Calling all winners!

So in the spirit of the seasons and all, I announce the winner to my cup cozy giveway. There were 3 entries.....
AND YOU ALL WIN!!!!!

{Betcha wish you entered now eh?}

Katie, Mindy, & Shanda email me to claim your own personalized cup cozy!

So whats the deal?

I haven't gotten on my blog in a week....tsk tsk. And here I get on to find out there are no entries into my giveaway! Whats going on? I practically got mauled at work when I walked in with one of these things on my coffee.

"That is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time"!

"You should totally sell those"
"Hey can you make me one for my wife"

"What a great idea, and great way to be green...did you come up with that yourself"?

And so, as I was already selling them, I decided to do a giveaway. Apparently they are not as attractive in
2-d as in real life. Sigh. I guess I will just give one to somebody at work. {Here is one I made recently for a girl at work....picture it on a cup if you can, I didnt' have one to take a picture with : ( }

If you are wanting one, don't forget to enter here. (You could have this in the bag easy as pie) And they make amazing unique presents, at a great price.You can get one for yourself or someone else here. Got a certain color, theme, idea? Let me know and I'll do my best to create it! THIS GIVEAWAY ENDS TONIGHT 11/23 @ 1159 PM MST. This is your last chance.
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In other news, we are headed up NORTH for turkey day. See we have been having weather in the 50-60s here lately, and the weather up NORTH is like say 14 degrees and snow....BOO. Hope we have decent traveling roads.

Bitty #1 is sooo excited and has been ramped up for a good week now, driving me absolutely bonkers. She got a new suitcase, which is pink/purple. And guess what "Pink and purple are my FAVORITE colors" (Bitty) She can't believe they make a suitcase in her favorite colors.

Here is bitty #2.... Isn't she the sweetest?

A new addition to QBB... The cozy sweatshirt skirt. And stylish too if I say so myself. Bitty #1 LOVES skirts and dresses, but mainly skirts. So with the upcoming trip up north, I decided to make a cozy skirt for her to wear. Pair it with leggings and some cute boots....its got style written all over it, as well as WARMTH.
(oh, and its pink, so of course its an immediate hit)

 I also made a coordinating shirt and bow for the jean skirt... here is my model. She had no prompting, as I caught her reading the VS catalog the other day, I'm assuming that was her inspiration.

{P.S. I just love the pout}

Hope you all have a warm safe holiday!

Grand Opening!

So, you may or may not know that I have a love/hate relationship with my sewing machine, and together the two of us are sometimes able to succesfully create a few practical and or adorable creations. Thus the birth of my little side gig....Queen Bri Boutique!

You can visit me here.

To celebrate, I am giving away a custom cup cozy to one lucky winner!

Take a peek...

Back center is a regular fabric cozy

Front left is a monogrammed w/coordinating ruffle

Front right is ruffle only

I dedicate this creation to my love of coffee and the unmentionable coffee chain...

To Enter: {all comments must contain email address}

1. Must be a public follower of The Bri Hive

2. Pick which cozy your little heart desires +1 comment

3. Suggest a fabric or color +1 comment

4. Blog about this giveaway and leave me the link +2 comments

5. Comment about this giveaway on FB and leave me the link where I can see your comment +1 comment

6. Heart me on etsy +1 comment

7. Like me on FB +1 comment

This giveaway is open now until 11/23/10 at 1200 am MST. Winner will be chosen via random.org and emailed. Winner must respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen :(



MMM...

That's all that needs to be said. Now gather the following ingredients and carefully read the intense step-by-step directions. The outcome is guaranteed to be fabulous. I am doing this as well as I write...

2 cans Pillsbury flaky original biscuits
3/4 cups sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon

Step 1: Cut biscuits into quarters. Toss the sugar and cinnamon into a gallon sized bag and add the biscuit quarters. Seal and shake until evenly coated. Set aside. Preheat oven to 375.

Step 2: In a saucepan, mix the following ingredients:

1 & 1/2 sticks MARGARINE (this is a must otherwise you will be making hard candy instead of caramel sauce)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon

Step 3: Stir until dissolved.
Step 4: Grease a bundt pan and place biscuit quarters inside.
Step 5: Pour sauce over biscuits
Step 6: Cover with foil and bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes. Check and if biscuits are starting to turn, remove foil and bake an additional 5-10 minutes.
If  you follow the directions correctly, you should end up with the following:

It should be a golden brown on top....to ensure the biscuit being done all the way through! Remove from the oven and almost immediately turn over onto a plate. {Works best if you put the plate on top of the pan and then flip :) }

**As an added tip, frequently I make 1/2 this recipe. It bakes faster and is not such a temptation to snack on all day. The perfect amount for the 3 of us!**

Dear Readers, are you there? Its me, Bri...

I know it has almost been 2 weeks since posting on my blog....
If you are still reading this, bless you and your socks.

I have taken a new venture and started working as a psych nurse. It is an adventure! Unfortunately it takes me away from my family and thus, I spend most of my free moments soaking up love and snuggles from the bittys....and the hubbee :)

I don't promise to post all the time, but I look forward to still sharing in this little journey of mine with you all.

And thanks for all of your well wishes with the new job and pumping and all, it has been getting better.
'Til next time,

Happy 6 months to my baby girl!

I canNOT believe I have a 6 month old. Where have the moments gone to? I still see her as my 3-4 month old, and am not anxious for her to grow as fast as her sister has :( We have yet to go to her 6 mos check-up so I will fill in the blanks for that later.

At her age, I was 18lbs 8oz & 27" long

At her age, bitty #1 was 15lbs 3oz & 26 1/2" long

Looks like the girls got the height gene!

Her little large personality is continuing to surface. Most recently she has found her screaming voice during church! Exercising her freedom of speech I suppose.


She is primarly in 9 month cloths with a few 6-9 still fitting, and 6-12. Within a week I'd say she will be moving on to 12 month & 12-18 month sizes. YIKES!! Bitty #1 was spot on with her sizes, wearing 6-12 month at her first birthday! Needless to say the seasons/sizes aren't adding up with the girls so I am having to buy winter clothes for bitty #2.


She is sitting well with a little support and has great head/neck stability
Rolls front-to-back and back-to-front regularly
Sleeping 9-11 hours at night
Sleeping 2-4 hours during the day (for some reason in short spurts)
Wakes up an extremely happy babes! Loves to see you first thing in the morning, along with big sissy
Moved on to the jumper/exersaucer and loves it
Likes her bumbo
LOVING baby food and is a PUFF MONSTER!!!! Eats baby food 1xday
Still nursing 5-6 times per day

Here is the little goober: