Tuesday, June 23, 2009

packing up our home



It is finally here! Our family move to Birmingham, Alabama. The packers arrive tomorrow and turn our home into a cardboard-box-castle. I think by tomorrow night all that will be left to remind us of our home are the beds. Technically, we will be without a place to call home until next Wednesday. We are thankful that the in-between homes time is 5 days instead of 5 weeks (or months).

My girls are 5 and almost 3 - they keep checking with me to make sure that ALL of their toys are coming with us. The oldest asked yesterday why we have to move. I told her so we can be with daddy and see him everyday (he has been in Alabama working since October). She says, "Mom, when daddy goes out of town for work, can we come back here and see my friends?" Breaks your heart. Thankfully we are only 3 hours away and have already planned a visit in August to celebrate my daughter's 3rd birthday party here in Nashville.

The precious polka dot homes painting is handmade by Kelly of Initialee. She is in Birmingham..and I think this painting will be making its way to our new kitchen wall very soon. :)

Today I am shipping the last of my orders and packing up all the little things in my office. The movers warned me that "all little things will be thrown in the bottom of a box" when they are packing the house tomorrow. And all of my 100-yard spools of ribbon need to come down off my giant pegboard so hubby can remove that from the wall for them too. So many rules.

I'll check in this weekend with you!


Amy - You Won!



Lucky #15 from www.random.org is our winner for the Quote the Walls vinyl gift card.

Congratulations to crafty mum, Amy of Giggleberry Creations (that is her banner above)!

Monday, June 22, 2009

love vinyl? last day to enter



Friendly reminder from your neighborhood pal, Grover:

Today is the last day to enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Quote the Walls to pick-your-favorite vinyl wall art!

Entries accepted through midnight PST (6/22/09).

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Shabby Apple Exclusive Coupon



Don't you just love this Gumballs polka dot dress? The ladies over at Shabby Apple would like to give Polka Dot Mom readers a special 15% off coupon code through July 31, 2009. Hooray!

A portion of every dress sale is donated to charity too.

See all of the hip and trendy dress styles for little girls at Shabby Apple.

Your secret coupon code to enter at check-out is: polkadotmom15off (expires 7/31/09).

(Their cutie-patootie styles are perfect for summer parties and back-to-school wardrobes too!)

Head on over to http://www.shabbyapple.com/ - see you there!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Quote the Walls Vinyl Giveaway - You Pick!




Do you love vinyl wall decor like me? This is so much fun, I am so excited for you to meet crafty mom Rebecca and tell you about the treat she has for you!

First, about her company Quote the Walls:


"Quote the Walls is a family-run and -owned business that cares about customer service. We located in Phoenix, Arizona where the sun shines daily. My husband and I work the business along side our two small children. Quote the Walls was started after my search for quotes for my daughter's room. I was not able to find companies that would make custom vinyl sayings for me or they wanted to charge such large sums that I could not afford them. Our goals is to make our quotes affordable for everyone who wants one and we love to do custom orders."




Rebecca has so many vinyl wall art designs and I love how she has everything organized on her site. You can click on categories like "kitchen", "laundry room", "play room", or even "personalized monograms". The possibilities are endless (she even sells packs of polka dot vinyl stickers in your choice of colors)!

I love this little playroom vinyl art:



Here's the really fun part:

Rebecca would like to give one Polka Dot Mom reader a $25 gift certificate to Quote the Walls!

(Boy, I could really spend $25 easily in her shop.)

To enter to win this $25 gift certificate, please visit http://www.quotethewalls.com/ and pick out your FAVORITE vinyl wall art saying, graphic or design, then come on back here and leave a comment below. If you blog about this giveaway on your blog, come on back here and leave another comment with the link to your blog post.

You may leave comments through Monday, June 22nd at midnight PST. Thanks, Rebecca!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Polka Dot Dad Day Card



Look what I found!

The perfect polka dot Father's Day card for the Polka Dot Dad in your life. :)

Available today inside MMSi's "handmade cards and stitches.

Is Father's Day really this weekend? John has requested a "nice meal". This is a tall order since he is Italian and his mom is a GREAT cook! Any recipe suggestions?