Diaper Cake Gift Certificate GIVEAWAY!!

eDiaperCake.com Gift Card Giveaway!!

EEEEK!! I am so excited. I have another sponsored giveaway! This time it is a wonderful company called eDiaperCakes.com, ran by a woman named Liz. She wanted the opportunity to stay at home with her baby, and still have an income. Thus, ediapercakes.com was born. She is extremely talented. These are just a few of the diaper cakes she has available on her site!
I am so proud to have to opportunity to host this on my blog.


About The Company

eDiaperCakes wants to make any baby shower as memorable as possible. Our high-quality diapers and handcrafted designs ensure that any mother-to-be is happy with our work, and we strive for perfection in every single gift we create.

Our Diaper Cakes offer the best value on the market today. Each piece includes approximately 75 Pampers Swaddlers diapers as well as a number of other practical gifts for parents. We include socks, mittens, teethers, books, toys, bibs, and so much more on our cakes, and everything is arranged as beautifully as possible.

Our team creates every Diaper Cake by hand. We painstakingly craft all four tiers of the cake to ensure that it looks its best. Next, we accessorize the cake and then ship it out to you in two days or less. Our cakes are ideal for baby showers, where they can form the centerpiece of the celebration.

Our accessories and gifts are of the highest level of quality. We don’t include any products that we wouldn’t use on our own children, and we want you to be proud to present our Diaper Cakes at baby showers. Our cakes include practical gifts for parents as well as cuddly toys that newborn babies will treasure as they grow older.

Some of our designs feature flower arrangements, making them a perfect way to celebrate the birth of a baby girl. Others feature cuddly stuffed dinosaurs for baby boys. We also feature neutral cakes,do-it-yourself cakes, and so much more. Whether you want to give a cake that includes a book or you want to assemble a cake yourself, we have everything you need to make a positive impact at your next baby shower.


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The Filler Holiday.

It's that time of the year again.  Halloween.  Oh how annoying this "holiday" can be.  It seems like it is more of a filler holiday than anything.  It is simply, an exhausting holiday.  Parties, and costumes, candy, and baking, costumes, walking all over town like little beggars, and carving pumpkins.  Oh, I despise you Halloween!

Like a good Mommy, I took the kids to the pumpkin patch though.  Actually...it wasn't much of a pumpkin "patch".  It was more of a dried up grassy area with pumpkins that actually needed patched.  Okay, let's move on from the bad joke.  The pumpkins were damaged beyond repair, and there is no way we could have made them look good.  The kids were disappointed, but before we left they wanted to go on the advertised hayride.  Sounded like fun.  We got in line.  Here it comes. Turns out there was no hay...and no trailer.  It was just a truck with benches in the back.  So, essentially, we took a truck ride....(It's okay, I'm still confused too.)

The "hayride"

Another reason, I agree to the madness of the pumpkin patch, is that it is an awesome photo opportunity.  Well, unless you have my kids.  Neither would crack a smile, and one of them looks as though he is pooping a pumpkin.  I'm convinced my kids hate me.

Pumpkin pooper

No smile

Oh and because this crap isn't frustrating enough, we actually have to go somewhere else to purchase pumpkins.  So that means a second trip on another day.  We ended up having to go to Garden World the next day.  You know what else sucks?  After you finally buy all of these pumpkins you have to be crafty with them.  

On a typical year, the pumpkins get painted by the kids and I carve an awesome pumpkin.  This year was different though.  The little one wanted to paint his pumpkin but the big one wanted to get one of those pumpkin carving kits and carve one himself.  The results?  See for yourself.

He started out strong and then...

saw some of his friends playing outside.  He then disappeared
Which led too....

Me carving his stupid bird pumpkin.  

Yep, I got stuck doing all of the work.  I didn't even want to carve the bird.  There was one that said "WICKED" and I wanted to do that one, BUT NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!  I did all of the work for some evil bird thing.  

On a bright note, here is the middle child.  He had a decent painting experience.  It only involved a minimal mess.  OH and FYI: If you don't want to ruin your good makeup brushes, double check to make sure you have paint brushes at home.  

Thing 2 painting his little pumpkins

He actually had a beautiful end result with NO help from me!



HAPPY HALLOWEEN Y'ALL!!

Semi-Homemade Saturday: Cheater's Chicken and Dumplings

The is my first ever post in "Semi-Homemade Saturday".  My name is Tia AKA Story of a Girl and I will be your Semi-Homemade Chef!

The dish I have made is for this post is, what I like to call, 

CHEATER'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

This is a super fast and amazingly easy spin on the real deal.  I just know every true southern woman is pulling her hair and yelling "NOOOOO!!"  

Don't worry your pretty little heads though!  It's not so bad.  It may not be from scratch or true southern cookin' BUT it is quick, easy, and will warm you up super fast on a crisp, cool fall day!  

This is a photo of the ingredients I used:

I can make enough to feed 4 of us with left overs by using
12oz Reames Noodles (found in the freezer section)
2 cans of premium chunk white chicken chopped up a bit
6 chicken bouillon cubes
2-3 tsp cornstarch mixed with enough cold water to liquify the starch
salt to taste

Follow directions on noodle package for the Reames noodles.
Add 1 bouillon cube to water and let melt before adding the noodles.
When noodles are done (about 20 minutes) add the other 5 bouillon cubes and the white chunk chicken.
Let simmer for about 5 minutes
Then you want to make the liquid starch mix and pour it into the pot and stir.
Let it simmer for a few more minutes until you have reached your desired thickness.
For me, this is about a 30-35 minute meal.  Can't beat that!!
I throw green beans and corn on the side but you can easily dump these darlin' little dumplins' over a heaping pile of mashed potatoes, too.  I hope you love these as much as my family and I do!
This is comfort food at its easiest.  Maybe not at its finest BUT still easy and delish!

CHEATER'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

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Starbucks Giveaway!!!!!

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