Halloween Giveaway - Win Cash!

Welcome to the Monster Mash Cash Bash, a sweepstakes that is full of ghoulishly good prizes! This event is being hosted by Crunchy Frugalista and Money Savvy Michelle to ensure you have a howlingly good Halloween this year!

Kool Kids' Playhouse & Decor On Sale!

This is neat and I thought some of you would like to know. There's only one day left to buy this reversible playhouse that you & the kids can decorate!

 I think it would be great for a Christmas present - if you can wait that long - or get it now for those cold blustery November days just ahead. Available from OpenSky.

Fab Slipcover Giveaway Reminder!

How's everyone doing? Just a note note today to remind you about the really great giveaway I have going on  - and today is the LAST DAY.

Seriously, who doesn't want a new sofa WHENEVER you want? Many of us redecorate once per decade (if that) and I'm sure that if we could change the furniture in a cheaper way, we'd re-do more frequently!

Co-Hosting Blog Party Hop with Homemaker On A Dime!

Hey, it's Sunday! That means it's time for the
Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop!

I'm co-hosting with SJ, the one and only "Homemaker On A Dime!"

SJ is the brains behind her successful blog, combining creative DIY decor on-the-cheap. Just hand her a sad piece of furniture, a bucket of paint and she will make it awesome! You can see one of her creations I recently featured here. She also has a link-up for giveaways and businesses and a new series called, "Blogging For Dollars," that guest bloggers describe how they started making money in the blogging world.

If you're familiar with this hop join in, if not, here are the basic rules:

Where Were You?

We were on our honeymoon and were to fly home that day.

I had wanted a weaved basket so we went to the local market first thing in the morning. A local man approached us and said asked if we were Americans. He said a plane flew into the World Trade Center. We did not believe him.

We returned to our hotel room and turned on the tv while we prepared to leave. We were

Miracle Makeover Appreciation

I want to take a brief moment to thank the following people for leaving a comment for the Miracle Makeover Fundraising drive posted earlier this month. You can read about it here. 

Kelee Katillac from Design Gives Back is the mastermind behind Miracle Makeovers. Your comments here combined with thousands at several other blogs, including Between Naps On The Porch, helped raise $5503. These funds will be split evenly to Friends of Kids with Cancer and to the materials fund for the next Miracle Makeover. So a BIG THANK YOU to my Playful Decor readers!! This award goes to all of you!!

Miracle Makeovers By Design Gives Back - Comments For Cancer Drive!

I'm so pleased to introduce you to the Miracle Makeover Program by Design Gives Back!    Kelee Katillac is an Interior Designer and founded the makeover program to brighten the lives of cancer patients. Each year she, along with a truckload of volunteers, creates knock-out, fun and inspiring bedroom re-do's.

PLEASE pass this on via all your social networks - 
we have ONLY 4 DAYS to help! 

Your comments raise funds for the next makeover!

Charlie!

Lambs & Ivy Sale!

Hurry!  This sale ends Aug 2nd!

Melissa & Doug Toy Sale!

At Joss & Main !

Good Year Blimp Landing!

We had a surprise visit from the GoodYear Blimp recently! I'm sure many of you
have seen it in person at sporting events. I have only seen it on tv, so this
was another once in a lifetime event!

If you've seen it in person, you probably didn't see it like this - with little
else around, few people and it only 200ft away! And remember, this is special
event #2 in one day! (The other was the Osprey Nest.)

Quite a nose-dive coming in for landing!

Osprey Bird & Nest

This is way off topic, but so worthy of posting. There is an Osprey nest nearby and I was fortunate to get these photos. I have never seen an Osprey bird or its incredibly huge nest and I may never again!

A once in a lifetime event!

Osprey nests typically are found on telephone poles and other elevated places.

BIG Things Thursday!

10 - by - 10!
That's 10,000 page views by June 10th!!

Please spread the word TODAY so I hit 10,000 page views by end of the day TODAY!
Help Me.
Help me help you.
HELP  ME  HELP  YOU!
(Jerry Maguire...)

And more BIG news:

Creative Bloggers' Party

Today I'm very pleased to be co-hosting the Creative Bloggers' Party with SJ from Homemaker On A Dime! Even though I'm fairly new to blogging, I have bopped around a bit and have to say SJ is a force to be reckoned with!

Ultimate Blog Party!

I am joining the Ultimate Blog Party hosted by Susan & Janice at 5 Minutes For Mom. This party is an annual HUGE HOP-FEST lasting an entire week from April 1-8, 2011!  So join me and hop, follow, tweet and like the tons of new blogger friends you're sure to meet! Oh, and you might win some awesome prizes, too!

Like a $50 Home Depot card sponsored by 'yours truly!'

You need to be at the Twitter party on Monday.

Remember these events:

Twitter Party     -     Monday, April 4th    -    9-10:30pm est

Follow @5minutesformom    and hashtag #UBP11

And look for me too   @PlayfulDecor 

Live Simulcast    -    Thursday, April 7th    -    9-11pm est

UBP Live

While you're at it, don't forget to Like Playful Decor on Facebook and Follow me
here and on Twitter! And leave a comment - I love comments and if you have
recently decorated a nursery or kid's room or made a super cute bedroom
accessory do tell! I'll check it out and add it to my gallery!