I just wanted to interrupt my regularly scheduled posts to wish my nephew, Evan, a HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY!  Sorry we weren’t able to make it to your party but we will be seeing you soon!  Here’s a sneak peek at a photo from his party… the colors, the details, the cake, the prince, doesn’t it all look perfect!?!

*photo taken by tim park photography

I know that Evan will one day grow up to be a dashing young man that can do anything he puts his mind to.  He can already pee in his toilet, read the alphabet, say “i wuv u”, and he’s got some mad hand-eye coordination skills going on.  🙂  And he gets it all from his wonderful parents.  My sister-in-law is like the most detail oriented, talented, craftiest, most amazing woman I know!  Not only is being a Mommy a feat in itself, she always has a great vision for party planning, makes adorable hair accessories, takes awesome pictures, and has a great eye for design and fashion.  I really think y’all should follow her blog (you don’t need Xanga to comment)!  And my brother?  He is like the smartest, most well rounded guy I know… he’s in banking, he knows how to make a mean oxtail soup and he SEWS, did you read that… he SEWS.

On a separate note, I also wanted to announce the GIVEAWAY WINNERS from my first round of Sponsor Giveaways in 2011!  🙂

The winner of the two City of Blackbirds prints of your choice is:

Congrats to Jacky from The Sweetest Petunia!  Please email me with your two favorite prints and your mailing address and I’ll pass it on to Eadaoin!

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The winner of the mustard headband by Maie Dae is:

Congrats to Kileen from Cute and Little!  Please email me your mailing address and I’ll pass it along to Savannah!

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The winner of the Polaroid pocket mirror and postcard set by OPB Studios is:

Congrats to Kinsey of Soul Bacon!  Please email me your mailing address and I’ll pass it along to Alli!

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The winner of the Holly Knitlightly cowl in the color of your choice is:

Congrats to Krysten of After I Do!  Please email me your mailing address and color choice for your cowl and I’ll pass it on to Holly!

My email address is sandyalamode(at)gmail(dot)com!

AND…. I’m excited to announce that I’ve reached 500 GFC followers just in time for my ONE YEAR BLOGIVERSARY!!!!  It’s tomorrow and you don’t want to miss it!!  Yes, that’s right!  I’ve done a whole year of blogging, craziness!  And I’ll just let you in on a little secret, there will be a GIVEAWAY with FIVE WINNERS and some super awesome DISCOUNTS TO MY SPONSORS’ SHOPS (so if you didn’t win last week’s giveaways but would like to buy something from the shops, it’s the perfect chance), so get those bank accounts filled and wallets ready!!