OK, Enough Slacking. Promise...

Lawd, have I been neglecting this poor blog I love so much!  But, I have been working like crazy redoing my uncle's website, and that takes up all of my time. We also have Nati's after school stuff, the house stuff... You know how it piles up.

I'm gonna try to make time to update every day again. I really am. To start this new week off properly, lemme tell ya that our BIG Stop & Scrap giveaway is tomorrow, so don't forget to come by and leave a comment for you chance to win.

***Oy! There's a misspelled word on my graphic. Sorry!!!***

Gotta go get the giveaway post ready for y'all tomorrow.

Kisses and hugs, lovely people.

Giveaways!

Yes, we do! In the next few days, No Shrinking Violet will have some very nice gift cards and promo codes for y'all, courtesy of Stop & Scrap. I've been getting my crafty goodies from Maria for years, and she always has the latest and greatest, always at a discount.

Does not get better than that for us scrap hoarders.

So, my darlings, keep checking back to have a chance at winning...

It's The Little Things.

These past few weeks have been a roller coaster of very happy and very not so happy. I'm a very emotional person and when I'm feeling so out of sorts, my creativity/mojo/inspiration/will to create, leaves the building. This translates into very few and far between blog posts. It sucks.

So, I try to find joy in the little things, like this...

If you read this blog regularly, you know I am a HUGE fan of Pugly Pixel and the genius behind it, Katrina Tan. So, finding my humble little blog on her blog roll made me happy. I read hers religiously and it's incredibly flattering for moi, that she reads mine too.

So, that's my happy for today. Here's hoping more happy is on it's way. Oy!

Arrows and patterned paper are Pugly Pixel.

Font is Cheap Pine @ MyFonts.

Have a lovely week.

I Need.

Really, really, really need. Need.

(Because this is just too delicious, it has bumped our scheduled Font Love post)

*insert longing sighs here*

I cannot tell you how very much I need to upgrade my beloved iPhone to a 4S and of course I need this incredibly cool Hipstamatic cover. My heart skipped a beat when I came across it. Utter coolnes. Again, I need.

Cover can be found at the HipstaMart. Uber cool iPhone 4S at Apple (aka heaven on earth).

*insert more longing sighs*

It's almost Friday, lovelies!

My Adventures In Word Feud.

Indulge me in this if you will. I love word games and I am pretty good at them, I think. But, there's this person, who shall remain anonymous, that has bested me more times than I care to admit. It irks me to no end.

Now, picture a new game, me resigned to lose, again. This person, let's call him Mr. Meanerson, gloating and guaranteeing a 100 point win over me.

Again, picture a relentless battle, epic, monumental... Full of dramatic sweaty brow close ups and at the end of it, the sweet taste of MY victory over Mr. Meanerson.

Amazingly satisfying does not begin to cover the feeling I experienced when the little "You Won Against Mr. Meanerson" sign appeared on my iPhone's screen.

Let me illustrate...

This one's for you, Mr. Meanerson.

Have a great hump day, lovely people. I'm off to ready lots of new posts cause this blog has been neglected enough.

Toodles.

I'm Back.

I had such a wonderful time on my trip. It was exactly what I needed and it was so much more than I could have ever imagined it would be.

I got to spend a few hours in Miami, where home is to me, and just taking a big lungful of Florida air was a balm to my homesick soul. I had tears in my eyes when I saw my apartment, Nati's school, our whole neighborhood from the air. Perfectly bittersweet...

Then I got to Charlotte,  and I fell in love with another place...

I am planning on going back as soon as I possibly can. I slept a lot, laughed a lot, ate such good food, visited lots of beautiful places, I even watched a few NFL games. Yep, me and the NFL are one. Ha!

Anyway, my telling of this adventure was delayed by the worst cough in history. Lemme tell ya, planes and airports are just huge petri dishes of evil stuff. I'm just now feeling human again, after over a week of coughing my lungs out. Sorry, that was TMI *blushes*

I missed y'all and I will get back to regular blog updates. Promise.

Toodles, loves.