~Seven Facts Award~

♥ Seven Facts Award ♥

Thank you to the Super sweet and adorable Katie from Love is Everywhere.  One of my newer blog friends, go chk out her blog . . . it is full of sincere love:-) Do it!

There has to be *Rules* - but it's no fun if we don't break them.

1. Link the person who awarded you!

Katie, check!

2. Post seven random facts about yourself.

 

1.

(not ours, but we have 3 of these! I wouldn't die my dogs hair lol)

I never had a dog growing up, and never was a fan until I met my hubby.  He had Toby and 3 month old Capri . . . 2 westies . . . and I fell head over heels in love with allll dogs.  Everywhere I go I am always oogling over every single dog . . . I do not discriminate  they are allll cute! That's why I can not go into a dog shelter or anything, I'd end up adopting every single dog there! :-)

 

2.

I work a full job Tues-Fri.  So therefore Mondays are my day: for my craft business, blogging, coffee dates with friends, etc.  Soooo it's kinda funny b/c when my hubby has it off as well I kinda feel gyped.  Don't get me wrong I LOVE my time with him, but I like MY day tooo lol.  Is that bad?!

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3.
This one's sad:-( I JUST got a speeding ticket last Thurs driving back to work from a massage.  Yup it was right in front of a school zone too, SWEET! Lol I haven't been pulled over in over 4-5 years . . . I didn't even know where to look for my registration and insurance in my hubby's car (we take turns to save miles on my Mini).  When I was looking for it I was shakign and crying, how sad! AND the mean man still gave me a ticket, BUT knocked down the cost, but still!

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4.

On a better note: this year we are taking TWO European Vacas! We're trying to get as much world traveling as possible in before we have babies . . . how excited am I?! VERY!

England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Norway, Italy, Gibraltar, etc. Bring. It. On!

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5.

I'm funny with my shows: We LOVE The Bachelor, Million Dollar Listing, All the Housewives Shows (except NY!), Millionaire Matchmaker . . . pretty much just love Bravo! Heee heee

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6.

Lately I have been loving Documentaries.  Yes slightly nerdy, BUt they are so interesting and educational.  Ok and nerdy but I don't care, I'm proud!

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7.
We are health nuts! Kinda goofy.  We take our vitamins religiously, along with turmeric, fish oil, extra vitamin D . . . we also drink pure aloe vera juice (not so tasty but soooo many health benefits) . . . we drink green tea everyday.  Crazy! Our diet consists mostly of veggies and lowfat meats and fish, as well as organic and free range food, etc.  Yup we're silly, BUT I want my hubby to live a long healthy life, so why not right?!

3. Pass this award along to 15 other bloggers!

Now, my turn to pass on the award.

In no particular order of course cause ya'll are fab and you know it!

Moonface

Enjoy Yourself

Simplyvonne

Chapters of Our Life

In Honor of Design

Trust Your Style

After I Do

Dress, Design and Decor

Village

Natalie Merrillyn

Michaela Noelle

Hey Gorgeous

Lemon and Lavender

Blushing and Sweet

Aurajoon

With that I leave you to enjoying a FABULOUS weekend my dears!

What are your plans?!

Me:
*Just met a friend for coffee*
*Went and got a mystic tan . . . what i'm pale! Lol*
*Went and got ingredients for a surprise V-day weekend dinner for the hubby, the main dish takes 3 days, what?! He better love it!*
*Help the in-laws rennovate house*
*Valentine's WEEK begins, we are doing a lot this year, yayyyy!*
*Shopping (it's about time!)*
*Dog Park*

Hmmm and whatever else we want to do, no definite plans which is nice:-)

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~Stylish Blogger Award~

Happy Wednesday all my lovelies!

The weather here in quite dreary . . .

so to cheer me up today my great blog/Etsy friend Aya awarded me with:

Brightened my day right up!

See how this award works. I will:

*Thank and link back to the person that awarded me*

*Share 7 things about myself*

*Pay it forward to 10 amazing bloggers*

*Contact those bloggers about the award!*

7 random me facts:

1) As a red-head, I secretly only want red-headed daughters, not sons. 

Is that bad?! Heee hee

(not me: source)

2) I just discovered Lychee cosmos! Yummmm! Ok and also Disaronno, amazing!

(source)

3) I looooove anything handmade . . . they make the best gifts! Especially random gifts just because, how sweet:-)

(this is actually my blogriend Cassandra's handmade item! HERE)

4) I am currently obsessed with classic books on my Kindle!!!  They are FREE to download, and I already downloaded like 40 books, will take me a while but I'm excited!

(source)

5) My favorite coffee drink is a raspberry/ white chocolate mocha, mmmmmmmm

(source)

6) I use exclaimation points and smiley faces wayyy too ften, but that's me and that's who I am so if you don't like it, oh well! :-)

(source)

7) I am a strong believer in "date nights" when you are married! Weekly if possible.  It's so nice to get out of the house and just have some great conversations without any distractions.

(source)

Now I pass this on to a few of my spectacular blog friends:

Vintage Pretty

Dustjacket Attic

Sandy A La Mode

Pink Bow

Hey Gorgeous

Shorely Chic

Bijou and Boheme

Love with Kate

Red Vines for Breakfast

Michaela Noelle

~We have a Fabulously Free Winner!~

Yet another Fabulously Free Giveaway winner!!!

Randomly drawn . . . #5!!!

Amber . . . you are a WINNER!!!

Congrats darling!

So head on over to Word Garden and pick your favorite pillow, and email me your choice, along with your address to memorybeandesigns@yahoo.com

Sneak Peak of next giveaway:

(pssst . . . I am accepting sponsors for giveaways! To sign up please email me @ memorybeandesigns@yahoo.com.  Openings for Sept. available)

***Blog Award From the lovely Tiptoe Butterfly***

She has a fabulous blog, if you haven't checked it out you are missing out!

So a few fun finds to go along with this award for your viewing pleasure:

Forever 21: Sweetheart Butterfly Dress $24.80

Forever 21: Layered Butterfly Necklace $12.80

Anthropology: Flutter Chandelier $$$: too much! Lol

Cherry Blossom with Butterflies Design - Kids Wall Art Collection

by surfaceinspired on Etsy $49.99

Target: Xhilaration Pixilated Butterfly Comforter Set $59.99- $79.99

~I hope you all have a FABULOUS weekend!~

What are your plans????

Me:

*gardening*

*fulfill craft orders*

*attending a wedding saturday*

*possibly golfing!*

*softball*

*painting my office*

~LOVE this song right now, and Blog Award!~

Still a huge fan of Alicia Keys, she just has that amazing voice!

And how cute is her baby bump?!

(photo here)

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Ok now onto my

~BLOG AWARD~

 from the lovely Chloe

Thank you hun!

(And congrats on your 1 year anniversary with the hubs!)

INSTRUCTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE AWARD:

1.Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award.

2.Share 6 (or 7) things about yourself.

3.Pass this award to bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason!

4.Contact the bloggers you picked and let them know about the award.

Here we go!

 

(1)Me noi tieng viet mot it! Va muon di Viet Nam. 

(I speak a little Vietnames, and want to go to Vietnam!)

I speak Vietnamese

 (yes white girl speaking Vietnamese!)

I took it for an intense year at University of Wa.  Originally did b/c was dating a Vietnamese guy, but I do have to admit the culture and food are awesome!

Pho anyone?! cafe sua?!

If you haven't tried pho or Vietnamese coffee you are missing out!*

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(Me and Andy go here all the time! Mmmmmm. Buon thit nuong gia gio yum yum!)

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 (2) I'm all over the place. 
Seriously.

 My hubby laughs at me.  I want to do EVERYTHING!

I always am coming up with new plans and new ideas, and booking our schedule with everything.  He loves me and I add a little spontaniety into his life, and prob some stress too! Hee hee

 

(3) I've always said I want 4 babies

This stresses my hubby out too ha ha!

I am one of SIX KIDS, and love big families! I say as long as we have enough funds and lotsa love to go around, why not right?!

Now to work on the "funds" part before we begin our family.

 

(4) I am obsessed with the color red

Specifically red polka dots.

All of my friends know it and buy me red/white polka dot things.

At our wedding I even wore red/white polka dot heels.

 

and decorated everything else in it:-)

I drive a red mini cooper

All my kitchen appliances are red (Nespresso, Kitchen Aid, etc)

Maybe it's the red hair?! Stubborn lil me!

 

(5) I have a huge weakness for Jelly Belly Jelly Beans!!!

HUGE

Why are they so darn good???

And so many flavors?!

(6) I love to host parties. 

Bachelorette Parties, Baby Showers, Bridal Showers, Birthday Parties, Bunco parties, Going Away, Graduation, etc.  I love it! Love making fun foods, decorating, and having people gather together!

This summer:

*Throwing my sister's baby shower*

*Coffee, Cupcakes and Cosmos Open house for Memory Bean Designs*

*Bro-in-laws Grad BBQ*

*Sister's moving to TX Farewell*

And many more! Love it:-)

So now I pass this along to:

*Erika at Tiptoe Butterfly*

*Meg at MegLand*

*Carrie at This Free Bird*

*Marie at All Things Marie*

*Diana Mieczan at exPress-o*

*Kellie Collis at Ada and Darcy*

*Mayra at Life is Bananas*

(so hard to decide who to pass to!

I'm finding sooo many amazing blogs it's even hard to keep up!

How do you boggers do it?!)

P.S. Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY!!!
Ends Wednesday.  Seriously doooo it, who doesn't love FREE?! I need more interest in these to keep them up:-)

P.S.S. what an amazing weekend! Pics and post soon!

~Happy Cinco de Mayo~

(Source)

"Cinco de Mayo

—or the fifth of May—commemorates the Mexican army's 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the French-Mexican War. In the United States, it has taken on significance and commercial value as a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, particularly in areas with substantial Mexican-American populations" (source)

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So while you celebrate the "commercial" holiday . . . usually with a yummy salty margarita or corona in hand, let's celebrate with Mexico their victory!

(and who doesn't love the yummy mexican drinks?!)


So to celebrate . . .



An Award!!!

***Thanks to the Oh-so-FABULOUS Marie***

Her blog is pretty stinkin' amazing, do check her out here

The rules:



State 5 random facts about yourself and award 5 other bloggers.


5 Random facts about me
(Cinco de Mayo style!)

*My name in Espanol class in Highschool was Leticia . . . now it's my alter-sexy ego*

*Mmmm my fave margarita was one at a bar that had Midouri Sour, YUM.  Lately I've been a huge margarita girl*

*We went to Spain for our honeymoon! What a blast we had travelling all over the place, will do a post on our honeymoon soon*

*My initials after marrying Andy are T.N.A. lol, although I like to think I have curves . . . I don't really live up to my initials . . . hee hee hee*

*I went on a mini cruise to Mexico like 5 years ago for work (yes my boss rocks, I know!).  My friend Candace and I were called "American Barbies" by the locals at a flea market, funny funny!!!*

Sooooo now I pass this on to some of my new followers that are oh-so-fab as well:
*Miles of Style*
*Ocean Dreams*
*The Alternative Wife*
*The Zhush*
http://www.carissagraham.com/

If you haven't checked out their blogs do it!
A-mazing:-)

So what are you doing tonight to celebrate?!

Fiesta time!!!

~Tamara Nicole~

P.S. Seriously you all rock! Wanna know why?
My last post had the most comments I've had so far!!! Spank you so much;-)

My Easter Extravaganza, and a fab award!!!

Happy Happy Tuesday!!!

Ok as promised, a photo full post of my Easter weekend

More "baby" items from Memory Bean Designs for Tina's new shop "Giggles and Bows" in Ohio. I've been mad busy painting, etc.

My poor husband is wondering when he gets his wifey back;-)

Sorry baby!!! Love you long time!

If only there were more hours in the day, right?

Anywho here's some more fun items:

(the hooks are missing the actual hooks but you get the idea)

~Now onto our Easter fun~

(non-stop eating, gotta get back on my fitness challenge!)

Easter dinner at the In-laws, yum yum!

Keilani and her daddy, awww!

(ok so this post is all of my niece, but how freakin cute is she?!

Can't get enough of her chubbster cheeks!)

It's nice to know that our dogs get along with babies!!!

We made Keilani her own monogrammed egg:-) Her 1st easter!

I think she just wanted to eat it?

Here us adults are coloring the eggs, fun times!

Here with my hubby and sister Claire (the baby mama!)

I think Andy had more fun than anyone else! Lol

Pretty boy Andy didn't want his fingers stained, sweet gloves!

Looking all adorable in her Easter outfit

Ok sorry I can't help it I can't get enough of her face:-)

Mommy and daughter all cute-style

We had everyone over for brunch on Saturday, we were going to do BBQ but the weather was not so nice.  Fun times though! Everyone gobbled down my enchiladas, and we had TONS of food left:-)

Here'a nother purse from the In-laws! They spoil me! I think I'm their daughter they never had (3 rambunctious boys, no girls).  Hey I'm fine with that!

P.S. Aldo's has FAB shoes AND purses!!!

~Award time!~

Oooh I'm now a blog socialite?! Sweet!!!

Thanks to the lovely Kitchen Belleicious! What a sweetheart you made my day:-) She has a FABULOUS blog so go chk it out here!

Rules for this fantabulous award:

1) Click on the above button and paste onto your blog/website

2) Answer the below questions

3) Pass onto 10 bloggers that you Love, go to their blog and let them know they've been tagged

1. Who is your style icon? Hmmm this is hard! Myself?  Lol I don't really know I kind of have a interesting style . . . but I do admire Beyonce, Scarlett Johanssen, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, oh soo many girls that have style!

2. What is your favorite socialite lit book? I loved Chasing Harry Winston!!! Does that count?

3. Favorite party theme? I'm all about dressing up! So any theme that requires some fun getting ready all fancy in a hot cocktail dress:-)

4. Go to Halloween costume? I'm a HUGE Halloween costume fan.  Hmm I loved my Rainbow Bright costume, fun bright colors:-)  Next year I'm trying to get my hubby to be an Irish rugby player (old school leather helmet and everything!) and I want to be an Irish good luck charm.

5. Extravagance you cannot live without? Oooh this is hard! Prob. getting my hair done . . . and my MAC maekup and Seven jeans.  That's it, I promise I'm not high maintenance!

6. Living person you admire? Hmmm this is a tough one.  Of course my mom, she's STILL raising kids (29 years and still has a 11 yr old at home) and was a great, attentive mom supporting me in anything and everything I did and still do.  I learned all my crafty skills from her, LOVE YOU Mom!!!

7. Greatest Fear? People not knowing how much I truly care for and love them, not showing it enough?  Not calling or spending enough time with them.

8. Trait you deplore in yourself? I over analyze EVERYTHING and worry too much.  Sometimes I just need to chill:-)

9. Which talent would you most like to have? I've tried for years to try to learn the guitar . . . I borrowed my brothers like 4 years ago . . . it's gathering dust.  I would love to learn before we have kids so we can all gather around and sing together:-)

10. Greatest Achievement? Putting myself through college and supporting myself from  pretty much when I was 16 . . . working full time and taking a full college load was hard! BUT I did it with great grades, and got accepted to dental school at NYU. 

ALSO: being strong enough to decide NOT to go to dental school (despite everyone pushing me to) to pursue my passion (creating!) and I decided that I'd rather be a great mom in the future instead of choose my career.  Soem people think this was a bad decision BUT I'm soo happy b/c of it! funny how things just work out huh?  :-)

Oh snap! I have to pick ten?!

I wish I could give them to all of you, but for today I pick:

*All Things Marie*

*Chapters of Our Life*

*It's What's In the Soul*

*It's Me Roxy*

*A Colorado Cupcake*

*Lacey in Love*

*One Crafty Fox*

*Secrets of Domestic Bliss*

*Made By Girl*

*The Seattle Smiths*

Congrats my lovely blog ladies!!!

 

Happy Tuesday:-)