Spring Sweets Swap ::REVEAL::

 I recently joined Casey  and Shellsea  for a Spring Sweets Blog Swap. I was partnered up with Heather over at "My Gurlee Girrl World" and let me tell you I had a blast getting to know her. She's a Nail polish addict, you should definitely check out her nail creativity when you get a chance, she's very talented! She loves Elvis, plays Bingo, and loves my favorite boyband... Yes, The NKOTB! I mean why wouldn't anyone love those guys!

Anywho, my package was definitely filled with lots of sweet goodies!

 

1- Starburst Candy

2- Gummie Bears

3- Extra Gum - Dessert Delights

4- Hershey's Chocolate Bar

5- HoneyMaid Grahamfuls

6- Raspberry M&M's

7-Mint Apple Nail Polish

8-Glittery Pink Nail File

9- Earrings

10- Blue blag

11- Palm tree stirrer sticks

Thank you Heather for all my goodies!

I've already gotten my mani/pedi done...I love love the color. It's so Springy! :)

The Huns has attacked the Starbursts candy...and I'm definitely going to put in good use all the other goodies for our Iron Man Marathon next week. :)

Also a BIG Thank You to Shellsea and Casey for putting together this Swap and Congrats on another Successful year on your Spring Swap! Can't wait for next years!

Make sure you stop by Heather's and check out the goodies she received!

 

 

Spring Swap Goodies {REVEAL}

Everything about Spring just makes me Happy! The colors, the pretty flowers, the weather, the butterfiles, my favorite easter caramel eggs. Yummm!

To welcome in spring I joined Stormy and Katie in a Spring Swap they hosted. And this is how I met the lovely Tamara over at Two Four Five Designs. After lurking through all of Tamara's posts, I feel like I've known her forever...and her little Princess Penelope is the cutest baby ever! If you have not yet met Tamara, swing on over to her little space, say hello and tell her I sent ya! ;)

 

The Huns called me yesterday while at work, to tell me that I received a package in the mail and I was soo excited, 6pm couldn't come quick enough!  

Wonder what it is...

Here are my goodies!!!

1- Reusable "What A Lovely Day" bag which I LOVE and I'm already using to carry my  snacks to work.

2- A Box of blank postcards with flowers and a cute porcupine. These will definately come in handy the next few weeks!

3- 2 boxes of my favorite Caramel Eggs...(I only get to enjoy these during Easter) 

4- Essie nail polish "mint candy apple"
 

 Thanks again Tamara for all my spring goodies! xo

 

& Thank you Katie & Stormy for hosting this swap. Loved getting to know you girls too!

 

 

July Swap Continued...

Back in July Alyx hosted a swap and I was originally partnered with Kara, but she was going to be out of town the week of the swap so was unable to participate, however we did keep in touch and when she returned we swapped.

Kara is the sweetest. She loves photography and has taken beautiful pictures of nature and her siblings. Be sure to stop by her space and say hello.

Here are the goodies she sent me.

She did GREAT! Loved the daisy stickers, notecards, and the Mickey and Minnie garden flag.

The girls snatched the coin purse from me :)

 

She even hand-made hello kitty bows and handbags for my nieces.

The girls loved receiving goodies for them too.

 

 

 

Thanks again Kara!

My HoneyBee

Before I begin my mushy post, can someone PLEASE tell/show me how to add the reply link on my comments. So many of you leave comments and I'm unable to reply to them. :(  

Thank you all in advance with a millions hugs!

 

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 Now on to my mushy post...

 

So a while back I promised that after my Pops met my Honeybee I'd introduce him to you all.

My honey's name is Ronald, but since my Boss's name is Ronald, don't get me wrong my boss is the coolest, but calling my honey Ronald is a bit creepy;   therefore I introduce him to everyone as Ron,  but Baby, Babe, Honey, and Honeybee works for JUST me.We met at Starbucks on February 24th, I admit I was a nervous wreck, thankfully he wasn't HE talked about everything and anything, even things that would freak anyone out and I just listened. It was the longest coffee date I've ever been on...I think I got back to the house pretty close to 2am and even then I don't think either of us was ready for the night to end. On February 29th he woke up feeling LUCKY and on this day, he asked me to be HIS! Yesterday was our 6 month anniversary still feels like it was just yesterday! Yes, I celebrate each month we're together but only for the first year then it'll be a yearly thing...Yup I'm corny I know, but I don't care, my honey loves me just the way I am, in fact he even plays along. Sure we have our ups and downs, but along the way I've learned that if we are open with each other and communicate our troubles, anything and everything can be worked out.

 

He truly is an AMAZING person, and I'm so happy to have him in my life. He's very understanding, extremely patient, thank godness, he makes me laugh even when I don't want to, and even when I get upset he doesn't let go until I'm smiling again, and he spoils me way too much, is there such a thing as too much?! Most importantly, he is crazy about my little princesses which is a BIG plus in my book.

I remember once saying "the man who wins my nieces over, is totally a KEEPER!" I've never brought any guy around my nieces, the past 5 years it's only been me and them, so I was a bit concerned on how they'd take it now that they'd have to share me with him. Not sure when or how, he managed to win them over, those 2 are crazy about him just as much as I am.

 

 

 

Why I call him my HoneyBee?

Have you heard Blake Shelton's song "HoneyBee"?

Well one, I love me some Blake Shelton, and two that song is 100% us.

I could sit here and type a list of reasons why I love this guy, but I'd have to say that one of my favorites is that no matter how crazy, boring, exciting, spontaneous, girly any of the plans I make may be, he's always ready to go with a smile on his face!

 

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so what do 34 pictures say?!

I Love You my Honeybee!

Friday, August 31st, is the last day to sign up for this swap, if you haven't already, hurry hurry and sign up!

Phone Photo Fun Mondays

 

Here's another round of what's on my phone this week with Savanah & Ashlee:

 

 

 I'm a Menchie's Frozen Yogurt addict and was so excited to see they have the "Chip" puppy spoon, now. I had planned to get one over the weekend,

but thanks to TS-Isaac I wasn't able to. :(

Preparing for TS-Isaac this weekend, I found that my Dallas Cowboys Gnome's shoe, hat, and butt was broken. Made me so sad!!! (waaah)

 

 My little Strawberry Shortcake

 

My glasses make me look smart!

 

 

 I stopped at a light behind this van on my way home and totally made me smile. You see Shifta is the son of a realtor that I used to work with; Shifta was just in Highschool when he started, and would always come by and give me his new music, so proud to see how far he's come. :)

 

 My little princess has Bieber Fever

 

New make-up compliments of Meredith from my Beauty Box Swap. :)

 

That's all Folks!

 

 

Please !!!Please!!! Don't forget to sign up for our SWAP if you haven't already!

 

Beauty Box Swap {REVEAL} & "I Made It For You SWAP"

TGIF My beautiful Friends! I have looked forward to this day since Monday. I think we all have!


I've been looking forward to spending the day with my nieces and my honey and his family at a small water park and enjoying some of FL's sun this weekend.

Unfortunately we may have to postpone that, you see I live in Homestead a little town near the entrance of the Florida Keys. As exciting as that sounds to a few that don't live there, any little tropical storm or hurricane that gets lost out there, we get affected with all the rain and winds. I bet it doesn't sound exciting anymore, huh?! So most likely I will spend my Saturday morning helping my Mom put up hurricane shutters, if we don't and our home gets damaged then the insurance companies won't pay us. Lots of fun, huh?!!

Hope those who may be affected or hit by this storm are taking the proper precautions to prepare early and stay safe!

 

On to happy thoughts! I participated in the Beauty Box Swap that Tiffany and her friends hosted.

This was a fun swap...turns out that we were not each other's swap buddies, so I got to make 2 new friends. I was assigned to Meredith and Laura was assigned to me. It was great getting to know them both.

 

So here are the goodies that I got in my swap. 

 

  I love love love the eyeshadow. The gold is so shimmery, the peach is glittery and best of all it lasts all day.

The mascara is my absolute favorite...exactly the one I use daily.
Love the lipgloss smells and tastes yummy. Not that I've eaten it or anything. :)

I'm crazy about my crackle polish! One of my bestfriends, always used crackle polish and I never dared to try it...and this one is GREAT! Can't wait to try it with a red polish.

Thanks again Meredith for all my goodies!

 

 

If you have not yet signed up for the "I Made it For You" Swap, Danielle and I think you SHOULD!

Click HERE for details!

 

Let's Swap... "I Made it For You"

Alright...majority vote says {drum roll please} you want to do a craft swap. You wan't to swap something homemade. I had a good number of forms filled out and everyone seemed to be interested in a homemade craft swap.



I'm co- hosting with Danielle over at the life of an "ordinary" housewife and we are very excited to be doing this!


I am so excited. I think this will generate more excitement than another link-up. So, if you are interested, please fill out the form below and spread the word. All I ask is that you share a button, tweet, share on facebook, blog about it, something.



So here it is...

TIMELINE

- Sign up will run Monday,
August 20th until Friday, August 31st.

- On Tuesday, September 4th you will receive an email with the name of your swap partner along with their address and possible craft ideas

-You will have three weeks to complete your homemade craft and get it mailed out. Email myself {theordinarywifeblog@gmail.com} or Libby {libnasoto@gmail.com, } by Friday, September 21st with a picture of you addressed and post marked package. {you don't have to show what's inside, we just want to make sure everyone gets something}

-The reveal
swaps and link up will happen on Monday, October 8th.

RULES

- You will send a HANDMADE item to your partner of no greater value than $25.00.

- If you sign up, you must send a craft as
well as receive it - we need mutual participation here folks!

- Please, please, please try and stick to the timeline as close as possible-
we understand emergency situations and will accomodate, but please be mindful of your partner. ALSO--me mindful of time. Don't pick a crafty thing that is going to take you three months to finish. Remember, you only have three weeks to have your project finished and mailed.

-Be creative! Please don't go out and buy something. That's the whole point of this swap...to give someone something unique that no one else will have. Challenge yourself, but again, don't over challenge to the point you won't be able to get it done!

- On Monday, October 8th, we will have a show and tell link up! You will be able to show off your new crafty gift! 

- Craft away! Remember, this is meant to be fun! Don't stress. Communicate with your partner, get to know them through their blog, email, tweet, text back and forth! 

Phew...I think that's all. Sorry if it seems a little overwhelming



 I have set up a new email account for the blog...please email me at theordinarywifeblog {at} gmail {dot} com if you have ANY questions.

Please fill out the form below to participate. I'm not ruling out the option to make this international, but I would need two people from the same country to pair together. {ex. two crafties from Canada to swap or two crafties from Germany, ect}

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Xmas in July

I'm sure many of you saw and even joined in on the xmas in July swap that Alyx hosted a few months ago. Well I was partnered with Danielle  and she is the sweetest!!!! 
I loved getting to know her, and her style.  She's very crafty and has done some really cute DIY projects...This one is totally my favorite "Confetti Wall Art". Be sure to visit her little corner, say hello and stay a while; you'll be glad you did! Oh! and check out her Etsy Store too.  

So these are the goodies I received in my swap! 

* Daisies (my favorite flower)
* Scrapbooking Paper (glittered and Paris themed)

* Bangles (love them)

* Red stone ring (Exactly what I would've picked out)

* Gift card for more scrapbooking goodies :)

Danielle you did an AMAZING Job!

I love love love all my goodies!!!
Thanks again!!!

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