{Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner}

Today's post is short and sweet - super sweet if you are one of the people who entered to win a FREE AD SPACE on the blog for the month of March!

So, I was giving away 6 Free Ad spaces...and I ended up with 7 people who entered.  So, rather than cutting out one of you, I've decided to award ALL of you!

The following people will have a 190x190 FREE AD:

Pitter and Glink

Kim

The following people will have a 190x350 FREE AD:

Tracey Sebastian

Lynn at Scrapity Anne

Melissa at Silly Bee's Chickadees

Emilie

The Dedwylder Family

Congrats everyone!  Email me - kthompson0412@gmail.com - and send me your ads ASAP!

And for the blog - I'm taking a couple days off.  We've been SOOOO busy around here - Marley turned 10 last week and we had her party over the weekend, so I'm very behind on everything.  Plus, I'm now a Thirty-One Independent Consultant (YAY!) so I'm trying to sort through all the cool stuff in my kit and start booking parties.  I'll be back March 1st to preview the new sponsors and hopefully have some fun stuff to share!

Have a great day!

{Get Lucky} - Win a FREE Sponsor Ad for March

No, I haven't lost my mind.  I'm completely sane (well, some would argue that...).

I am GIVING AWAY 6 Sponsor Ad spots on One Tough Mother!  Here are the details:

• For the entire month of March, your ad will run in the right sidebar of the blog.
• Each sponsor will receive a shout-out both on the blog and on Facebook at least once during the month of March
• All ads will be sized to 190x190 pixels unless you agree to do a giveaway for the fans at the end of March.  If you agree to do a giveaway, I will upgrade your ad to the larger size 190x350 pixels.
• If selected, you will also have the option to continue running your ad for a discounted rate.

RULES

***Please leave your first name and the city where you live in each entry***

• Leave a comment below telling me that you want a FREE AD SPACE on One Tough Mother
• Be a fan on Facebook, then come back and leave another comment telling me you did so
• If you would like to do a giveaway at the end of the month if you are selected as one of 6 winners, leave a separate comment telling me so

(That means you have up to 3 entries!)

If chosen, you agree to post a One Tough Mother blog button in your sidebar for the entire month of March.

If chosen, you will send me your ad already sized to the specifications mentioned above no later than Tuesday, February 28th at 5:00PM Eastern.

ALL ENTRIES DUE BY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH AT 8:00PM EASTERN!  Any comments received after 8:00PM Eastern time will not be included in the giveaway.  Winners will be announced Monday, February 27th, both on the blog and on Facebook.  I will also email you, so be sure you are NOT a no-reply commenter.  I need to get in touch with you.

I hope the Luck O' the Irish comes your way!

One Proud Mother - Happy Birthday Marley!

Ten years ago today, I was blessed with the most amazing little person ever.  My sweet, beautiful daughter Marley celebrates ten years of life today.  She's incredible, really...ask anyone :)

I'm so proud of the young woman she is becoming, and I'm honored and humbled that God has given me the task of being her mom.  Rather than filling this post with lots of words about how awesome she is, I decided to just show her off to all of you with lots of pictures :)

Happy Birthday Marley!  Mama loves you more than you will ever know!

{Not So} Tough Tuesday's #18

Welcome to another edition of {Not So} Tough Tuesday's!  So glad to have you here!  I'm busy preparing for my daughter's 10th birthday so things are a little buys around here this week.  I'll share details with you after her party on Saturday :)

In the mean time, let's see what links were the most-clicked last week:

{Reusable Activity Books} by Reading Confetti

{Photoshop Tips} by Life on Walnut Street

{Dollhouse} by Caught My Fancy

Way to go ladies!  Be sure to grab your button to show that you were featured:

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Now let's get to this week's party!

• No Etsy shops, giveaways, or linky parties please
• Link up to your blog post, not your home page
• Only post your own creations, not third party
• LEAVE LOVE BEHIND FOR OTHER LINKS PLEASE
  
  
• Link back to One Tough Mother, either by text link or show our cute button:
  

  

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{Project Life} Week 7

{Title Card}

There was a lot to document this week - 12 on the 12th, Valentine's Day, my mom's birthday, and a party for a friend of ours who is going overseas for work....  A lot of little pieces of memorabilia to keep, too.

{Left Side}

I really only have one "normal" page this week.  I included a photo of the super cute Valentine's cookies I ordered for Marley's class, a photo of my hubby and his girlfriend Dakota (who thinks she's human rather than canine), a photo of the book I read in 2 days flat (The Hunger Games - awesome!), and a photo of all the boys together at a party for our friend who is going overseas.

{Memorabilia}

I used one of the 6x12 page protectors by Becky Higgins to wrangle some of this week's memorabilia.  Marley won 4 tickets to the Atlanta Zoo so I made a color copy of the 4 tickets and included those in the album.  Also included - a sweet card from one of my friends and Marley's Valentine's card from my mom.

{12 on the 12th}

Just as I did on January 12th, I took 12 photos on February 12th - a day in the life kinda thing.  I took all 12 with my camera on my phone.  So much easier for this kind of project.

{12 on the 12th Side 1}

{12 on the 12th Side 2}

I printed each photo as a 4x4 square image and arranged them in a We R Memory Keepers page protector.  I made the journal cards on Picnik using the same process I used to make my printable charts.

{Valentine's Day layout}

Another We R Memory Keepers page protector here.  I included a photo of Marley handing out Valentine's at school, as well as a photo of my gift from Mark and a picture of the two of us.  The 6x8 space was perfect for the card my hubby gave to me.  I filled the final 4x6 space with a journal card that I embellished.

{Valentine's Day journal card}

I used chipboard letters (M for Mark and K for Kirsten) to show M + K = <3, and threw on a few heart stickers around my journaling.

{Mom's Birthday layout}

Thursday was my mom's birthday and I surprised her by inviting her friends over for a card night.  She had no idea :)

{Birthday journal card}

I used this really cute PNG file from Plucky Momo's Celebrate You kit to create a 6x8 journal card for mom's birthday layout.

We had a great week, and another one coming up.  My daughter's 10th birthday is the 22nd with her party on the 25th, so you can bet that next week I'll have several more pages to share!

{Simple Things} Sunday

A simple kiss on Valentine's Day.

This was a fun picture to take.  We had to do several takes to get it right....and it sure was fun trying!  :)

DIY Dry Erase Weekly Planner

I'm really excited to show you this little project!  I made this for my mom for her birthday present and I was tempted to keep it for myself :)

I got this 16x20 collage frame at Home Goods.

I love this matstack that I got at Michael's a while back.  The patterns and colors are fabulous.  I also grabbed my little alphabet stamps.

After selecting my mats, I used the paper that came in the frame as a guide to lay out my papers.  Once I got the placement the way I wanted it, I simply taped them inside the mat of the frame.

Once all the papers were placed and taped, I grabbed my little stamps.

I stamped each day above the proper spots, and added "notes" and "groceries" in the middle, like this:

Pretty cool, right?

I cleaned the glass and put everything back together (and seriously considered keeping it for myself, but then realized I would have nothing for my mom on her birthday...).

I wrote a little love note with a dry erase marker on it, and mom's gift was ready to go!  :)

Fabulous!

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