12.21.2011

merry christmas from ricky/tiffany christmas past!




christmas has already started in our little home. ricky's side celebrates a couple days early because we all disperse for the 25th. ricky and i are flying home to illinois on christmas eve and his side is going up to hanford where their extended family lives.

on monday night we opened presents (too many!!!) and last night we decorated cookies in our ugly christmas sweaters.

it's a beautiful time of year. the promise of God sending His son is being declared among the nations. yes, God loves us. yes, God is faithful. yes, He sent His son. yes, He will send Him again!

amen.



awwww, little ricky is so cute. i love him!



don't forget to enter the other 24 Days of Giving giveaways: urban rain packages, fabric garland, sketched portrait art, wedding program design, and the dainty woods bundle.





12.18.2011

24 days of giving // urban rain


today we have a giveaway from one of our lovely sponsors, urban rain. urban rain is an easy shop full of beautifully hand-created stones for rings, pendants, and magnets. they can be custom created with your design in mind or you can choose from the beautiful glass gems in the shop.




we have 2 giveaway prizes available for today: 





Here's how you enter. You may do one or all of the following. Each number and comment below will be counted as a unique entry. That means you can enter up to 5 times!

1.) Head on over to the Urban Rain shop and leave a comment below on this post letting me know your favorite item. 

2.) Tweet!, Facebook, or Blog about this giveaway leaving a comment below with the link.


also - her blog.





don't forget to enter the other 24 Days of Giving giveaways: fabric garland, sketched portrait art, wedding program design, and the dainty woods bundle.





12.15.2011

24 Days of Giving /// the Dainty Woods!

24 Days of Giving hasn't stopped - just taken over for awhile by the Christmas madness here at the Valdez home.


Today we are giving away a beautiful bundle from the beautiful The Dainty Woods etsy shop. Chelsea, the shop owner, creates the most beautifully and unique items with obvious care on every single detail. She makes tons of items for weddings: cake/cupcake toppers, boutonnieres, bridal hairpieces and more! 

The shop also has a variety of bows, clips, headbands and more. One lucky winner will win the package of the following:


Here's how you enter. You may do one or all of the following. Each number and comment below will be counted as a unique entry. That means you can enter up to 5 times!

1.) Head on over to The Dainty Wood's shop and leave a comment below on this post letting me know your favorite item. 

2.) Tweet!, Facebook, or Blog about this giveaway leaving a comment below with the link.




her shop,
her blog,
her twitter,
her facebook,
her music,
her husband's shop



don't forget to enter the other 24 Days of Giving giveaways: fabric garland, sketched portrait art, wedding program design




12.10.2011

oh, children! oh, the Godman!

oh the humlity of Christ.


what a sweet video.

taken from the bff's blog.

take it back, back, back, back... (fades)










dedicated to my sister kerri. because she was obviously born cool.

12.09.2011

snack time with amos...


the miracle of a child, is that the way they live, at moments, causes my heart to fall more in love with Jesus. snack times, even in their complete simplicity, tend to do this to me.

12.08.2011

bikes, hearts, dogs and a giveaway!!! // 24 days of giving

and i lied. i wanted to post the winner last night, but didn't get around to it until today. ricky came home earlier than normal last night (8:45PM!!!) and so we spent the evening putting amos to bed (wayyyy past his bedtime) and laughing at old photographs of us when we were different people.

so some times things like LOVE, beat out blogging. you know? ;)

on a amos sleeping update. i woke up like a zombie at 5AM and with absolutely NO ability to think with logic - after 2 attempts at rocking i pulled him into our bed. i guess 2 step forward, one step back?

we also have some incredible giveaways coming up, and i think they are going to be rolled into one or two days. there are going to be some great etsy shops highlighted, and some of my favorite blogs too! i'm getting really excited.

for now, i wanted to introduce one of my favorite custom invitation sets i've made. it was for a wedding set in Chicago for the cutest couple EVER and their little pup. the brick was to match the industrial location of their ceremony and the Chicago skyline is also featured.

[please ignore the hideous carpet found in the hall of my apartment where the best lighting comes in.]


honestly, custom sets are my favorite. it requires real creativity and research and forces me to do what i wish i had more time for. create. i'm hoping to gain more of these projects in the future, and make some for pure enjoyment - and not always because of a purchase.






today's giveaway is also from see the skyline shop, and goes along with this invitation. i am offering a custom portrait sketch of you and your loved one (or your little loved animal) with a heart in between and the names written below (or 3-4 words). it will be mailed to you and perfect for any frame! it will be on a 5x7 canvas paper.

Here is how you enter!

1.) Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite item on your Christmas wish list and click here to vote for my blog!

You can also gain multiple entries for the giveaway by any of the following

2.) Blogging, tweeting (with @seetheskyline in tweet), or facebooking about this giveaway. Just leave a comment below. (please put link to blog, if you have one!)

3.) If you haven't done so, go to facebook and like my page. :)

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oh! and the winner of the see the skyline custom christmas labels is:

she accidentally left the comment on my facebook page, but it still counts!


Erin, please email me @ seetheskyline@gmail.com with your address and I'll send over your labels!



oh.... and the "mom with toddler attempting to tackle the san diego mall full of angry, angry customers" did the following today...



oh geeez. thankfully, the angry shoppers were too crazed to get to shopping that they forgot to steal my car. Praise God!



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oh and don't forget about the wedding program giveaway and the fabric garland giveaway!