July Giveaway: [Pink] Nintendo DS

I've been saving up from the sponsors the past couple of months by doing smaller scale giveaways so I could do a doozy like this one this month. While I know pink may not be everyone's color of choice, I can't pass up a sweet pastel hue and it's even better when I can play Super Mario on it! So this month, sweet honeybees, up for grabs is a pink Nintendo DS. Completely packaged up in it's original box ready to make its way to you! I have a DS myself and kind of love it. My favorite games are Animal Crossing, Diner Dash, and Super Mario (do you have any favorites?!). Mike bought a Wii yesterday so it's been a Nintendo celebration in our household. I snagged this little beauty while we were out and about (and it was one sale!) so have at it!

All you have to do to enter is:

Be a follower of this blog with Google Friend Connect! (Click "Follow" in the upper nav bar and follow with Google/Blogger, Twitter, Yahoo, or Aim!) and then leave a comment with your email address! (This is just one entry!) You must do this entry first to be eligible for additional entries!To gain additional entries, you can blog (or Tumblr!), tweet, update your status on Facebook *each with a link over to the giveaway* or "Like" Little Chief Honeybee on Facebook! Just be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry and leave the link to each one! Overall that's FIVE ways to win! 

*If you tweet about the giveaway, please use this tweet: Up for grabs on the @kaelahbee blog is a Nintendo DS! Enter to win here: http://tinyurl.com/5wjzlhh

(You must include a link to the giveaway in your tweet/blog/status update! Several people have just been tweeting at me or leaving a comment on Facebook... I'm not sure how that would enter you! *PLEASE NOTE: tweets to me, in my Tumblr ask box, or comments left on my Facebook will not count as an entry! The point is to share this giveaway with others and make them aware of it! ;P)A winner will be announced at the end of the month! Good luck! (Don't worry, there will still be other sponsored giveaways going on in the time being!)

PS; The winner of the June Giveaway (Instax 210 Wide camera) is Comment #517 - Lady and the Tramp!

PPS; The winner of the My Sweet November giveaway is Comment #96 - Mandy Sellers!

Stone Cold Decor

i live with my boyfriend, marcos, in a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom condo. we are renting as we are not quite ready to purchase a home. but. i am always looking for cute ways to decorate when i do have the means to renovate our future home. thankfully, marcos has an exquisite taste in decor. and clothing. and style. we typically have the same taste so it makes decorating easy.

we love the idea of bringing little parts and pieces of the outdoors into the home. i think that it can look super modern and it's typically pretty simple to do. finding some pretty round rocks or old twigs and incorporating them into your decor, can be a fun weekend activity and it's 100% original. nobody could have the same set-up or the same pieces of earth even if they tried. and that's something that i absolutely love.

so as i was looking for some inspiring ideas to bookmark and keep in my 'future home' folder, i came across the perfect idea of decorating with stones and pebbles. it is super sleek looking and really easy to do. take a look:

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A Picture An Hour (Chicago Saturday)

I tweeted publicly, told Susannah to remind me, and set my alarm Saturday morning as "A picture an hour!"... I had every intention on really pulling through this time! Last time we were on vacation with Chris & Susannah I really meant to do one, but alas I forgot. This time though, I stuck it out! Until the last 2 or so hours, that is. We didn't wake up until 11am but that was because we had a long and very eventful Friday night. It may or may not have included darts, new old ladies at a little dive bar, awkward run-ins with a drunk lady, 3am bike rides (and subsequent 3am bike wrecks...). I still have a doozy of a bruise on my knee to prove it. (Thank goodness the people whose front yard I face-planted in weren't awake! Yikes!) I'm not the most graceful person and the bike I was on didn't have any hand-brakes so I was at a loss for how to stop the darn thing. Alas, I just went (down) with it.

Anyway, here you go!

11am - coffee and lounge time. trying to wake our bodies up for the day ahead.

12pm - finishing the "getting ready" portion. makeup, nails, etc.

1pm - saying "so long" to mr. little jeans and making our way out the door. mine & susannah's cars. & sweet susannah!

2pm - in the car. on our way to nom on some sushi station. being silly in the backseat.

3pm - finally! we have arrived. sushi time. the veggie rolls were delicious! mine and susannah's iphones. aren't they cuteeee?!

4pm - leaving sushi station. heading to target to pick up things for the cookout.

6pm - the boys play a handful of games on the wii while we kill time.

7pm - bottles are open and the chit chat begins.

8pm - burgers are ready and corn on the cob is awkward to eat. 

10pm - the conversation moves indoors as a result of the overwhelming amount of mosquitos.

11pm - mike is already pooped, but we start to get our second wind.

12am - chris plays his guitar and topher entertains us with his antics. twitter tweets, too! 

Not pictured: the many breaks taken outside on the front porch, run-ins with strange people, disappearing guests down the road, being entirely too loud for a small neighborhood, walking to the bonner road inn bar at 1am, subsequent new old ladies and fantastic conversation, walking back home at 2am and proceeding to grill out (again) and the intensely epic business convo that i got into with susannah and mike... then feeling inspired and heading to bed around 3:30am. All in all: a very good/needed vacation!

vacancy

Vernon, B.C. Canada

Taking time to stop and look at something that might not always be appealing to the eye at first, can surprise you. Many times we are so busy with our lives we overlook a piece of the past thinking it is nothing.  Taking the time to notice your surroundings allows for beauty within something to shine though. 

4th of July Table Setting: Welcome to the 149th Tablescape Thursday!

The Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key




Oh, say, can you see,





By the dawn's early light,




What so proudly we hailed




At the twilight's last gleaming.




Whose broad stripes and bright stars,




Thru the perilous fight,




O'er the ramparts we watched,




Were so gallantly streaming.




And the rockets' red glare,




The bombs bursting in air,




Gave proof through the night




That our flag was still there.




O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave




O'er the land of the free,




And the home of the brave.




Thank-you to all the men and women, past and present, who make it possible for us to celebrate with freedom this Independence Day.




Hope you have a wonderful 4th of July!




Resources for this tablescape:
Chargers: Neiman Marcus
China: Warren Kimble, Colonial Pattern-eBay
Stemware: Star Glasses-Home Goods, Big Lots had them, too; Blue Stems-Dollar Tree; French Countryside Ruby Goblets-Mikasa
Napkins: Martha Stewart-Macys
Flatware: Hampton-Tuesday Morning
Napkin Rings: Made from ribbon, tutorial will be posted soon
Lantern: Old Time Pottery
Candles: Colonial Candle



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