give-a-way and project

Almost a month ago I made a run to Michael's

to grab some of their blank thank you notes for a $1

I like to look in the dollar section just to mix up the notes

so my clients aren't getting the same ones with each order

plus it makes doing thank you notes for each order so much more affordable instead

of $5-$8 per pack of eight that I seem to go through sometimes in a couple days

 Michael's had some cute ones

have you seen some of them?

I'm in love with how simple they are

fly, shine, discover, and write your own story are the ones I purchased

the girls were with me

 and we found a craft project in the same dollar section

so the trip to Michael's was under $6 including the thank you notes and a craft project for the girls

we found some miniature white bird cages

and put an "h" ball inside of it for Hayley

 and for Madison I just stamped a blank tag I had on hand that Angela had given me

because they are always out of the m's...

so as soon as I find an m ball elsewhere I'll change that out for her

 we cut out miniature butterflies and dragonflies to put at the bottom of the cage

butterflies for Madison

dragonflies for Hayley

{they sure made sure that they did not get mixed up}

I already had the butterfliy and dragonfly punches from awhile back

and newspaper was free

so this literally was a $3 project with them

the punches were a bit difficult for those tiny hands to do themselves

but they enjoyed filling the cages up and putting their tag and ball in the inside

they were little happy campers and some fun smiles from them as we placed the little bird cages on an antique desk in our loft below one of our picture walls

they loved the fact that they put something together below their pictures

now this wall/room has some progress to make

so let this serve as my before picture

the antique desk and chair on the right is from my grandpa

It will stay as is...no painting it

however, the chair on the right

I'll refinish the wood to be white

and sometime next year I'll change the upholstery to a light tan linen fabric

the rocking chair color will probably stay as is...

it was the one I was rocked in as a baby and the same one we used for our girls

don't forget to enter my give-a-way for this Pink Licorice Tutu

you choose the size

last day is tomorrow {Thursday} at midnight

and if you don't have a blog

please leave in the comment a way for me to contact you {e-mail}