//interested//

So, if you haven't noticed i am nearing 400 followers. :) YAYYY ;p So i want to have a big.huge.giveaway when i hit 400. So i need you to help me out here. Let's make this thing the best giveaway EVERRR!

if you have a blog. a shop. an etsy. anything. I would LOVE to have you give some of your items/ad space away! If you're interested, I'll pay you back by giving you free ad for one month on my sidebar. :D plus you'll get a lot of traffic from your giveaways. So it's a win for you and a win for my followers ;) and work for me... :p

Anyways if you're interested shoot me an email. i'll be waiting... :)

and since every post needs a picture...

koala hats for the win ;)

//sponsor spotlight: The Mrs//

Here is one of my new lovely sponsors this month! I'm so glad that Megan emailed me because she's honestly one of the nicest, loveliest bloggers I know! And on top of that, she's drop dead gorgeous!!! :) I can't wait to see her baby!

Hi there!   My name is Megan and I am the voice behind The Mrs. Over at my blog I like to chit chat about random things, but most recently my topics have been pregnancy, faith, and babies!! You see, I'm expecting my first-born in April of this year, and couldn't be more excited! I'm learning to lean on God and my faith in Him through this time as I learn about mother-hood. 

I enjoy crafting & repurposing, too! My husband and I are in the process of creating our custom nursery. My bedding is all handmade by yours truly, and we have a mural up that I painted, too! We cannot wait to get it finished because we have so many fun projects ahead of us. 

One of my features over at The Mrs is my "iBelieve" linky party. Each week I pick a topic concerning my faith and I just write what the Lord tells me. It is a linky party, yes... So come join in on Mondays!

Another feature is my Mommy Thoughts Thursday. On Thursdays I ask questions. Lots of questions about baby stuffs and mommy stuffs. This has been a great resource for me, and once baby girl is born, I will revisit them and share my experiences!  I recently opened a shop, too! In my shop you will find an array of creations! My sister is a photographer, and she is always looking for fun new props for me to make her! I'm also inspired by things that are natural & and vintage, but love the bright colors of life as well. Be sure to check it out! I don't do it for the money, I do it because I love to create, so my prices are reasonable!

If you ever have any questions feel free to contact me!

Follow along with me on my journey:

//SPONSOR ME: month of March//

{actual size}

What you get when you purchase ad space:

• 220x125 ad in my sidebar for one month
• feature post on you/your blog/your shop
• links to all of your sites i.e. pinterest or bloglovin{including FB & twitter}
• option to host a giveaway... gaining you more followers/admirers

Want more options? Maybe some FREE ones? Thought so :)

• send me an item to review {over $4 value} from your shop 
• if you have a blog {within my genre of blogging} with over 250 followers, i DO swap buttons.

both of those options come with everything you get when purchasing ad space.

What will i do with your money?!

•  pay the $10 google requires to change my web address. right now it's really long and it doesn't even fit my blog. i will change it to something easy to remember. plus it'll just be a dot com... no more dot blogspot dot com :D))) yay for that, right?!
• go to burger king... JUST KIDDING! {okay, yeah so maybe i will.}
• buy some new supplies. crafty stuffs :)
• or maybe i'll just go to a thrift store and accidentally blow it all there. ;)
• buy some ad space on a bigger blog... which in reality helps you as well. {the more pageviews i get, the more pageviews YOU get :) wonderful, isn't it?}

Whatcha' waiting for?!?! shoot me an email and i'll get your stuff up ASAP!

{by the way... this is for sponsoring in the month of March. if you'd like to plan ahead for future months... just email me.}

Call For Sponsors & My Blog Makeover!

Are you guys totally digging the new blog makeover? I seriously can't believe it's even my blog. Want the scoop on where i got it? Yeah... I thought so ;)

That's my new header.... i love it. :) Kelsey did a fantastic job! Ok... so I follow Kelsey's blog, Simply Beautiful, and one day i was searching around and found her design site. So then i looked around her design site... and decided to order a little blog makeover package! Best decision ever. :) She has a few different packages starting at just $5 {and that includes a header, button, and 'about me' in your sidebar!}! As of now... her highest price which is for EVERYTHING is only $15! That's the best deal you'll find anywhere, and she's just as good as those people who charge hundreds!

So if you're in need of a blog makeover... head on over to Simply Designful and order one! A few things I noticed about Kelsey... A) she listened to everything i said i wanted! B) she worked quickly C) she totally worked with me to make sure i got what I wanted. That's awesome. When she's famous I'm going to be proud to say I was the first one to order a blog makeover from her :)

Ok... on to that other boring business... :P sponsoring. you know you want too :) Haha just kidding! Buttttt... for those of you who own shops/blogs and you'd like more traffic, i think you will probably be interested in advertising on my blog!
Ok, so here's the deal. I don't have many paying sponsors. Which I kinda sorta really need. {I could go on and on... but I'll just say that i need some money for a few things i'm doing. ok... I'll go on and on a bit more ;) sorry! Alrighty, so I'm trying to start this thing w/ donating to the homeless, and I have no money to donate or to start this thing. Number two... lol the never ending need (want) for craft supplies and thrift store junk. yup.} So... i'm going to lower the rates a bit and hope *pray* that a few of you lovely people will buy some sponsor spots :)

Stats anyone? 

____________________

241 followers

average of 600 pageviews a day

75,000 pageviews all time history

Which... for the record has grown a lot since not even a month ago. November 29th I had 215 followers, 500 average pgviews a day, and total of 60k pageviews :)

as of now here are my options...

the only size of button I'm offering this month are 200x100 pixels. if you don't have one I will make you one :)

• $3 a month. {come on people. just do it!}
• if your blog has over 400 pageviews a day we can swap buttons.
• Send me item of my choice valued at or over $5 and I'll review it.
• Host a giveaway.

The first two options include a post featuring your shop/blog and your 220x100 button in my sidebar. The third option will be a post of me reviewing your shop & item as well as giving links to your blog etc. If you host a giveaway i will feature your shop in that post as well as put your button in my sidebar. {giveaway items must be valued at over $5}






if you're interested or have any questions, just email me :) Thank ya'll for listening!

*read some of my previous sponsor posts*

Sooo....

One day I was bored... and I made an Etsy shop.

Ok, that was a lie, I've been planning it for months :) Cheez-its... Etsy shops take a lot of work, time, and money! I really really really hope I can get my shop 'out there' somehow! The problem is I don't have the mula to just spend on advertising! I mean, I have very little money, and I'd rather spend it at the thrift store buying something than on advertising. At least at my age... I mean I'm not even old enough to have a job!

So I guess this post was about getting some sales in my etsy shop AND in some way it was a call for sponsors.  I'm now charging 5$ a month for you to advertise on my blog, and I'm going to spend that money on new items in the shop and advertising on others blogs. So help a girl out and buy an advertising space! I'll love you forever! If you're interested just email me. :)

A while ago I really didn't get why people called their advertisers 'sponsors'... now I get it:  the money they pay you, goes to promoting your blog/shop.  Or I suppose if you're really poor it goes to your grocery bills. Heck, it can go to anything! But the advertisers really are SPONSORING you! Like you as a person. :)

That was really confusing. I guess it all is really confusing! If you didn't get any of that it's fine... just forget I said it and don't judge me :) 

Oh, and I want to thank you all for following me {and if you're not you totally should!} and leaving comments! Ya'll are the best!

I also want to let you know I'm looking for guest posters... so if you're interested in getting some visitors and posting on my blog, just email me :)


And since a post isn't a post without a picture... here's some pics :)

{they're all by me} {the last one is the reflection on our van!}

PLEASE HELP!

Hey! Sooo... I'm at 97 followers. {Kind-of excited.}And I was planning on having at least 3 people give something away when I hit 100. I was going to have a big party and all sorts of fun stuff. {sounds awesome, right?!} But so far I haven't gotten any final responses. :( 

So if you want to enter in an awesome giveaway, please either leave me a comment or email me if you are willing to give something away.

PLEASE.

I'll love you forever.

And you'll get the joy of exciting 100 people because they could win your awesome product! :)

And I'll even through free advertising for 2 months in there. :D 

{teardrop@kc.rr.com}

MAKEOVER~bunny tape dispenser {and CALL FOR HELP}

A while back I found this cute cast-iron bunny rabbit tape dispenser at a garage sale. Normally I wouldn't buy something like this... but it was 25 cents! So... why not?!?!?!   :{  Here's what I turned it into:

{some before shots}

{after spray primer}

{after 3 coats of teal/grey glaze}

So... what do you think? Have you made over some thrift store junk recently? Did you like the end result? 

OK guys... I guess I'm not quite prepared to hit the big 100 followers... I was planning on having a giveaway from at least 2 people other than me and I haven't even asked anyone! I'm already at 85 and I'm growing each day! So I guess this is a call to you if you want to do a giveaway...

{please?!}

FREE ADVERTISING!

I'm in shock people. I offer free advertising and get NO emails. *sniff* I was all excited about this! So if you decide you want to take advantage of my offer now... check out the ADVERTISING tab and email me... mmkay? :{   Thanks ;) Oh, and if you don't have a button I'd love to make you one for free :D

FREE Advertising!

Hey guys! I just made an advertising tab in the left sidebar, I advise checking it out ASAP. :D

Love you all! I have the best followers and commentors EVER!