Cirque Du Nolan (2nd BirthdayParty)

My dear friends, forgive me for completely neglecting my blog, I feel so bad. I know I failed to post anything last month, shame on me. Well, today I want to completely show off my little man's Circus Theme Birthday party we had for him. I am so excited, but feel so sad, that although we had tons of little guest invited, not many showed up, but that's alright, that's why they say, invite as many because last minute, only few show up. it's alright, we had a blast, but most importantly Nolan had so much fun in his Circus!

 

I fell in love with these little note cards I purchased last year, 6/$1.50 now that's a bargain. I love how vintage and unique they look. Beautiful paper quality and designs. The notecards were blank, so I purchased a cute stamp for the information, date, where, time, rsvp and such. I adore these cute invites, especially the one of the acrobats!

Cute little Entrance to the Circus

I love how colorful and simple the favor table turned out!

The popcorn plastic boxes were 2/$1 Target is my best friend, purchased them last year also. And check out the cute little water bottles for the kids, love love the ticket wrap.

These yummy cupcakes were made by a dear friend, so Delicious may I add!

How could you forget Watermelon on a stick on a perfect summer's day at the Circus!

Yummy Nachos with your choice of Chilli or just Cheese

You can't have a circus without the... PopCorn...

And of course, a Circus isn't a Circus without a Clown! The kids loved it, Nolan couldn't stop laughing, it was hilarious!

 

Well, there you have it folks. Another Successful Birthday party, on a dime! Remember, you do not need to spend a ton, to have a very cute and expensive looking party. Spend early, always on a tight budget, and shop around EVERYWHERE! And of course, use your imagination, be creative and have a blast!

 

Thanks for visiting my lovely friends.

 

 

xoxo

 

 

Valentine Ideas + Website Featurette!

Now on the Woman's Day Website! This is sooo exciting, i know i've been posting the awesome Woman's Day experience like crazy, but i am now being featured on the website. I love it!! Just had to share. Click here to check out the feature.
In case you missed the magazine this month, you can check out how i DIY'd my armoire in detail, Here and Here.

Valentine's Day is on Thursday, and I cannot believe it's already here. i love this holiday, it's so sweet, and colorful. And there are so many cute things you can make to giveaway. Here are a few of my pins, i have been so busy lately, i didn't get a chance to make any of my pins, but i will post on Wednesday my Valentine's for this year.

 

For your Teacher

(i am so doing this when Nolan is in school)

 

 

For the Sweet Tooth

For the LOVE of art

For the cook

 

For your Crush

For a special one

 

See you Wednesday

 

xoxo

 

 

Book Case Makeover + GIVEAWAY!!!

It's finally the weekend, and who isn't ready for a GIVEAWAY!

Firstly, i would like to show off my latest project, i have been dying for some bookshelves so that i can display pictures, books, and finally put some order in my living room. As you may have read in the past, we moved last month, it was a crazy move, but not too shabby, we moved upstairs from a basement into the upstairs of a house. We totally love it, and feel more liberated in a more spacious setting. After our move, i immediately started training for my new job, so with the move, the holidays and my new job in training, you can imagine how little time, or none at all, i had to clean, organize, and decorate. So that being said, now that i am all done with training, and the New Year just beginning, i am free to pick up where i left of, and start the new year off, with more projects, more organizing, and more decorating, my favorite part of the year!

So, our first project this year, of course involves this beautiful self-adhesive paper i picked up at home goods, one of my favorite stores, ever!!

 i fell in love with this paper as soon as i saw it and immediately grabbed a few, to say the least.

 

And these super awesome and very inexpensive bookshelves we picked up at Target.
 

 

 

 I have to tell you, we have been shopping for some cute and affordable bookshelves for quite sometime, but nothing seemed to be hitting the spot. They were either very affordable, but not very tasteful, or very tasteful, and so not affordable. So when we saw these babies, we just had to have them. I feel very excited about this makeover, because not only did it create a more unique, and colorful look, but i made it my own. So keep in mind, when looking for a piece of furniture, do not give up! Keep seeking, searching, and ye shall find! And make it your own, this will make it a very unique piece, in itself.

 

Like so!

 

 

 

i am still searching for some bookcase styling inspiration. More updates coming up.

 

~GIVEAWAY~

 

So, that being said! In honor of this awesome makeover,

 i am thrilled and proud to announce that we will be having our very first Giveaway, ever!! i would like to announce that i will be giving away this gorgeous set of Macbeth Self-Adhesive paper, with the cutest pattern ever, it's exactly the same pattern i used, except in pink! Yay, who doesn't love some cute symetric pattern, in pink?

 

~Rules for Entering the GIVEAWAY~

 

1. You must become a Delicious Spaces Follower if you're not already.

 

2. Leave a comment, mentioning what you would do if you win this product.

 

For a second shot at winning, and entering your name twice.

 

3. Like Delicious Spaces Facebook Page

 

The Winner will be selected randomly by me, and will be notified by e-mail.

This Giveaway Ends in 5 Days, Wednesday January 23!

Thank you for entering, and good luck!

 

 

 

 

P.S. This is in no way sponsored by macbeth collections, or is affiliated with this giveaway. I was not paid or swayed to write this post. No purchase necessary to win. Sweepstakes/Giveaways are open only to {US Residents}, of at least {18 years of age.} The duration of the giveaway is specified within the post. The number of eligible entriest received and total prizes available determines the odds of winning. Multiple entrants are not permitted. Winners will be selected randomly, and will be announced the week of the giveaway end date within the original giveaway post. The giveaway winner will be notified by email. If winner fails to reply to notification within {one week} prize will be forfeited. In the event of forfeited prize, a second winner will be selected randomly. By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Delicious Spaces from against an claim or cause of action, including death, damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the promotion.

 

 

Behind the Scenes: Woman's Day February 2013 in the making

Happy Wednesday Everyone, i still can't believe it, my little man and i are in the Woman's Day Magazine, for the February Issue!

 

 

The whole thing seemed so surreal, and i am still in shock that i was featured next to my girl Paula Deen, well...maybe not next to her per se, but we are both in the same issue :) As i promised on Monday, i am going to share the behind the scenes experience, it was amazing, i don't even know where to start.

Whenever i started working on my armoire, i never, not once in a million years did i think or expect my project to appear and be featured in a woman's magazine. Yes, i blog and every home/garden  bloggers dream is to be recognized and go big in a magazine or a Nate Berkus show, right? Yes, well that has been my private fantasy for the past year, to appear in a super amazing magazine, or to be contacted by Nate, hey we would like to invite you to the show, you have amazing talent and you are designer worthy. Well, like that would ever happen right? Well, it did! Nate didn't contact me though, but guess who did? Ayn-Monique! She is the home editor of the Woman's Day Magazine, oh my gosh!!! One Thursday morning last October i was checking my email on my iphone, and i see this strange looking email with the title, magazine feature. i quickly opened it, read,


Hello:


I came across your blog and love your desk armoire project! I don't know if you've seen it, but our "Organize It" column in Woman's Day features "real" women with spaces they've done over themselves (you can find a few examples on our website here:http://www.womansday.com/home/organizing/).


I would love to consider your space for our magazine's February issue. If you're interested, then next step would be to set up an interview and photo shoot so we could turn it into a story. The only thing I have to make sure of is that your space has not been featured in a competitor magazine and that you're not affiliated with another publication.


Let me know if you are interested. Looking forward to hearing from you, and I hope so!


Best,

Ayn-Monique


What does this mean?!? so many questions poped into my head, is this for real?It has to be a scam! But there was a phone number, an email address and a NY address at the end of the email. Oh my gosh!!! I quickly called, and sure enough, it was no scam! Ayn-Monique answered the phone, we spoke for about 5 mins. She wanted to feature me on the magazine!!! I couldn't believe it, my heart was pounding so heavily, after i hung up the phone with her i quickly called my hubs to tell him the news, i was going nuts!!

2 weeks later Edmund Barr showed up at my door (he photographs a lot of the homes for BHG Magazine) I felt so honored!! Wow, an amazing photographer, and his assistant Samantha Mitchell, than comes the Makeup Artist Kathy Varga. Gee, I felt so special! They were there pretty much the whole day, a week before Halloween, and Nolan and I were being photographed for a magazine feature. It truly was surreal, my tiny living room was turned into a photo studio, we had to move my armoire because he needed enough space to shoot the armoire with the correct lighting. I made new friends, got a little taste of what goes on behind the scenes magazine features, and how much fun they are.

 

Nolan was having a blast with everyone!

 

 

Sam was soo nice, and she lives here in Utah now.

 

 

The whole experience was wonderful, it was so laid back, so relaxing, so fun, it was all about me! I was super nervous, I'm not going to lie, did I look good enough? Is my house clean enough? Are the decorations in the perfect spot? What if there isn't enough refreshments? Will they feel cramped in my tiny little basement apartment? Are they hot? cold?

Kathy was kind enough to makesure I looked good for the shoot!

Edmund is super talented, and his equipment was top notch!

Talk about a real photographer!

 

The people i got to meet were awesome!! they were all so nice, and so cool, i wish they had stayed forever! haha i am super grateful for this experience, i seriously never thought in a million years, that my dream of being in a magazine would ever come true, right away!! i mean, i'm only 24 and only been blogging for 10 months, how much better can it get?

 

 

i want to give a special thanks to Edmund Barr for his amazing photography talent, Samantha Mitchell for being a super cool still producer and new friend. Kathy Varga for doing my hair and makeup, and ironing my clothes hehe she was beautiful! Roni Martin, she is an incredible photo editor and producer, thank you for being on top of things and making sure everything turned out perfect! Sara Williams, great Creative Director, thank you for making sure all of our information got put on there correctly, and a special Thank you to Ayn-Monique, Home Editor for Woman's Day Magazine, if it wasn't for you, my biggest dream would have not come true last year and this year. Thank you for reaching out to me.

 

Well folks, there you have it, the experience of a lifetime, these amazing people made my day and my year. I also want to thank my awesome readers, thank you for following me, i hope to keep growing, and hope you grow with me. And for my soon to be readers, i welcome you, in the hopes you stay and participate, i love meeting new people. So lets be friends.

Stay tuned an awesome project reveal this weekend, plus a 1st time giveaway!

 

xoxo

 

 

I've Been Featured on Woman's Day Magazine!!!

It's here!!! It's here, it's Finally here!!

 

Friends, and Family, the February Issue of Woman's Day has finally been published!! This is sooo exciting, the whole experience was surreal, and magnificent. I will blog more about the whole behind the scenes, and experience later this week. I am so grateful to Woman's Day team for making one of my biggest dreams a reality. But I will elebarote more about that later this week. Mean while, I hope all you new readers, and visitors come and are here to stay. Look for my little man Nolan and I in pages 50 and 54.
 

 

 

 

 

We took like a million pictures of me with this gorgeous magazine. I feel so honored that my girl Paula is the opening act of the best magazine ever!!

 

 

My super giddy face!

 

 

 

Stay tuned friends and come back, I will be hosting my very first Giveaway, what a great way to start the New Year, than with a first time Giveaway!!

xoxo

 

 

 

 

 

Organization on the Go! + Inside My Purse

Graduations are filled with so much happiness, and glory. This event was created to make people feel proud, grateful, and honored for their everlasting success and achievements. I graduated from jetBlue University yesterday, it feels so good. I am so happy to be "blue". With that being said, I think it's time to get back to our regular schedule, projects, and blogging. It has been so crazy, and busy for our family. I am so glad to finally be back spending more time with my family.

 

A quick shout out to all of my new Followers!!! I love and appreciate every single one of you. Thank you for following!

Today, I would like to share inside my bag! It's just one of those posts that are short, but cute. In fact, I have seen many bloggers show off their bags, I enjoy taking a peek at my favoriter people's lives, it's so fun to see a little bit of how they live, and what they like. So, for those of you who want a little peek inside my personal life, haha here is my bag.

 

 

 B&BW Sanitizer is a must, I use it everywhere I go.

My super cute pen from poppin.

Clear plumper for everyday use.

My cool wallet (a gift from the bestie)

My car keys, of course!

And cannot forget the phono!

 

 

Wonder what that little blue divider is doing in my purse?

Let me show you a quick and easy system I use to organize my purse on the go.

I got this super cute divider at the $1 section at Target.

 It's the perfect travel size!

 

 

 I used to always go crazy looking for receipts, not knowing where I placed them, what if I threw them away? My purse became a portable trash bag, having to clean it out once a month, and sometimes never, and the mess caused so much stress. To avoid the wasted time, and energy, I came up with my portable time saver on the go.

 

 

 

 

 

The way I organize all of my receipts is, I like to classify all of my receipts by how I am going to use them. For example, I have a compartment for all of my returns, so I don't have to go crazy looking around the house for those receipts I need to return things. Then purchases, this way I can do the math after shopping, to see how much money I have spent. And reimbursements, sometimes I am able to buy things for people, landlords, friends, or work related, and I can seperate those receipts so I can use them for reimbursements.

 

 

Well now you know a little bit about My Life on the Go!

 

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a super Awesome Weekend!

 

xoxo

 

  

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