Happy Valentine's guys! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend filled with tons of love! Oh, and since when did this holiday turn into Christmas for the kiddies? Here is the loot Adrienne got this morning! #sheesh
Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's guys! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend filled with tons of love! Oh, and since when did this holiday turn into Christmas for the kiddies? Here is the loot Adrienne got this morning! #sheesh
Raina Hampton Art Giveaway [OVER]
This giveaway is now over! Congrats Christina K.! You have won your very own Raina Hampton original! Thanks to everyone who entered and showed love for this great giveaway.
I'm bringing you guys a brand new giveaway today! I'm super excited to team up with an extraordinarily talented artist named Raina Hampton.
Raina is a mom to four beautiful kids by day and a painting machine by night. And, boy, does she churn out some gorgeous pieces. Being raised in the south, Raina's art is a mix of everything found in nature. From birds, to fields of cotton, to stunning fall-kissed trees, everything she creates is eye-catching. Her medium is usually acrylics on homemade canvases that her husband puts together. And these canvases are super thick. They make for an incredible pop on any wall.
I'm so lucky that my home is graced with not one, but two Raina Hampton originals! The first is my all time favorite. Adrienne fell in love with it as soon as she saw it, too. She even said that the little birds were us. #swoon.
The second painting is the incredible abstract one below. He's a pretty big guy, at 24x24 inches, and the colors are super vibrant.
Raina's passion for painting shows in every piece she creates. Her work makes people smile. And now I'm excited to say that one lucky Coffee and Cashmere reader will be beaming. We are giving away a Raina Hampton original! The winner will receive a 6x6 inch bird painting.
This giveaway is now over! Congrats Christina K.! You have won your very own Raina Hampton original! Thanks to everyone who entered and showed love for this great giveaway.
A big thank you to Raina Hampton for creating such beautiful works of art.
Congrats to Elizabeth C. for winning my last great giveaway!
Snow Day and Tree of Love Revisited
This morning it snowed. It hasn't snowed once in the past four winters. So, naturally we dressed as warm as we could and acted like straight hooligans in our backyard.
One day Adrienne's parents will grow up. But I could totally be wrong.
I took the photo above with muh phone and grammed it. If you don't follow me on IG, do so now over @coffeeandcashmerelove. I also have plenty of real camera photos from our snow day to share soon!
Oh, and here is this oldie but goodie Valentine's craft, our Tree of Love.
Oreo Bites Revisited
Popping in real quick to share a Valentine's recipe from last year. You will want to make these guys.
Personal Creations
I was all set for Christmas this past year. I had all the gifts bought well in advance. Santa was bringing Adrienne a new American Girl doll. That was her big present. Then two weeks before Christmas, Adrienne dropped a bomb. She said she wanted Santa to bring her a train table.
Wait. Huh?!
Granted, my child has always gravitated towards train tables. She loves taking things apart and building them back. Her father's child if you will. They both sit for literally hours building Lego creations. Or playing video games. Or coding websites. Okay, the latter is just William. But, back to the point, my kid is a builder. And she tells me she wants a train table two weeks before Christmas? #thiskid.
Since I'd already over spent on Adrienne's presents, I told her that Santa does have to build toys for every little kid that believes in him, so she may not always get exactly what she wants. That statement went in one ear and out her little other (as they all usually do). She told me she was just going to wish really hard and that Santa always listens to her wishes. Because, magic.
Duh, Mom.
Well, to my disbelief, there really is a Santa. But he was posing as a company called Personal Creations. A few days after Adrienne was writing her fifth letter to Old Saint Nick, Personal Creations hit me up asking if I would review one of their umpteen-million personalized gifts.
I was all like, "Um. YEA!" I mean, I'm a sucker for personalized things. Maybe it's because I have an unusual name. When I was little it was always like, hey kid, good luck finding "JADE" on those personalized pencils. I think that scared me for life.
I scoured over all the different items I could have "Jade" on, but then I saw it. A Kidkraft train slash Lego table. And that's when I knew Santa was real. I still hear the bell!
Personal Creations sent my little creator the thing she wanted the most for Christmas with her name on it.
Needless to say, on Christmas morning, Adrienne freaked her little freak and was all like, American Girl who?
She has played daily with this train table since.
So, all you gift-buying-folks (twice hyphenated), do yourselves a solid and head over to Personal Creations. This is a magical company. Be sure to check them out on Facebook and Twitter for even more gift buying goodness.
Post script - I will share photos of Christmas morning sometime in the near future. Prom.
Wait. Huh?!
Granted, my child has always gravitated towards train tables. She loves taking things apart and building them back. Her father's child if you will. They both sit for literally hours building Lego creations. Or playing video games. Or coding websites. Okay, the latter is just William. But, back to the point, my kid is a builder. And she tells me she wants a train table two weeks before Christmas? #thiskid.
Since I'd already over spent on Adrienne's presents, I told her that Santa does have to build toys for every little kid that believes in him, so she may not always get exactly what she wants. That statement went in one ear and out her little other (as they all usually do). She told me she was just going to wish really hard and that Santa always listens to her wishes. Because, magic.
Duh, Mom.
Well, to my disbelief, there really is a Santa. But he was posing as a company called Personal Creations. A few days after Adrienne was writing her fifth letter to Old Saint Nick, Personal Creations hit me up asking if I would review one of their umpteen-million personalized gifts.
I was all like, "Um. YEA!" I mean, I'm a sucker for personalized things. Maybe it's because I have an unusual name. When I was little it was always like, hey kid, good luck finding "JADE" on those personalized pencils. I think that scared me for life.
I scoured over all the different items I could have "Jade" on, but then I saw it. A Kidkraft train slash Lego table. And that's when I knew Santa was real. I still hear the bell!
Personal Creations sent my little creator the thing she wanted the most for Christmas with her name on it.
Needless to say, on Christmas morning, Adrienne freaked her little freak and was all like, American Girl who?
She has played daily with this train table since.
So, all you gift-buying-folks (twice hyphenated), do yourselves a solid and head over to Personal Creations. This is a magical company. Be sure to check them out on Facebook and Twitter for even more gift buying goodness.
Post script - I will share photos of Christmas morning sometime in the near future. Prom.
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