I came across this lovely little blog called The Paper Mama this week. I’ve been on the hunt for sites that host photo contests. These contests have been so inspiring to me. I’ve gotten some great shots that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise taken. So the theme for the contest is absolute favorite and I LOVE this picture! I know I’ve posted it on my blog before but I had to share it again! If you love it

My entry for this weeks purple challenge for I Heart Faces.

We threw a carnival themed birthday party for your two year old over 4th of July weekend. I was so excited how well everything came together. I wish that I was better at planning ahead though. Most of the decorations were made the morning of the party. I was actually still sewing together the crape paper 5 minutes before we walked out the door. And to give myself a little credit I did start everything the week before. But I got stumped on what I wanted to make and my best ideals just seem to always come at the last minute. So I guess no matter how far ahead of time I start I’ll still be working up to the deadline! I just love how the main table turned out!

I made all of the birthday hats from scrapbook paper.



I loved his little birthday hat!

I put white and yellow mini marshmallows on top of the cupcakes to look like popcorn.

Some of the little carnival accents are from the scrapbooking section at JoAnn’s.

I found the vintage looking clowns and balloons on Etsy.

The kids loved helping themselves to all of the candy!

All of the glass candy jars are from the dollar store.

Everyone congratulate the winner of our first giveaway on our blog #19 Amy!  Amy, email us at romeoandmae@yahoo.com to claim your prize!

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The winner will be announced today! Hope you all had a great 4th of July!

I’m sure you’ve seen this picture of my bulldog when she was a sweet little puppy. Well, she’s still a sweet but not so little. In fact she’s grown into quite the fat piggy, complete with snorting!

Iheartfaces is have a pets photo challenge this week and I knew right away this is what I wanted to enter!  Wish me luck!

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It’s our first ever giveaway on our blog!  We’re so excited and we hope you are too!

We’ve been working hard behind the scenes coming up with new designs and updating some of the older patterns.  We need a break and are ready to have some fun!

We are giving away three sewing patterns of the winner’s choice.  If you are not a sewer and just love beautiful things then you can win the Sweetheart Headband, modeled above.  There is no purchase necessary to win.

Here’s how to enter the giveaway…

- Like us on Facebook and post this on your facebook status… Romeo and Mae is having a fabulous giveaway! http://www.romeoandmaeblog.com

-Follow us on twitter and tweet this… Romeo and Mae is having a fabulous giveaway! http://www.romeoandmaeblog.com

-Belong to a forum?  Tell them about the giveaway and past the link to your post.

-Blog about the contest…feel free to use the image above and link back to the blog.

After you’ve spread the word come back here to the blog and leave a comment for each one you did with the link.   You can enter four times, leave one comment for each thing you do.   Make sure you leave your first and last name with the comment!

Contest ends July 3rd at 12:00 a.m. central time.  The winner will be announced on July 5th.

Isn’t she a beauty?  The headband I mean…ok, the girl is pretty cute too!  That’s my niece, Dominique, modeling my new headband design.  I love how it turned out.  I’m totally feeling feathers and vintage designs lately.  I’ve also added another feathery headband tutorial to the shop, Greta.  She’s pretty glamorous too!

I sincerely hope that all of you beautiful, amazing, talented women had the mothers day that you deserve!  I personally think we should get a week long celebration.

This is our first pic I’ve taken of my family all together.  It was a lot of work but I love how it turned out.  I actually planned on putting it on our xmas card but I changed my mind when I was designing it.  I can’t wait to do another one this summer.  Hopefully my skills will have improved by then.