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Number is bunnee36!!  Congrats!! 

Thanks to all of you for entering and following along!!! 

Frugal Friday-Children's Books

I have many addictions.  Thrift Stores is one of them.  One of my addictions while at Thrift Stores are Children's books.  This is one of Mr. E's addictions.  I guess I learned it by watching him...(on a side note, does anyone remember those commercials from the 90's..."I learned it by watching you", sorry for the attempt a humor). 

Whenever we go to one Thrift Store in our town Mr. E always rushes to the back of the store to the bookshelves.  He would spend all day there if I would let him.  I have to limit him to one book.  The books are only $1.00, so it is hard for me to say "no". 

Lately while at Goodwill Mr. E has discovered their bookshelves and has been picking out $0.50 books.  Once again, hard to say "no". 

We have to stop on the book buying spree, he is proof of this...

This is the bookshelf in Mr. E's room. 
Each shelf is crammed with books.

Even on the side of the bookshelf.  These are the books that are too tall for the book shelf.

Pretty bad huh?  I don't think we can fit even one more tiny paperback on these shelves!!!

Here are the books we have gotten at garage sales, thrift stores, and Goodwill in the past couple of months.

Yep, there are 40 books here...and then this beauty.

My Grandmother found this book for Mr. E at a yard sale...it is really old...has that old book smell.  But this is such a great book...Mr. E loves it all ready.

Mr. E is almost four and he LOVES books!!  I know it is hard to tell by looking at all these books, but he can spend hours looking through them and studying the pictures.  I can't wait for him to learn how to read.  It will change him forever!  In a good way of course. 

So do you or your kids like to read?  I didn't start to enjoy reading until a couple of years ago when I discovered I could read things besides text books. 

Happy READING!!

My 100th Post and My 1st Giveaway!!

I am so excited to have made it to my 100th POST!!!!  I know it isn't that big of a milestone, but it sure is for me.  I can't believe I have been diligent enough about making things and sharing them on here.  I have had so much fun since I received my sewing machine for Christmas!  Don't get me wrong, for a while there we weren't on the best of terms.  Fortunately the Hubby's aunt came to my rescue and gave me some pointers on avoiding Gremlins. 

I'm also excited about having 50 plus followers.  Another thing that might not be a big milestone for some other bloggers, but it absolutely thrills me!!  I can't believe that there are that many people who choose to read and follow along with all the stuff I make! 

There are so many things I don't understand about blogging, but I have had fun learning some of the ropes!  I hope to get to know more bloggers as I continue to share things on this site! 

In order to help me celebrate I thought I would giveaway....

A covered journal and a rosette hair band. 

To enter just leave me a comment!  If you don't have your e-mail address attached to your account, please leave that in your comment too!!  The giveaway will be open until Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. CST.  Then I will choose and winner!!

If you have any suggestions on how I could do things different, I would love to hear those things too!!

Thanks for following!!

Things to Try Thursday-Stamped Shirts

Miss C has a cute little romper that I love!  I have a sweater that is a similar pattern.  The guys in the family don't really have anything to match...so I decided to remedy that! 

I found this tutorial over at I am Momma-Hear Me Roar.  I love the idea of creating unique clothing!!  Obviously since I have been in a refashion kick. 

I just used a $0.99 stamp from Hobby Lobby and I went to town with my red fabric paint.  Here is how the guys shirts turned out.

I hope you try this out!!  It was very quick and easy.  Don't forget to go here and check out the tutorial!!

Happy stamping!!