Two Yellow Birds Decor: June 2012

Top 3 Winners Announced

We are so excited to announce today the

Top 3 Winners of the

Project Pinterest Challenge!!

First of all, Thank you so much to everyone who voted for our Top 12. We had a total of 345 votes!!! What an Amazing number! We appreciate you all taking the time to vote for your favorites which helped pick our Top 3.

The Votes were so extremely close for many of you, but

THE TOP 3 WINNERS OF THE

PROJECT PINTEREST CHALLENGE

ARE:

**3RD PLACE:
Faux Silver Bowl @ Morena's Corner

**2ND PLACE:
Pallet Farmhouse Table @ House Made Home

AND OUR 1ST PLACE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION IS:
Lemonade Stand @ Reenie Jae Creations

CONGRATS TO OUR TOP 3!!!

Again, we want to give a

BIG THANK YOU

to all those who entered their amazing projects!! You helped make this competition so fun!

We also want to give another

HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR JUDGES.

Thank you so much for taking the time to help us with this competition. Words cannot describe how thankful we are to you!

And last, but certainly not least....

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY WONDERFUL AND AMAZING CO-HOST

CHRISSY
FROM THE TAYLOR HOUSE!!!

Make sure you hop on over to The Taylor House and check out her fabulous blog!!!

Thanks again to everyone who participated in the

Project Pinterest Challenge and making this fun for so many!

Thursday's Temptation #23 & Fabulous Features

Welcome back to another week of

Thursday's Temptation!!!

This past week went by so fast I can't believe we are at another fun link party again!! Thank you all you linked up at last weeks party! It was so fun looking through all your amazing ideas. You all have wonderful talent!

Before we get started with the features this week I want to remind you about

Voting for the Project Pinterest Challenge.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE!!!

It ends tonight at midnight so make sure you come vote for your Top 3 favorites before it ends! Go HERE to vote!

Now, lets' get to this weeks fabulous features:

OUR MOST VIEWED LINK WAS:

Flower Rag Quilt @ One of a Kind. This quilt is so fun. I love the colors and the different patterns of fabric she used. So Cute!!

SOME MORE OF MY FAVORITES:

American Flag Pallet Art @ Sister-Dipity. I am absolutely in love with this American Flag. I love the idea of putting it on a pallet. I also love how she put "One Nation Under God" on it. Perfect for the upcoming holiday!

Pesto Chicken Salad @ Making it Feel like Home. This recipe sounds delicious! I love chicken salad sandwiches in the summer, This sounds like a perfect twist on an old favorite!

Circle Punch Art @ Vintage Marigold. This is such a fun thing to hang on a wall! What a simple way to use a circle punch, but she made darling art from it! Definitely creative!!

Cherry Cheesecake Frozen Yogurt Pops @ Vanessa's Values. These sound so amazingly refreshing for the hot summer months. And they are healthy too! A plus for a yummy snack!

New Bench from an Old Headboard and Footboard @ Alderberry Hill. This bench is GORGEOUS!!!! I love the creativity of using a bed to make it. Oh and of course...I LOVE the color! Yellow is my favorite! What a fun, bright way to spruce up the porch!

If you were featured, make sure you grab a button!

Now let's PARTY!!!

The RULES are simple:

-Follow Two Yellow Birds Decor

-Grab a button or add a link somewhere on your blog

-Link to your post, not your main blog

{No giveaways or Etsy shops, Please}

-Come back next week to see if you have been Featured

-Lastly, check out some other fun projects and most importantly...
HAVE FUN!!!

***NEW: With summer in Full Swing I will try each week to make it to as many of your links as I can, but I may not make it to all of them. I am going to be spending a lot of time with my kiddos during the summer months. As I am sure most of you are too! I promise I will look through them though!!

MyMemories Giveaway Winner & Guest Positing

Today I am Guest Posting over at Motivated Mommy of Two. I am so excited to be doing this. Shirley and I have become bloggy friends over the last few months and are also co-hosting the Summer Fun Party together along with 14 other bloggers.

I am showing you how to make some

SUPER SOFT & GOOEY RICE CRISPY TREATS!!!!

They are seriously the best rice crispy treats and they will NEVER dry out before you eat them all!! It is also a fun thing to make with the kids over the summer months!

Go to Motivated Mommy of Two to see how to make them!

Also, don't forget there is just 2 days left to vote on the Top 12 of the Project Pinterest Challenge!!

You can vote for your top 3 favorites! Go HERE to vote!

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Now, onto the Giveaway for the

MYMEMORIES DIGITAL SOFTWARE PROGRAM.

We had a total of 41 entries. Thank you all who entered for a chance to win!! I appreciate it so much!

The winner was chosen through random.org.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE......

AND THE WINNER IS:

CONGRATULATIONS MEREDITH!!!

Thanks again to everyone who entered!

Don't worry, if you would still like to purchase the program I have a coupon for you to use!!

Just read below:

**If you are interested in purchasing MyMemories Software, they have offered Two Yellow Birds Decor readers a $10.00 off coupon!!! Upon checkout, use the code: STMMMS44198

Colorful Birthday Bash

Before we get started, I have a couple of reminders for you:
Today is the LAST DAY to enter the MyMemories Digital Scrapbooking Software Giveaway.

It ends tonight at midnight!!! You can make so many other things with it beside doing scrapbooking! It is a really awesome program.

Go HERE to enter for a chance to win!

Also, don't forget about the Project Pinterest Challenge. The VOTING has now begun!!! You only have 3 days left to go vote for you top 3!!! Go HERE to vote.

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Now, lets get to todays Colorful Birthday Bash!!!

On June 19th my little baby girl turned 4!! Ok...so she is not so little anymore, but she is always going to be my baby!! It was a bit of a sad day for me. She is just growing up to fast. I just wish I could slow time down for a little while!!

Here is miss Kaitlyn the day she was born:

Here she is the day of her 4th birthday:

This past Saturday we had a birthday party for her. I decided to do a party of bright colors. It's the perfect way to decorate for a party!!!

I wanted to do a few more decorations then I did, but we were originally going to do her party at a park so I held back a little bit, but the wind got so bad we just ended up doing it at our house anyway. It still worked out perfect though!!!

Here is what it looked like:

I am going to go through everything I made and put out for decorations. So first up:

I made the Happy Birthday Blocks a while ago to put up the day of someone's birthday in our family. The colors went perfect with the theme I chose so up it went!!! To see how I made it go HERE.

I also put up my can of the Sucker Bouquet and the can of Balloons that I just made last week for her birthday. I used the digital scrapbooking software called MyMemories that I talked about above!!! To see how I made them go HERE.

I also put up 2 pictures of Kaitlyn. I put up one from when she was born and also one of her on her birthday. (Those are the ones I showed you of her above.)

Next up is the second part of the decor.

We had funfetti cupcakes and softy and gooey rice crispy treats for dessert. I also had a bowl of gummy bears too! Trying to bring out lots of bright colors! For drink we had a few different soda's for our family and friends to choose from.

I made this cupcake/dessert stand for the party and for other party's too! I am going to do a tutorial on how I made it later this week. Be sure to come back to see what I did!!!

Miss Kaitlyn LOVED her party and the decor I put up!

Hope you enjoyed reading about our fun colorful birthday bash!!

Joining the Following Link Parties:

TOOT YOUR HORN TUESDAY @ DEBBIE DOES CREATIONS

Let "FREEDOM" Ring!

Happy Monday All!!

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! I had a fun weekend filled with family and friends. We had a few not so much fun moments, but we made it through. I am definitely ready for a new week!

***DON'T FORGET:
You have until TOMORROW NIGHT at midnight to enter the
MYMEMORIES DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING SOFTWARE!!!!
It is the most Amazing program. Click here for the details and to enter for a chance to WIN!!!!

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Today, I have my very last 4th of July Decor to show you! It has been so fun making all these fun and cute decorations to put up in the house to make it festive!

Here is the Freedom Wreath Sign:

Overall this was very easy to make, just a little time consuming!

How I made it:

First, I measured out my piece of wood to fit the width of the wreath and then gave a few inches extra so I could put the word on the bottom. The size I did was 15 1/2"x 11". My hubby cut it to size for me!

Next, I spray painted it red. The Lazy Man's way:) I was going to hand paint it, but spray painting is just much easier.

While that was drying I made the wreath. I used the same technique I did on my American Flag Ruffle Wreath.

-I cut out a bunch of circles using a small cup as my guide. Then I folded the circle in half and in half again. The I put a pin at the point of the circle and stuck it in the wreath-making sure I turned them different directions.

When I got the wreath put together. I cut out the word "Freedom" on my circut in the font I wanted. I used white vinyl. I then stuck it onto the bottom of the board.

Lastly, I got some silver ribbon and put it through the wreath. Then I hot glued it on!!

Definitely easy like I said, just takes a little time!!!

I just love it though. I put it on a easel on the shelf above my TV!