his shirt is super cool yet he was pretty grumpy when I took these photos. :)

I honestly can not speak highly enough about Christie's work. The quality is amazing and they are truly a huge crowd pleaser for my four. Clearly, these would be great gifts to any little one expecting a new baby brother or sister!

Thank you to Fly Duds for making my kiddos eyes sparkle it was such a fun treat to present them with after bringing little Zeb home! Check out the Fly Duds shop HERE!

I know I have not been around here too often lately I have been choosing to sleep when I can instead of updating the blog. But you have my word next week I will have a craft and a giveaway and my ten on ten favorites to share with you. Happy Friday everyone! xoxo

make something monday :: a happy birthday banner

Last year I put together this happy birthday banner for my sons fifth birthday party. It's bright and cheerful and over the past many months it has been fun to pull out each time someone else has a birthday to celebrate. Over the weekend we had Simon's sixth and it made another appearance at the party this time draped across our cheerful mantle. I thought I would share my process in making it with you today in case you were in the mood to make one too!

Supplies:

letters printed and cut out as a template in whichever size and font you desire (I used Oaklahoma)

fabric scraps for each letter

felt

scissors

sewing machine

fusible webbing such as wonder under

pom pom trim or ribbon to attach the letters for hanging

First choose a bunch of fun fabrics for each letter and then iron fusible webbing onto the backs of the small scraps. Once your letters are cut out trace around each one FLIPPED THE WRONG WAY this is important so that your letters are facing the right way on the front. I made this mistake myself and it was frustrating.

Then cut each letter out of the fabric and fusible webbing. Peel off the paper and iron all of the letters onto a piece or pieces of felt.

Then cut the letters apart to make it easier to stitch around each one.

Once I stitched around each one I cut them out again leaving a tiny border of felt so that they all coordinate really well.

I attached the letters to pom pom trim and it was ready to hang!

A happy little banner to use for years to come!

Happy Monday I hope you have a wonderful week whatever your celebrating!

Ten on Ten :: June 2012

 

I hope you all had a wonderful day today we were at home enjoying a bit of sunshine and recovering from a busy birthday weekend. I am looking forward to seeing how your day took shape. Don't forget to scroll down to the post below and add your set to the linky if you haven't yet it will be open for the rest of the week. I am hoping to be back with my favorites from the month soon too. Looking forward to seeing you all again in July!! 

Find out more about the project HERE.