Hey there Keeping it Simple Readers My name is Whitney and I am the momma behind the blog A mommy’s life…with a touch of YELLOW I feel so honored and am so excited to be guest posting today I LOVE Kaysi and all her amazing projects she comes up with. I feel so honored that…
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dio Place GIVEAWAY: $100 Amazon Gift Card
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of dio for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Have you ever heard of dio? If you haven’t, it’s pretty awesome! It’s a website that you can create a place. It can be a location, a craft, a dream home, an event. And within the place…
HUGE Mother’s Day GIVEAWAY
Today I am sooooo excited to tell you about an amazing giveaway. One that I so wish that I could win! Mother’s Day is coming up soon and this giveaway is perfect for you AND your mother!! How would you like to win a Cricut Expressions 2 plus a Kitchen Aid Mixer or a Cannon…
Motivate me Monday #171
Hello everyone!!! How was your weekend? Ours was good and crazy, it’s definitely an adjustment having 5 kids. If you didn’t know already, I went into labor last Sunday and had this cute little boy at 11:48pm Sunday. I can’t believe he’s already a week old! We named him Koy and he was 5 lbs…
Vinyl Decal Side Table
One of my favorite features in my living room is my little green table. I picked up this table at a garage sale 2 years ago for $5. I was looking for something just like this all summer long and it I found it at one of the last garage sales I went to that…
Werther’s Original Sugar Free Caramels
I love candy. I love sugar. I especially love caramel. Right behind chocolate, it’s my favorite kind of candy. Chocolate and caramel are my absolute favorite! I really do love sugar, but I don’t love how it makes me feel after I have eaten too much of it. During the last few months of my…
No Sew Pillow
When I got done with the four pillows on my bed I felt like I needed another pillow, one that was smaller and a different shape. I love the look of the “tootsie roll” pillows so I wanted to make one of those. But I had no clue how to do it and didn’t know…
ARM & HAMMER Tooth Tunes
We all know how important it is for us and our kids to brush our teeth. Tooth health is very important. It’s something that we have our kids do every day but sometimes it’s a hassle or they brush for about two seconds and call it good. Anyone else’s kids do that? Well ARM &…
Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole
I think that a lot of us are very busy Moms. I know that I am and that is why I am drawn to things that are easy and simple. I think that one reason why I really like casseroles. There are easy and simple but are so yummy. One of my favorite things about…
Our first family picture
I just wanted to share our first family picture! I can’t believe that I have a family of 7, not so small anymore :). We completely fill up our van now, wow! And here are all of my FIVE kids! Wow, I’m a mom of 5, crazy!
Choo Choo Train Shirt
I have a little guy that is obsessed with trains. I made him a train shirt last year but he got too big, so he requested a new one. I thought it would be fun to use Cricut’s new iron on vinyl and the fun colors they have to make a colorful train shirt. This…
My latest creation
Introducing: Koy Dalan Gardner Born 4/21 at 11:48 pm 5 pounds 11 oz 20 inches I went into labor yesterday. Everything went well and went fairly quickly. I’m so glad that he is here and I’m so in love! One proud Dad!
Motivate Me Monday #170
Hi everyone! I’m so glad that you are here today!! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend! Hello happy Sunday or Monday depending on when you come :). I’m so glad that you are here today! Well my time is getting short with being pregnant, yay!! I have talked to the doctors and if…
How to make MONEY by blogging
Did you know that you can make money with your blog? It’s true!! I have been blogging for three years now and although I am not getting rich anytime soon, I am making a little money. For the past year or so I have been able to make enough money to pay for things like…
Yellow Dyed Skirt
I love color. And I love bright colors. When I get dressed up, I love to wear color! I have been wanting a yellow skirt for awhile now, but haven’t found any great fabric. So I decided to take an old knit bed sheet and turn it into a yellow skirt. This is how I…
Homemade Orange Julius
I am a huge fan of frozen drinks. I would drink a slurpee or slush any day of the year. This is one of our favorites in our house and I make for my family all the time! This is what you’ll need 1 can of frozen OJ concentrate 1 cup water 1/2 tsp vanilla…
Mustache Onesie
One of my favorite things about iron-on vinyl is that you can change a plain white shirt and make it super cute! With a baby coming very soon, I thought it would be fun to spruce up one of his plain white onesies. I got to try some fun colors of Cricut’s new iron on…
Family Apparel at Dollar General
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dollar General for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. By now you might have noticed that I’m a big fan of Dollar General. I’ve talked about how you can get cleaning supplies there, yummy candy and some great brands. But did you know that…
Piping in a pillow
I have always wanted to try to put piping on a pillow. I love the look of it. But I was scared and intimated by it. So I never did it. Sewing still scares me. But then I was sent some fun fabric and piping from Jo-Ann’s Craft Stores and I decided that I would…
Motivate Me Monday #169
Hello everyone! How was your weekend? Ours was cold and pretty eventful. My husband is taking his third CPA exam on the 15th, so he spent the weekend studying and I spent it taking care of kids. I did get a couple things made for my baby, so that was good. I’m officially full term…