Good morning! Are you up bright & early? ha! ;) I hope so, because this morning I have any ah-mazing giveaway, & yes, this is the biggest & most exciting giveaway ever on Ginger Snap Crafts! Eek! :)
Today I have teamed up with several of my favorite bloggers to bring one of our readers the chance to win an ah-mazing prize package! The winner of this giveaway will win a 4 night hotel stay along with (2) 3-day 1 park/day tickets to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Parks. If you live a gazillion miles from Disneyland (like me!) and travel, expense & scheduling won’t allow you to visit Disneyland you can opt to receive a $600 Disney OR Visa gift card instead. Oh yay! This is going to be fun! So keep reading to see how YOU can enter! :)
Disneyland {or a $600 Disney or VISA gift card} Giveaway
12 Awesome Back to School Ideas
It’s my favorite day of the week! I get to feature some of you! Thank you so much for linking up to {wow me} wednesday each week! This week’s party is still going on, so make sure you have linked up! (You can link up by clicking here.) Today I am excited to be featuring 12 awesome back to school ideas that were linked up to last week’s party! Enjoy! :)
Healthy Snacks for Kids ~ Are You Ready for Some Service? #SIMPLEGiving
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On Saturday my son, Rylan, had his very first football game! Actually 3….yes, we had 3 football games in one day! It was a football jamboree, & each team played short 30 minute games throughout the day. Even though we were super busy (& hot ha!) that day, we were still able to squeeze in a little bit of service by donating some healthy snacks to some kiddos in need.
I’ve blogged about Champions for Kids before, and I absolutely love how easy they make it to get involved & give back to the community! This month in select stores in Arkansas & Missouri you can find #SIMPLEGiving pallets & donation boxes at Walmart. Keep reading to find out what to look for at Walmart, & I’ll show you some healthy snacks ideas that make awesome donation items.
DecoArt Multi-Surface Satin Paint Giveaway {40 colors!!!}
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Today I am excited to take part in a huge giveaway for one of YOU! Yay! :) DecoArt is giving away it’s entire line of Americana Multi-Surface Satin Paint!!! That is 40 bottles of awesome-ness! What I love about these paints is that they can be used on just about any surface ~ wood, metal, fabric, glass, ceramics & more. Just think of all the projects you could start working on! :) Americana Multi-Surface Satins are available for purchase at Michaels, A.C. Moore, Hobby Lobby, and other fine craft retailers. Keep reading to see a project sneak peek using this paint, & be sure you enter to win some of your own! :)
{wow me} wednesday #118
Welcome to {wow me} wednesday!
So glad YOU are here!
Before we get started I wanted to let you know about a brand new blog that just launched last week. Handpicked by The Storybook Shoppe reviews children’s books, & they give you the option to buy the books right in the post! :) I love this! My daughter refuses to read “boring” books, so I love that you can get book reviews right on their site. This makes it so easy to buy books that you know your kiddos will love!
You can check out the reviews of these two books by clicking on the pictures. :) Make sure you sign up for their email updates while your over there so you’ll know when they post new books! You are going to LOVE Handpicked! You can also keep in touch with Handpicked by The Storybook Shoppe on twitter & facebook. :)
SO are you ready to PaRty?
Super Hero Sock Puppies Inspired by Disney’s Super Buddies {tutorial}
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Sometimes my kiddos think this blogging gig is pretty dog-gone cool! ha! Especially when it involves them! Recently our family got a sneak peek at the brand new movie, Disney Super Buddies! Eek! So exciting! My kiddos have really enjoyed all the movies in this series, & this one did not disappoint! It has quickly become one of their favorites, and we have watched it again & again! We liked it so much that we were inspired to make some Super Hero sock puppies to go along with the movie! Keep reading to see how we did that and to find out when you’ll be able to see the new Disney Super Buddies movie, too! Yay! :)
Introducing the Fall Contributors Team at Ginger Snap Crafts
First, I just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who applied to be a contributor at Ginger Snap Crafts! I was once again blown away by all the talented bloggers we have out there in blogland! You ladies are amazing! It was an honor, & I am humbled to have so many apply! I plan on continuing to have contributor spots on my blog. So if you didn’t get selected this time there will be many more opportunities to apply! Thank you all again! :)
Today I am so excited to introduce the amazing fall contributors team at Ginger Snap Crafts. Once again we have a varied group with lots of talent! Each of these ladies has something amazing & different to offer to all of you! I hope you enjoy getting to know these ladies better over the next several months! :) Keep reading to find out a little more about each of them & where you can find them online!
Back to School with BIC® {school goals}
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It's back to school time! Our family was so excited to be asked to create a back to school writing project using BIC Atlantis® pens. The first thing that I thought of was using the BIC Atlantic pens to write down some of our back to school goals for the year! We love to do this every year, and it’s a great way for the kiddos to really think about what they want to accomplish during the school year. So keep reading to see what some of our goals are, and you can see how to enter to win some fun back to school prizes from BIC®.
Silhouette Portrait™ Winner & Silhouette Sketch Pen Promotion Reminder
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Good morning! Hope you are having an awesome Monday morning! :) Well, if your name is Niki today is your day because you have won your very own Silhouette Portrait™! Yay! I sent you an email yesterday, and I need to hear back from you very soon! Congrats! :)
If you didn’t win don’t worry you still have a few more days to take advantage of the awesome Silhouette Sketch Pen promotions. This sale runs through August 29th! Just make sure you go here & use the code GINGERSNAP to get your hands on a new Silhouette! :) Keep reading to see some of the fun projects I’ve made using my Silhouette & Silhouette Sketch Pens plus I have a break down on exactly what is included in each bundle! :)
Learning How to Use a Letterpress ~ Class Sign Up
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Today I am excited to tell you that Lifestyle Crafts is partnering with Studio Calico to bring you an awesome Letterpress Class! Yay! This class will focus on using letterpress with Project Life®, cards, layouts & mini albums! (Have you seen the Project Life® kits all over blogland? So, so cute! I’m so excited about the Studio Calico Letterpress Plates that coordinate with Project Life®. Eek!) I was also excited to try out some letterpress plates from Studio Calico that were made especially for the class! Keep reading to find out how I used them, & how you can sign up for the letterpress class! :)
12 Projects Using Aqua
It’s my favorite day of the week…I get to feature some of YOU! Yay!
This week’s party is still going on so feel free to link up {here} if you haven’t yet!
As I was going through the links from last week….a color just popped out at me! ;)
So many fun projects & recipes included the fun color ~ aqua!
So today I’m sharing 12 projects using that color! Enjoy! :)
Teacher Gift with Silhouette Sketch Pens, a Silhouette Promotion & a Silhouette Portrait™ Giveaway
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As you probably heard….since I’ve been talking about it all week! ha!….my kiddos have gone back to school! It has been so quiet with them gone all day long! I miss them like crazy, but it has given me a chance to start on some new projects with my Silhouette! Yay!
Today I’d love to show you how I made this super easy teacher gift using a Silhouette Sketch Pen & my CAMEO. It was so fast, too! I also have a fun Silhouette Sketch Pen promotion to tell you about AND a Silhouette Portrait™ giveaway!! Yes, I said giveaway!! So keep on reading! ;)
{wow me} wednesday #117
So glad YOU are here!
Hope you all are having a fantastic week!
We headed back to school this week.
Here’s our first day of school picture I posted on instagram.
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Awwww….they are getting much too big for this momma!
DIY Book Cover with Duck Tape®
This post brought to you by Walmart. All opinions are 100% mine.
Well, it's back to school time already! Can you believe it? Where did the summer go? My kiddos start back this week! So, of course, we have done plenty of back to school shopping over the last couple of weeks! While I was at Walmart buying school supplies I couldn't help but notice all of the awesome Duck Tape® that they carry in their store! Wow! I couldn't resist & bought home a few rolls (ok...a bunch of rolls!) to help us get ready for back to school! Yes, you can use Duck Tape® for lots of things ~ even projects for school. Today I am excited to show you how I made this super easy & fun DIY book cover using Duck Tape®!
