Les Mis tickets and a custom vinyl giveaway!!!

Are you ready for a giveaway on top of a giveaway??

Well  ready or not, that's what's on the docket for today!!!

You will have the chance to win 2 tickets to the sold out showing of Les Miserables in SLC, Ut.

AND

a personalized vinyl.

Let me introduce you to 

Slicktown!

Slicktown 

is a hot new site that will answer the age old perplexing question:

What are we going to do tonight???

Slicktown is the quickest way to find out what is happening in Northern Utah. 

 You'll find sporting events, plays, concerts, comedy acts and more!

The Joe and I take turns each month planning dates for each other and it has been really hard coming up with ideas!! I can't tell you how excited I am to have ALL of these events listed in one location!

Become a citizen of Slicktown 

today and you will be eligible to win 

2 tickets to Les Mis in Salt Lake City!!

A fantastic production....and it's sold out!!!

{{{psst....if you don't live in the area, you won't have a hard time selling the tickets!!!}}}

Becoming a citizen of Slicktown is totally and completely FREE.

Click HERE to become a citizen

After you have become a citizen, pop back over here and let me know!

You will then be eligible to win a personalized vinyl design that will fit on a 12'' square board or tile!

There are a few different options of vinyl designs to choose from:

You can send me 10-15 words or numbers of your choice and I will design a customized vinyl for you! 

You could focus on a child's interests, names of grandchildren, or words that represent a holiday.

Whatever you want!!

{{family friendly words only please:)}}

You could also send me a phrase from a poem or song that is meaningful to you.

If you're not into subway art, we can go with a more classic look.

Don't laugh at me for putting my new puppies name on here...I needed another name to make it even:)

Together we can create the perfect wedding, baby shower, birthday gift-

 or personalized decor for your home.

So, just to recap!!

Click HERE to become a citizen of Slicktown for a chance to win tickets to Les Mis in SLC, Ut. 

THEN

Pop back to Poppies at Play and let me know you've become a citizen to be eligible to win the custom vinyl!

**Vinyl will only be shipped within the US and Canada.

Winner of the Les Mis tickets will be contacted by Slicktown members when the contest ends.

Winner of the vinyl will be chosen and announced on Saturday, May 7th.

I personally know the creators of Slicktown and I **promise** it is a legit site.

Slicktown will never ever use your information inappropriately.

In other news, you can now find Poppies at Play on facebook! 

He he he...

Spoon Me

What?

Using spoons for breakfast cereal??

Oh, that is sooo this morning.

There's a whole plethora of things you can do with spoons.

Spoon bracelets are really easy and inexpensive.

Simply flatten out the top of the spoon with a hammer

and bend to the desired shape using needle nose pliers.

Another fun idea is using them for bookmarks.

Not feeling the spoon love yet?

Take a peak at what the world wide web has to offer in the spoonage department...

Drill holes in the ends for a more finished looking bracelet.
This would also work really well for earrings.

Prairie Thistle Life

I love the stamped names. 

So cute!

Droolicious

Making Jewelry Now

Lynette Andreasen created a choker with spoon heads.

Lynette Andreasen Blog

Wouldn't these spoons make an adorable wedding gift along with ice cream bowls and a scoop?

All Things Cool

Spoon Chandeliers??

Why not! 

Smart Shop Buy

They are certainly eye catching.

Via GreenWala

I was really surprised to see how elegant plastic spoons can look!

Designed my Daisuke Hirawa, image via Design Squish

Bring out your industrial side by creating a clock with a collage of utensils

Kaboodle

or even manipulate plastic spoons with a candle to create a porcelain looking rose.

Can't Stop Making Things

Have you added a spoon project to your to-do list yet?

I'd love to see what you can come up with if you do!

Picture frame converted into hanging bookshelf

This is actually a refashion of a refashion...

I found this picture for a few dollars a year or so ago and turned it into a colorful magnet board.

In the time that we've had this I think that the kids have used it a total of zero times to hang pictures.

I guess we're just not a magnet board kind of family.

What I was really needing is a bookshelf for my bookworm's room,

 so once again I pulled the picture apart.

I measured the size of the frame and cut 6'' pieces of mdf to create box and shelves.

I glued and nailed 3'' pieces to the bottom of the shelves to use as hanging support boards.

After which I tacked the box and shelves into place.

I nailed the frame from the picture onto the front of the bookshelf and painted it all white.

Here she is up on the wall.

I did have to put caulk around the edges to fill a  little bit of a gap.

Although it was a fun project, if you don't already have a picture frame or access to an inexpensive one, it would probably be more cost effective just to buy moulding a make a frame yourself.

I'm so excited to have a place for Liv's books!

Mother's Day Vinyl

Dear Mother

#M01

Fits on a 6'' tile

$5+$2 Shipping

The Queen

#M02 

fits on a 6'' tile

$5+$2 Shipping

Personalized subway art vinyl

fits on a 12'' square tile or board

$20+$4 shipping 

Made from 10-15 words or numbers of your choice.

To order please email me!

Andy

poppyginger@gmail.com

I will send you a paypal invoice.

Once the invoice has been paid, your order will be shipped within 2 business days.

For other vinyl selections visit:

The Market

Parade of Homes Linky Party!!!

***Welcome Welcome Welcome***

To the 2nd annual Parade of Homes 

LINKY PARTY!

Where YOU are the star of the show!!

If you've somehow missed the parade, get caught up for goodness sake! Start at #1

I'll be giving you a tour of my home to get the ball rolling!

Hello! I'm Andy...the girl variety. Short for Andrea

This is my lovely family, and home is wherever they are! 

{I love the look on The Joe's face in this picture}

(Picture by Val)

Welcome to our home!! 

In the summertime this door is never shut.

 We obviously wouldn't want any homeless flies in Eagle Mountain, we're pretty gracious like that.

Our homemade shelves hold family pictures. 

I love to look at my peeps when I'm coming and going!

The blue bench is made from a queen sized headboard.

Here is what I call the yellow room, but none of my kids catch on to which room I'm talking about.

You know....the one that's yellow?? ((Huh, Mom?))

I picked up some $4.99 cabinet doors at IKEA in the "as-is" department and tacked them to the wall.

I love the yellow, but it does need white to tone it down!

I really love to sit in this room and read.

Another homemade shelf with some of my vinyl designs.

Also a place to hold your jackets when you come for a visit{{hint, hint}}

This is the room where we do most of our hanging out.
We decided to buy two couches instead of a loveseat. We have a lot of bums that need a place to sit!

Fake plants that I can't kill on top of another IKEA "as-is" treasure. 

I cut a cabinet door down to use as a table top.

I picked up a couple of inexpensive lampshades at Ross and dressed them up with white vinyl.
I'm loving them! It's an easy way to add a little pizzaz to your shades, and it's so easy to change the look!

The traditional "lots of white things in one place" picture. Gotta have it!

Our family room bumps right into our kitchen/dining area.

We have a freakishly high bar, so we had enough room to make a shelf underneath.
Not at all functional, but it looks cute.

I found the barstools at a garage sale for $5 each. I know...insane in the membrane.
I spray painted them, reupholstered with easy wash fabric and put knobs on the back.

My kids favorite part of the house:
The candy machine!!

 I found it at at thrift store and gave it a facelift. If the kids finish all of their jobs in the morning, they get a quarter. They work pretty dang hard for it too! It's GREAT! Then we take out the quarters and use the money to buy more candy for the machines. Full circle baby.

Here's a shot of a door turned into a pegboard for my aprons
and my favorite painting in the whole world, painted and given to me by my talented cousin Rebecca.

The Joe makes pizza every Friday night for our family and friends. I had to  make a sign for him!

We have our Farmhouse curtain rod shelves over almost all of our windows. They can hold their own when 10 little hands are yanking at the curtains and they give me a place to put knickity knacks.

My sanity whiteboard.
This is where I write the menu for the week, my shopping list, extra activities and the kids jobs.

Here is our mudroom-ish area.
 It never ever EVER looks like this. The children's coats and shoes spontaneously multiply and completely take over. I don't know why I even bothered painting it..Lol.

My daughter's room. Can you tell I have a color crush on blue and green?

Snippet of another girl's room

Laundry room with our homemade shelf and beadboard trim

Here's our bedroom..Ooh la la..
I made a faux headboard by tacking trim to the wall and painting the center.
The ladder shelves are also homemade.
I definitely had to get strategic to give you a shot of our bedroom. The other half is utter chaos, especially after this crazy week! Luckily it's SPRING BREAK next week and I'll have time to CLEAN!

Welp, that's all folks! I showed you mine, now it's time to show me yours!!