Giveaway Time!

I will be giving away a bow and 45% off at my store to three lucky winners!

Each of the three winners will be able to choose from each of the bows.

Here are rules to participate:

1. Must be a follower. If you are a new follower let me know that

you are new and tell me what your favorite item is from my

Etsy shop. If you already follow let me know what your

favorite item is in my shop. (worth 1entry)

2. "Like" Girls N Curls on Facebook (worth 2 entries). Comment

below that you did this.

3. Refer someone to my page and to Girls N Curls 

Have them tell me you sent them here.
 (worth 2 entries per person referred)

4. Heart my Etsy Shop (worth 1 entry)

5. Bonus entry - let other people know about the giveaway either
on your blog, facebook or
twitter or all of them. Comment below that you
shared about it. (worth 2 entries)

Must complete 1 & 2 to be entered.

This giveaway will close May 14th. Winners will be selected by random.org
and
announced on May 15th.

New Funky Bow

This is the first one that I have made. Did this today!

You know when those little things that seem to be

big things and they get done quickly?

That was this.



Do you know how hard it can be to get a 2 yr old to hold still?



Im thinking about doing one in red, white and blue for the upcoming holiday.

What do you think?

Interested in one??





Milky Way

This was the funnest art thing we have done!!

What you need:

Shallow dish

Milk

Q-tip

dish soap

Here is what you do:

Get a shallow dish and pour enough milk in to cover the bottom.

Add random drops of food coloring to milk.

You dip a q-tip into the food coloring drops that was

dipped in dish soap. 

As the q-tip is dipped into the food coloring it spreads out.

It is so cool!

My 2 yr old had pounced the q-tip in a series.

Once she was done with the pouncing there

was a delayed reaction

with the color spreading.

This was a great arts and crafts project for a 2 year old.

Better yet use it as a scientific experiment for older kids and talk about

what may make the color spread.

She loved it so much that when I took it away

she was a very unhappy camper.

While your here check out my giveaway. May 14th is the last day!

Wacky Weds

This will be the first of (hopefully) many

of my

Wacky Weds.

What is that you ask?

I will be hosting an auction of various bows

on my GirlsNCurls facebook page.

I will have a range of bow styles to choose from

and the

auction will take place through out the day.

Hope to "see" you there.

No Cook Play Dough

We are getting back into the

swing of things after

our vacation.

Top of our list was to make some play dough.

I have had this recipe for many years (since '96),

but never made it.

Here it is:

No-Cook Dough

2 tsp cooking oil

1 c salt

1 1/4 c water

2 T cornstarch

3 c flour

In a large bowl  combine cooking oil, salt and water. Gradually add cornstarch and flour. Knead until smooth.

Divide dough into equal parts and add food coloring. Add small amounts of water if dough is dry, or flour if dough is sticky.

Give them cookie cutters, spatulas and a great imagination. Watch them take off having fun.



The best part is that if you catch them eating it (ICK!) that it is

non-toxic.

My dd has been sneaking little taste here and there as she plays with it.

Again ... ick!!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway here.

Vacation Time

Just recooperating from a week long vacation.

Vacations are suppose to be relaxing

but not so much for us.

We jam pack our vacations with activities to maximize our time.

I'm beat. Just absolutely beat.

This year we made a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando.

My 2 year olds third trip to Disney.

Later I will be providing tips and tricks

that we have learned, used

or

came up with

to make it easier to enjoy the time there.

I'll break it down so that it is easier for me

to extract all the info from my

brain and write it out.

Meanwhile, Im off to take a nap.

We got back at midnight last night...zzzzzzz

Let Them Eat

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My oldest is 2 and is adding words to her vocabulary like mad.

I reflected early today when we had first

brought her home.

No one had ever fully prepared me for the

journey of motherhood.

 

One of the most easiest ways to maintain sanity

is to do a little shopping on diaper.com

They offer everything you need, including formula.

That little bundle of joy will be busy

eating.

Really I think that is why they are tired and sleep all the time.

After Thanksgiving who doesn't do the

same thing?

 

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Be sure to stop over and visit them on Facebook.

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Limited Time

Have you "liked" me on facebook yet?

I have good news.

I will begin running specials on my bows

there soon.

As a matter of fact ...

this bow is on there now.

The price is reduced until tomorrow at 4p.

Buy it as a single or a set.

It is a made to order.

I made these to match an outfit we had bought on Etsy

for my daughters.

We are going to be visiting Mickey Mouse's house.

We needed some mouse

gear for the occasion. :)

Today's feature

To be choosen as a featured shop is

so

exciting!

So geek like of me, but I can't help it.

Hop on

over

 to

Soap Stuff Daily

and check it out.

Thank you Barb for featuring me!

Happy rainy day everyone.

Fixing Pictures

One of the primary things for selling on

Etsy

is good pictures.

It is a challenge. Quite a challenge.

Should be pretty straight forward, but not so much.

Here are a few tips to help weither you are

posting pictures at a shop,

a blog,

or

just because.



Sorry it is blurry!!



This is one that I happened to save prior to fixing.

My favorite tool to use is Picasa,

which by the way is

FREE.

So, the above picture looks good right?

Once I went into Picasa to edit it

went from good to better.

I lightened it putting some life into it.

Big difference huh? The colors really pop in this

one.

Using Picasa you can adjust lighting, color, shadowing,

in addition to a few other tools.

It is also good to use for digital scrapbooking

if you enjoy that.

Thanks for stopping by.

If you would like to see more examples of pictures

I have edited stop by my

shop and take a

look.

Busy at work

I know. Lately I have been MIA.

All these little things I want to

create have been put

on hold while I

work on my Etsy shop.

My sales are up to 20 now.

Its a bit of a milestone.

Im in the process of adding more bows.

The ones I will be adding will show

that I have been busy at work

and getting down the

perfect bow.

Today I had a little time to make a set.

It was a set. Until I put one down too close to my heat

source. Well, the damage was very minor,

but not sellable.

They would have been a very adorable set.

If you are interested stop by my shop.

If you would like two

instead of one

let me know. I can make the second one and ensure that it will not get

harmed in the process.