Congrats to Mandy!!!

Congrats to Mandy of Just Mandyness and Hello Ladies is the earring giveaway winner. Mandy please email me at MissShadowDozier@gmail.com and let me know what color earrings you would like and where to send them!

Here's what Mandy is looking forward to this spring:
"Hmmm, what I am looking forward to most about Spring .... Hopefully getting some baby bunnies! One year we 'bunny sat' some bunnies for a month or so and I miss keeping little hippity-hops! :)"

Have a great Monday everyone!!!

Giveaway love!!!

Congrats to Katie of Punk Projects for winning the giveaway over at Divine Chaos. I've got a cute pink pair of earrings headed her way.

I realized I never set a deadline for the cooresponding giveaway on my blog, so here it is. You guys have until this Sunday, Feb. 28 at 3pm (East coast time) to get entered. You can leave a comment here or on the original post saying what you are looking forward to most about spring.

The winner gets a pair of earrings in the color of their choice. One entry for leaving a comment and a second for following my blog (just be sure to let me know in your comment that you are following).

For more giveaway fun head on over to On The Brink of Something Beautiful... for another super cool giveaway!

I love gnomes (do you love them too?)

I've mentioned it several times here but never really blogged about my incredible love of garden gnomes. They are so quirky and magical. Maybe it's because of that old show David The Gnome or perhaps it's just my longing to have a yard to decorate with these guys. Either way it's an obsession that is not going away.

I have a couple theories about garden gnomes.

1)My first theory is that all gnomes have names that start with a G. The G is always silent though so we assume it's not there. Ex. David the gnome should have been spelled Gdavid the gnome. My name would be Gjolie if I were a gnome and so on.

2) All garden gnomes live in adorable mushroom houses.

3) For some reason I think male gnomes are cuter than female gnomes but it's probably not true it's just that female gnomes are so busy cooking inside those mushroom houses that they are never around that much to pose for photos. If there were a gnome paparazzi a photograph of a female gnome would be worth as much as a first picture of a newborn Jolie-Pitt child.

Okay, okay, enough silliness, I hope you enjoyed the cute gnome photos from weheartit.com. Oh and also check out Paper Sparrow for more gnome cuteness.

Old Favorite/New Favorite: Girl Scout cookies

We got our Girl Scout cookies today and boy are they delicious. I pretty much stick to the classics when it comes to ordering Girl Scout cookies: Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs and Thin Mints. You cannot go wrong with either of these. My old favorite is definitely the Peanut Butter Patties though. (Side note-why do some people call them Peanut Butter Patties and some people call them Tagalongs)

This year though I decided to think outside the cookie box a bit (ha ha) and order the new cookie of the year. It's called Thank U Berry Much and it is absolutely wonderful!!! If you like Berry Captain Crunch you will love, love, love this cookie.

I suggest you hit up your local Girl Scout troop next time you see them out at a store front near you and get a box. You won't regret it!

Weekend fun

Hey guys,

It's beautiful in GA today and Beau and I are headed outside with the puppies for some fun in the sun. But just in case you aren't blessed with the same weather here are some fun ideas for the weekend.

1) Make Polymer clay buttons with the help of this tutorial via Craft Stylish.

2) Crochet your own coffee sleeve. I used this tutorial this morning and it was super quick and easy. I'll post pics of my coffee sleeve soon.

Combine the two to make something like this! (picture source)

I plan on adding buttons to mine later.

3) Go see Shutter Island. Beau and I did last night and it was amazing! We are still talking about it. A lot of people have said they thought it would be scary but it really wasn't. It was more of a psychological thriller.

Donate now to help save lives!

My husband is training and fundraising for a half marathon in memory of his grandfather Bill Hardy (pictured above) who lost his battle to cancer before Beau was born. This is definitely a labor of love for Beau. Beau loves to hike but running is not exactly his forte. He knows I love it though and that this is an amazing cause and so together (and along with a lot of help from Team In Training) we will get him from where he is today to across the finish line San Diego.

If you would like to help out by making a donation you can contribute at Beau's website.

If you are interested in learing more about Team In Training and how you can get involved please check out their website.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Check out Divine Chaos and giveaway!!!

Happy Friday everyone!

Hop on over to Divine Chaos today to check out Emily's blog. It's full of crafty goodness, movie reviews, great blog suggestions and sass!

This girl is awesome. We are style school buddies and Emily has offered to do a feature of my blog in her Friday Friends edition.

To celebrate I'll be giving away two pairs of earrings (in the color of your choice). One through Emily's blog and one through mine. For my blog you get one entry for leaving a comment with the thing you are most looking forward to about spring. You get a second entry for following my blog (just let me know that you are following in my blog).


Take care!