Happy Halloween

Have a BOOtiful Day!

xoxo~Meg

Good Grief Charlie Brown...

Check out who I got to kiss goodbye this morning...

It was "wear you costume to work" day at Gabe's job today...if you can't tell, he went as Charlie "Chuck" Brown, the E! True Hollywood Story version...childhood actor turned bad!

This was taken early this morning so excuse the lighting and grumpy expression on his face!

He has fake tattoos all over and he's wearing an earring which you can't really see, I will take better pics when he gets home!

I hope you all have a great Thursday, the kids are out of school early today and are off tomorrow for parent teacher conferences...it's going to be a busy weekend for the Cantrell house!

xoxo~Meg

We Have a WINNER!

Comment #6 With Love, Jamie!

She wrote...

Cute giveaway!! Of course I follow your blog :)

I love fall so much! Some of my favorite things? Scarves, pumpkin patches, pumpkin coffees, pumpkin ice cream, crisp air...ahh, I love it all!

xo, Jamie

Congrats Jamie, email your info {name & address} to me at megcantrell2008(at)yahoo(dot)com

 and I will ship your giveaway goodies off to you!!

Thanks everyone who entered, you are all amazing!

x♥x♥~Meg

Hey YOU...

Yes, YOU...

to enter my giveaway!!!

Go ahead, all the cool kids are doing it! 

x♥x♥~Meg

Vintage Memories...

I am sure that you all know that I love anything and everything vintage, I collect just about anything vintage and/or antique including photos and memorabilia...most of what I own are from my own family. Here are some things that I thought I would share with all of you...

This is my Grandpa and Grandma Ragan when they were first "courting", and the small photo is my Grandma's school photo, I've been told I look like her! Wasn't my Grandpa handsome (he had huge eyebrows) but handsome all the same!

This is my Great Grandma and Grandpa Tuiet...look how tiny her waist was!

This is my Great Grandpa Ragan and his family!

This was taken when they put the first light poles in Bates County, my Great Grandpa Petty was the guy in the white shirt on the buggy, those were his horses.

I found this picture postcard of Italy in my Grandma's dresser...

Here is the back...

This is my Great Great Grandpa and Grandma Moles and this was his discharge paper from the Civil War in 1865...

This is the original Western Union Telegram notifying my Great Grandmother of her son's passing while touring in India during WW2.

Well there you have it, my family history in photos, sorry some of the photos are sideways, I am not sure what Blogger is doing with my photos lately!

Thanks for looking!

xoxo~Meg

P.S. Don't forget to enter my giveaway, I'll pick a winner on Wednesday...you can enter HERE!

♥ Happy Birthday Mom! ♥

Today is my mom's 61st Birthday (shhhh, don't tell her I told you her age)!

I love you more than words can say, you are my hero and my inspiration!

Also, 20 years ago today my brother, Brian passed away...I can't believe it's been that long, I miss him everyday!

I ♥ you Big Brother!

xoxo~Meg

Friday Facts...

FACT: I am having a GIVEAWAY...you can check it out HERE!

FACT: I hope you have a great weekend!

FACT: You all are amazing!

xoxo~Meg

The "Boy I Had A Lot to Say" Giveaway!

This giveaway is now closed...thanks!


I haven't had a giveaway in awhile and just noticed that this will be my 304th post (Geez, I sure do "talk" a lot!) , so what better way to "celebrate", than to have one!

So what is it I am giving away you ask??
Well, let me just show you...

 -Speech Bubble Chalkboard from Playing Grown Up!

-The softest skein of fleece Puffin yarn!

-Cute packing tope!

-Cute Kawaii stickers (they are "sailor" themed)!

-Pocket size Kawaii notebook!

-Crafty magnets from Pure Vintage Gold!

-Gnome Postcards (sorry Kristie) from Isabells-Umbrella!

-Quilited Keychain by FP Wear.

-Little felted strawberry from Shenanigans

-Pretty paper butterflies from The Gilded Bee!

-Alice in Wonderland Cheser cat knit hair bow by Me!

So how do you win all of these goodies??

1. Be a follower of this blog and leave a comment telling me what you love about Fall.

2. Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with the link to your blog post.

 I will draw a winner on Wednesday, October 27th!

Thanks for reading all of my ramblings and sticking around, you guys rock!

xoxo~Meg

P.S. I started a second blog...you can check it out HERE and follow along (if you want to) and let me know what you think!

Hummmm....

I have a surprise for you all soon...dun, dun, dun!

Stay tuned!

xoxo~Meg

Birthday Weekend and Some Crafting!

This weekend we celebrated Ragan's birthday...it was a 3 day event!

On Friday we ordered Chinese and watched "How to Train Your Dragon", it was such a cute movie! After the movie we sent Ragan on a little treasure hunt in search for one of her presents...

She found it...a brand new bike!

Then on Saturday we all went to Deanna Rose Farmstead in Kansas for some farm fun...

Ragan and her friend Emma!

Ragan and Nash

The goats LOVED Izzy, they followed her around the whole time we were in there with them.

After the farm we ate some yummy burgers at Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, then we went to the Arboretum and Botanical Gardens just up the road...

{Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil!}

Our little nature walk turned into a 4 mile hike...I wasn't expecting to walk that far and flip-flops aren't the best for hiking rocky trails...ouch!

 Some pretty flowers along the way...

 

We had to climb a pretty steep hill to get this photo...that's why Nash doesn't look very happy in this picture!

I love my trees...

I thought this one looked a little like a heart...

This afternoon for lunch we cooked some hotdogs on the grill, ate lots of cake and she opened more presents from her Grammie and Papa...then we watched "Coraline" and for dinner I made potato soup, yum!

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After I finished cleaning the kitchen I started on my "Cute Ghosts" from Merry May Handmade Virtual Craft Night!

Here they are...

I haven't embroidered since I was a kid so they are a little rough looking, but I still think they are pretty cute!

I think I am going to make a few more!

How was your weekend?

xoxo~Meg

Happy Birthday Ragan!

Nine years ago today....(well, I was still in labor at this time...she wasn't officially born until 4:22 this afternoon) Ragan Lynn came into this world already acting like she was bigger than she was, holding her head up right away and stubborn as ever!

Happy 9th Birthday my sweet Princess, I am so proud of the young lady you have grown into...I love you so!

Enjoy your special day!

xoxo~MOM

BOO!

I wanted to share this video of my little Toots taken last October, she was 2 months old!

BOO!

I can't believe that was over a year ago, she is getting so big and saying a little more than BOO...just a little!

I also found a couple more tutorial links for Fall/Halloween crafts...

Fall bunting tutorial found here at Funky Polkadot Giraffe!

Potholes & Pantyhose has some fun DIY's in her Arts and Crap section, love the name...everything from Upcycled Scarfs to  Mod Furniture made from Barnwood...check it out!

Well, it is cold and my feet are freezing so I am going to snuggle under my blanket with the Toots and get warm...Have a lovely Thursday!

xoxo~Meg

Blog Lovin'

Have you noticed all of the amazing tutorials and DIY projects out there in the blog world?

Cuteness everywhere you look and all for freeeeeee!

Here are some that I came across this week...

Isn't this wreath just gorgeous...it could be done in so many colors, for so many occasions...I found the tutorial here on the blog Domestifluff {Food, Craft, Etc.} This blog is FULL of amazing tutorials for every season!

Right now they are doing a 13 Days of Halloween Calendar...

Look at Day 13...loving the owl!

Pom Pom Pumpkins!

The tutorial for this easy peasy lemon sqeezey {meaning, even I could do it} craft is found here!

These would be great not only for Halloween, but for Thanksgiving as well!

Feed Your Soul on Indie Fixx, are free art printable. Each month artists are invited to participate and to contribute a print which is totally free and available for download.

Indie Fixx also has links to some fun Halloween tutorials here, your house will no doubt be Bootastic!

And speaking of Halloween tutorials, Merry May Handmade is hosting a Virtual Craft Night and she along with Kara from Sunshine Cupcakes, will be teaching us how to make these adorable little ghosts...

I think I would have these little guys around my house all year!

Click Here for details and to watch the cutest video!

Here is another blog (that I love) that has some great knit/crochet tutorials for Mary Jane Slippers, Toddler Slippers and a One Hour Neck Warmer!

Visit Lisa at Good Knits, she also has the cutest photos of her little ones to look at if you aren't crafty!

Do you know any great blogs that have any fun & free tutorials, DIY's or printables?

Please...do share!

Have a lovely day!!

xoxo~Meg